About us: The College of Music at Michigan State University provides a welcoming, challenging environment designed to foster innovation and creativity while helping every student achieve professional excellence. Our students learn how to discover new worlds of artistic expression. To imagine, innovate, and inspire. To develop a creative style that is uniquely theirs. And when our students graduate, they leave with everything they need for successful careers.

An outstanding faculty of more than 75 resident artists and scholars is noted for a devotion to teaching, for mentoring students to find their personal style, for excellence in performance, and for the production of creative musical works and research. The College of Music, which presents more than 300 annual events, including, concerts, recitals, workshops, and master classes, attracts talented students seeking a solid program of musical excellence where they are encouraged to explore the frontiers of their art.

The College of Music enjoys students from all corners of the United States and has significant international representation with students from more than 17 nations.

 

Our Mission: The mission of the Michigan State University College of Music is to provide the highest quality professional instruction; to instill in students a dedication and desire to achieve excellence and understanding in all aspects of their musical education; to develop their abilities to the highest professional standards; to expand cultural awareness and diversity; to provide access for comprehensive non-degree instruction; to participate in community, state, regional, national and international arenas through service, teaching, research and performance; and to support an excellent faculty vitally engaged in significant research, scholarly and creative endeavors.

 

Degrees Offered: Undergraduate degrees:
composition, jazz studies, music, music education, music performance (brass, percussion, piano, strings, voice, woodwind), music theory, and music therapy.

Graduate degrees:
composition, conducting (band, choral, orchestral), music education, music performance (brass, percussion, piano, strings, voice, woodwind), music theory, music therapy, musicology, and piano pedagogy.

Doctoral degrees:
composition, conducting (band, choral, orchestral), music education, and music performance (brass, percussion, piano, strings, voice, woodwind).