Master’s degree · MM / MMus
Master of Music
Western Michigan University · Irving S. Gilmore School of Music · Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Official award
- Master of MusicMM
- Subject
- Composition (concentration)Conducting (concentration)Music Therapy (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Graduate Master of Music with concentrations in composition, conducting, music therapy and performance.
- 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 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“within five areas of concentration: Composition Conducting Music therapy Performance”Source |
| Conducting | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | ConductingApplicants apply to this pathway“within five areas of concentration: Composition Conducting Music therapy Performance”Source |
| Music Therapy | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Music therapyApplicants apply to this pathway“within five areas of concentration: Composition Conducting Music therapy Performance”Source |
| Music Performance | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Performance (Instrumental, Jazz studies, Keyboard, Voice)Applicants apply to this pathway“within five areas of concentration: Composition Conducting Music therapy Performance”Source |
Professional pathway
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- Type
- Professional or licensure pathway not published
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Accreditation, validation and recognition
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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)