The School of Music offers a full range of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music, including performance (brass, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds), composition, music education, music theory, and music history at the undergraduate level, and all of those areas plus conducting, collaborative piano, and piano pedagogy at the master’s level. We are also the only Missouri institution to offer the Ph.D. in music education. Our extensive ensemble offerings are complemented by a highly individualized approach to student success, centered on the studio lesson in most areas of study. Non-music majors, we are here for you too. We offer the minor in music and, starting this year, a specialized jazz minor, and of course hundreds of non-majors participate in our ensembles—everything from Marching Mizzou to chamber groups—and music courses.

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  • Secondary music educators' curiosity dimensions and perceptions of curiosity in the classroom 

    Franks, Kendra (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
    This descriptive study used a survey to examine the curiosity dimensions of secondary music educators (SMEs) and their perceptions of curiosity and creativity in student learning. Participants responded to a curiosity ...
  • Decision-making processes of non-music major undergraduate students to enroll in string instrument and orchestra lessons 

    de Oliveira Honorio, Priscila (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    The purpose of this study was to investigate the decision-making processes of undergraduates who enrolled in string instrument and orchestra lessons as non-music major students. Nine non-music major undergraduate students ...
  • Terraza for ensemble (2023) 

    Disandro, Maria Laura (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    Terraza in English means "terrace," and it is a term from geology, referring to a steplike landform that is artificially made on the surface of a mountain. In mountainous areas, this technique is employed to make the earth ...
  • In rilievo 

    Beis, Juan Santiago (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    Poetic considerations: In rilievo is an Italian word that means "in relief" to show the poetics of movement and loss of energy that shape a non-linear perception of time through a close look of a virtual moving string. I ...
  • Analyzing compositional strategies in video game music 

    Balthrop, Kara Danielle (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    Composers of music for video games face a unique set of challenges, including issues of interactivity, non-linearity, diegesis, and versatility. This study explores several possible correlations among these challenges and ...
  • Music conducting pedagogy and technology : a document analysis on best practices 

    Abreu, Adamilson Guimaraes de (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
    This document analysis was designed to investigate pedagogical practices of music conducting teachers in conjunction with research of technologists on the use of various technologies as teaching tools. I sought to discern ...
  • MU Student recital programs, 2021-2022 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 2021)
    Collection of programs from student recitals given during the 2021-2022 academic year given by guests of the Department of Music at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
  • MU Special event programs, 2021-2022 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 2021)
    Collection of programs from special events given during the 2021-2022 academic year given by guests of the Department of Music at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
  • MU Large ensemble recital programs, 2021-2022 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 2021)
    Collection of programs from large ensembles given during the 2021-2022 academic year given by guests of the Department of Music at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
  • MU Guest recital programs, 2021-2022 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 2021)
    Collection of programs from guest recitals given during the 2021-2022 academic year given by guests of the Department of Music at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
  • MU Faculty recital programs, 2021-2022 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music, 2021)
    Collection of programs from faculty member recitals given during the 2021-2022 academic year by faculty members in the Department of Music at the University of Missouri--Columbia.
  • Christmas concert, 1946 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1946)
  • Christmas concert with student names 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1946)
    "University Singers - University of Missouri - Christmas Concert - 15 Dec. 1946 1. Anne Kortier 2. Gertrude Huber 3. Marjorie Laffoon 4. Lillian Sandy 5. 6. 7. Dorothy Miller 8. 9. Margaret Lee 10. 11. Joy Prost 12. ...
  • Christmas concert, 1946 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1946)
  • Christmas concert, 1946 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1946)
  • University Singers with founder Paul Van Bodegraven 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1946)
    Taken in the spring of 1946, this photograph is of the University Singers and their founder and conductor, Paul Van Bodegraven.
  • University Singers, December 1975 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., 1975)
  • University Singers group performance in choir robes 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., Unknown)
  • University Singers performing with sheet music 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., Unknown)
  • University Singers group performing with music 

    University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music (University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Music., Unknown)

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