Where Music Shapes the Future
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At a glance
6 to 1
Student to faculty ratio
$500K
In undergraduate funding
300+
Events per year
Events
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45th Karp Family & Friends Opening Concert – Faculty Artist SeriesHamel Music Center – Collins Recital Hall
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Laura Schwendinger – Faculty Artist SeriesHamel Music Center – Collins Recital Hall
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Jeanyi Kim, Ji-Yeon Lee, Nathan Hackett, Adrien Zitoun, & Todd Levy – Live from the Mead Witter School of MusicHamel Music Center/Collins Recital Hall
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Staff news
Liu a 2026 Academic Staff Excellence Award winner
Baoli Liu, piano technician for the School of Music, is a 2026 Academic Staff Excellence Award winner. The award recognizes “academic staff members who have gone above and beyond in their campus roles as researchers, instructors, administrators, technicians, and public servants.”
A musical community
Music for everyone
Campus connections
We offer courses in music theory, music history, orchestra, chorus, band, and more that are open to students from other departments on campus.
your major, your way
Double majors
Nearly 50% of our undergraduate majors are double majors with music and another field. Our unique position within the College of Letters & Science makes it easier for a student to achieve a double major.
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Cultural contributions
With more than 300 recitals and concerts performed every year, we make a significant cultural contribution to the university and Madison community.
Over 130 years and counting
Since 1895, we have been a hub of creativity, scholarship, performance, collaboration, and innovation at UW–Madison.