School of Performing Arts
From the Dean: Dr. Caroline Taylor
Welcome to the OBU School of Performing Arts! We would like to extend a personal invitation
to you to visit our campus and give us the opportunity to share with you all the things
that make our university a “home away from home” to all of our students.
We believe we offer an unequaled performing arts experience. The OBU School of Performing Arts has both a curriculum and a faculty committed to providing you with the tools necessary to help you fulfill your goals!
In an unapologetically Christ-centered environment, Ouachita music and theatre students will be prepared to lead lives of meaningful work as artists, performers, actors, teachers, worship leaders, and graduate students in locations literally around the world!
On our website, you’ll find information about our programs, performances, and faculty. For additional information, you may reach any faculty member by calling 1 800 DIAL OBU.
Make a difference through Music
The Division of Music provides opportunities for students to achieve a music education as a vocalist, instrumentalist, composer or educator.
Make a difference through Theatre
The Theatre Arts Department provides opportunity to develop strong skills in acting, directing and stagecraft for a complete theatre experience.
Our Mission
Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts strives for a balance between a Christian liberal arts education and an applied or
professional education through a challenging atmosphere of creativity and collaboration.
We are dedicated to facilitating critical thinking, the creative process, and personal
expression by developing and maintaining curricular and performance programming which
emphasizes the creative process. The School of Performing Arts seeks to produce artists
and scholars who are able to integrate their intellect and faith with their art, and
their art with their worldview.
The school encourages the larger university community to appreciate all the Arts through
various concerts, exhibits, productions, master classes, and lecture demonstrations.
By providing an enriching exposure to the challenges and possibilities of the Arts,
the School of Performing Arts encourages other disciplines to explore the Arts as
an integral part of the Christian liberal arts education.
Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Performing Arts consists of the Division of
Applied Arts (the Department of Theatre Arts) and the Division of Music (which consists of the Departments of Applied Music, Church Music, Composition &
Theory, History & Literature, and Music Education).
Goals:
- To provide a curriculum based on the current standards associated with the accrediting agencies; National Association of the Schools of Music (NASM), National Association of the Schools of Theatre (NAST), and National Association of Schools of Art/Design (NASAD).
- To provide pedagogy consistent with the art’s disciplines.
- To provide facilities that enhance the teaching, the application, and the performance quality expected of our students.
- To provide Arts education for the larger university through concerts, performances, exhibits and the CORE curriculum.
- To address the challenges and possibilities of music, theatre, and Art and Design in our world.
