Master of Music in Vermillion United States | University of South Dakota

This master's program offers diverse specialization tracks to explore your musical interests in depth. You can focus on areas like music history, conducting, collaborative piano, or performance, with ample performance opportunities including concerts, festivals, recitals, and marching band competitions. Transform your passion into a profession through our affordable, flexible program featuring various specialization options and thesis/non-thesis tracks to tailor your studies. As the sole provider of music master's degrees in the state, our program maintains NASM accreditation since 1956 and is also recognized by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Our curriculum equips you with professional-level expertise for careers as performers, educators, scholars, or lifelong learners. Annually, we distribute more than $240,000 in scholarships and provide graduate assistantships, fostering musical advancement, leadership development, and personal growth through performance mentoring, classroom instruction, one-on-one lessons, and supervised research.