Details: Music - Composition, Master's

Music - Composition

Program type: Master's

Wichita State’s Master of Music degree program will help you take your musical talent—and career—to a higher level. The program combines professional training with acclaimed faculty and year-round performance opportunities—on campus and throughout Kansas’ center of arts and culture.

Learn how Music - Composition is the right fit for you.

Degree
MM
Credit Hours
32
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  • Making your graduate education affordable

    In addition to scholarships and financial aid, more than 30 percent of full-time graduate students hold assistantships or departmental fellowships amounting to more than $4 million each year.

  • Admission to the program

    For admission into the Master of Music program, you must:

    • Be admitted to the WSU Graduate School
    • Have a Bachelor of Music degree in your area of specialization
    • Submit a portfolio with pieces demonstrating a variety of contemporary techniques, form and instrumentation.

    For additional admission details, click on the link below.

  • Curriculum

    To complete the Master of Music degree, you’ll take a minimum of 32 credit hours, with 60 percent of your work in courses numbered 700 or above, and complete a thesis or recital depending on your concentration.

    Every MM concentration requires 12 credit hours of core courses—in addition to hours in your specialization area.

    In addition, composition students must complete a terminal project of either a composition of major proportions or a body of works in various media.

  • Careers

    Music composition graduates pursue a variety of employment opportunities, including: composition for orchestration or arranging, freelance composition, music copying or computer graphics in music, music publishing and editing, commercial music or music composition for children.