The Department of Music at Western Connecticut State University is a friendly, vibrant, student-oriented unit committed to fulfilling the university and department mission to

• prepare students for careers in music education
• prepare students to be lifelong advocates for music and the arts
• encourage development of the creative, intuitive, and intellectual capabilities of students, faculty, and audience
• provide for the cultural enrichment of the individual, the unit, the university, the community, the region, and the state