The Master of Music (MM) program provides graduate level study in the following options: (1) Performance, which will result in the improvement of students’ musical skills and techniques, as well as knowledge of music literature beyond the scope of undergraduate training; (2) Conducting, which will provide graduate level knowledge in choral, instrumental, and orchestral conducting; and (3) Pedagogy (Music Education), which will provide graduate level knowledge to teach at the elementary, secondary, college, and university levels; and 4) Ethnomusicology, a flexible program in the history and culture of popular, traditional, and art repertoires with possible concentrations in border music, Latin America, the Caribbean, the African Diaspora, and more.
MM - Master of Music- Performance
Advanced applied study in an area of specialization combined with music history, theory, and pedagogy beyond the scope of the undergraduate curriculum.
MM - Master of Music- Conducting
This program will provide graduate level knowledge in choral, instrumental, and orchestral conducting.
MM-Master of Music- Music Education
This program will provide graduate level knowledge to teach at the elementary, secondary, college, and university levels.
MM - Master of Music- Ethnomusicology
Flexible program in the history and culture of popular, traditional, and art repertoires with possible concentrations in border music, Latin America, the Caribbean, the African Diaspora, and more.
MM - Master of Music- Theory/Composition
Advanced applied study in composition combined with additional studies in music theory
School of Music Graduate Handbook
Program Director: Dr. Cynthia Cripps
Phone: (956) 665-3474
Office: Edinburg Campus, EPACB 2116
Email: cynthia.cripps@utrgv.edu