The Master of Music degree prepares students for careers in performance (classical/jazz), music education, history, theory, conducting, or composition/arranging.

The MM offers eight concentrations: collaborative piano, composition, conducting, jazz composition/arranging, music education, music history, music theory, and classical or jazz performance. Music teacher licensure and certificates are also available in classical music performance, conducting, jazz performance, jazz composition/arranging, and music theory or history pedagogy.

MM students complete 33 credits, including two music theory and two music history courses, and a specific curriculum for their concentration. Additionally, students in history/musicology, theory or music education/research are required to write a thesis. Collaborative piano students accompany four recitals, composition and jazz composition/arranging students submit an original composition, and performance and music education/applied music students perform a recital. Music education/conducting majors must conduct a public program, or complete another capstone project, and music education/pedagogy students complete a capstone project as well.