UWSP - Music Department

About Us

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of Music has a distinguished history of educating musicians and teachers since the 1940’s. The department currently enrolls over 230 majors and employs a distinguished faculty of 24 full and part-time instructors with extensive credentials from many of the nation’s most highly regarded schools of music. The student and faculty performing groups, which are widely recognized for their artistic excellence, serve as laboratories for the development of professional skills and a full schedule of recitals, concerts, clinics, and other special events is offered each year to serve students, the community, and the surrounding region.

UWSP offers the Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education, Jazz Studies, Performance, Music Literature, and the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. The Master of Music degree is offered in Music Education with an emphasis in elementary/secondary education, Suzuki talent education, or studio pedagogy emphasis. By providing the academic programs of a great university within the atmosphere of a small community, students are afforded an experience of excellence in a personal environment.

The Noel Fine Arts Center is the nucleus of musical activity for undergraduate and graduate music students. Newly constructed in 2005, it provides state-of-the-art multi-media classrooms, large and small ensemble rehearsal halls, teaching studios, over 30 practice rooms, a Yamaha Clavinova piano lab, the 350-seat Michelsen Recital Hall, and the Computer Music Center which houses 18 computer workstations and 12 portable practice stations. In addition to the music department, the Noel Fine Arts Center houses the Department of Theater, Dance, Art and Design, and the Aber Suzuki Center which is home to the American Suzuki Institute.

The UWSP Department of Music is an institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), the national association that sets professional standards for institutional music programs throughout the United States.

Why Study Music at UWSP?

  • The UWSP Music Department is very active with over 200 majors and minors.

  • Faculty are world-class teachers committed to the success of the students.

  • Award-winning ensembles of all sizes provide excellent performance opportunities (see the Ensemble Listing for more information).

  • 21st Century curriculum aimed at providing an exemplary education in Music.   • Small class sizes and individual attention to each music student.

  • “State of the art" Computer Music Center.  

  • Integration of computer and recording technology with aural, visual and kinesthetic teaching techniques and the use of the students' instruments in the classroom makes the Musicianship (Music Theory/Composition) curriculum unique in the field.

  • Commitment to excellence in our advising program, in which faculty advisors are assisted by upper-class student peer advisors.