150+ Music Departments

Leveling Up Recruitment

"We had a record high 90+ audition submissions, doubling previous numbers."

Nicholas Kenney, Music Department Chair

Southeast Missouri State University

"Our music major enrollment has increased 35% this past year and 50% the year prior to that."

Eric Olson, Strings Area Coordinator

Bemidji State University

"It been encouraging to see how responsive our prospective students have been. Musicwindow is a game-changer for a university music school recruiting operation."

Caroline Francis

Northern Iowa University

34%

Increase in band membership in one year

Troy Peterson, Marching and Athletic Bands Director

Drury University

The Gaps Most Music Programs Face

  • Building The Talent Pool - You invest heavily in high school visits, events, and promotions, yet these efforts often fail to convert your exposure into real leads. Without direct student contact information, initial moments of exposure fade, leaving your with no way to reach students who once showed interest.
  • Personalizing Recruitment at Scale - Recruitment success depends on individualized outreach based on a students performance area, academic goals, and ensemble interests, but you lack the data, processes, and tools to achieve this. Lists from Admissions lack key details (ie. the student's instrument), leaving you with generic outreach that fails to capture attention.
  • Engaging Faculty in the Recruitment Process - Faculty can be your most influential recruiters, yet involving them in recruiting is silo'ed, inconsistent, and time-consuming. Without simple, streamlined tools, faculty's presence in recruitment is sporadic or absent, leaving a gap between students and the professors who could inspire them to enroll.
  • Missing Students at Key Decision Points - Some high school musicians travel far to visit campus, and no one brought them into the music building during their visit! They interact solely with Admissions, while the music office remains out of the loop. This disconnect leaves students under-informed of performance opportunities until late in their college career.

The Building Blocks of Stronger Recruitment