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The Department of Music, Communication, & Emerging Media offers students a variety of majors and minors to fit their talents and interests. From performing arts to video production, students have the option to mix and match their passions and skills within the department or add a new skill or certificate to another major.
Georgia Southwestern students are given a variety of hands-on learning inside and outside of the classroom setting. Music students give frequent performances throughout the year ranging from musical theatre productions, madrigal dinners, cabaret, choirs, concert and jazz bands. Communication & Emerging Media students are given opportunities to film on location, have access to a newly renovated lab with the Adobe Creative Suite, and a communications research library.
Department of Music, Communication, & Emerging Media
Jackson Hall
Fine Arts Building
Collum Hall
229-931-2240
julie.megginson@gsw.edu
Monday – Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Faculty & StaffGeorgia Southwestern students have the opportunity to gain real-deal experience in communications and media through paid and class-credit internships. GSW also offers students a variety of internships across campus in multimedia areas such as graphic design, video production and creation, social media, and photography.
Georgia Southwestern students give frequent music performances during the year that range from musical theatre productions, madrigal dinners, cabaret, choirs, concert and jazz bands. The Jackson Performance Hall also hosts the Chamber Concert series showcasing musical talent from across the nation for students, faculty, staff, and community members to attend.
Student interns also assist with the production and coordination of our annual TEDxGeorgiaSouthwesternU event where participants engage with an audience on a variety of topics based on the annual theme.
This independent TEDx event is operated under license from TED.
Students can showcase their written abilities with on-campus student publications such as the historic Sou'Wester newspaper (now digital), Sirocco annual literary magazine, and various writing competitions throughout the term.
I chose to attend GSW because my grandparents came to this school, and I had a lot of friends and family that attended school here. GSW also has a fantastic music program, and I knew that if I were to go here, it would help me to further my education in my field of study.