Lamar University Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music

Lamar University Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music The Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music is dedicated to excellence within the discipline by providing quality undergraduate and graduate instruction.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at Lamar University offers five undergraduate degrees and two graduate degrees, in addition to an exciting curriculum designed to inspire you every day. The department fully immerses its students in the cultural study of music, its composition, performance techniques, education, history, and more.

Here, you can sing in a chorus, go to a live performance, compose an original piece, enjoy music of various genres and play your instruments, all while refining your natural gifts and talents. Surrounded by artistic institutions all throughout our area, we strongly encourage our students to participate in Southeast Texas’ cultural life. Some of these facilities include the Lamar Civic Orchestra, Symphony of Southeast Texas, Beaumont Interfaith Choral Society, Beaumont Community Players, Beaumont Ballet Theatre and the Beaumont Civic Ballet.

THE WAIT IS OVER! We are thrilled to announce the release of "Hope Over Troubled Waters," the debut album of the Cardina...
09/04/2026

THE WAIT IS OVER!
We are thrilled to announce the release of "Hope Over Troubled Waters," the debut album of the Cardinal Brass Quintet, Lamar University’s Faculty Brass Quintet, proudly presented by Centaur Records!

Beginning today, Friday, September 4, Hope Over Troubled Waters is available for streaming on all major streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Naxos Music Library, and more!

Tim Dueppen, Victor Gomez, Jared Broussard, Lance Witty, Max Paulus-performers. Brad Palmer-Producer, Matt McCabe-Mastering

The Showcase preview event is about to kick off!
08/16/2026

The Showcase preview event is about to kick off!

Introducing our new music theory/composition specialist and assistant professor of music, Michael Mikulka.
08/11/2026

Introducing our new music theory/composition specialist and assistant professor of music, Michael Mikulka.

Introducing our new Music Education specialist and assistant professor of music, Neil Reed.
08/10/2026

Introducing our new Music Education specialist and assistant professor of music, Neil Reed.

Introducing our new trumpet instructor and Assistant Professor of Music, Kyle McLean!
08/08/2026

Introducing our new trumpet instructor and Assistant Professor of Music, Kyle McLean!

Lamar University music faculty Tim Dueppen and Mike McAndrew along with MUN professor Alan Klaus performed in Prague ton...
07/27/2026

Lamar University music faculty Tim Dueppen and Mike McAndrew along with MUN professor Alan Klaus performed in Prague tonight for various Ambassadors and representatives.

Music faculty Tim Dueppen and Mike McAndrew and MUN faculty member Alan Klaus are off to perform concerts in Prague and ...
07/23/2026

Music faculty Tim Dueppen and Mike McAndrew and MUN faculty member Alan Klaus are off to perform concerts in Prague and Latvia!

Coming Fall 2026
07/01/2026

Coming Fall 2026

Congratulations to alumnus, Dr. Justin West, on this honor.
06/04/2026

Congratulations to alumnus, Dr. Justin West, on this honor.

Congratulations to Justin West, Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning, who has been named the recipient of the 2026 Butler School Teaching Excellence Award.

His ability to bring real-life scenarios and practical experiences into the classroom, combined with his old-school, somewhat anti-technology approach to teaching, has earned him this year's award. West believes that a good choir director needs only one piece of technology, a piano.

Full Story
https://music.utexas.edu/news/justin-west-receives-2026-butler-school-music-teaching-excellence-award

Check out this article in American Music by Dr. Proksch about how the trumpet replaced cornets in American bands beginni...
05/28/2026

Check out this article in American Music by Dr. Proksch about how the trumpet replaced cornets in American bands beginning in about 1910.

The trumpet reigns as the preeminent soprano brass instrument in American bands and has done so for a full century. From the end of the Civil War through about the beginning of World War I, however, no self-respecting American band member would have touched the thing. Instead, the cornet dominated t...

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