Music (MUSA)
Graduate Degree Program
College: Arts and Humanities
Abstract
The School of Music offers programs of study leading to the Master of Arts degree with areas of specialization in ethnomusicology, music history and literature (musicology), music education, and music theory; the Master of Music degree with areas in performance, composition, conducting, and music education; the Doctor of Philosophy degree with areas of specialization in ethnomusicology, musicology, music education, and music theory; and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with areas of specialization in composition, performance, and conducting.
Financial Assistance
A number of competitive fellowships, graduate assistantships, teaching assistantships, opera assistantships, and orchestral assistantships are available. Preference for financial assistance will be given to those who have filed an application for admission to the University and the School of Music Supplemental Application by December 1 (for performance programs) and January 15 (for Music Education only) and have been officially admitted.
Contact
Office of Music Admissions
2110 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
8115 Alumni Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301.405.8435
Fax: 301.314.9504
Email: musicadmissions@umd.edu
Website: http://www.music.umd.edu
General Requirements
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students)
Program-Specific Requirements
Admission to the graduate degree programs in music is highly selective. It is determined primarily by a performance audition, tapes and scores of original compositions, scholarly research papers, letters of recommendation, and/or successful teaching experience; additionally, in some academic areas, the general GRE scores are considered. All non-native English-speaking students must achieve a score of 575/233/100 on the TOEFL to be invited for audition/admission (see the School of Music's admission website for detailed English language requirements).
We require a passing TOEFL score (minimum 100 IBT, 233 CBT, 575 PBT) for all applicants whose primary language is not English before we will process your application or consider you for a live audition. The requirement will be waived for applicants who have earned an undergraduate degree from an institution in the United States or another approved English-speaking country. Waivers will only be granted if at least three years of the undergraduate education or at least two years of the graduate education in a non-performance related field took place at an English-speaking institution. Graduate degrees in performance-related fields or performance certificates or diplomas will not exempt an applicant from submitting a passing TOEFL score.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
Type of Applicant | Fall Deadline |
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Domestic Applicants | |
US Citizens and Permanent Residents | January 3, 2025 |
International Applicants | |
F (student) or J (exchange visitor) visas; A, E, G, H, I and L visas and immigrants | January 3, 2025 |
RESOURCES AND LINKS:
Program Website: http://www.music.umd.edu
Application Process: gradschool.umd.edu/admissions
With approximately 300 public performances each year—including student recitals and more than thirty ensembles—School of Music students have robust performance opportunities The School of Music also hosts numerous guest clinicians each year and presents the Renegade Series, which brings to campus some of the most visionary artists in our field. As one of the nation’s leading public research universities, the University of Maryland provides a wealth of opportunities to learn from and collaborate with scholars in a variety of disciplines. The School of Music makes its home in the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, which serves as an inter-disciplinary laboratory for the arts. The building’s six performance halls, the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, specialized rehearsal rooms, and classrooms provide students with all the resources needed to become twenty-first century artist-citizens. The Clarice’s presenting arm provides School of Music students with the opportunity to collaborate and learn from internationally recognized artists and scholars. Recent artists-in-residence have included the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Cappella Pratensis, Etienne Charles, Tine Thing Helseth, Jeremy Denk, and Dawn Upshaw. The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library (MSPAL) ranks among the top twenty university music libraries in the United States, and it offers a variety of archives, special collections, and other research resources that give it international stature among scholars in a broad spectrum of music disciplines. The total music collection includes approximately 50,000 books, 150,000 scores, 140,000 recordings, and 4,500 linear feet of archival materials. The International Piano Archives at Maryland (IPAM) is the only institutional collection in existence devoted to historic piano performance. IPAM contains 40,000 recordings, 8,500 music scores, 2,500 books, and a collection of reproducing pianos with 8,000 piano rolls. To date, IPAM has acquired the collections of more than 40 eminent pianists. The MSPAL Special Collections in Performing Arts embrace a growing number of national and international music organization archives representing music education, band history, solo and ensemble instrumental performance, music librarianship, and ethnomusicology. Materials in these archives include papers, music scores, recordings, books, magazines, photographs, and oral histories. MSPAL also features important archival and manuscript collections on music criticism and American music, the Charles Fowler Papers supporting the study of arts education, a significant Leopold Stokowski Collection, the Jacob Coopersmith Collection of Handeliana, the Radio Station WOR/Alfred Wallen stein Collection of 26,000 orchestral scores, and the performance parts of the Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra.
