Offering private instruction in a number of instruments and voice, students will enjoy interacting with an excellent faculty in an outstanding space. Huntingdon College’s Smith Music Hall has been and will continue to be a centrally located facility for individual instruction, concerts, student recitals, and classroom instruction in music. Additionally, Smith will continue to be a focal point for important local music events, such as the Blount-Slawson Young Artist Concerto Competition, and AMTA, Boykin, and Guild auditions.
During the first year of operation, the Academy will focus on instruction in piano, jazz piano, violin, flute and voice. However, the program will expand into other areas of instruction as soon as possible.
The Mission of the Huntingdon Academy of Music is to offer pre-college and adult students in the Montgomery region excellence in music instruction, providing students an environment conducive to musical learning, growth, and maturity.
The Huntingdon Academy of Music offers:
 | an artistic and professionally accomplished faculty; |
| an environment which encourages student participation in performance opportunities and in auditions and competitions sponsored by local, state and regional music organizations; |
| availability of musicianship classes and technology which enhances development of musical skills; and |
| superior instructional and recital facilities and instruments. |
Assisting Huntingdon music majors desirous of a career in teaching, our faculty will mentor student teachers as they themselves begin to teach through the Academy. During this experience, student teachers will deepen their knowledge of music while simultaneously increasing their awareness of music as a vocation and providing an invaluable service to the church and the community.
Unusually artistic and accomplished teenage students of the Academy may be qualified to conclude their work at the Academy by receiving a Certificate of Honors. To qualify, students must demonstrate a high level of artistry through:
| exemplary participation in superior competitions, such as the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) annual state, regional and national event; |
| significant experience as a solo and/or concerto performer; and |
| Outstanding musicianship as demonstrated through theory, ear training and music history classes and as measured by objective testing (e.g. AP theory exams). |