General Information

The Department of Music has approximately one hundred and ten majors.

There are fifteen full-time faculty members, four adjunct, and three staff including a full-time accompanist and a piano technician.

In 2012 the Department will move into a completely renovated and highly expanded Fine Arts Building.

The Department of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.

The state of the art computer lab is equipped with 15 stations using:

Hp desktops
Windows 7
Roland RS-5 MIDI keyboards
Microsoft Office
Adobe
Powerpoint
Finale

All studios practice rooms are equipped with Steinway  pianos and many practice rooms have computers with  Smart Music™ software.

The piano lab is equipped with Yamaha Clavinovas.

Student Accomplishments

Jennifer Reeves, Cindy Morris, and Daniel Houston were nominated for Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities for 2012.

New Pacer Singers took their 8th annual concert tour in January 2012, this time to Norfolk, Virginia, Baltimore Maryland, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City.

The Four Stikx Clarinet Quartet will tour Thailand in May/June of 2012 as part of a travel study.  They will perform and work with faculty at Mahidol University in Bangkok, and will travel to Chaing Mai to work with school children in refugee orphanages.

The University Singers will perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana this March.

Katherine Felthauser competed in the 2012 WGI World Championship Ensemble, Music City Mystique.

Tommy Sam competed in the 2012 WGI Independent World group, Gateway.

Katie McClain was the 2012 recipient of $1000 scholarship to the Percussive Arts Society.

Doug Young is a member of the 2012 Rosemont Cavaliers.

Joseph Agee and Robert Elam are members of the 2012 Boston Crusaders.

Erin Ison, Instrumental Music Education Major (graduated Dec. '11) won the Carl Seale Teaching Award given to the 2 most outstanding student teachers at the university across all disciplines.

ACS Quintet toured the north island of New Zealand in May 2011 as part of a travel study.  They performed at the New Zealand School of Music as part of a saxophone festival, and worked with school children in rural areas all over the country.

Andrew Moore and Victoria Russell participated in the Tennessee Music Teachers Association collegiate state level piano auditions in November 2011.

Joshua Spaulding’s 2011 composition premiered with UTM clarinet ensemble on their single reed concert.
Joshua Spaulding competed in the 2011 International PAS marimba solo competition.

Rachel Steiner and Tommy Sam were participants in the 2011 Phantom Regiment.

Kerry Durso participated in the 2011 Winter Guard International Finals.

Colby Snider was accepted to 2011 Leith Howard Stevens Summer Marimba and Vibraphone Seminar, New Jersey.

Hamilton Moore was the 2011 UTM Concerto Competition Winner.

The Percussion Ensemble performed a concert at the 2011 TMEA State Conference.

Robert Elam is a member of the 2011 Boston Crusaders.

The UTM choirs perform with the 2011 Jackson Symphony with Dr. Mancusi soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9

Virginia Cherry, named in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges” for the 2010-2011 academic year

University Singers performed Beethoven’s 9th with the Jackson Symphony in 2010

Faculty Accomplishments