The Challey School of Music offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees—to prepare the next generation of music professionals. We invite you to explore these pages and view our Performing Arts Calendar.

2016 High School Choral Festival

The 28th Annual High School Choral Festival is Oct. 2 and 3, and the Challey School of Music is honored to host so many talented area high school choir students their directors. For event schedules and details, click here.

Admissions

Learn more about the NDSU Challey School of Music

Music Day: November 4, 2016
North Dakota All-State Audition Clinic: December 9, 2016
Undergraduate Programs
- Scholarship Information
- Scholarship Auditions Schedule:
  February 3, 2017: Vocal auditions at NDSU in Fargo
  February 10, 2017: Instrumental auditions at NDSU in Fargo
  - Scholarship auditions may also take place by appointment.
  - Want us to contact you?
    Please complete this online student contact form.

Graduate Programs

Contact Dr. Michael Weber at 701-231-8497 for additional information.

Guest Artists

The Challey School of Music offers students ongoing opportunities to interact with nationally and internationally acclaimed guest artists, who share their talents and experiences through workshops and in performances. For the 2015-16 academic year, we welcomed Eric Whitacre, Boston Brass, James Stephenson, and many others. View our current and prior guest artist roster here.

Symposia

NDSU Chamber Music Festival - May 22 - 26, 2016

The NDSU Chamber Music Festival partners NDSU student pianists with world-class string players to bring the Fargo-Moorhead community an intimate encounter with this exhilarating music.

Summer Music Ed Symposium 2016
"Effective Teaching: Instrumental, Choral, Elementary"

Join the music education faculty of North Dakota State University and guests Joseph Parisi, Stan McGill, Wendy Barden, and Ann Eisen for a unique symposium designed to develop effective teaching in music education.

NDSU Choral Symposium: Contemporary Composition in America

This three day symposium in October 2015 featured noted composer Eric Whitacre as well as Cantus, a Twin Cities based ensemble that has performed throughout the world.

News

Fissinger Choral Composition Prizes

The NDSU Challey School of Music is proud to open the annual Fissinger Choral Composition Prizes. Due on June 1, 2016, the prizes were established several years ago to honor choral composer Edwin Fissinger.

Challey School of Music News

From upcoming music events featuring internationally acclaimed musicians, composers and conductors, to performances across the region and nation by our faculty and students, the NDSU Challey School of Music is on the go and in the news.

The NDSU Challey School of Music provides academic programs and artistic performances that serve our students through professional preparation and fine arts enrichment, that serve our faculty and staff through professional career achievement and satisfaction, and that serve the greater university community through the excellence of our widespread endeavors.