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Master’s degree · MM / MMus

Master of Music

San Francisco State University · SF State School of Music · San Francisco, California, United States

Official award
Master of MusicM.Mus
Subject
Music PerformanceConducting (concentration)Instrument pathways: Piano, Harp, Percussion
Format
On campus
Tuition
Not published

About this program

Graduate degree centred on private studio instruction in performance, conducting and composition, with emphases in classical solo performance, chamber music and conducting, culminating in a formal graduate recital.

Department
SF State School of Music
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 MusicM.Mus
Award family
MM / MMusA Master of Music or MMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
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 links
SubjectRelationshipDetail
Music PerformanceNamed majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award.“Areas of emphasis include: Classical Solo Performance Chamber Music Conducting”Source
ConductingOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.ConductingApplicants apply to this pathway“Areas of emphasis include: Classical Solo Performance Chamber Music Conducting”Source

Instrument and voice pathways

This is ONE program with the verified pathways below, not a separate degree per instrument. A pathway is listed only where an official page names the instrument in the title, as a major or as a formal principal-study option.

InstrumentRelationshipDetail
Piano, Harp, PercussionFormal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway.Classical Performance Emphasis“Classical Performance Emphasis Strings, Winds, Brass, Percussion, Voice, Piano, Harp and Guitar”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
Not published
Duration
Not published
Recitals
Formal graduate recital
Intakes
Not published
Campus
SF State campus (Creative Arts Building)1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132

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 requirement not published
Portfolio
Portfolio requirement not published
Interview
Not published

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.

The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.

Sources and verification

Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, audition requirement, 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)

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