Coral Gables, Fla. (September 27, 2017) — Shelton G. Berg, Dean of the highly-acclaimed Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, proudly announces the school’s newly designed website. The new www.frost.miami.edu is packed with videos, photography and information that shows the incredible explosion of music and innovative education that is taking place at the Frost School of Music. The website’s high impact, mobile friendly features offer a multi-tiered, easy to navigate experience, providing prospective and current students, parents, and donors, an exciting and accessible way to interact with the Frost School’s innovative programs and event offerings.
“It is hard to capture the dynamism, excellence, and breadth that is the Frost School of Music,” says Berg. “Our new website does a great job of getting as close as you can to that goal. It is visually appealing, intuitive, and packed with information.”
Through the user-friendly website, visitors can get to know Frost’s world-class professors, discover a multitude of programs, explore what makes Frost so unique, see and hear Frost ensembles and student videos, learn about Frost’s community outreach programs, purchase concert tickets to Frost Music Live!, and watch exciting year-round performances streamed live on the school’s Frost School of Music YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBHV07hj5IkmAgWI9ghL1gg.
“We are thrilled with the new format and feel positive about the impact it’s going to have on streamlining the admission process,” says Karen Kerr, Frost Director of Admissions and Recruitment. “Prospective students have more information at their fingertips, including audition requirements and scholarship opportunities - all the information they need outlined in easy to understand steps, bullet points, and accessible links. It’s a great new tool for making things as easy as possible, from being visually attractive, quick and concise, to navigation friendly.”
Frost Professor Robert Carnochan, Director of Wind Ensemble Activities and Chair of Instrumental Performance, feels the benefits of the new website are threefold. “The recruiting piece of the puzzle is huge,” he begins, “but even more importantly, our new digital site is designed to look great and operate efficiently on all devices; desktop, laptop, iPad, and iPhone. It has descriptive, captivating pictures with short blasts of text, while links answer more detailed questions."
He adds that each department has direct access to their own landing page for spotlighting faculty, students, and events, with content linked to video and social media sites for viewing at the click of a button. “The website is a vehicle to promote who we are and what we do, to interact with current and prospective students, to archive past events, and bring greater attention to the school’s outstanding concert performances.”
About Frost School of Music
The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music is one of the largest and best music schools located in a private university in the U.S., and one of the most comprehensive and relevant in all of higher education. With over 700 students and 100 faculty members it is a top choice for instrumental, keyboard and vocal performance as well as composition, music business, music education, music engineering technology, music therapy, songwriting, jazz, studio music, and more. It is one of two schools created in 1926 when the University of Miami was founded. The naming gift from Dr. Phillip and Patricia Frost in 2003 was a historic occasion.
The Frost School of Music seeks to transform lives through the study and performance of music, and to enhance music’s future as the result of the most innovative and relevant curricula in higher education. The Frost School of Music is devoted to excellence and a culture of collegiality, in which a diversity of people, musical styles, and careers are valued. The Frost School of Music is a community of musicians committed to advanced musicianship for all Frost students across a broad array of majors and programs. The Frost School of Music seeks to elevate the community through intensive, sustained outreach to underserved populations. The Frost School of music strives to enhance the cultural richness of the University of Miami, South Florida and throughout the world as the result of world class performance, scholarship and research.
The mission of the Frost School of Music is:
- Contribute to the advancement of music performance, creativity and scholarship – Have a transformative effect on the community through engagement and outreach, and;
- Enrich the world with vibrant, innovative and brilliant cultural offerings.
For further information, visit: www.music.miami.edu.
