Typical college courses end in a flurry of projects, guest speakers, presentations and final papers as students and professors gather all they need to wind up a semester.

The College of Media and Entertainment, in conjunction with the School of Music, hosted the 2018 Association for Popular Music Education Conference this summer.

The Department of Recording Industry’s Songwriting concentration, headed by Assistant Professor Odie Blackmon, received a second $10,000 grant from the Academy of Country Music Lifting Lives Foundation.

Fourteen youngsters this summer delved into the world of professional journalism in a supportive, fun-filled multimedia environment.

MTSU’s Department of Recording Industry is once again on an international list of acclaimed music industry schools touted by The Hollywood Reporter. The list also includes Juilliard, Berklee, the Seoul Institute for the Arts and the Conservatoire de Paris.

Middle Tennessee State University’s songwriting program recently took center stage at ASCAP’s private showcase for local music publishers.

Mass Comm’s main street was packed the morning of April 7 with booths from multiple music companies – Sony/SATV Music Publishing, Music City Roots and SESAC, just to name a few – for Recording Industry’s annual Career Fair.

Odie Blackmon writes timeless, classic country songs.

Friday afternoon in the College of Mass Communication is usually a quiet time, with faculty and students wrapping up the week. This may be why it was easy for bluegrass-country superstar Alison Krauss to enter the John Bragg Mass Communication Building unnoticed and take a seat in the back of Comm 101.