Why Millikin?
Millikin is a small comprehensive undergraduate university where approximately one in four students major in the fine arts (350 are music majors). All courses and lessons are staffed by experienced professionals–-not graduate students–-committed to offering the highest quality of instruction.
Our comprehensive graduate success rate with regards to placement into professional employment and graduate school is 98%
Millikin’s tuition fee is comparable to most other regional institutions of similar quality. Generous Academic Merit Scholarships and Talent Awards are available.
Percussion Facilities
A separate building accommodating ten percussion practice rooms
and a rehearsal studio make our facilities among the most spacious
anywhere.
A 2000 seat Fine Arts Center auditorium provide the venue for ensemble performances and performance by national touring acts.
A newly renovated School of Music Facility featuring state of the art technological resources includes:
32 track fully automated digital recording studio
Video editing suite
MIDI lab
Computer lab with 20+ iMacs, various software and keyboards.
Recent Accolades
Finalist in the 2003 Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition
Recipient of laudable reviews in Percussive Notes and Gramophone magazine (June 2004) for the chamber percussion ensemble's Best Kept Secret CD.
Host of the 2006 IMEA All-State Percussion Symposium
Featured performance at the Percussive Arts Society (IL Chapter) " Day of Percussion" (1998, 2000, 2006)
Featured performance at the 2007 IMEA All State Music Festival
MDSO (Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra) Concerto Aria competition winners 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
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