Music Department
Casper College offers a modern and well-equipped program where students explore music technology, music education, music performance, musical theatre, or music in the liberal arts curriculum.
Join a half-century tradition of opportunity and excellence in music at Casper College. Perform in an exceptionally beautiful music building, where every detail ensures a real-world music experience for you.
Highly-qualified faculty are dedicated to providing comprehensive training and advising to help you achieve your career goals. Take advantage of small class sizes, where you can expect a great deal of individual attention from instructors. Perhaps the greatest strength of the Casper College Music Department is the variety of performing ensembles available to all college students, so you do not have to compete with upperclassmen to perform in your favorite groups.
Degrees
Casper College is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
Associate of Arts degrees
Certificates
Ensembles
Numerous performance ensembles offer you the opportunity to perform very early in your college career. Ensembles are open to all Casper College students.
College Band
Open to all students with experience on brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Jazz Combo
Small-group performance in various jazz styles. Emphasis on ensemble play and individual improvisation. Student arrangements encouraged.
Prerequisites: Jazz Improvisation-MUSC 2060, concurrent enrollment in MUSC 2060, or permission of the instructor.
Jazz Ensemble
This laboratory group is open to all students with previous instrumental music experience. The jazz ensemble performs at assemblies, concerts, shows, and on tour.
Prerequisites: Experience in music, preferably jazz. Students should be proficient on one of the following instruments: saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar, bass, drums, or piano.
Wind Ensemble
The goal of this music performance course is to provide the opportunity for you as a woodwind, brass, or percussion performer to come together with other like-minded (and like-spirited) musicians in an ensemble setting to rehearse and perform standard and emerging literature from the wind ensemble repertoire.
Prerequisites: Audition.
Collegiate Chorale
A large non-auditioned mixed choir open to all students regardless of their field of study. Emphasis is on a wide variety of choral literature, including music of diverse cultures.
Prerequisites: none.
Chamber Singers
A selected mixed chamber ensemble of 20-35 voices open to all students on campus regardless of their field of study. Emphasis is on a wide variety of choral literature appropriate for chamber choirs, including music from diverse cultures, musical time periods, and language.
Prerequisites: An audition with the instructor determines the final list of singers.
Opera Workshop
A performance-based class designed to provide experience and opportunities for singers interested in exploring the genre. Students will learn basic performance techniques and will improve their dramatic abilities through the performance of an operatic scene.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Vocal Ensemble / Contemporary Singers
A small vocal ensemble open to all students. The course provides an opportunity to study and perform a variety of diverse popular styles, and culminates in a number of performances in various venues.
Prerequisites: Audition with the instructor.
Chamber Orchestra
A performance class open to all string players on campus. This course is designed to cover a variety of literature from primarily the Baroque era. Open to all students on campus, BOCES students and community members regardless of their field of study.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Chamber Music
Designed to provide students with training in the ideal medium of chamber music (small ensembles, such as trio, string quartet, etc…), where they can apply and integrate all elements of their musical knowledge.
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
Resources for Future Students
Scholarships
- 2025-2026 Scholarship Application— Awarded by the Casper College Music Department. Follow instructions detailed on the activity scholarship application.
- Casper College scholarships — Both merit and need based scholarships are available. Scholarship awards are intended to recognize academic and other achievements, to encourage performance, and to assist as many qualified students as possible.
- Music Department Handbook (PDF)
Faculty
Nathan Baker
Coordinator of Music Theory & Trombone Instructor
Larry Burger
Sound Design & Audio Engineer Educator
Eugenie Burkett
Percussion Instructor
Gary DePaolo
Viola Instructor
Jennifer DePaolo
NASM Coordinator
Director of Chamber Orchestra
Strings Instructor
Cameron Fehring
Voice Instructor
Paula Flynn
Piano Instructor
Jane Hamman
Harp Instructor
Joshua Mietz
Jazz Ensemble Director
Instructor of Clarinet & Saxophone
Director of College Band
Executive Director of Kinser Jazz Festival
Flute Instructor
Richard Turner
Bassoon Instructor
Veronica Turner
Voice Instructor
Zachary Vreeman
Director of Choirs
Academic Chair, Music, Theatre and Dance
Don Williams
Trumpet Instructor
Tim Jones
Cello Instructor
Ethan Lorentz
Guitar Instructor
Contact Info
Tabitha Siemens
Fine Arts and Humanities Academic Assistant
Julia Whyde
Dean, School of Fine Arts and Humanities
Zachary Vreeman
Academic Chair Music, Theatre and Dance
