Graduate Degrees

The University of South Alabama Master of Music Degree

The University of South Alabama has received program approval from the National Association of Schools of Music, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for a Master of Music degree.

All information listed below, including enrollment procedures and other requirements, are currently in effect.

Students interested in this program may contact the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music, Dr. Thomas Rowell, for additional information.

Degree

Master of Music
- Concentration in Music Education (Instrumental, Choral)
  - Leads to Alabama Class A Professional Music Education (P-12) Certification, Instrumental or Choral
- Concentration in Music Education - Alternative (Instrumental, Choral)
  - Leads to Alabama Class A Professional Music Education (P-12) Certification, Instrumental or Choral
- Concentration in Performance (Piano, Voice, Brass, Woodwinds, or Percussion)
- Concentration in Collaborative Keyboard

Academic Requirements

Undergraduate Degree in Music
- A minimum GPA of at least a 3.0 on all undergraduate work. In exceptional cases, applicants may be considered with at least a 2.5 GPA on all undergraduate work, or at least a 2.75 GPA on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work.
- International applicants: TOEFL score (minimum 71)

Office of Admissions Application Procedures

Apply online.
- Please note the link above is for graduate applications only (Master of Music)
  - For undergraduate audition information (Bachelor of Music) please click here.
Complete Graduate Application for Admission
- Submit fee
- Request a separate official transcript from each institution attended to be mailed directly to the Office of Admissions
- Résumé, limit to one page
- Recommendation Letters (3) addressing your academic and/or professional abilities
- Copy of Teaching Certificate is required for Music Education
- Personal Statement on applicant's career goals and purpose for graduate study for Music Education - Alternative

Departmental Admission Requirements

Passing score in Graduate Music Theory and Music History Diagnostic Exams
Admission requirements per area of specialization:
- Music Education (Instrumental, Choral)
  - Teaching Certificate
  - Video of teaching: 10 – 25 minutes. Acceptability determined by music education faculty
    Contact: Dr. Tracy Heavner at theavner@southalabama.edu
- Music Education – Alternative (Instrumental, Choral)
  - Detailed requirements for program can be found here.
    Contact: Dr. Tracy Heavner at theavner@southalabama.edu

- Performance: Piano
  - Audition - recording or live. Admission determined by area faculty
    Contact: Dr. Robert Holm at rholm@southalabama.edu
- Performance: Voice
  - Diagnostic exam in vocal diction (Italian, German, and French)
  - Audition - recording or live. Admission determined by area faculty
    Contact: Dr. Thomas Rowell at trowell@southalabama.edu
- Performance: Woodwinds, Brass, or Percussion
  - Audition - recording or live. Admission determined by area faculty
    - Woodwinds Contact: Dr. Andra Bohnet at abohnet@southalabama.edu
    - Brass Contact: Dr. Peter Wood at pwood@southalabama.edu
    - Percussion Contact: Dr. Will Petersen at wpetersen@southalabama.edu
      Detailed requirements for auditions into the percussion program can be found here.
- Collaborative Keyboard
  - Audition - recording or live. Admission determined by area faculty
    Contact: Dr. Robert Holm at rholm@southalabama.edu

Degree Checksheets

The Department of Music offers the following options for completion of the Masters Degree: