Earn your Master of Music at MSU

Whether you choose to pursue a focus in music performance or to practice music education, the Master of Music programs at MSU will provide you with a quality learning experience that is both affordable and flexible.

Music Education

Designed for the practicing music educator, you can complete your master's in music education in one year through a combination of online and face-to-face courses without having to take leave from your teaching duties. During the fall and spring semesters, you may take your coursework completely online and complete face-to-face requirements during only one summer session.

This program provides a curriculum that is accessible and flexible. Music education allows you time for a significant amount of study in instrumental and choral conducting, brass, woodwinds, percussion, keyboard instruments, guitar and jazz with additional opportunities to study music history, literature and education. Course options in this program also allow for the study of Kodaly to achieve national Kodaly certification.

Music Performance

For students with a performance focus, the Master of Music with an Area of Concentration in Performance focuses your study on a specialization in voice, instrumental and choral conducting, composition, brass, woodwinds, percussion, keyboard instruments, guitar or jazz.

For more information on how to apply for graduate study in music, visit the Department of Music, Theatre and Dance website at

http://www.moreheadstate.edu/mtd/music_graduate_study/.