The Department of Music is located in the Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts on the Western Kentucky University campus, atop a hill overlooking the south central Kentucky city of Bowling Green. Our reputation for training successful undergraduates as performers and teachers has earned us the respect of school districts throughout Kentucky, the region, and with the National Association of Schools of Music, who has continuously accredited us since 1948.

Faculty members teach all classes and lessons. The music faculty have been trained at some of the finest music institutions in the world, are active as performers, conductors, composers, leaders, clinicians and researchers nationally and internationally. Our goal is to provide the best professional models possible for our students in every area of study. Our faculty-to-student ratio ensures that all students are receiving the special attention that is needed to be successful. Class size at all levels provides that personal approach that is similar to those found during high school preparation.