News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Department of Music

Visit Web Site
TwitterCollege Twitter FacebookCollege Facebook InstagramCollege Instagram

7400 Bay Road University Center
Saginaw,Michigan 48710
989.964.4386
admissions@svsu.edu

DEGREES OFFERED

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Bachelor of Arts in Music Education


Saginaw Valley State University's Music and Music Education programs are designed to help students inspired to explore careers in music to accomplish their goals and ambitions. Our students receive personal attention from full-time faculty who are active directors and performers in the industry. Students will also enjoy the convenience of small class sizes, benefit from numerous leadership, workshop and performance opportunities and interact with top-of-the-line technology as part of the department's emphasis on real-world skills. SVSU music students have access to a 20-seat iMac lab fully equipped with a smartboard, iPad integration and professional music software. Scholarship opportunities, powerful technology, opportunities for students to develop their intellectual, personal and musical abilities through varied classes and non-curricular activities and the sheer variety of genres and ensembles available at SVSU make these programs stand out.

Related Articles

Cleveland Play House Reimagines Iconic Horror Story, MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
by A.A. Cristi - October 23, 2023


Mary Shelley's shocking classic novel, Frankenstein, receives new life at Cleveland Play House. A haunting and highly theatrical adaptation of the classic horror story. Directed by Michael Barakiva, the production features Josh Bates, Madeline Calais, Ellen Grace Diehl, Gavin Michaels, and Kayodè Soyemi.

Nominees Revealed For the 2023 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Awards
by Stephi Wild - April 20, 2023


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts virtually hosted more than 110 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF).

Kennedy Center Hosts American College Theater Festival National Awards; Plus Finalists and Award Winners
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 19, 2022


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts virtually hosted more than 125 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. 

2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Award and Scholarship Recipients Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 03, 2021


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the national awardees of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which was held virtually in convenings for each discipline that began on March 8, 2021 and continued through May 22, 2021.

BWW Blog: The Man of all Our Dreams - A Conversation with Josh Abram
by Student Blogger: Bea Mienik - January 04, 2021


“Anyone can cook… and create.”

BWW Blog: Remy the Ratatouille - The Tik Tok Musical Craze
by Student Blogger: Blake Velick - November 19, 2020


Remy may be the next Disney star to shine on Broadway, or at least on Tik Tok. For the past month, musical theatre fans have been collaborating on Tik Tok to compose and write a musical based on Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille.

Community Theatres Break The Mold With MAMMA MIA!
by A.A. Cristi - August 22, 2019


When the rights for a blockbuster Broadway show like Mamma Mia! came available, the race to be the first to secure them promised to be fierce. No one was more aware of that than Dexter Brigham, Director of Theatre Programs at Midland Center for the Arts which is located within 30 miles of two other well-established community theatres in mid-Michigan.

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance Presents a Regional MAMMA MIA! Collaboration
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2019


The Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance announced today that will present a regional community theatre production of the hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia! in September 2019. The production will be an opportunity for unprecedented cooperation among Midland Center for the Arts' Center Stage Theatre, Pit & Balcony Theatre, and Bay City Players.

The Second City's The Black History Month Show Announced
by A.A. Cristi - January 16, 2019


The Second City celebrates Black History Month by bringing you the most iconic sketches created by our African American alumni along with classic archive scenes reimagined with a new comedic spin. The Second City's Black History Month Show features Rich Alfonso, Jillian Ebanks, Jack Brian, Jordan Stafford, Shadee Vossoughi and Kaye Winks.



Past Student Productions

SHOW THEATER
Silent Sky
(2/23/22 - 2/27/22)
Saginaw Valley State University
Lonely Planet
(11/3/21 - 11/7/21)
Saginaw Valley State University
Emilie: La Marquise Du Ch?telet Defends Her Life Tonight
(11/22/19 - 11/23/19)
Saginaw Valley State University
Proof
(10/30/19 - 11/3/19)
Saginaw Valley State University
9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL in Broadway 9 TO 5, THE MUSICAL
(4/10/19 - 4/14/19)
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?
(3/29/19 - 3/30/19)
Saginaw Valley State University
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(2/20/19 - 2/24/19)
Saginaw Valley State University
ASSASSINS
(4/5/17 - 4/9/17)
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS...TRYING
(4/8/15 - 4/12/15)
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
THE PRODUCERS
(11/20/13 - 11/24/13)
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

Videos


TICKET CENTRAL

Recommended For You