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34th Annual College Night
Thursday, December 17, 2026
5:30 - 7:00 pm
McCormick Place West
Skyline Ballroom W375D


College Night provides an opportunity for students and teachers to learn more about music degree programs and visit with representatives of the nation's leading colleges, universities and branches of the United States military. College Night is FREE and open to the public.

College Night Sponsor

2026 College and University List will be available beginning June 2026.

 

2025 Participating Colleges & Universities

Augustana College www.augustana.edu
Belmont University www.belmont.edu
Boston Conservatory at Berklee http://www.bostonconservatory.berkee.edu
Boston University School of Music http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music
Bowling Green State University College of Musical Arts http://www.bgsu.edu/music
Brigham Young University - School of Music http://www.music.byu.edu
Case Western Reserve University http://www.music.case.edu
Central Michigan University http://www.music.cmich.edu
Chicago State University http://www.csu.edu
College of Music, University of Colorado Boulder https://www.colorado.edu/music/admissions
Colorado State University School of Music, Theatre and Dance http://www.music.colostate.edu
Curtis Institute of Music www.curtis.edu
DePaul University School of Music https://music.depaul.edu/
Duquesne University https://duq.edu/Music
East Tennessee State University https://www.etsu.edu/cas/music/
Eastman School of Music www.esm.rochester.edu
Elmhurst University https://www.elmhurst.edu/academics/departments/music/
Florida State University College of Music http://music.fsu.edu
Illinois State University http://www.bands.illinoisstate.edu
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music http://www.music.indiana.edu
Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-music-theatre-and-dance
Kansas State University http://www.k-state.edu/band
Lawrence University www.lawrence.edu
LSU Bands http://www.bands.lsu.edu
Manhattan School of Music www.msmnyc.edu
Messiah University http://messiah.edu/gradmusic
Michigan State University College of Music http://www.music.msu.edu
Nazareth University www.naz.edu
New England Conservatory http://necmusic.edu
New Jersey City University https://www.njcu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/william-j-maxwell-college-arts-sciences/departments/music-dance-and-theatre/strings
North Park University School of Music, Art and Theatre http://www.northpark.edu/music
Northern Illinois University http://www.go.niu.edu/music
Northern State University http://www.northern.edu
Northwestern University Bienen School of Music http://www.music.northwestern.edu
Purdue Bands & Orchestras https://www.purdue.edu/bands/
Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) https://www.roosevelt.edu/colleges/ccpa
San Diego State University https://music.sdsu.edu/
San Jose State University http://sjsu.edu/music
School of Music, University of Minnesota https://cla.umn.edu/music
Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University https://vpa.syr.edu/academics/music/
Sewanee Summer Music Festival http://ssmf.sewanee.edu
Sonoma State University Department of Music http://music.sonoma.edu
Southern Miss School of Music http://usm.edu/music
Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance http://boyer.temple.edu
Tennessee Tech University https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/music/index.php
Texas A&M University http://pvfa.tamu.edu
The Ohio State University School of Music http://www.music.osu.edu
The University of Hartford, The Hartt School http://hartford.edu/hartt
University of Alabama Bands http://bands.ua.edu
University of Cincinnati http://uc.edu
University of Florida School of Music http://www.arts.ufl.edu/music
University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music http://bands.uga.edu/
University of Houston Moores School of Music http://www.music.uh.edu
University of Illinois at Chicago http://theatreandmusic.uic.edu
University of Illinois School of Music http://www.music.illinois.edu
University of Iowa School of Music http://www.music.uiowa.edu
University of Kansas Bands http://www.kuband.org
University of Kentucky Bands http://www.ukbands.org
University of Louisville Bands http://UofLBands.com
University of Maryland School of Music https://www.music.umd.edu
University of Miami Frost School of Music http://www.frost.miami.edu
University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance https://smtd.umich.edu/
University of Minnesota Bands http://music.umn.edu
University of Missouri - St. Louis Department of Music http://music.umsl.edu
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music http://www.music.unl.edu
University of Nevada, Las Vegas http://unlvbands.com
University of North Texas College of Music http://www.music.unt.edu/
University of Oklahoma Bands http://www.bands.ou.edu
University of South Carolina School of Music http://www.sc.edu/music
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga https://www.utc.edu/arts-and-sciences/music
University of Texas Bands https://sites.utexas.edu/bands/
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts http://uwm.edu/arts
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Department of Music www.uwosh.edu/music
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Music Department www.uwsp.edu/mme
UW-Madison Mead Witter School of Music https://music.wisc.edu/
VanderCook College of Music http://www.vandercook.edu
Wayne State University Department of Music www.music.wayne.edu
Wheaton College Conservatory of Music https://www.wheaton.edu/wheaton-college-conservatory-of-music/
Wichita State University School of Music http://www.wichita.edu
William Carey University - Winters School of Music http://wmcarey.edu