School of Music

Master of Music in Music Education Student playing instruments

Kent State University’s Master of Music in Music Education(MMME) program has earned Intelligent.com’s “Best Student Support Services” award. Kent State University has been listed among the top Online Master’s in Music Education Program.

Black (Music) History

The Black (Music) History Month Concert scheduled for  Sun., Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. has been cancelled! Please check back - more information will be posted as it becomes available. 

Picture of the streets of Vienna

In 1996, Theodore Albrecht, professor of musicology, was diligently working on his original project of annotating, translating and studying approximately 430 letters written to Ludwig van Beethoven by his friends and family. Then a new opportunity presented itself. Albrecht found that his two projects worked together to add further understanding and context, giving him the opportunity to add depth and discover new details of Beethoven’s life.

You can conduct the KSU Orchestra

The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the Kent State University College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between Kent State’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway.

Kent Campus
Andrew Shahriari, who has been selected as Kent State’s Scholar of the Month, sits in a khong wong yai (big gong circle) with two ranad eks (lead xylophones) in the background in a School of Music classroom.