Department of Music, Theatre & Dance
L. Curtis Hammond, Interim Chair
106 Baird Music Hall
(606) 783-2473
The Department of Music, Theatre & Dance, a widely recognized and distinguished center of excellence, has an impressive history of serving and enriching the region since the 1920s. As part of a great university within the atmosphere of a small community, the department enrolls over 300 majors that hail from several states and foreign countries and employs a distinguished faculty of more than 37 instructors with extensive credentials and professional expertise. Department alumni are recognized artists, scholars, teachers, and leaders in arts and arts education with noteworthy achievements regionally, nationally, and internationally. As an accredited institutional member of NASM and NAST, MSU offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Theater, Theatre with a Teaching Certificate, Music Education, Jazz Studies, and Performance. A Minor in Traditional Music is offered in conjunction with the MSU's Kentucky Center for Traditional Music. Private music study is offered on orchestral and keyboard instruments, and voice, conducting, guitar and traditional instruments. Musical training and performance opportunities are also provided to students who are not planning musical careers.
Opportunities in Dance
The Department of Music, Theatre & Dance offers the Dance Minor program. All dance courses and the Dance Ensemble are open to all University students.