University of Missouri School of Music

University of Missouri
School of Music

The Sinquefield Music Center
Former name	Department of Music
Type	Public
Established	1917; 107 years ago (1917)[1]
Parent institution	University of Missouri
Academic affiliations	National Association of Schools of Music
Director	Jared Rawlings[2]
Academic staff	36 faculty[3] 14 adjunct faculty[4]
Administrative staff	9 staff[5]
Location	Columbia, Missouri , United States
Campus	Urban, college town
Marching band	Marching Mizzou
Colors	Black and MU Gold[6]
Website	music.missouri.edu

The School of Music is an academic division of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Its focus is the study of music, awarding baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees as part of the College of Arts and Science. The institution's programs encompass composition, performance, conducting, music education, music history, musical theatre and musicology. Established in 1917 as the Department of Music, the school continues to play a prominent role in the cultural life of Missouri and is located in the Sinquefield Music Center, on the university's flagship campus in Downtown Columbia. The Fine Arts Building also houses classrooms, studios, and a recital hall. Its major performance venues are Jesse Hall, the Missouri Theatre, and Whitmore Recital Hall. The Missouri Tigers marching band, Marching Mizzou, performs at Faurot Field for Southeastern Conference football games. The school's ensembles have performed worldwide and can be heard weekly on the university's own KMUC 90.5 FM Classical, Mid-Missouri's classical music radio station. Alumni include singers Sheryl Crow and Neal Boyd, Canadian Brass founder Gene Watts, and jazz artist Mike Metheny.