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.
*Grad Students need corresponding MUS 892a course to satisfy a core requirement
MUS 434 Orchestral Musicianship (1)
MUS 435 Opera Theatre^ (1-2)
MUS 481 Acting for Singers Opera Scene Study (1)
MUS 415 Art Song Literature: German (2)
MUS 841 Sem in Adv Collab Piano Tech (2)
MUS 842 Vocal Coaching Techniques (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 442 Advanced Techniques Real Time Performance (2)
MUS 483 Composition for Non-Comp. Majors^ (2)
MUS 489 Screen Scoring ^ (2)
MUS 491.086 Electroacoustic Improv Workshop ^ (1-2)
MUS 491.090 Electronic Instrument Design ^ (3)
MUS 964 College Music Teaching* ^ (2)
MUS 967 Teaching & Learning Across the Lifespan ^ (3)
MUS 491.097 Alexander Technique ^ (1)
MUS 491.099 Yoga for Musicians ^ (1)
MUS 491.301 Music Entrepreneurship: (2)
Topic: Music of Entrepreneurship
MUS 893 Topics in Entrepreneurship: (2)
Topic: DIY Recording and Licensing
MUS 466/866 Internship – Career Development^ (1-2)
MUS 491.045 Sem in African Drumming* ^ (1-2)
*Requires enrollment in MUS 129
MUS 491.046 Percussion Pedagogy ^ (1-4)
MUS 491.059 American Songbook I ^ (2)
MUS 891.059 American Songbook I ^ (1)
MUS 491.076 Instrumental Conducting ^ (2)
MUS 890 Independent Study – Masters ^
MUS 990 Independent Study – DMA ^