The MSU keyboard faculty is pleased to offer educational and cultural events for you and your family. See the Keyboard Newsletter, the Keyboard Calendar and the Department of Music for additional information. Also, please make a note of the following important dates:

• January 15, 2007   Music Audition Applications Due
• January 20, 2007   PSO/MSU Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition
• January 27, 2007   Department of Music Auditions (all auditions welcome)
• February 01, 2007   Academic Scholarship Applications Due
• February 19, 2007   Department of Music Auditions (keyboard, strings, and voice)
• February 23, 2007   Department of Music Auditions (instrumental auditions)
• May 05, 2007   Contemporary Keyboard Workshop

Murray State offers the Bachelor of Music degree in music education and performance, and the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degrees in music. The Keyboard Studies Major (BA and BS) is an innovative program that which includes study of piano, organ, harpsichord and synthesizer. There is also a minor in music. The MSU keyboard faculty has extensive experience in solo and collaborative performance, as well as combined backgrounds in keyboard literature, pedagogy, musicology and theory.

We have many opportunities for students in collaborative performance. Our new Clavinova Keyboard Lab prepares all music students in functional keyboard skills, composition courses are offered in the Music Synthesis and Sequencing Lab, and theory and aural skills are developed in the Computer-Assisted Instruction Lab. Student chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Collegiate Music Education National Conference are active in the department.

Our high-rise Fine Arts Building and the renovated Old Fine Arts Building offer some of the finest music facilities in the state. The Steinway concert grand pianos are outstanding instruments for solo and collaborative performances.

We invite you to take advantage of the opportunities offered at Murray: audition for music scholarships and apply for admission and academic scholarships. The faculty and staff at MSU are friendly, active professionals who care about the education and future of our students. Contact a Murray State representative and ask any questions you may have. You can arrange to visit our campus by calling MSU School Relations toll free at 1.800.272.4MSU and are encouraged take a complimentary lesson with a keyboard faculty member. We hope to hear from you soon.