Master’s degree · MM / MMus
Master of Music (nine areas)
San José State University · SJSU School of Music and Dance · San Jose, California, United States
- Official award
- Master of MusicMM
- Subject
- Composition (concentration)Conducting (concentration)Jazz Studies (concentration)Instrument pathways: Piano
- Format
- On campus2 years (four semesters)
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Thirty-unit Master of Music with four core seminars, one-on-one lessons and ensembles, ending in a graduate recital, project or thesis; offered in composition, choral and instrumental conducting, jazz studies, music education, music history and instrumental, piano and vocal performance.
- Department
- SJSU School of Music and Dance
- 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 MusicMM
- 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 | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Composition | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | CompositionApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Conducting | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | ConductingApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Jazz Studies | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Jazz StudiesApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Music Education | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music EducationApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Musicology and Music History | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music HistoryApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Music Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | PerformanceApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”Source |
| Opera and Vocal Studies | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Performance: VocalApplicants apply to this pathway“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”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.
| Instrument | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Piano | Formal 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. | Performance: Piano“in nine distinct areas: Composition Conducting: Choral Conducting: Instrumental Jazz Studies Music Education Music History Performance: Instrumental Performance: Piano Performance: Vocal”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
- 2 years (four semesters)
- Credits
- 30 unitsCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- San José State campus
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
- 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, full-time or part-time options, intakes, 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)