773 Performing Arts Master's Degree Programs

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.

In our Musicology & Ethnomusicology pathway, you can explore a wide range of music and approaches, while learning advanced skills in writing and research. Our Composition pathway allows you to both develop your compositional skills and explore other areas of music studies. You can also select from a wide range of modules across Arts & Humanities at King’s.

Thanks to the partnership with Fondazione Fiera Milano, the Master allows students to actively enter the Milan trade fair system and the Word Trade Fair System. This collaboration offers unparalleled access to Milan’s renowned trade fair system and the global exhibition industry.

The East London Visual Arts and Film program is designed for a new generation of storytellers: artists who share a passion for visual and performing arts across a wide array of media and want to learn by making their own projects in a hands-on, intensive program.

The Master’s program in Scenography – Production Design at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) is a two-year, English-language course designed for graduates of scenography, architecture, design, or related visual-spatial disciplines.

The Master’s program in Scenography – Theatre Scenography at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) is a two-year, full-time course conducted in English, designed for graduates in scenography, fine arts, architecture, or related disciplines who wish to expand their creative, technical, and conceptual skills in the field of stage design.

The Humanities Graduate Program provides post-baccalaureate students the opportunity to study the traditional humanities fields--philosophy, literature, history, music, and art--in the context of contemporary interdisciplinary topics, as well as in courses devoted to the methodology and current concerns of specific disciplines. Courses enable the critical evaluation of the visual and performing arts, as well as the ideas, cultures and individuals which have shaped our society. Program courses are designed around the theme of the city. Skills in advanced writing, research, and presentation are exercised in seminars and in a final research or creative project.

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.

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.

Two recitals of 75 minutes each plus a mini-dissertation.

We provide new perspectives and approaches for the evolving field of arts and culture. Studies in Arts Management, Society, and Creative Entrepreneurship include major courses in arts and society, cultural policy, strategic management and leadership, creative and cultural entrepreneurship as well as arts management research and methodologies. Students will also be given the opportunity for personal professional development.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world. As a piano student at the Sibelius Academy, you will study in a program that is respected both nationally and globally under the guidance of top musicians and pedagogues from Finland and abroad. Many virtuoso pianists educated at the Sibelius Academy have gone on to achieve international success, including e.g. Paavali Jumppanen, Antti Siirala, Laura Mikkola, Gergely Bogányi, Olli Mustonen, and Henri Sigfridsson.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world. The program allows you to reach the highest competence level in your instrument under the guidance of the best possible teachers. You will gain the skills needed to work as a versatile percussion professional, both as a soloist and as an orchestra or chamber musician. You can also complete a large study module in pedagogical studies required for working as a teacher.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world! As a student of early music, you will increase your knowledge of music from the renaissance to the romantic era, without forgetting contemporary music composed for period instruments. You will have access to a large collection of instruments, including the full range of baroque orchestra instruments and a collection of renaissance and classical instruments. We believe that ensemble playing is the best way to learn.

Come and study at one of the best performing arts universities in the world! We provide the highest level of church music training that prepares you for working in diverse expert and developer roles. Besides focusing on your musical skills, you will also improve your knowledge of pedagogy, theology, and research. You can choose to complete studies that will give you the qualifications for a church musician post within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Depending on your interests, you can focus on early childhood education, solo musicianship, gospel music, or choral conducting, for example.

The audio arts graduate program is designed to provide the necessary combination of practical training and theoretical study to prepare you for a career in four exciting fields.

Whether you have your sights set on a future in film or television, advertising, or journalism, be prepared with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Cinema and Media Arts. You’ll work with state-of-the-art video and design technology to learn what it means to make a story come to life on the screen.

Emerson College’s on-campus MFA in Film and Media Art equips you with the skills to explore narrative film, documentary, experimental media, installation art, and interactive media. Collaborating with a diverse group of students and faculty on our Boston campus, you will enhance your knowledge of film, audio, video, and interactive media production. The program encourages you to use image and sound to challenge, inform, entertain, and persuade through both traditional and emerging media forms. Housed in the Department of Visual and Media Arts within the School of the Arts, this program offers three distinct entry points based on your experience and ranges from two to three years in length. This flexibility allows students from various backgrounds to inspire each other’s artistic growth. Upon admission, we will work with you to develop a personalized study plan aligned with your professional and educational goals.