音乐学士学位课程为有音乐经验和技能并希望接受音乐专业培训的有才能的学生提供课程。表演学生，包括本科生和研究生，都将通过艺术家，教授，理论和历史课程的广泛应用音乐研究以及在独奏，室内合奏和大型合奏中的表演来准备，以从事独奏家或室内合奏或大型合奏成员的职业。本科表演课程包括文学和教学技术研究，以协助毕业生从事私人工作室教师的职业。本科表演专业包括初中和高级演奏会。研究生表演专业代表研究生演奏会。所有的演奏会都在位于旧美因河的极好的Schaver音乐演奏厅中进行。
The Department of Music cultivates music as a contemporary and global art, grounded in a long historical tradition, by combining higher education with professional training and experience for its undergraduate and graduate/professional students. The Department offers students of music opportunities to learn, grow, and develop their skills and disciplines in an urban cultural setting. With close proximity to Detroit's cultural center, students have access to the resources of such premiere institutions as the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Public Library, the Detroit Opera House, and Orchestra Hall. The long historical relationship between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Department allows students to study and coach with exceptional guest artists and resident artist-faculty who are specialists in all musical styles and media.