Master of Arts [M.A] [Music] From Washington State University

The program is offered by . All graduates will be able to:

• Critical, Creative and Musical Reasoning: This includes learning to analyze and interpret music, to express the composer’s intention, the character of the music and to convey the  emotion of the work.
•  Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning: This involves taking the abstract symbols on the page and making musical sense of them, interpreting the rhythmic and pitch elements of the  music and making expressive choices based on the notation on the page.
•  Information Literacy: Musicians must understand the historical and cultural aspects of the music that they are performing to present a musically and artistically convincing  performance. Also, students must become familiar with a wide range of important works from the musical canon. Students are required to use several outside sources, including  library and online resources, to gain this knowledge.
• Communication: A musical performance is not successful unless there is communication with the audience.
• Diversity: To perform music of different styles and genres, it is essential to understand diverse cultures and musical views. This is related to information literacy
• Integration of Learning: For a musical performance to be truly successful, all of these Learning Outcomes—creative thinking, symbolic reasoning, information literacy, communication  and diversity must be integrated by the performer.

Career

Graduates are prepared for professional careers in music including work as performers, composers, arrangers, recording artists and educators.