Student Conor Lee, jazz studies, receives Career Development Grant

Jazz Studies student Conor Lee received a Career Development Grant from the Lake Region Arts Council. Lee will use the grant to learn two music composition and editing software programs. Lee works with various styles of rock/pop, jazz, and folk music. He’s written arrangements for various ensembles and has also written and recorded original music for film and 3D animation […]

MSUM freshman is American Idol contestant

American Idol’s two-night season premiere is January 15 & 16 on FOX Andrina Brogden, a freshman music industry major here in the fall, is auditioning for season 13 of American Idol. Brogden is a graduate of West Fargo High School and lives in Harwood, N.D. A recent Twitter post states: “One day, I want to see my name in lights. […]

MSUM students prepare for music industry by producing records

This article is from Prairie Business Magazine. By: Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio News www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article MOORHEAD, Minn. — Eric Jensen spends countless hours in the recording studio trying to create new tunes, the kind of work that could help him make it in the music business. Jensen is enrolled in a Minnesota State University-Moorhead program in which students earn a […]

Combining Interests

By: Danielle Rebel, Marketing & Communications Intern As she packed her bags and drove to Chicago, Theresa Boyle was far from certain she had made the right decision. The senior graphic design and music industry major had an internship at Bass/Schuler Entertainment in Chicago this past summer, which turned out to be an experience of a lifetime. The company is […]

iPad Technology Initiative

The graduate program in School Psych program recently was approved for a university sponsored iPad technology initiative. All on-campus School Psychology graduate students will be issued iPads this fall at no cost to the students. The iPads will be integrated into day-to-day course instruction, as well being used by the graduate students in assessment labs, in practicum settings, and for research […]