NMSU音乐系的使命是：为学生做好音乐教育，商业和/或表演方面的职业准备，为学生提供表演，学习，创作和体验音乐的机会，以改善我们的文化生活通过演奏卓越的音乐来支持选民，以创造一种艺术环境，促进个人意识的发展，我们认为这对健康社会的构成至关重要。
The mission of the Music Department at NMSU is- to prepare students for careers in music education, business and/or performance,to give the student body opportunities to perform, study, create and experience music,to enhance the cultural lives of our constituency by performance of superior music, andto create an artistic environment which fosters the development of personal realizations we believe to be essential to the fabric of a healthy society.