Master’s degree · MA
Master of Arts in Music
Western Michigan University · Irving S. Gilmore School of Music · Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Official award
- Master of Arts in MusicMA
- Subject
- General Music Studies
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Research-oriented Master of Arts in music ending in a thesis and public presentation.
- Department
- Irving S. Gilmore 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 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
- Research orientation
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Examples of areas of focus can be music history, music theory, ethnomusicology, historical performance practice, or music technology.”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
- Not published
- Campus
- Kalamazoo 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
- Audition details
- Format: Recorded prescreening and live audition
- Prescreening: Composition: portfolio of three to four completed scores and recordings (if available). Conducting: a pre-screening video. Master of Arts: portfolio of three scholarly papers. Performance: arrange an audition directly with the studio faculty member (before February 15); some studios use video pre-screening.
- Audition application deadline: Performance auditions are to be arranged before February 15 (the page does not print a year).
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Fees and costs
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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, 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)