The Departments of Music offer traditional conservatory based performance degrees at both the Master's and Doctoral levels in orchestral instruments, voice, and piano as well as graduate degrees in pedagogy of voice or piano.

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    Composition (M.M.)

    The Master of Music in Composition features two areas of emphasis: stage music and concert music.

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  • Sacred Music (M.M.)

    This degree program features interdisciplinary graduate studies in sacred music at the Rome School as well as in liturgy through the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

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    Pedagogy (M.M.)

    The Master of Music in pedagogy is offered for both piano and voice.

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    Performance (M.M.)

    The Master of Music in Performance is available in the following tracks: chamber music (piano), orchestral instruments/guitar, piano, vocal accompanying, and vocal performance.

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    Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) (Music Education)

    The Music Education Teaching (M.A.T.) program is committed to developing excellent musicians who teach well.

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    Musicology (M.A.)

    Drawing upon a distinguished tradition of musicological study, the Master of Arts in Musicology offers you a multitude of research opportunities.

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    Music Librarianship (M.A./M.S.L.I.S.)

    The Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art offers a joint degree in music and library science.

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    Composition (D.M.A.)

    The D.M.A. program in Composition is designed to prepare the student for a career either as a university-affiliated composer or as an independent professional.

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    Pedagogy (D.M.A.)

    The Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art offers a Doctor of Musical Arts in Pedagogy in two concentrations: piano and voice.

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    Performance (D.M.A.)

    The Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art offers a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance in chamber music (piano), orchestral instruments/guitar, piano, vocal accompanying, and vocal performance.

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    Sacred Music (D.M.A.)

    The Rome School of Music, Drama, and Art is temporarily not accepting applications or auditions to the D.M.A. in Sacred Music.

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    Musicology (Ph.D.)

    This program combines the research into the historical and cultural background of music traditionally associated with the discipline with an openness to the many newer trends in musicology and related fields such as music theory, aesthetics, ethnomusicology, cultural history, and the like.

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