"Slonimsky's Earbox" is an invigorating orchestral study named for the whimsical musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky, who was a friend of Mr. Adams.

The score collection includes solos, orchestral studies, exercise books, and chamber music for ensembles from two to ten parts.

He has also been a professor of orchestral studies at Florida International University.

Seven component schools offer training in the specific disciplines of ballet, choral studies, dance, media arts, orchestral studies, theatre and visual arts.

He was also professor and director of orchestral studies at the College of Music of the University of Colorado at Boulder between 1996 and 2001.

In the fall of 2008, Itkin became music director and director of orchestral studies for the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra.

James DePriest, Juilliard's director of conducting and orchestral studies, leads the program.

He is also the Music Department Administrator at Cornish College of the Arts, where he also teaches composition, conducting and orchestral studies.

Mr. Mueller, the school's director of orchestral studies, deployed his players in an old-fashioned but effective seating style in which the violins are split antiphonally.

He was made head of orchestral studies at the FUMPA in 1957 and was appointed full professor at the school in 1960.