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From Classical to Jazz: WMC Means More Music Although no! the biggest department at While voice is a popular choice for the WMC, the music department is alive and musically minded, instrumental music is also growing. A great number of students, music very strong. Students are active in the Concert majors and those of every other discipline, and Jazz bands, as well as Jazz Workshop and take pri vate lessons in brass, percussion, many other less formal and smaller woodwind, and string instruments, as well as instrumental ensembles. The Concert band voice. Concerts put on by the campus bands more than doubled in size second semester and and choirs are well attended by faculty, included conununity members. There were students, and members of the community. two Jazz bands this semester, as well as the Directed by Margaret Boudreaux, the Campus Jazz Workshop. and all the students who were choir welcomes everyone and meets once a involved thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity week. The Madrigals perform in period to jam with the dedicated members of the costume and are often found performing in music department faculty. There is no doubt Westminster and the surrounding area. that Western Maryland will always have music ringing throughout campus! Above: Jazz bandIWorkshop director 80 Eckard signals tothebrasstoplaymoresoftly Music 27