Students completing the Master's Program in Musicology develop a broad understanding of the primary methods used in musicological and ethnomusicological research. Courses and seminars explore a wide range of musical repertories and scholarly debates, and the curriculum encourages students to engage meaningfully with the field through pedagogical training and focused research.
The theses of recent graduates have explored the construction of female identity through sheet music collection in the post-bellum U.S. South, early twentieth-century violin pedagogy and African American racial uplift, sexual consent in contemporary country songs, performance practice in the music of Brahms, and the ethics of musical improvisation with computer agents.
Recent graduates have entered leading North American doctoral programs or have found employment in occupations drawing heavily upon the expertise and skills developed through our degree program.