Welcome

MTSU’s Center for Chinese Music and Culture (CCMC) serves as a hub for exploring and sharing China’s rich musical and cultural traditions. Its mission is to connect regional, national, and global communities with these traditions, fostering mutual understanding through learning, scholarship, and service opportunities.

CCMC is located in Murfreesboro, part of the metropolitan Nashville community known worldwide as Music City, USA. Housed in a 3,200-square-foot space at MTSU’s Miller Education Center, CCMC includes a gallery of Chinese musical instruments, a library and archives, and two classrooms. It also collaborates with the MTSU School of Music to offer a for-credit Chinese Ensemble course.

CCMC promotes cultural richness and mutual understanding through learning, scholarship, and service opportunities at the university and in surrounding communities. Since its inauguration in 2016, CCMC has presented concert series, fine art exhibitions, and the Murfreesboro Festival of Chinese Arts, as well as facilitated academic exchange programs between MTSU and higher education institutions in both China and the United States.

The Center also hosts lectures and field trips for MTSU students and K–12 classes, and provides outreach programs for schools, senior living centers, and other community groups across Tennessee. For booking a tour to CCMC, please email us at ccmc@mtsu.edu or simply drop by.

Please follow us on our website, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram pages to be the first to know of upcoming events at the Center.

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Parking Information

Parking is available across the street at MTSU’s Highland Lot, as well as other “green” lots. Please do not park in the MEC Lot, which is designated as staff parking (yellow in the image below) for MTSU, as you will get a parking ticket. The parking lots are shown below for your convenience. For more information please visit the MTSU Parking Services.