Instrumental Music

Instrumental music groups (Concert Band, Jazz Band and Pep Band) perform a wide variety of music for various local and statewide functions. Tours to high schools and major festivals are planned.

If you are interested in instrumental music, Cowley County Community College will suit your needs. Our program is growing fast and will soon be the showcase for our area. Performance classes are offered for music majors and non-music majors alike with the ultimate goal of being an enjoyable, education experience.

Concert Band has performed traditional works by Grainger, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Copland, as well as experimental works by Buckvich and conductor Gackstatter.

The Instrumental Music Department at Cowley has a proud history of excellent performances of quality literature. In the past few years the groups at Cowley have performed at:
Wichita State University; Kansas State University; New Orleans; University of Northern Colorado; Wichita Art Museum; Kansas City Jazz Museum; Wichita Jazz Festival; Walnut Valley Festival; and nearly every high school in this area.

All groups have gained recognition for world-premieres of music and a long list of internationally known guest artists. Professional musicians who have performed at Cowley:
Wynton Marsalia; Bela Fleck; Edgar Myer; Paul Winter; Eugene Freisen; Howard Levy; John McCutcheon; Cherish The Ladies; Tom Chapin; Three Dog Night; Kansas; Barbara Higbie; John Gorka; Members of the cast of "To Kill A Mockingbird".

Jazz Band concentrates on the landmark works in jazz, funk, swing and fusion with works by Miles Davis, Monk, Rollins, Ellington, Brecker and many others.

Photo Gallery

• April 29, 2008 Concert

TRANSFER OPTIONS: The Music Program at Cowley has established transfer articulation agreements with most four-year institutions in Kansas and Oklahoma. Students completing the two-year music program can finish a bachelor's degree in music without repeating courses. In most cases, the transfer student has a stronger theory background that the student completing the first two years at a four-year institution. Smaller class size allows more one-to-one contact between students and instructors.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Students may obtain a tuition and book scholarship by either auditioning or by director recommendation. Several special scholarships are available: The Fostine Moncrief Scholarship, which offers several awards with stipends ranging from $100 to $500 per year, two $200 scholarships from the Arkansas City Music and Dramatics Club. These are available to music majors through competitive auditions in September, April, and May. Music majors are encouraged to apply for other types of grants or loans through government student aid programs at Cowley.

MEET THE DIRECTOR
Josh began his tenure at Cowley in the fall of 2006, after completing a Master of Music Education degree at Wichita State University. Before coming to Cowley Josh served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the WSU bands where he co-directed the pep band, conducted several pieces with the concert band and taught the brass methods class. Concurrent with his position at WSU, he also served as the band director for Bethel Life School in Wichita, Kansas, where he taught elementary and middle school band and strings.

As the director of the instrumental music department at Cowley, Josh encourages the very highest levels of performance from his students. As a recruiter he is seeking young men and women who have a passion for music and are dedicated to independent study on their instruments.

"We are all capable of incredible things," he says. "As an educator it is my job to equip my students with the knowledge they need and to guide them in the journey of music making."

Josh has been an active guitarist for over 12 years and has played a variety

Josh Fleig - Director of Instrumental Music

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Josh Fleig
Cowley County Community College
125 S. Second
Arkansas City, Kansas 67005
(620) 441-5275 or
800-592-2222 ext. 5275