Mon Hills Group is where industry dreams meet practical experience.
A unique and creative force is shaping the future of the music industry from what some might consider an unsuspecting place — West Virginia University. Mon Hills Music Group, the professional component of the School of Music’s Music Business and Industry Program, is a living, breathing classroom where students are getting the real-world experience necessary to land the careers that dreams are made of.
In any given semester, nearly 50 undergraduate and graduate students in the WVU College of Creative Arts and Media are involved in every facet of the music business through Mon Hills Music Group and its two labels — Mon Hills Records and Go 1st Records. The program is under the guidance of Director Darko Velichkovski and Assistant Director Joshua Swiger, both professors in the School of Music.
Photo by Brian Persinger.