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The Master of Music degree program is designed to prepare musicians to practice their specialization in the changing environment of current American music culture. The program encompasses eleven emphases: music composition, music education, music history, ethnomusicology, music performance, collaborative piano, conducting, jazz studies, piano pedagogy, vocal pedagogy, and music theory.

Music performance majors may select from ten options: choral conducting, orchestral conducting, voice, voice science and pedagogy, piano, piano pedagogy, collaborative piano, jazz studies, instrumental performance, and instrumental specialist. The instrumental specialist option consists of a concentration in a major instrument and at least two minor instruments within the brass, strings, and woodwind areas. Considerable flexibility is permitted within an individual program to meet the special needs of students.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Masters degree, students in the Music Performance program are expected to be able to:

Develop appropriate technical proficiency and artistry to perform as soloists and in ensembles.

Analyze music as a means of enhancing performance skills and developing teaching competency.

Demonstrate teaching skills in individual and group settings.

Interpret a common body of music literature as appropriate for their performance medium.

Demonstrate the ability to use music performance for engagement with the outside world.