The UCF Symphony Orchestra opens the doors for a dress rehearsal in preparation for their concert the following night as part of the St. Lukes Concert Series featuring Rebecca Burkardt as Guest Conductor. The UCF Symphony Orchestra is a full orchestra with strings, brass, woodwind and percussion. The group performs literature of the highest caliber by master composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mahler.

The UCF Symphony Orchestra is a full orchestra with strings, brass, woodwind and percussion. The group performs literature of the highest caliber by master composers such as Bach, Beethoven and Mahler. The ensemble performs locally and regionally for various concerts and festivals and is open to all students regardless of major, but participation is by audition only, taking place at the beginning of each semester.

Franz Schubert's Winterreise (Winter Journey) is probably the most respected and performed song cycle ever written. Published in 1828, it is a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Muller. This performance is a product of Thomas Potter's voice studio, each singing 2 or 3 of the songs, accompanied by pianist Julie Tompkins. It was designed to introduce the UCF voice students to this monumental work, and to share it in a public performance.

Dr. Shuler has been heard throughout the United States, Spain and Japan. She has performed with the Roswell Symphony, Southwest Symphony Orchestra, Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia da Camera, Kansai Clarinet Ensemble, Concert Band of Central Illinois and the American Wind Symphony Orchestra.Dr. Shuler has served as principal trumpet of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra and guest principal trumpet of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra. Shuler has also performed with additional orchestras including the Moscow State Radio, Illinois, and Green Bay Symphony Orchestras.

The UCF Concert Band and university band is an open-enrollment ensemble designed to offer continued performance opportunities for those students who wish to keep music in their lives as a recreational and aesthetic activity.

UCF has two Jazz Chamber groups. These small groups perform music appropriate to the level of musicianship in the group. Repertoire and improvisation skills are the main focus of these groups. The Jazz Chamber groups perform frequently around Central Florida.