Program Overview

Music Performance Master's

Program Overview

The Master of Music (M.M.) in Music Performance is a graduate degree program offered by the University of North Texas. The program is designed to provide students with advanced training in instrumental performance, with specializations in violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, and multiple woodwinds.

Program Details

• Program Type: Master of Music (M.M.)
• Major: Music Performance
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 2-3 years
• Credit Hours: 32-37 hrs

Program Highlights

• The Division of Instrumental Studies has 34 full-time resident faculty members and 20 adjunct faculty members drawn from ensembles such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Opera.
• Faculty members are dedicated teachers and nationally and internationally known performers who have performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, and many others.
• The program offers opportunities to meet some of the world's top music scholars and artists through specialized lectures and events hosted by various divisions in the college.
• Being near Dallas and Fort Worth gives students additional performance opportunities, including those with the Dallas Bach Society, Texas Camerata, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, and symphony orchestras in Irving, Plano, and Richardson.
• The Murchison Performing Arts Center, which houses the Winspear Performance Hall and the Lyric Theater, provides state-of-the-art acoustics and performance spaces.

Marketable Skills

• Self-management
• Audience/customer awareness
• Excellent memory capability
• Multi-tasking capability
• Networking capability

Courses

• Western Music History, 750–1400 (3hrs)
• Western Music History, 1400–1600 (3hrs)
• Western Music History, 1600–1700 (3hrs)
• Western Music History, 1700–1800 (3hrs)
• Western Music History, 1900–to the Present (3hrs)
• Introduction to Research in Music (3 hrs)

Related Programs

• Performance Conducting D.M.A.
• Music Composition M.M.

Similar Areas of Study

• Music & Performing Arts
• College of Music
• Division of Instrumental Studies

Facilities

• Music Building, Room 131
• Murchison Performing Arts Center
• Winspear Performance Hall
• Lyric Theater

Why Earn a Music Performance Master's?

By pursuing a graduate degree in Instrumental Performance at the University of North Texas, you join a community of current and former students who have won prizes in major instrumental competitions of every genre and are appointed to professional positions in orchestras, wind bands, universities, and conservatories around the world. A hallmark of our graduate program is the individual attention provided through private lessons administered by world-renowned performers, teachers, and recording artists.