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 419 Baroque Music*
Mon Wed: 9:10am-10:00am (M. Ray)
MUS 423 History of Opera *
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (M. Ray)
MUS 426 Music of Africa*
Tue Thu: 9:10am-10:00am (S. Long)
MUS 430 Music of the Caribbean*
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (M. Largey)
MUS 436 Popular Music of Black America*
Mon Wed: 11:30am-12:20pm (K. Prouty)
MUS 491.096 Spec Topics: History of Orchestral Music*
Mon Wed: 10:20am-11:10am (N. Field)
*Grad Students MUST Take Corresponding MUS 892a Course
MUS 810 Graduate Jazz History – Jazz of 1980’s
Mon Wed: 8:30am-9:50am (K. Prouty)
MUS 992.002: Romanticism and its Legacy
Tue: 3:00pm-5:50pm (K. Bartig)
MUS 992.003: Music and Creativity
Tue Thu: 10:20am-11:40am (C. Scales)
MUS 992.004: Music, Tradition, and Modernity
Mon Wed: 12:40pm-2:00pm (N. Field)
MUS 992.005: Marching Band, Tradition & Community
Tue Thu: 10:20am-11:40am (S. Long)
MUS 868.001 Analysis & Compositions in Galant Style
Wed: 3:00pm-5:50pm (P. Johnson)
MUS 868.002 Analysis of Pop/Rock Music
Mon: 3:00pm-5:50pm (C. Stroud)
MUS 978 Analysis of Contemporary Music
Tue: 3:00pm-4:50pm (C. Stroud)
MUS 870 Advanced Modal Counterpoint
Mon Wed: 12:40pm-2:00pm (G. Sly)
MUS 878 Advanced Scoring for Orch/Band
Tue Thu: 4:00pm-5:30pm (T. Zhou)
MUS 976 Performance & Analysis^
Thu: 3:00pm-5:50pm (C. Stroud)
MUS 971 Pedagogy of Theory II^
Mon: 3:00pm-5:50pm (M. Callahan)
MUS 973 Readings in Music Theory^
Wed: 3:00pm-4:50pm (G. Sly)
MUS 974 Proseminar in Post-Tonal Theory & Analysis^
Thu: 3:00pm-4:50pm (J. Sullivan)
^by instructor permission only
^by instructor permission only