Master of Music (MM) at University of Rhode Island

Programme overview

A master's in music performance that prepares students to be professional performers, conductors and composers, with study in voice or instrument, conducting or composition. It requires a minimum of 30 credits.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences | Department: Music | Duration: About 2 years full-time; 3-5 years part-time (7-year maximum) | Intake: Fall or Spring (Fall preferred) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Kingston, RI, United States

What you will study

Minimum 30 credits, a 55-minute voice or instrument recital and a written comprehensive exam. Areas: Composition, Conducting, and Voice or Instrument (classical guitar, piano, percussion, saxophone, harp, orchestral strings, woodwind, brass, and Jazz Studies).

Career pathways

Professional performers, conductors and composers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applications are submitted through GradCAS. University of Rhode Island Graduate School (applies to all graduate programmes): bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or a foreign institution of acceptable standing with adequate undergraduate preparation; personal statement; minimum of two letters of recommendation submitted online; unofficial transcripts to apply (official transcripts on admission). International applicants whose native language is not English: TOEFL iBT 80 minimum (reading 19, writing 18, listening 17, speaking 18), IELTS 6.5 overall and each section, Duolingo English Test 115, or PTE (reading 53, writing 59, listening 47, speaking 47); applicants with a US degree or from listed English-speaking countries are exempt. International fall applicants apply by February 1. Most 3-year bachelor's degrees (for example from India, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka) are not considered equivalent to a US 4-year degree.

Requirements published at program group level.

Graduate programmes have Fall, Spring and Summer start terms; availability varies by programme and academic calendar (14-week or accelerated online).

Graduate applications are submitted through the URI Graduate Application with per-programme Fall, Spring and Summer deadlines listed on the Graduate School application page; applications are not reviewed until all materials and the application fee are submitted.

Apply through the official page: https://web.uri.edu/graduate-school/admission/

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