Master Music

About the course

The Master of Music at Missouri StateA graduate music degree from Missouri State University prepares you to work as a professional musician, teach at the university level and more. The following is a sampling of the careers our graduates have pursued Music teacher, band director, vocal instructor or choir director Symphony orchestra performer Vocalist with civic and metropolitan operas Working on Disneys "The Lion King" musical in New York City Touring and singing with a Swedish operatic metal band Recording solo jazz CDs Performing and recording experimental electronic music Pursuing doctoral degrees in musicLearning outcomes for the music graduate program Students will demonstrate an advanced level of technical skill on an instrument or voice, an advanced ability to perform in an ensemble, advanced levels of confidence and stage presence, and aesthetic judgments at a professional level. Students will show an advanced level of technical skill as either a composer or a conductor, in those degree emphases, with abilities to lead an ensemble as a conductor or to coach an ensemble as the composer of its literature. Students will demonstrate the ability to hear, analyze, read, and/or write music at an advanced level. Students will demonstrate and relate an advanced knowledge of music literature, both for their individual specialties, and for the whole of music history. Students will acquire and use advanced knowledge of research, scholarly reading comprehension, and writing techniques. Students will acquire and synthesize knowledge of the theoretical, historical, pedagogical, and psychological foundations of music teaching and learning both in research and in the classroom.