Take Your Music Education Career to the Next Level
Degree Details
You understand that music engages your students in ways that other subjects cannot. You have witnessed a new intensity in them as they hear a piece of music for the first time. You’ve felt your students’ joy in working as a team, and you’ve been moved watching them perform. What else can you learn?
Application Requirements
Our contemporary curriculum is taught by BU scholars in music education, theory, and musicology who are leaders in their fields. They are eager to share their expertise with you because they love to teach and are committed to expanding the number of highly qualified music educators in the field.
Flexibility is Key
Applications for the online Master of Music in Music Education are accepted six times per year. This program is designed for applicants who already possess a teaching license or want to broaden and deepen their understanding of art education but do not desire licensure to teach in American primary and secondary schools. Classes are flexible and work is completed on your own schedule.
With a BU Master of Music in Music Education degree you will:
- Develop new skills in high-quality music instruction
- Access Boston University’s extensive, world-class resources
- Garner new techniques, theory, and research to use in your classroom
- Earn a Master of Music degree online in as little as 20 months
- Transform your skillset to improve your music department, school and community
This program has challenged me to be a more thoughtful educator and citizen. I have found the entire experience to be deeply meaningful and consistently thought-provoking. I feel more self-assured as a professional because I have a much more solid foundation of knowledge and philosophy.
Matthew Nedvin (CFA’23)
Lennox Vanterpool (CFA’11)
Online MM in Music Education
Lennox Vanterpool founded the Morlens School of Music in 1989 to serve the youth of the Caribbean island Anguilla. “Even the slightest exposure to music, and the chance to become proficient in an instrument, will help build character and give lifelong opportunity,” he says.
When Kelly Bylica first began her teaching journey, she could be found teaching music to middle school students in Chicago. It wasn’t until she was graduating with her Master’s degree in Music Education that she discovered another love – philosophical and research-oriented teaching in higher education.
As an Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education at BU, Bylica teaches in the online and on-campus graduate programs.
