Wayne State College Department of Music

08/27/2026

It was great to see everyone at our Music Department Open House this afternoon!

08/06/2026

Look at these beauties! Thanks to a generous donor, we were able to update our practice room pianos: two new acoustic Yamaha uprights and four digital Clavinovas. Thanks to Keyboard Kastle and Action Movers out of Omaha for placing and delivering the orders!

04/30/2026

Congratulations to our Honor Recital performers and Music Award winners!

Outstanding Music Major: Tyler Baue
Outstanding Applied Student: Sofia Hendrickson

Performers: Grayson Bales, saxophone; Reese Soukup, flute; Jose Ramirez, clarinet; Bre Matzen, soprano; Justin Kottwitz, piano; Tyler Baue, piano; Chaley Parks, soprano; Addison Kriz, trombone; Rachael Nuernberger, trumpet; Sofia Hendrickson, mezzo-soprano; Hannah Aldridge, horn; Ryan Johnson, marimba

04/16/2026

03/26/2026

We had such a great time at our Music Alumni day last weekend! Sharing some more memories of the day--please post any pictures or videos you have in the comments!

03/25/2026

03/10/2026

We have 60 people signed up for our Music Alumni Day! We're still accepting registrations at https://www.wsc.edu/music-alumni-day if you'd like to join us. We're looking forward to having you back on campus!

Reunite with other alumni of music programs at Wayne State on March 21, 2026.

03/09/2026

Congratulations to these band students that represented WSC at the Nebraska Intercollegiate Band on March 5-7 at UNL! Jose Ramirez, clarinet; Morgan Czajkowski, flute; Cohan Pietz, alto saxophone; Hannah Essink, flute; Ian Finley, tuba; Abby Collins, bass clarinet; Riley Gausman, trumpet; Chase Van Briesen, euphonium; Ryan Johnson, percussion; and Krista Jorgensen, horn.

03/06/2026

We had another successful round of scholarship auditions this week! Huge thank you to the NAfME students for all their help in making the day run smoothly!

02/27/2026