Music and Theatre Arts Department
Take the Stage
The performing arts have long been a defining element for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. For over one hundred years, the university has been known for its high-quality performances by both faculty and students. Adding to your opportunities, the city of Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley offer numerous music festivals, venues with live music, and theatre organizations, which are all a source of pride for our community. Here, nationally recognized professors will guide your artistic development, offer a supportive environment, and give you one-on-one attention.
Majors and Minors in Music and Theatre Arts
The Music and Theatre Arts Department offers a wide variety of majors, minors, certificates, ensembles, shows, and performance opportunities. Whatever your passion is, you'll find experts to help your interest flourish. Through music, theatre, dance, or whatever else interests you, we want you to be part of our traditions, light up our stages, and enrich our community.
Please note: To be a music major, music minor, or musical theatre major at UW-Eau Claire, you will need to successfully complete a music audition.
Meet the Faculty
The Music and Theatre Arts faculty and staff are dedicated to sharing their knowledge to give our Blugolds the support they need and the best education they can get. Our professors have a multitude of experiences onstage, offstage, and within their communities. Learn from experts in their craft at UW-Eau Claire.
In downtown Eau Claire, only a mile from our campus, the Pablo Center at the Confluence provides rehearsal, teaching, and performance spaces for Blugolds in the Music and Theatre Arts Department.
With two theaters, recital halls, a scene shop, a recording studio — and much more — you will gain a firsthand, in-depth education of the arts.
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Blugold Stories
Explore the world of acting, music and dance with theatre arts at UW-Eau Claire. There is no role too small, and after completing our theatre arts program, you’ll be able to do them all. A bonus is access to the state-of-the-art performance venue at Pablo Center in downtown Eau Claire.
What sets UW-Eau Claire apart is the opportunities; you get to do everything.
As a theatre arts major, Ben Seidman found himself immersed in the world of performance on campus and gained the confidence needed to pursue a full-time career as a magician.
I’ve played with some of the most famous people in the world — played in some of the biggest and most highly desirable concert halls — and I was able to do that with the education I received at UW-Eau Claire.
Music and Theatre Arts Department
Haas Fine Arts Center 156
121 Water Street
Eau Claire, WI 54703
United States
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