Music Education

Programs Offered: Ph.D. and Ed.D. (Elementary Education with concentration in Music Education), Professional Ed.M., Certificate of Advanced Study.

The doctoral programs with concentration in music education are designed for those students who demonstrate a strong interest in the music education profession and show musical and scholarly promise. The program prepares students for a career as a researcher and scholar in music education at the college level, or for a national, regional, state, or district administrative position in music education.

Since students entering doctoral programs have a variety of backgrounds and needs, the requirements are flexible and cannot be stated in terms of credit hours; the degree is awarded on the basis of proficiency in a broad field of knowledge.

Master's degrees in music education (all grades) are designed for those who currently teach and want professional New York State certification as teachers, as well as for those who wish to combine master's degree study with preparation for an initial certificate to teach music in elementary or secondary schools, or those preparing for doctoral study. In addition, students interested in initial certification can apply to the advanced certificate program in music education (36 credit hours). The music education faculty have extensive involvement with the New York State Education Department and have helped shape both the state learning standards for the arts and assessment in the arts.

About the Ed.M. Program

At UB's Graduate School of Education, we've created...

...a Master of Education degree designed for working professionals applying and creating outstanding music teaching practice from early childhood to high school.

• Coursework grounded in Music Learning Theory
• New knowledge to help you teach more music in the valuable time you have with your students
• New curriculum development patterns that keep you in charge of your program
• New methods of assessing students that are setting the directions for our profession
• Opportunity to study in the summer with distinguished music education scholars, such as Edwin E. Gordon and Richard Colwell

Join Us! We'll make you part of the process, put you in touch with music education's future, and be on your side after you graduate.

Program Features

• efficient, condensed degree timeline
• two intensive summers, realistic semesters
• built-in interdisciplinary contacts
• trend-setting professors, courses
• solid master's degree content
• job-related final project or thesis integrated from the beginning
• supports permanent NY certificate (after two years teaching experience)
• an early childhood music education emphasis is possible by association with the Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center.
• ongoing MusicPlay classes for infants and toddlers offer ample opportunity for practicum experience in early childhood music teaching utilizing Gordon's Learning Theory
• full-time study also possible; assistantships available

Music Education Links

Gordon Institute of Music Learning (GIML)

MusicPlay: ongoing classes for Infants and Toddlers at UB's Fisher-Price Endowed Early Childhood Research Center

At UB's Graduate School of Education, we offer for those who hold provisional certification...

...a Master of Education degree designed for working professionals applying and creating outstanding music teaching practice from early childhood to high school.

• New knowledge that helps you teach more music in the valuable time you have with your students
• New curriculum development patterns that keep you in charge of your program
• New methods of assessing students that are setting the directions for our profession
  

Join Us!

We'll make you part of the process, put you in touch with music education's future, and be on your side after you graduate.

Contact a professor in music education:

Maria Runfola
502 Baldy Hall
(716) 645-2455 ext. 1142

Patricia Chiodo
501 Baldy Hall
(716) 645-2455, ext. 1147