Overview
As a Music (Professional) student at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), you receive well-rounded training that balances music performance and scholarship with the elements of professional management. Your curriculum explores music in interdisciplinary, cultural, and intellectual contexts that you will integrate with the following sub-specializations:
- Music Communications
- Arts Administration
- Information Management
You’ll receive mentoring and instruction from a faculty of highly trained performers and scholars, along with an interdisciplinary bridge to programs at CGU’s Center for Information Systems & Technology and Drucker School of Management. Upon earning your master’s degree, you will possess knowledge and skills essential for management and leadership positions in the world of professional music.
Program Highlights
- The Music Department puts on an array of concerts that offer ample performance opportunities.
- You’ll work closely with renowned faculty from CISAT and the Drucker School of Management.
- CGU is home to the highly respected music journal Performance Practice Review.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Interdisciplinary Music Criticism & Cross-Cultural Aesthetics
- Application of Music Technology
- Literary Theory
- Applied Operational Methods
- Organizational Behavior
- Database Concepts
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Music Musicology View 1117 other Masters in Music in United StatesAcademic requirements
Applicants who feel that their Grade Point Averages do not adequately represent their ability to succeed in a graduate program may find it helpful to submit GRE scores for consideration.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- Application
- $80 Application fee
- Official transcripts (undergraduate/graduate)
- Resume
- English proficiency exam (international applicants only)
- Copy of Passport
- Affidavit of Financial Support
- Financial Statement or Proof
- Statement of purpose
- Three letters of recommendation
- Audition
Tuition Fee
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International
35640 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1980 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
35640 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1980 USD per credit during 24 months.
Living costs for Claremont
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Financing
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Funding
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