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 485.001 – Listening to Tonal Forms
MW 9:10-10am (Tran)
MUS 485.002 – Classical Harmony and Counterpoint at the Keyboard
MW 11:30am-12:20pm (Johnson)
MUS 485.003 – Lines and Lyrics, Poetry and Song
MW 11:30am-12:20pm (Sullivan)
MUS 420 – Music of the 18th Century
Mon Wed: 9:10am-10:00am (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)
MUS 434 Orchestral Musicianship
MUS 435 Opera Theatre ^
MUS 483 Composition for Non-Comp. Major ^ (2)
MUS 491.085 Electroacoustic Improvisation^ (1-2)
MUS 491.090 Immersive Sound Design^ (2)
MUS 455 Teaching Instrumental Music
MUS 467 Teaching General Music in the Elementary School
MUS 468 Teaching Choral Music
MUS 491.077 Alexander Technique I^ (1)
MUS 491.099 Alexander Technique II^ (1)
MUS 491.075 Budget, Finances, Job Market^ (1-2)
MUS 466 Internship (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 490 Independent Study (1-4)55