Students in the Missouri State University Keyboard Division are part of a program that has influenced keyboard performance and education through the region. Missouri State’s distinguished and nationally recognized faculty/artists ensure keyboard students the opportunities and experiences necessary to develop their talent to its highest potential. In the keyboard areas of Piano, Organ and Carillon, Missouri State offers a broad range of degree programs, including performance, pedagogy or combination programs at the bachelor’s and master’s levels.

Missouri State keyboard students enjoy a top-notch music education experience consisting of weekly private instruction with the award-winning faculty, studio performance classes, and departmental recitals. Celebrated guest artists and scholars from across the nation also regularly present lectures, master classes and recitals.  Missouri State’s commitment to excellence in it’s keyboard programs is further demonstrated by the Ellis Recital Hall’s extraordinary 3-manual, 47-stop/rank pipe organ, handcrafted by Casavant, one of the world’s foremost organ-building firms.

Keyboard graduates of the Missouri State University can be confident they have received one of the best keyboard educations available and are ready for a successful professional career in music performance, education, or another musically related enterprise.