Harp? Classical Guitar? Organ?
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World-class concerts and recitalsTop-notch ensembles
The Department of Music houses many pre-professional collegiate ensemblesWant to sing?
Join one of our outstanding choral ensemblesDedicated faculty
Our faculty of performers and scholars are renownedDo you love teaching music?
Our music education program will prepare youLocation!
Our neighborhood is now your campusGraduate degrees in music
We offer 5 Master of Music concentrations and a Master of Arts in MusicSpotlight on

Benjamin Chapman and Andrew Montano took home big prizes for their presentations at the 2023 WSU Graduate Research Symposium
Read moreThe Department of Music cultivates music as a contemporary and global art, grounded in a long historical tradition, by combining higher education with professional training and experience for its undergraduate and graduate/professional students.
The Department offers students of music opportunities to learn, grow, and develop their skills and disciplines in an urban cultural setting. With close proximity to Detroit's cultural center, students have access to the resources of such premiere institutions as the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Opera House, and Orchestra Hall. The long historical relationship between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Department allows students to study and coach with exceptional guest artists and resident artist-faculty who are specialists in all musical styles and media.
Building on the strengths of its geographic and cultural setting, the Department maintains public access to its performances and degree programs, offers high-level professional and academic standards and unique creative and scholarly opportunities appropriate to a large research university, and cultivates a deep aesthetic understanding of music in our students and the larger urban arts community.