Department of Music - Mission

Mission, Goals and Objectives

Mission, Goals and Objectives

The Northeastern State University Music Department is part of the School of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Liberal Arts. Its mission is to provide undergraduate education leading to the Bachelor of Music Education degree (with options in Instrumental and Choral/Vocal music) and Bachelor of Arts degree (with options in Musical Arts, Music (Business), Performance and Jazz & Commercial Music), and to provide coursework directed to the general student population. Through quality teaching, research and scholarly activities, service to local and professional communities, and high expectations, our dedicated faculty and staff provide a friendly learning environment where students are prepared to achieve socially responsible career and personal goals for success in a challenging global society.

Students participate in the music program at Northeastern State University through enrollment in academic classes, performance-oriented ensembles, and applied music lessons. Accordingly, this diversity of experiences will create a diversity of purposes, goals, and objectives for the department.

The goals of the music program include:

1. Providing the necessary curricular experiences to prepare majors and minors for professional work and/or graduate school in music education, music performance,
   and the music industry;
2. Providing each music major with the essential skills and expertise to perform at the appropriate level, to apply the principles of music theory/analysis to a musical score, understand and identify the major developments and composers within different historical periods, to be familiar with music of different cultures and of different media, to utilize music technology in their music endeavors, to improvise and compose appropriately;
3. Providing the necessary musical experiences to accommodate the professionally oriented music majors and minors AND the general interest student;
4. Providing an appropriate curriculum to accomplish such a task, including a logical course sequence throughout the program;
5. Providing the necessary professional staff to deliver such a program;
6. Providing the necessary equipment to support such a program.

In addition to the student-oriented goals listed above, the department also subscribes to goals that promote an understanding of the role of a musician in the context of the greater world in which we live. These include:

1. Delivering high-quality programs for the public in the form of faculty recitals, student recitals, and concerts performed by the department’s ensembles;
2. Promoting faculty and student involvement in activities which support the arts, and especially music, in the community;
3. Providing support to campus and community activities where those organizations are involved in issues related to music;
4. Functioning, by the faculty, as effective musical role models for students.

Specific goals stated here as terminal objectives guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of the music curriculum. These objectives state what the music department's graduates should be able to do after completing that curriculum. 

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NSU Department of Music
605 N Grand Ave
Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464

Phone: 918-444-2700
Fax: 918-458-2348
Department Secretary: Cheryl Nobles
Email: noblesc@nsuok.edu

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

National Association of Schools of Music
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
Phone: 703-437-0700, extension 125
http://nasm.arts-accredit.org