Midwestern State University Department of Music



MSU Band Camp WFISD Band Camp New Students Scholarships Departmental Admission Requirements Concerts Choir Keyboard Band Guard Ensembles Faculty Music Catalog Music Degrees Music Minor Facilities Student Handbook Links		Departmental Highlights The MSU Marching Band performed at the UIL Texas State Marching Band Contest on November 5, 2007, in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, as the university exhibition marching band. MSU will break ground on a new bandhall in the fall of 2008. The MSU Winterguard, the only university-sponsored guard in Texas, finished eighteenth from nearly seventy winterguards in class Independent A at the WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio, last April. The Opera Workshop will be performing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum in March, 2008. The Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and University Singers performed their spring 2007 concert tour across south Texas, including performances at Houston School for the Performing and Visual Arts and at Clear Brook High School. Dr. Ruth Morrow, Chair of the Department of Music, will be the featured soloist with the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra in March. The Marching Band continued their string of record enrollments in fall 2007. They also changed their look entirely, going to all-white uniforms. Check out over 500 pictures at the band flickr page at MSU Band Pictures Here! If you have questions for anyone on the Music Faculty regarding attending MSU or being a music major, please complete the request for information form. We would love to have you be a part of the excitement that is MSU Music! The Request for Information form--click here! Midwestern State University is a state-supported liberal arts university in Wichita Falls, Texas, approximately two hours northwest of Dallas-Ft. Worth. With over 6,000 students, Midwestern State University has a beautiful campus in the heart of Wichita Falls. The MSU webpage is located at Midwestern State University. The University is a member of the NCAA-Division II and the Lone Star Conference. The Midwestern State University Music Department is a fully-accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music and is a division of the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts. The Fain Fine Arts Building is a large, state-of-the-art facility which houses Theatre, Art, Mass Communication, and Music. With nine full-time and seven adjunct faculty, the music department strives to offer all students numerous opportunities for musical involvement. Music students may earn a Bachelor of Music degree with a major in performance or with teacher certification. Performance ensembles at MSU include University Singers, Midwestern Singers, Oratorio Chorus, Opera Workshop, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Marching Band, Basketball Pep Band, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, and Winterguard. For general information, call the MSU Music Department office at (940) 397-4267 or contact our music faculty directly. The MSU Department of Music is a member of The National Association of Schools of Music, The Texas Association of Music Schools, and the Kemp Center for the Arts. MSU Home MSUMusic.org Home Top of Page Department of Music, 3410 Taft, Wichita Falls TX 76308, (940) 397-4267 Contact: Webmaster