109 Music Performance Master's Degree Programs

Along with the formulation of the personal artistic statement (as a direct continuation of undergraduate studies at the academy), this master's track is also designed to develop artistic initiative, with the aim of influencing the formation of cultural-educational-artistic leadership. This track can also be used as a step towards doctoral studies.

The Master of Music in Contemporary Performance with a concentration in production is designed to give advanced instrumentalists and vocalists of any style the confidence and skills in performance and production technology to take their careers to the next level.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world. With organ as your major subject, you will focus on performance skills, improvisation, and organ pedagogy. Major subject studies in the organ are organized by the Department of Church Music, which is a close-knit and welcoming community of over 160 students.

This pioneering postgraduate music degree invites you to harness your instrumental performance experience as the foundation for powerful and authentic practice research. Designed for performers who think deeply, researchers who play boldly and artists who want to shape the future of popular music.

The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance is excited to introduce a specialized Masters' Degree track focusing on performance of 20th and 21st century solo, chamber and ensemble works. The students will work with members of the celebrated Meitar Ensemble on contemporary repertoire, exploring notation, performance techniques, aesthetic concepts and interpretation.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world. As a master’s student in opera coaching, you will engage in close-knit cooperation with master’s students of opera. Upon graduation, you will be a versatile professional in opera music and able to take responsibility for large-scale music coaching projects and piano performances.

The MusM Music (Performance) course will prepare you for a portfolio career in music performance in the rapidly diversifying post-pandemic music-making scene. You will develop an advanced understanding of the interpretation of music and technical expertise, whether through analysis, historical research, cultural critique, artistic research or performance. You will develop as multifaceted musicians with pedagogical and professional skills, and also have the opportunity to engage in community music performance practices as socially conscious artists.

The Master of Music in Performance program at Musicians Institute (MI) is an intensive, one-year graduate-level program designed for exceptional musicians seeking to refine their performance skills while developing the comprehensive expertise needed for today's international music industry.

Ready to become a professional standard performer? This Music Performance MMus course at Kingston University will give you the skills and knowledge to take your musical career prospects to the next level. Our MMus in Music Performance could lead to a range of careers, both in the industry and in related fields.

The Master of Music at AMPA is designed to provide graduate students with the opportunity to enter the music industry at a more elite level by further developing and specializing their performance and composition skills.

The study programme Master in Music Performance offers students a broad choice of instruments and genres within classical, popular, and electronic music. This breadth in the programme means it is possible for students to engage in dialogue and professional growth across genres and musical expression.

As a master’s student, you will increase your competence in your major subject and either develop a broad understanding of several areas or concentrate e.g. on orchestral performance and chamber music, contemporary music, or early music instruments and performance practices. In your optional studies, you can deepen your skills as a string musician by participating in audition training or training for acting as the principal/leader of strings and playing parts. Our graduates work as competent pedagogues and orchestra musicians, chamber musicians, and soloists.

You can study viola as your main instrument. Chamber music, playing in an orchestra and high-level competence in one’s instrument is the core of the studies. As a master’s student, you will increase your competence in your major subject and either develop a broad understanding of several areas or concentrate e.g. on orchestral performance and chamber music, contemporary music, or early music instruments and performance practices. In your optional studies, you can deepen your skills as a string musician by participating in audition training or training for acting as the principal/leader of strings and playing parts. Our graduates work as competent pedagogues and orchestra musicians, chamber musicians, and soloists.

You can study cello as your main instrument. Chamber music, playing in an orchestra and high-level competence in one’s instrument is the core of the studies. As a master’s student, you will increase your competence in your major subject and either develop a broad understanding of several areas or concentrate e.g. on orchestral performance and chamber music, contemporary music, or early music instruments and performance practices. In your optional studies, you can deepen your skills as a string musician by participating in audition training or training for acting as the principal/leader of strings and playing parts. Our graduates work as competent pedagogues and orchestra musicians, chamber musicians, and soloists.

You can study double bass as your main instrument. Chamber music, playing in an orchestra and high-level competence in one’s instrument is the core of the studies. As a master’s student, you will increase your competence in your major subject and either develop a broad understanding of several areas or concentrate e.g. on orchestral performance and chamber music, contemporary music, or early music instruments and performance practices. In your optional studies, you can deepen your skills as a string musician by participating in audition training or training for acting as the principal/leader of strings and playing parts. Our graduates work as competent pedagogues and orchestra musicians, chamber musicians, and soloists.

This professionally focused, 12-month practice-based master’s degree in music performance aims to help students develop specialist skills as a performer, musical director, composer and arranger to an industry-leading standard through the creation of a significant body of original work demonstrating a distinctive artistic personality.