Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s music department will welcome nearly a hundred prospective music and music education majors and their families Nov. 9 for the university’s ninth-annual Music Discovery Day.
Nov. 4 is the deadline for online registration at https://w.msstate.edu/music/discover/.
During a 9 a.m.-3 p.m. open house, high school juniors and seniors, as well as community college students, will have opportunities for one-on-one visits with faculty members and current students.
In addition to learning about the department’s academic majors and programs and music-related career opportunities, participants will observe music classes and attend faculty and student performances.
“Music Discovery Day provides a wonderful opportunity for prospective students to come see what life is like at Mississippi State and learn about all the exciting things that are happening in our department,” said event coordinator Tara Warfield.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the music department is an academic unit of both the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education. It currently offers a bachelor’s degree in music education, with specific majors in instrumental music, vocal music, piano and guitar, as well as a bachelor of arts in music.
Developing quality music educators for Mississippi and the Southeast region, and providing an advanced study of music in the liberal arts tradition are its primary missions.
With more than 100 annual concerts, recitals and other programs, the department also contributes to the cultural atmosphere of Starkville and the Golden Triangle region.
For more about 2015 Music Discovery Day, contact Warfield at 662-325-4753 or tw308@msstate.edu.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.