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Florida State University is a major residential university of 16 colleges and schools with 1,440 faculty serving a student body of 33,000. FSU has a longstanding reputation as one of the premiere institutions for the arts in the South. The Kuersteiner and Housewright buildings accommodate the largest College of Music in the Southeast and the third largest university-based in the nation. The Florida State University College of Music has over 80 faculty members and enrolls over 650 undergraduate and 350 graduate students, representing nearly every state in the nation and 20 foreign countries.

The College of Music has a history that dates back to 1900, when music instruction began with only one teacher of vocal and instrumental music. By 1911, six faculty members made up the total teaching staff. In that same year, Elle Scoble Opperman, for whom Opperman Music Hall is named, became the director of the school, and the first bachelor of music was awarded by vote of the faculty. By 1920, Professor Opperman had become the dean of the School and served in that capacity until her retirement in 1944.