A wide variety of performance opportunities await our students each year, with orchestras, bands, choirs and opera, jazz nonets and combos, small ensembles, and more.
A variety of programs and initiatives operate continuously or annually to enhance learning experiences and help students prepare for their future in music.
The MSU College of Music supports and challenges students, values innovation and creativity, and helps every community member achieve professional excellence.
MUS 420 Music of the 18th Century*
Mon Wed: 9:10am-10:00am (Ray)
MUS 423 History of Opera*
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (Ray)
MUS 427 Early Music*
Tue Thu: 9:10am-10:00am (Long)
MUS 428.001 Sacred Music*
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (Field)
MUS 430 Music of the Caribbean*
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (Largey)
MUS 431 Indigenous Music in North America*
Tue Thu: 10:20am-11:10am (Scales)
*Grad Students MUST Take Corresponding MUS 892a Course
MUS 810 Graduate Jazz History
Mon Wed: 8:30am-9:50pm (Prouty)
MUS 992.001 Music, Hope, Resilience, Freedom
Mon Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (Ray)
MUS 992.002 Early Music Performance Practice
Tue Thu: 10:20am-11:40am (Long)
MUS 992.003: Musicals & Construction of Worlds
Mon Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (Ray)
MUS 992.004 Music in Eastern Europe
Tue: 3:00pm-5:50pm (Bartig)
MUS 992.005 Music & Creativity
Tue Thu: 12:40-2:00pm (Scales)
MUS 868.001 The Natural World in Western Art Music
Mon Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (TBD)
MUS 868.002 Analysis of Film Music
Mon: 3:00pm-5:50pm (Johnson)
MUS 868.003 Analysis of Pop/Rock Music
Wed: 3:00pm-5:50am (Stroud)
MUS 868.004 Analysis of Music for Winds
Tue Thu: 1:50pm-3:00pm (Schumacher)
MUS 875 Analysis of Musical Scores
Tue: 3:00pm-5:50pm (Sly)
MUS 878 Adv. Scoring Orchestra/Band
Tue Thu: 4:00pm-5:30pm (Lorenz)
MUS 978 Analysis of Contemporary Music
Tue: 3:00pm-4:50pm (Sullivan)
MUS 871 Advanced Tonal Counterpoint^
Mon Wed Fri: 11:30am-12:20pm (Callahan)
MUS 973 Readings in Music Theory^
Wed: 3:00pm-4:50pm (Stroud)
MUS 977 Advanced Schenkerian Analysis^
Mon: 3:00pm-5:50pm (Sly)
MUS 434 Orchestral Musicianship (1)
MUS 435 Opera Theatre^ (1-2)
MUS 482 Opera Scene Study (1)
MUS 841 Sem in Adv Collab Piano Tech (2)
MUS 843 Sem in Piano Pedagogy (2)
MUS 857 Seminar in Choral Literature (2)
MUS 844 Secondary Emphasis^: Piano | Organ | Jazz (1)
MUS 845 Secondary Emphasis^: Voice (1)
MUS 846 Secondary Emphasis^: Brass (1)
MUS 847 Secondary Emphasis^: Strings (1)
MUS 848 Secondary Emphasis^: Woodwinds (1)
MUS 483 Composition for Non-Comp. Major^ (2)
MUS 487 Music Preparation & Presentation^ (2)
MUS 491.085 Electroacoustic Improvisation^ (1-2)
MUS 491.090 Immersive Sound Design^ (2)
MUS 863 Seminar in Sociology Music Education (3)
MUS 491.077 Alexander Technique I^ (1)
MUS 491.099 Alexander Technique II^ (1)
MUS 491.075 Budget, Finances, Job Market^ (1-2)
MUS 865 Capstone in Music Career Development (1-2)
MUS 466/866 Internship – Career Development (1-2)
MUS 491.031 Oboe Reed Making^ (1)
MUS 491.045 Sem in African Drumming^ (1-2)
MUS 491.046 Percussion History & Lit^ (1-4)
MUS 491.059 American Songbook II^ (2)
MUS 890 Independent Study – Masters
MUS 990 Independent Study – DMA