MM in PerformanCE

The Master of Music (MMus) in Performance program is designed for students with prior undergraduate training and performance experience in an applied instrument or voice studies who are interested in refining their musical craft through professional training.

The goals of the Master of Music program are:

• Performance Excellence: Demonstrate advanced competencies and professional-level performing abilities in diverse ensembles in the primary instrument or voice.
• Advanced Musicianship: Develop a stylistic understanding and acquire the analytical skills, terminology, and repertoire for one’s primary instrument or voice within a variety of historical and aesthetic contexts.
• Music Scholarship with Cross-Cultural Awareness: Demonstrate a mastery of musical compositions integrating Western and Chinese musical components while having the ability to articulate an understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts in both traditions.

The academic requirements for graduation are: (1) satisfactory completion of the program requirements with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and (2) fulfillment of the residency requirement, which is normally at least one year of full-time study (the residency requirement may be adjusted under special circumstances).

There are three specializations: Western instrument, Chinese instrument, and voice.