Master of Music in Performance - Orchestral Instruments

With a specialization in instrumental performance at SIU, you can earn both a BM and MM in this unique program. The curriculum is designed to ensure scholarly and artistic excellence with a primary focus on applied lessons and ensemble performances.The BM program curriculum allows you to perfect your skills as a musician with technical training in the performance area of your choice. Two highlights of this undergraduate degree are the required pedagogy course, which will improve you with the skills necessary to work as an educator, and the hour-long senior recital, to showcase your talents as a performing musician.Throughout the MM course of study, you will build upon the education offered in the BM program and become uniquely qualified to find a successful career as a performer, a college-level educator, or to begin doctoral studies in instrumental performance. The personalized education offered through the MM program provides several performance opportunities and one-on-one mentorship geared specifically toward each student's chosen career path.

2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a "B-" average) on the last two years of Bachelor's coursework, 3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a "B" average). An applicant was awarded a Master's degree at an accredited college/university in the United States and has been in residence in the United States continuously prior to application to SIU (not out of the country for more than one calendar year). You have a minimum of 60 graded (A, B, C) hours of recent coursework completed at an accredited college / university in the United States with continuous residence in the United States prior to application at SIU. Pass / Fail, Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory, or Proficiency credit is not acceptable. The English language requirement may be met by submitting: 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, 80 on the internet-based TOEFL, 6