Join an ensemble

Programs in the Cliffe College of Creative Arts generate nearly 200 events annually, and you can be among the performers.

DSM is home to nearly two dozen student bands, orchestras, and choral ensembles, giving you the freedom to explore. March in the Marching Pride. Perform in the Wind Ensemble or Chamber Orchestra. Become a member of a Jazz Ensemble or Combo. Or play in a percussion ensemble.

There are several all-campus ensembles that don’t require an audition. Other ensembles require an audition, but you may audition for any Dana ensemble, no matter your major. 

Music General Education courses

Music classes that fulfill YSU General Education requirements cover a range of topics and genres of music. You can take courses that focus on the music of antiquity through rock and roll and Hip Hop or take a course in film music. Let us enrich your life.

Add more music to your life with a music minor

No matter what your major is, you can add a music minor to your degree.

Choose from the Music Minor or the Minor in Interdisciplinary Game Studies, which is a collaboration between the Dana School of Music, the Department of Art, and the Computer Science and Information Systems Department.

Minors provide opportunities to develop knowledge and skills at a basic collegiate level. Evolving economic, demographic, and technological conditions provide increased incentive for creativity and leadership in society. Courses allow for personalization and may be tailored to your interests.

Study with our world-class faculty

As a student at DSM, you’ll study with and learn from our internationally acclaimed faculty. They’re artist-educators who may be heard regularly throughout the United States and abroad as soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral performers. With these activities, our faculty are dedicated to bringing a wealth of current knowledge to their pedagogy.