About Us

 

Welcome to the Henderson State University Department of Music web page. We are very proud of our students, alumni, faculty, and our long tradition of excellence! HSU is a special place – we are concerned with the success of every student, and we work very hard to help everyone develop their full potential.

 
The Department of Music has approximately 100 music majors and over 100 non-music majors who are studying virtually every degree offered by Henderson. Our music graduates are respected university and public school educators, composers, performers, and scholars. Our 15 full-time and 10 adjunct Music faculty members are highly successful in their individual careers, but their main focus is the growth of our students. It has always been this way – it is the Henderson Tradition. 

If you are looking for a college education, you will find great musical opportunities and wonderful scholarship offerings for both music and non-music majors to help you realize your dreams. We offer you:  

• An outstanding education with Bachelor of Music degrees in music education, composition, and performance; the Bachelor of Arts degree; and a Music minor. We have been a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music for over 50 years.  
• Performance opportunities, including:  

Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Symphony Band,
Concert Band, the "Showband of Arkansas"
Marching Band, Reddie Basketball Band 

Concert Choir, Chamber Chorale, Women's Choir, Opera Workshop 

String Orchestra, String Quartet 

Jazz Ensembles
Brass Choirs, Trombone Choir, Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble 

Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir, Woodwind Quintet, Clarinet Quartet, Saxophone Quartet 

Percussion Ensemble 

 

• Applied lessons in virtually every instrument, voice, piano, and organ  
• A state-of-the-art piano lab; 216-seat Harwood Recital Hall; 990-seat Arkansas Hall; departmental computer lab; and the Huie Library, which has a large CD and DVD collection and extensive holdings of music texts and scores  

 

We encourage future college students to contact us to become a part of our Tradition, and we ask our alumni to stay in touch – we value your success. Our reputation is built on you!

Dr. Jim Buckner, Chair

Luke Pittman, Administrative Assistant
Russell Fine Arts Center
Rm. 153
(870) 230-5036