Welcome to the Henderson State University Department of Music web page.  We are very proud of our students, alumni, faculty, and our long tradition of excellence!  Henderson State is a special place – we are concerned with the success of every student, and we work very hard to help everyone develop their full potential.

Currently we have almost 100 music majors and over 100 non-music majors who are studying virtually every degree offered by Henderson.  Our Music graduates are extremely successful university and public school educators, composers, performers, and scholars.  Our 15 full-time and 10 adjunct Music faculty members are highly successful in their individual careers, but their main focus is the growth of our students.  It has always been this way – it is the Henderson Tradition.

If you are looking for a college education, you will find great musical opportunities and wonderful scholarship offers for both music and non-music majors to help you realize your dreams.  We offer you:

•An outstanding education with Bachelor of Music degrees in music education, composition, and performance; the Bachelor of Arts degree; and a Music minor.  We have been a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music for over 50 years.

•Performance opportunities, including:

    -Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphonic Band, Concert Band,
Marching Band, Reddie Pep Band

    -Concert Choir, Chamber Chorale, Women’s Choir, Opera Workshop

    -String Orchestra, String Quartet

    -Jazz Ensembles

    -Brass Choirs, Trombone Choir, Tuba Choir

    -Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, Woodwind Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet

    -Percussion Ensemble

•Applied lessons in virtually every instrument, voice, piano, and organ

•A state-of-the-art piano lab; 216-seat Harwood Recital Hall; 990-seat Arkansas Hall; departmental computer lab; and the Huie Library, which has a large CD and DVD collection and extensive holdings of music texts and scores

We encourage future college students to contact us to become a part of our Tradition, and we ask our alumni to stay in touch – we value your success.  Our reputation is built on you!

Jim Buckner, Chair

Department of Music