CCM's Master of Music in Music Education offers pre-K–12 music teachers the opportunity to advance their knowledge and practice of their discipline. Prestigious faculty, performance opportunities and location in one of the country's premier cities for the arts make this program the perfect choice for music education students looking to maximize their talents and gain an incomparable musical and academic education. Students in the Master of Music in Music Education program benefit from the high quality of music training and experience offered in CCM's conservatory environment as well as strong pedagogical preparation.
Cincinnati offers students diverse music teaching settings (i.e., urban and suburban, school-based and community-based), and specialization options including arts administration, choral, orchestral and wind conducting, dance, music theater, early childhood education, educational administration, jazz studies, Orff-Schulwerk, performance, and instrumental music education. Graduates enjoy a 100 percent placement rate, most often as school music teachers, community arts personnel, church musicians, faculty members at colleges and universities, and students in advanced programs of study.
CCM is a college within the University of Cincinnati, a major undergraduate university and graduate research institution of more than 40,000 students. The synergy created by housing CCM within a comprehensive public university gives the college its unique character and defines its objective: to educate and inspire the whole artist and scholar for positions on the world's stage.
Scholarships and assistantships, including teaching assistantships, are available for qualified students.