Music Schools Worldwide

Master’s degree · MM / MMus

Master of Music

The University of Southern Mississippi · School of Music · Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Official award
Master of MusicMM
Subject
Musicology and Music History (concentration)Music Performance (concentration)Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment (concentration)
Format
On campus
Tuition
Not published

About this program

Master of Music with emphases in music history & literature, performance, collaborative piano, conducting, theory, and woodwind performance and pedagogy.

Department
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 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 links
SubjectRelationshipDetail
Musicology and Music HistoryOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.History & LiteratureHow students choose it is not published“This program offers MM, History & literature; MM, Performance; MM, Performance - Collaborative Piano; MM, Conducting; MM, Theory; and MM, Woodwind Performance and Pedagogy.”Source
Music PerformanceOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.PerformanceHow students choose it is not published“This program offers MM, History & literature; MM, Performance; MM, Performance - Collaborative Piano; MM, Conducting; MM, Theory; and MM, Woodwind Performance and Pedagogy.”Source
Collaborative Piano and AccompanimentOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.Performance - Collaborative PianoHow students choose it is not published“This program offers MM, History & literature; MM, Performance; MM, Performance - Collaborative Piano; MM, Conducting; MM, Theory; and MM, Woodwind Performance and Pedagogy.”Source
ConductingOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.ConductingHow students choose it is not published“This program offers MM, History & literature; MM, Performance; MM, Performance - Collaborative Piano; MM, Conducting; MM, Theory; and MM, Woodwind Performance and Pedagogy.”Source
Music TheoryOfficial concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page.TheoryHow students choose it is not published“This program offers MM, History & literature; MM, Performance; MM, Performance - Collaborative Piano; MM, Conducting; MM, Theory; and MM, Woodwind Performance and Pedagogy.”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.

  • Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of Music (NASM)Association membershipUS

    Scope: School statement; not verified against NASM's list

Study structure

Delivery
On campusTaught at the listed campus.
Study mode
Not published
Duration
Not published
Intakes
Not published
Campus
USM Hattiesburg 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 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.

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.

Suggest a correction