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Home > Graduate Programs : Degree Programs

Degree Programs

Master of Arts (M.A.)

• Composition (PDF)
• Theory (PDF)
• Music Education (PDF)
• Musicology / Ethnomusicology (PDF)

Master of Music (M.M.)

• Collaborative Piano and Coaching (PDF)
• Choral Conducting (PDF)
• Orchestral Conducting (PDF)
• Guitar Performance (PDF)
• Instrumental Performance (available in bassoon, cello, clarinet, double bass, euphonium, flute, French horn, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin) (PDF)
• Organ Performance (PDF)
• Piano Performance (PDF)
• Suzuki Pedagogy / Violin Performance (PDF)
• Voice Performance (PDF)
• Wind Conducting (PDF)

M.M./M.A. Concurrent Degrees

The University of Minnesota School of Music offers graduate students the option of concurrently pursuing an M.M. in performance with one of our M.A. degree programs.

The eligible M.M. programs include the following: Instrumental Performance, Accompanying / Coaching, Choral Conducting, Wind Band Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Suzuki Pedagogy & Violin Performance, and Voice.

The eligible M.A. programs include the following: Music Theory, Composition, Music Education, and Musicology / Ethnomusicology.

Students interested in applying for both the M.M. and the M.A. need to specify the programs of interest on the Application for Graduate Audition and also the Application for Scholarship, Assistantship, and Fellowship consideration. Applicants to these programs must satisfy the admissions requirements for both programs.

To be considered for both programs, students must also apply online to both programs, and pay two application fees, please refer to the Graduate School website at http://www.grad.umn.edu/admissions/

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

• Composition (PDF)
• Music Education (PDF)
• Musicology / Ethnomusicology (PDF)
• Theory (PDF)

The Ph.D. degree is granted in recognition of high achievement and ability in one of the degree areas. Students earning this degree must pass the required comprehensive examinations as well as complete the required thesis. (A major work fulfills the thesis requirement in composition.) Ph.D. students, in consultation with their advisors, develop a program of study to help prepare for the examinations. This includes coursework in one or more supporting areas outside of music.

Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)

• Collaborative Piano and Coaching (PDF)
• Conducting (PDF)
• Performance (available in bassoon, cello, clarinet, flute, oboe, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, viola and violin) (PDF)
• Guitar Performance (PDF)
• Organ Performance (PDF)
• Piano Performance (PDF)
• Voice Performance (PDF)
• Woodwind Performance (PDF)

Graduate Minor

• Music Studies (PDF)

Secondary Areas of Concentration

The current job market often requires that performance faculty have expertise in other areas of music such as history and theory. In response to the realities of potential employment, the School of Music has developed an extraordinary option for DMA students: a secondary area of concentration. The option of a secondary area of concentration provides professional preparation in an area that complements the performance major. The secondary area option requires the approval of the student's advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies, and is limited to secondary areas approved by the graduate committee of the School of Music.

Program Requirements for and list of current Secondary Areas of Concentration (PDF).