MURFREESBORO,
Tenn. — MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry has again
earned national acclaim for its music business education program, ranking among
the Top 15 such programs in the country, according to Billboard.com.
In the recent article,
“The 15 Best Music Business Schools in 2017,” the authors include MTSU in a
listing that also features four programs at New York universities and four in
California, three of which are at UCLA.
“This has been a
transformational year for us, so I am thrilled that Billboard detailed some of
our successes in their list of top programs,” said Beverly Keel, chair
of MTSU’s program within the College of Media and Entertainment.
“From our new audio
business degree and changing music business curriculum to our rapidly expanding
songwriting program, we are successfully preparing students for a recording
industry career in whatever area they may choose. We are busy planning now for
the future, so I can't wait to see what lies ahead for us.”
The article notes MTSU’s
creation of a new bachelor’s degree in audio production over the past year as
well as the format switch of the university’s radio station, WMOT-FM Roots
Radio 89.5, from jazz to Americana, making it the first such outlet in the Nashville
region.
In addition, the article mentions
that MTSU co-sponsored the first international conference focusing on the music
of Prince with the University of Salford in Manchester, England, and worked
with the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Nashville Public Television to create
a show called “The Songwriters,” hosted by College of Media and Entertainment
dean Ken Paulson.
The Hollywood Reporter also
has singled out MTSU’s recording industry program for inclusion in its “Top 25
Music Schools” listings for the last three years.
MTSU recording industry
undergraduates can focus on audio production, commercial songwriting or music
business. A Master of Fine Arts degree in recording arts and technologies
prepares graduate students for advanced work in audio production, recording and
integrated electronic media.
Regularly included in
top-program listings worldwide, the Department of Recording Industry also
collaborates with MTSU’s School of Music on a “music industry” minor
concentration that allows students to minor in music-industry entrepreneurship
or recording industry.
You can learn more about
MTSU’s recording industry program at http://www.mtsu.edu/recording-industry.
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