Graduate Degree Program Summary
Graduate Degrees Offered
- Music Education (M.M.)
- Choral, Wind Band, and Orchestral Conducting
- Composition
- Jazz Studies
- Music Education
- Music History
- Music Theory
- Performance
- Piano Pedagogy
- Woodwind Specialties
Music
- On the WebDepartment Website
- Graduate ChairDr. Glenn E. Nierman
- Admissions CoordinatorMs. Janet Sievert
music2@unl.edu
402-472-6830 - Department Address121 Westbrook Music Building
Lincoln NE 68588-0100
Application Checklist and Deadlines
Required by the Office of Graduate Studies
- Application for Graduate Admission
- $50 non-refundable application processing fee
- One set of transcripts, uploaded to MyRED (see upload requirements)
- If your native language is not English: verification of English proficiency
- If you are not a US citizen and you expect to hold an F or J visa: financial resource information
See also: US steps to admission or international steps to admission.
Required by Music in GAMES
After you apply, allow one business day for us to establish your access to GAMES, where you'll complete these departmental requirements:
- Entrance exam(s):
Ph.D. Applicants: GRE
Otherwise: None - Minimum TOEFL:
Master's Applicants: Paper-550 Internet-79 (IELTS 6.5)
Doctoral Applicants: Paper-600 Internet-100 (IELTS 7.0) - Three recommendation letters
- Audition or presentation of scholarly material
- Cover letter (Ph.D. only)
- Minimum GPA: M.M. 2.75, D.M.A. 3.25, Ph.D. 3.5
- Statement of purpose (D.M.A. and Ph.D. only)
- Vita or resume (Ph.D. only)
- Video of teaching (Ph.D. only)
- Written exercise (D.M.A. only)
Application Deadline
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Description
The School of Music boasts a comprehensive faculty and an accommodating array of facilities. Westbrook Music Building houses a music library containing approximately 55,000 books, scores, and periodicals; 18,000 recordings; and computer listening and video booths. The School of Music also maintains a music computer lab, a state-of-the-art music technology research classroom equipped with computers and software for music instruction, composition, and notation.
The performance complex consists of the Lied Center for Performing Arts, with stage dimensions sufficient for major touring production companies, and the Kimball Recital Hall. The following areas of emphasis are available for the M.M. program: performance, music education, composition, music history, music theory, orchestral/wind band/choral conducting, jazz studies, woodwind specialist, and piano pedagogy. The D.M.A. program offers emphases in performance, composition, jazz studies, and conducting. The Ph.D. program is offered with an area of emphasis in music education.
Courses and More
The Graduate Bulletin provides course descriptions, program requirements, and more:Faculty and Research
Band
D.M., Northwestern University
Brass and Percussion
D.M.A., University of Minnesota
D.M., Florida State University
M.M., Ohio University
D.M.A., University of Colorado
Choir, Opera, and Voice
M.M., Louisiana State University
D.M.A., University of Iowa
D.M.A., Arizona State University
M.M., University of Cincinnati
D.M.A., University of Oregon
D.M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
D.M.A., University of Illinois
Composition, History, and Theory
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Ph.D., Columbia University
D.M.A., University of Maryland at College Park
Ph.D., Yale University
D.M.A., Cornell University
Keyboard
D.M., Indiana University
D.M.A., Rice University
D.M.A., Eastman School of Music
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Music Education
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
D.M.E., University of Cincinnati
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Florida State University
Strings and Orchestra
Artist Diploma, The Juilliard School
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin
D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
Artist Diploma, The Juilliard School
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Artist Diploma, The Juilliard School
D.M., Northwestern University
Artist Diploma, The Juilliard School
Woodwinds
D.M., Northwestern University
D.M., Florida State University
D.M.A., University of Texas at Austin
D.M.A., Michigan State University
D.M.A., The Julliard School
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