DETROIT, MI Wayne State Department of Music will be holding their open auditions `for the 2003-2004 academic year for prospective music students. The auditions will be held on January 27-31, 2003 and February 24-28, 2003 and are open to all musicians interested in pursuing a music degree. The auditions will be held in the Old Main Building, located at 4841 Cass Ave. and Warren. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call (313) 577-1795.

The WSU Department of Music is part of the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts. The Department of Music has 16 full-time and over 70 adjunct faculty, which includes 22 members of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Department offers 13-degree concentrations and is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The Department offers a Bachelor of Music degree in composition/theory, jazz studies, music education, music management, music technology, performance and a Bachelor of Arts in music. The Department offers a Master of Music in choral conducting, composition/theory, music education, performance and a Master of Arts in music history, as well as a Graduate Certificate in orchestral studies.

Wayne State University Department of Music is celebrating 84 years of artistic and academic excellence. The Department's faculty includes renowned jazz artists, composers, scholars, educators and members of the internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra. WSU alumni have gone on to careers in distinguished orchestras, ensembles and as soloists and music educators the world over. For more information on the Department of Music, call 313.577.1795or visit the WSU Department of Music on the web at www.music.wayne.edu.