Master of Music - Performance

The graduate program leading to the Master of Music (MM) degree is designed to provide opportunities for a variety of advanced studies in music. The objective of the program is to produce a graduate student skilled in research, able in organizational and writing skills, and imaginative in developing new approaches and concepts: a student who, with a broad knowledge of the history and literature of music, is able to use this knowledge with effective musicality as a performer or conductor.

The Master of Music may be earned with either an academic or a performance emphasis. The program will effectively prepare students for continuation into doctoral study. They may focus their studies in one of three areas: