Master’s degree · MA
MA in Music
Claremont Graduate University · Music Department · Claremont, California, United States
- Official award
- Master of Arts in MusicMA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesEarly Music and Historical Performance (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)
- Format
- On campus2 years full time (estimated)
- Tuition
- $2,070per credit, 2025-2026 rates
About this program
Two-year, 36-unit Master of Arts in Music with concentrations in historical performance practices, performance and musicology.
- Department
- Music Department
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Arts in MusicMA
- Award family
- MAA Master of Arts. It is not relabelled as a Master of Music.
- Qualification level
- Master’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Early Music and Historical Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Historical Performance PracticesHow students choose it is not published“Areas of Concentration Historical Performance Practices Performance Musicology”Source |
| Music Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | PerformanceHow students choose it is not published“Areas of Concentration Historical Performance Practices Performance Musicology”Source |
| Musicology and Music History | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | MusicologyHow students choose it is not published“Areas of Concentration Historical Performance Practices Performance Musicology”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 2 years full time (estimated)
- Intakes
- Fall, Spring
- Campus
- CGU campus (Music Department)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition depends on route or instrument
- Audition details
- Format: Live or recorded
- For instrumental performance programs (MA, DMA): Include works representing three musical periods.
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Statement
- required
- Deadlines
- Spring 2027 priority deadline · Spring 2027 (2026)
- Spring 2027 final deadline (international) · Spring 2027 (2026)
- Spring 2027 final deadline (domestic) · Spring 2027 (2026)
- Fall 2027 priority deadline · Fall 2027
- Fall 2027 final deadline (international) · Fall 2027
- Fall 2027 final deadline (domestic) · Fall 2027
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition per unit (estimated; same figure for California residents, non-residents and international students)Tuition · mandatory | $2,070per credit, 2025-2026 rates | California residents, non-residents, international | 25 October 2026Source |
| Application fee (non-refundable)Application fee · mandatory | $80one-time, one-time | All students | 25 October 2026Source |
No total is shown: the sources do not state a whole-program figure and the published duration and fee basis do not support a calculation.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)