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unusual facts about Master of Music



Christopher Wilkins

Wilkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts where by 1978 he obtained bachelor's degree from Harvard College He studied with German-born conductor named Otto-Werner Mueller while being enrolled into Yale University and got his Master of Music degree from there by 1981.


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Ahmed Mukhtar

At School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London, he earned a Master of music in performance, also Middle Eastern and Arabic music.

Birch Johnson

He subsequently attended Eastman School of Music, receiving the Master of Music degree, majoring in jazz performance.

Dirk Weiler

In 1999, he went to New York City where he studied voice at Manhattan School of Music, City College of New York, and finally at the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, where he received his Master of Music in 2001.

Eli-Eri Moura

He studied composition with José Alberto Kaplan and Mário Ficarelli, in Brazil, and later with Brian Cherney, Alcides Lanza and John Rea, at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada, where he received two of his graduate degrees (Master of Music and Doctor of Music in Composition).

Gulimina Mahamuti

She received two Master of Music degrees, one in Piano Performance with Graduate Dean Academic Honors from Pittsburg State University and one in Piano Performance and Piano Pedagogy from Harbin Normal University in China.

Jasmin Bašić

He graduated in 2003 and obtained his Master of Music Degree (Vocal performance and pedagogy) from University of Sarajevo in 2006 under famous and world's recognized soprano Radmila Bakočević Belgrade (Serbia).

Jenny Oaks Baker

Baker earned a bachelor’s degree in violin from Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and later received a Master of Music degree from Juilliard School in New York City.

Joel Fan

He began studying piano seriously at the Juilliard School and has received both a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Peabody Institute.

Kevin Cobb

After attending Interlochen Arts Academy, he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Frank Kaderabek; he continued studies at The Juilliard School earning a Master of Music degree as a student of Mark Gould.

Koistinen Kantele

Olga Shishkina is the first foreigner who graduated as a Master of Music in Finnish kantele from Sibelius Academy.

Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music

A fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, the Hayes School of Music offers undergraduate programs in music education, music performance, theory/composition, sacred music performance, music therapy, and music industry studies as well as Master of Music degrees in performance, music education, and music therapy.

Mark Alan Wade

While pursuing his Master of Music, Wade toured Austria, Slovakia and Hungary as co-principal trumpet with the Classical Music Festival Orchestra of Eisenstadt, Austria.

Richard Hyung-ki Joo

Born in England of South Korean parents, Hyung-ki Joo began his formal training in the UK at the Menuhin School with Peter Norris and Seta Tanyel and later earned his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Nina Svetlanova.

Roger Briggs

He then studied at the Eastman School of Music, where he earned a Master of Music (1976) and Ph.D (1978) in Music Composition.

Rupert Marshall-Luck

After reading Music at Cambridge University, he was awarded a postgraduate scholarship to continue his studies with the eminent pedagogue Simon Fischer and thereafter won a Distinction for his degree of Master of Music.

Sarah Horick

She earned a Master of Music in Composition and a Master of Arts in Music Theory at Florida State University where she studied with Mark Wingate and Ladislav Kubik.

Sarah Ioannides

Ioannides earned a Master of Music degree in conducting at the Juilliard School, where she received the Bruno Walter Scholarship and was assistant conductor to Otto-Werner Mueller.

Seung Hee Yang

She studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum for the Master of Music with Ruggiero Ricci in 1995, at Amsterdam Conservatory for the professional Performance certificate with Victor Liberman in 1998 and at Rutgers University for the Doctor of Musical Arts with Arnold Steinhardt in 2002.

The Phoenix Boys Choir

A native Arizonan, Dr. Smith received his education at Occidental College, Master of Music at the University of Southern California, Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Arizona, and Honorary Doctor of Letters at Grand Canyon University.

Thomas Sleeper

He received his Bachelor of Music at the University of Texas, and subsequently received his Master of Music at Southern Methodist University, where he studied under Daryl F. Rauscher of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and James Rives-Jones.

Vénus et Adonis

After several years in exile as the court composer for Philip V of Spain, Desmarets took up an appointment as master of music at the court of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine in Lunéville.