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TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE Department of Music

Country:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

State:

TENNESSEE

City:

NASHVILLE


Street Address:

3500 John A Merritt Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee 37209, USA


Program:

Undergraduate program

Details:

Bachelor of Science. Four years. Concentrations in commercial music (popular performance, business, music technology), music education (with choral and instrumental conducting). General music major studies include music history, theory, aural skills.


Program:

Graduate program

Details:

Master of Education. In music education.


Institution Notes:

An historically black state-supported university founded in 1912. The music department houses the largest collection of basset horn music in the USA as well as a considerable collection of African-American music. It hosts the Historically Black Colleges and Universities annual piano competition, open to undergraduate students of any of the 105 historically black institutions in USA. The competition also issues an award for the best performance of a composition by a black composer. There is a Community Academy of Music & Arts that offers music and arts programs to children and interested members of the local community. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.


Last Updated:

December 2022