The Department of Music is one of 14 academic departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Since its founding in 1908 the Department has functioned as one of the major educational and cultural resources of Southeast Kansas and the surrounding region.
Our main strength lies in professors who realize the value of individualized instruction and who are committed to the development of every student's potential. As well as teachers, members of our faculty are active musicians, scholars, and performers, contributing to the cultural atmosphere of the campus and surrounding communities through performances and lectures. They also have received regional, state, and national recognition for their teaching, performing, and creative endeavors.
The Music Department includes a major complex of practice rooms, classrooms, large studios and a recital hall which is recognized as one of the best in the region.
McCray Hall, the primary home of the Department, has 52 pianos, an electronic piano studio, a listening lab, an electronic music studio, harpsichords, and a collection of string and wind instruments. Occupying center stage in McCray Recital Hall is the superb Opus 106 pipe organ built by the internationally-acclaimed C.B. Fisk shop of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Since its arrival in 1995, this instrument has won the praise of visiting artists and builders from around the world.
