The Artist Diploma (AD) is intended only for musicians at the highest level of artistic accomplishment and potential.
Our graduate program in Choral Music offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to help each student grow as both artist and scholar.
Both MM and DMA in Composition prepare students for careers as composers and educators.
Both MM and DMA in Jazz Performance offer comprehensive course work in jazz solo and ensemble literature, and emphasize public performances and technique.
The School of Music offers both a Master and a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education.
The University of Illinois graduate program in Musicology is internationally respected for its emphasis on training engaged scholars across both music history and ethnomusicology. We offer MM and PhD degrees.
At the University of Illinois, future orchestra conductors have access to a world-class education in conducting as well as a broad array of course offerings in music history and theory.
Both MM and DMA degrees in Performance and Literature offer comprehensive course work in solo and ensemble literature and emphasize public performances and technique.
Steeped in tradition for the past half century, the Piano Pedagogy program at the University of Illinois School of Music is a pioneering program and among the oldest in the United States.
The Vocal Coaching and Accompanying program is for strong pianists who want to explore the worlds of song and sung theatre.
The objective of the master and doctoral programs in Wind Band Conducting is to prepare highly competent conductors of wind music.
