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Music Performance Master's
Master of Music (M.M.)
Program type:
Major
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 years
Credit Hours:
32-37 hrs
Bring your instrument and your talent to UNT's award-winning graduate program.
The division of Instrument Studies offers a Master of Music performance degree with
specialization in: violin, viola, violoncello, double bass, harp, guitar, flute, oboe,
clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion,
and multiple woodwinds. Current and former students have won prizes in major instrumental
competitions of every genre, and are appointed to professional positions in orchestras,
wind symphonies, and universities/conservatories spanning the world.
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Request More InfoWhy 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.
Marketable Skills
- Self-management
- Audience/customer awareness
- Excellent memory capability
- Multi-tasking capability
- Networking capability
Music Performance Master's 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.
Our 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.
We're one of the nation's most comprehensive music colleges and offer 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.
Our facilities include the Murchison Performing Arts Center, which houses the Winspear
PerformanceHall and the Lyric Theater. Both performance halls, as well as the center's
large rehearsal space, have state-of-the-art acoustics.
The College of Music has a rich tradition in music and is attended by talented musicians
from all over the world.
Music Performance Master's Courses You Could Take
Western Music History, 750–1400 (3hrs)
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 750–1400.
Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
Western Music History, 1400–1600 (3hrs)
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1400-1600.
Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
Western Music History, 1600–1700 (3hrs)
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1600–1700.
Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
Western Music History, 1700–1800 (3hrs)
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1700–1800.
Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
Western Music History, 1900–to the Present (3hrs)
Current historical, analytical and methodological issues regarding music, 1900–to
the Present. Combination of lectures, source study and writing.
Introduction to Research in Music (3 hrs)
Introduction to research techniques and application.
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