Join a musical community ensemble this fall at QC Campus
Are you interested in singing or playing music in a group setting? If so, join one of Black Hawk College’s community ensembles! Choose from: Community String Orchestra Mondays, Aug. 19 […]
The Art, Design and Performing Arts department at the Quad-Cities Campus offers programs for students to prepare for a career or major in art or music. The department also offers electives, clubs and performance groups.
Achievement Awards can reduce cost of attendance by earning up to 12 credit waivers each semester.
Foundation and other BHC scholarships
Scholarships are also available at many transfer institutions.
Program Name | Award | Credits |
Associate in Arts | AA Degree | 60 |
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Associate in Fine Arts | AFA Degree | 62 |
Associate in Science | AS Degree | 60 |
Music Industry Certificate | Certificate | 29 |
Visual Communication (AAS) | AAS Degree | 66 |
Instructor, Instrumental Music
Director of Instrumental Music
309-796-5479
kendrickc@bhc.edu
QC Building 4, Room 105
Corey Kendrick directs the Jazz Ensemble, leads the annual BHC Jazz Festival, and teaches coursework in music theory, music literature and applied piano lessons. Kendrick received his Master in Jazz Studies from Michigan State University in 2015 and earned a Bachelor in Liberal Studies from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has studied with Xavier Davis, Reggie Thomas and Willie Pickens. Kendrick released his debut album, Rootless, in June 2016, which JazzTimes.com’s Travis Roger Jr. called “a debut album that stands among the finest albums of the year.” He has toured internationally with Etienne Charles’ Creole Soul, regionally with the Rodney Whitaker Quintet, and throughout the Midwest as a leader.
Personal website: https://coreykendrick.com/
Instructor, Art
Grayt@bhc.edu
309-796-5470
QC Building 4, Room 132
Terrance Gray teaches courses in traditional and digital arts spanning from drawing, painting, computer art and motion graphics. Gray earned his Associate in Arts at Black Hawk College prior to acquiring a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Drawing and Mixed Media from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. His work has been exhibited in many group exhibitions, including Kishwaukee College (DeKalb), ARC Gallery (Chicago) and Ellwood House Museum (DeKalb). Gray’s works are an ever-evolving concept of merging traditional practices of drawing and sculpture together with digital augmentation and video overlay. He focuses on personal and external social and cultural experiences to create a balance of art disciplines integrated with the idea of space and time, progression and transformation.
Personal website: https://terrance-gray.squarespace.com/
Department Co-Chair & Assistant Professor, Art
oldenburga@bhc.edu
309-796-5473
QC Building 4, Room 134
Annie Oldenburg teaches courses in graphic arts and photographic media, including Adobe software, photography and videography. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay and her Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies from the Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Willamette University’s Pacific Northwest College of Art. Oldenburg is an exhibiting artist having shown her work in galleries nationwide, including Blue Sky in Oregon, 407 Gallery in Wisconsin, and Resonator in Oklahoma. Her work is conceptual in nature using analogue, alternative and digital photographic practices to explore perception, landscape and disruption. Her current projects examine nature as a resource for collaboration, such as developing light-sensitive photo emulsion from local flora.
Personal website: www.anniethingart.com
Dr. Irene Apanovitch-Leites (she/her/hers) conducts the auditioned Chamber Singers and non-auditioned Concert Choir and Community Chorale, and teaches coursework in theory, music literature, applied voice and piano lessons. She received her doctorate in choral music from the University of Southern California with specializations in music teaching and learning, educational psychology, and instrumental conducting. Dr. Apanovitch-Leites has led collegiate, community and children’s choirs and has conducted in choral and orchestral masterclasses in Italy, Argentina, Canada and the United States. She has published in the ACDA Choral Journal, Choral Canada’s Anacrusis, as well as GIA Publication’s Teaching Music Through Performance series. Her current research investigates the role of empathy and perspective-taking in choral music education.
Personal website: www.IALmusic.com
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