The surrounding DC-Baltimore region offers a host of community engagement opportunities. Our students can often be seen performing at major venues such as The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Strathmore Hall and the Phillips Collection. We also present at intimate community spaces such as Riversdale Mansion and the historical Greenbelt Theatre. Within a few miles of our home in College Park are research opportunities offered by Dumbarton Oaks, the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, and many other specialized libraries.
Last Name | First/Middle Name | Graduate Faculty Status | Academic Credentials | Positions |
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Baldwin | Tom | Adjunct Member | B.M. Ithaca College | Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Barber | Richard | Adjunct Member | B.M., Peabody Conservatory | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
DeLio | Thomas J. | Full Member | B.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music, 1972; Ph.D., Brown University, 1979. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Dedova | Larissa | Full Member | M.Mus., Moscow State Conservatory, 1974; Ph.D., 1977. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
DiLutis | Robert | Full Member | Julliard School | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Elpus | Kenneth | Full Member | B.M., The College of New Jersey; M.M., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Northwestern University | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Elsing | Evelyn L. | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1970;M.Mus., 1971. | Professor Emerita, Music Professor Emerita, Music Education |
Evans | William C. | Adjunct Member | B.S., Clarion University; M.M. Peabody Conservatory of Music | University Affiliate, Ethnomusicology University Affiliate, Music University Affiliate, Music Education |
Fischbach | Gerald F. | Full Member | B.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1964; M.Mus., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1965; D.M.A., University of Iowa, 1972. | Professor Emeritus, Music Professor Emeritus, Music Education |
Foster | Daniel | Adjunct Member | B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; Artist Diploma, The Curtis Institute of Music | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Frisof | Sarah | Full Member | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education | |
Gekker | Paul C. | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Rochester, 1976; M.Mus., University of Maryland-College Park, 1981. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Gibson | Robert L. | Full Member | B.M., University of Miami, 1972; M.M., Catholic University of America, 1975; D.M.A.,University of Maryland-College Park, 1980. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Gowen | Bradford P. | Full Member | B.Mus., Eastman School of Music, 1968; M.Mus., 1969. | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Guilford | Matthew | Adjunct Member | B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Haggh-Huglo | Barbara H. | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1978; M.Mus., 1980; Ph.D., 1988. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Haldey | Olga | Full Member | B.M. in Musicology, Moscow Conservatory College, Russia; M.M in Music Education, University of Sydney, Australia; Ph.D. in Musicology, Ohio State University | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Hanninen | Dora A. | Full Member | B.A., University of Virginia, 1983;M.A., University of Rochester, 1988; Ph.D., 1996. | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Hewitt | Michael P. | Full Member | B. Mus., State University of New York, Potsdam, 1988; M.Mus., Michigan State University, 1992; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2000. | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Hill | Mark D. | Full Member | B.Mus.,North Carolina School of the Arts, 1974; M.Mus., State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1976. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Kier | Craig | Full Member | B.M.E., State University of New York College at Fredonia; M.M. Accompanying, U. of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music | Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology Assistant Professor, Music Assistant Professor, Music Education |
King | Richard G. | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Alberta-Edmonton,1981; M.Mus., 1984; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1992. | Professor Emeritus, Music Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Kunkel | Gerard | Associate | B.A., Shepherd University, 1975 | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Layton | Richard D. | Adjunct Member | B.S., West Chester University of Pennsylvania; M.M., Ph.D., University of Maryland | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Lie | Siv | Adjunct Member | B.A., Boston University, 2008; M.A., New York University, 2012; Ph.D., New York University, 2017 | Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology Assistant Professor, Music Assistant Professor, Music Education |
Mabbs | Linda | Full Member | B.Mus., Northwestern University-Evanston, 1968; M.Mus., 1970. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Education Professor Emerita, Music |
