Courses are offered in a wide variety of applied music areas, music theory, and music history and literature. Fisk University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Universities and the National Association of Schools of Music. Instruction is offered in a variety of topics ranging from the music of early history to the present day. Individual courses cover the contributions of composers and artists of many cultures and stylistic periods. Individual and group lessons are offered to all, and all are taught at their individual levels.
Music can enrich the lives of all students regardless of their academic goals.
For the student majoring in music, three distinct degree programs are offered, each designed for a different purpose or career objective. The newly restored Harris Music Building houses practice rooms, teaching studios, piano laboratory, the Jubilee Singers Rehearsal Hall and the main music office. W.C. Handy, James Weldon Johnson, William Grant Still and J. Rosamond Johnson.