School of Music Brochure 2011

AFFORDABLE & PRICELESS accessible yet

to your future.

AA/EOE/ADAI

Southern Miss offers the only fully online Master of Music Education program in the state serving working teachers across the state and throughout the nation.

Comprehensive programs, innovative research, world-class faculty and cultural diversity result in superior artistic preparation at the largest music program in the state with more than 450 majors.

118 College Drive #5081 Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001

SCHOOL OF MUSIC

An education here is PAID

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Permit No. 148 Hattiesburg, MS 39402

Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage

We live on a

&FRIENDLY

BEAUTIFUL

&TEACH on the national and international stage.

@ The School of Music The University of Southern Mississippi is a

FAMILY campus in a vibrant Southern community.

Our students and faculty

PERFORM

FAMILY

The School of Music provides life-changing opportunities in a warm, nurturing atmosphere.

Providing individual attention to students with faculty specific to history, theory, education and each instrument and voice, we are here for your success.

U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT ranked Southern Miss as a Top 20 most popular university in the United States, in the company of Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Columbia, among others. ( January 2011)

FRIENDLY&BEAUTIFUL

With historic landmarks and gorgeous foliage, Southern Miss provides the landscape for learning and creating among peers who share your passion.

Achieve your goals while making friendships that will last a lifetime.

The university was honored for the first time with the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for the many ways in which its students, faculty, staff and programs enhance the lives of south Mississippians.

(December 2010)

PERFORM&TEACH

Our students and faculty perform, teach, present and participate in national and international music festivals, competitions, and conferences. They have performed with internationally renowned artists from Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma to Patti LaBelle, The Pointer Sisters, Dionne Warwick and Ray Charles among others.

Over the past three years, the undergraduate enrollment increased 12%, the graduate enrollment increased 28%, and the Master of Music Education degree grew 100%.

AFFORDABLE&PRICELESS

Dollar for dollar, we are the best value for your musical future.

Ninety-two percent of our undergraduate music majors receive some form of financial assistance.

Competitive scholarships and service awards are available to qualified applicants.

We enjoy a 96% placement rate of all music education graduates.

APPLY NOW.

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