

Creativity. Flexibility. Innovation.
This is who we are.
The University of Tennessee College of Music boasts a world-class faculty and staff who are deeply committed to helping students become well-rounded leaders in the field of music.
The College of Music offers a rich diversity of programs that affords students both traditional and novel opportunities in music studies and beyond. We strive toward a holistic training of the musician of the future, modeling traditional skills in academics and performance along with globally applicable skills like leadership and critical thinking. Our curricula melds lessons, ensembles, and academic classes spanning the Western canon to World and popular music. Beyond core classes in analysis, education, musicology, and music performance, students take classes dedicated to acquiring life skills in business, communication, health and wellness, and marketing necessary for professional and personal success. We strive to maintain the highest quality academic and performance opportunities you have come to expect from our flagship institution.
The College of Music maintains a healthy student to faculty ratio to ensure all students have regular access to faculty and our award-winning facilities.
We are the only College of Music in Tennessee, the premier state in the nation for music. Come create your future with us!
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Events in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall can be found above. For events in the James R. Cox Auditorium, click here.

Featured News
- Allison Adams of UT Music Co-Authors Saxophone TextbookAllison Adams, associate professor of saxophone at the University of Tennessee, has published a saxophone textbook, co-authored with saxophonist Brian Horner. Playing & Teaching the Saxophone: A Modern Approach provides a method for teaching the saxophone that is specific enough to … Read more
- UT Alumnus Cade Botts Wins Bluegrass Scholarship AwardCade Botts, now a UT College of Music alumnus (MM, Music Theory, 2023 & BM, Music Theory, 2021) was reaching the end of his undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee when his passion for bluegrass was reawakened. Not that … Read more
- Composition by Jorge Variego of UT Music Featured by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
- UT Alumna Marshunda Smith named Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director

