Master’s degree · MM / MMus
Master of Music (M.M.)
University of Wisconsin–Madison · Mead Witter School of Music · Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Official award
- Master of MusicM.M.
- Subject
- Music PerformanceCompositionConductingInstrument pathways: Piano, Percussion
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Master of Music across performance, conducting, composition and keyboard, strings, brass, woodwind and percussion areas; the Graduate School application is filed as MM: Music Performance.
- Department
- Mead Witter 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.M.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Be sure to review the “Graduate Application Guide” as well as the additional information for the Composition area.”Source |
| Conducting | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Review the Conducting degree worksheets for specific details.”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 | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Piano”Source |
| Percussion | Named majorThe instrument is a named major of the program, confirmed on an official page. | “Percussion”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
- Intakes
- Fall 2027
- Campus
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
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
- Prescreening: Before being invited for a full audition, MM and DMA applicants are prescreened on their submitted portfolio.
- Prescreening deadline: December 1, 2026
- Audition application deadline: Graduate Audition Days: Saturday, January 16, 2027 and Saturday, February 13, 2027 (Jazz, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice, Woodwinds); Conducting: Wind Feb. 1, Choral Feb. 8 or 9, Orchestral Feb. 18, 2027; brass scheduled independently by area faculty
- Interview: All instrument areas offer a remote audition/interview option
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Graduate application deadline for Fall 2027 entry · Fall 2027 (2026)
- Teaching Assistantship applications due (for admitted candidates passing initial screening) · Fall 2027 (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.
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.
Scholarships and funding
Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.
Teaching Assistantship or Fellowship in the School of Music Assistantship
Competitive · A 50% Teaching Assistantship or 100% Fellowship covers the financial-statement amount (approximately $55,000 for one year); a 33% Teaching Assistantship covers about $48,000
Eligibility: All candidates for entry in Fall 2027 are considered; candidates who pass the initial screening are invited to apply for available Teaching Assistantships
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, 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)