Student Accomplishments

By presenting research that emerges from courses and independent studies, students build a national network of peers and mentors and get a huge leg up for doctoral applications.

• They present at graduate, regional, and national conferences.
• They publish their research as articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings.
• They participate in graduate-student workshops with faculty from all over the continent.
• They win best-paper awards and university-wide teaching citations.

MSU music theory students accomplish a lot, in many cases building as Master’s students research profiles that look more like those of seasoned doctoral students. Yet the cohort of music theory graduate students at MSU remains, year after year, one of the most collegial and collaborative groups of people you’ll find anywhere. Graduate students support and inspire one other, but never compete with each other.