graduate program

About the Program

The Master of Music in Music Education offers professional music educators an opportunity to continue development of their expertise and skills. From throughout Texas and Mexico to the Virgin Islands, the program brings together many upcoming music educators with innovative ideas. Numerous opportunities for networking are available to the university’s diverse graduate student population. UTB/TSC prepares music educators for the 21st century.

Graduate Studies for the 21st Century

• Nationally recognized Orff certification
  
• Unique and diverse course offerings:
  - Hispanic Art Music
  - Orff Certification: Levels I, II and III
  - Contemporary Music Theory from 1950 to the
  
• 21st Century
  - Advanced Jazz Techniques
  - Advanced Mariachi Techniques
  - Music Education: A Multi-Cultural View for the 21st Century
  
• Internationally and nationally acclaimed music faculty of performers, scholars and educators
  
• Superb new performance facilities
  
• Outstanding opportunities to perform, teach and become a leading music educator for the 21st century
  
• Music-educator-friendly scheduling
  
• Excellent opportunities for conservatory trained students from Mexico seeking training in music education and pedagogy
  
• Minutes from fascinating Mexico and beautiful South Padre Island
  
• Patron of the Arts music series, featuring the finest musicians and chamber groups from Europe, Asia, Latin America and the U.S. (www.utb.edu/patron)

Degree Concentrations and Requirements

The Master of Music in Music Education is 36 credit hours and designed specifically for professional music educators. Concentrations available:

• Instrumental Emphasis (winds, strings, percussion, guitar and piano)

• Vocal Emphasis

• Elementary and General Music Emphasis

Assistantships and Financial Aid Available

• Graduate teaching assistantships available in:

  - Accompanying

  - Chamber music

  - Class guitar

  - Class piano

  - Music education

  - Music history

  - Music theory

• Scholarships and fellowships available through the UTB/TSC Graduate Studies Office
• Financial aid and education loan programs through the UTB/TSC Financial Aid Office

Accreditation

• National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
  
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)