Master of Music (MM) in Historical Performance at Boston University

Programme overview

The Master of Music in Historical Performance program at Boston University provides a training ground for students pursuing performance and teaching careers either as instrumentalists on period instruments or as singers specializing in music of the 16th–18th centuries.

Faculty: College of Fine Arts | Study mode: full-time | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

The Master of Music degree is granted upon successful completion of a program of study, a comprehensive review, and terminal projects appropriate to the student’s field of specialization. Students must complete a minimum of 32 term units with grades no lower than B– in graduate-level coursework. The 12 units of required applied lessons must be taken over four terms of study, with no more than 4 units per term.

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Application information

USD 31,744 a year (2026-27). School of Music graduate programs (7-11.5 credits per semester) tuition for 2026-27, per year; the rate band the programme belongs to. Applied Music Fee, where applicable, is excluded. Source

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences master's programmes admit for Fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for selected programmes (Economics MS programmes, History of Art & Architecture MA, Preservation Studies MA, Online MS in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence).

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall 2027 master's deadlines are mostly priority January 15 and final March 15 (African American & Black Diaspora Studies priority February 15, final March 15; Preservation Studies February 15; Sociology and History of Art & Architecture January 15). Spring 2027 deadlines for selected programmes are priority October 15 and final November 15. Applications are submitted through the online application; the GRE is required only for the Economics MS/MA programmes and the MS in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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