Maclary | Edward | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Delaware, 1974; M.Mus., Boston University, 1980; D.M.A., Indiana University-Bloomington, 1985. | Associate Director, Ethnomusicology Associate Director, Music Education Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Education Professor Emeritus, Music |
Manzo | Anthony | Adjunct Member | B.A., Boston University | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Miller | Gregory | Full Member | B.Mus., Oberlin College, 1990. | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Moss | Lawrence K. | Full Member | B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1949; M.A., University of Rochester, 1950; Ph.D., University of Southern California-Los Angeles, 1957. | Professor Emeritus, Music Professor Emeritus, Music Education |
Murdock | Katherine | Full Member | B.M., Boston University; graduate studies, Yale School of Music | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Okamoto | Kyoko | Adjunct Member | Bachelor in Languages, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Toho Kinshu Kai Koto School, Ashiya, Japan | University Affiliate, Ethnomusicology University Affiliate, Music University Affiliate, Music Education |
Oppelt | Robert J. | Adjunct Member | B.M., North Carolina School of the Arts | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Ozment | Jon | Adjunct Member | B.M., University of Maryland, 1979; M.M., University of Maryland, 2004 | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Powell | Tim | Adjunct Member | B.S. and Performance Certificate, Pennsylvania State University, M.M. University of Maryland, College Park | Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Prichard | Stephanie | Full Member | B.M.E., University of Maryland College Park, M.M., Northwestern University, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder | Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology Assistant Professor, Music Assistant Professor, Music Education |
Rios | Fernando | Full Member | B.A., MacMurray College; M.M. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology Assistant Professor, Music Assistant Professor, Music Education |
Robin | William | Full Member | B.M., Northwestern University, 2010; M.A., University of North Carolina, 2013; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2016 | Assistant Professor, Ethnomusicology Assistant Professor, Music Assistant Professor, Music Education |
Salness | David | Full Member | Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music, 1985. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Short | Kevin | Adjunct Member | Visiting Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Visiting Associate Professor, Music Visiting Associate Professor, Music Education | |
Sloan | Rita | Full Member | B.S., Juilliard School of Music, 1969; M.Mus., 1971. | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Slowik | Kenneth | Adjunct Member | B.M. Chicago Musical College, M.M. Roosevelt University, D.M.A. Peabody Conservatory | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Stern | James | Full Member | B.M., M.M., D.M.A., The Julliard School | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Suadin | I Ketut | Adjunct Member | B.A., Konservatory Karawitan, 1985 | University Affiliate, Ethnomusicology University Affiliate, Music University Affiliate, Music Education |
Tsong | Mayron | Full Member | B.Mus. Piano University of Calgary, 1991; M.Mus. Piano University of Calgary, 1994; M.Mus. Music Theory Rice University, 2001; D.M.A. Piano Rice University, 2002 | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Volchok | Mikhail | Adjunct Member | B.M., Moscow State Conservatory; M.M., Leningrad State Conservatory; Ph.D., Leningrad State Conservatory | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |
Votta | Michael | Full Member | B.M., M.M. University of Michigan; D.M.A. Eastman School of Music | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Wang | Sebastian | Adjunct Member | B.A. in Korean Traditional Performing Arts, Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea | University Affiliate, Ethnomusicology University Affiliate, Music University Affiliate, Music Education |
Wexler | Richard | Full Member | B.Mus., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1963; M.A., New York University, 1969; Ph.D., 1974. | Professor Emeritus, Ethnomusicology Professor Emeritus, Music Professor Emeritus, Music Education |
Wilson | Gran | Full Member | B.M., Samford University; M.M., Indiana University–Bloomington | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Wilson | Mark E. | Full Member | B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1970; M.A., 1972; Ph.D., 1974. | Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology Associate Professor, Music Associate Professor, Music Education |
Witzleben | J. Lawrence | Full Member | B.A. in Music Theory/History, UC-Santa Barbara; M.A. in Ethnomusicology, University of Hawaii; Certificate of Postgraduate Study in Chinese Music Theory, Shanghai Conservatory of Music; Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, University of Pittsburgh | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education Professor Emeritus, Music |
Ziegler | Delores | Full Member | B.M., Maryville College, 1973; M.M. The University of Tennessee, 1978 | Professor, Ethnomusicology Professor, Music Professor, Music Education |
Zimmerman | Daniel J. | Adjunct Member | B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago | Lecturer, Ethnomusicology Lecturer, Music Lecturer, Music Education |