Master of Arts in Music and Specialization in Medieval and Renaissance Studies

The School of Music offers the Master of Music (MMus) and the MA in Music. There are two streams: one in performance, the other being musical research.Performance studies are offered in piano, voice, orchestral instruments, and guitar.The School of Music participates in collaborative programs in Women’s Studies and in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the masters level (MA only). For more information on these programs, see “Admission Requirements.”The collaborative master’s in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MDV) has two goals:To offer at the graduate level a multi-disciplinary education in Medieval and Renaissance Studies;To teach students the theoretical approaches and methods of research specific to the study of the period.The specialization in Medieval and Renaissance Studies is intended for students who wish to enrich their training by including to their main program an interdisciplinary component in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Besides a thesis or a major research paper on a topic related to the medieval and Renaissance period, the specific requirements of the collaborative program include two core courses in medieval studies (MDV), one of which will count as a partial requirement in the main discipline.The School also offers two graduate diplomas, one in piano pedagogy research and another in orchestral studies.