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The DMI is an independent center under the College of Arts & Sciences at DSU. Our mission is to provide our students with a broad and thorough education in the technological, creative, and business areas of the music and entertainment industries.

Delta Music Institute began with a generous donation by Fred Carl of the Viking Range Corporation in 2003. The DMI offers a concentration of music and entertainment industry courses leading to a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree or a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree with an emphasis in Music Production. Whether producing their own art or the art of others, our alumni will be well prepared for the technical, business, and legal issues that confront the practicing artist today and in the future.

The Whitfield Building on campus now houses two world class recording facilities on the same par as the famed Abbey Road studios in London. Studio A, the larger of the two recording spaces, features a Neve V3 large format console and will be able to record an orchestra or choir with as many as 100 musicians. Studio B features a Digi ICON console and is a more contemporary space, able to record smaller ensembles of various styles and genres. The DMI studios will also contain a small project studio in addition to housing a state of the art, 15 station digital audio computer lab, featuring Apple computers with audio interfaces, where students will learn to create, edit, and mix audio in the digital realm.

"Classes at the DMI will remind our students of the rich musical heritage of the Mississippi Delta. Our graduates will be encouraged to take bits and pieces of that history, combine it with their own personal talents, and hopefully, create the next great chapter of Mississippi music.”