Classical music refers to classical music works produced by great Chinese and foreign composers, including opera, symphony, sonata, instrumental solo, art song and other artistic forms. Classical music is characterized by rigorous structure, sophisticated artistic means, and the pursuit of rational emotion expression, which can better make people noble. These rich musical genres and superb music works can continue to broaden students' horizons, and improve their appreciation levels, thus helping them gradually form healthy psychological quality and noble moral sentiment. This paper takes classical music appreciation course in colleges as an example, discusses the important role of classical music appreciation course in the quality education of universities, and analyzes its role in quality education, mainly including the broadening of horizon, the improvement of aesthetic taste, the inspiration of wisdom, and the cultivation of team spirit.