Overview

The Choral Conducting program at Berklee College of Music is designed to build character, confidence, and artistry. Students learn from and work alongside a faculty comprising distinguished artists who use their firsthand performance experience to mentor students in developing their own artistic voice and leading an ensemble.

Upon successful completion of the M.M. in Choral Conducting, students will:

conduct, instruct, and lead a choral ensemble of any size and at any level; and, drawing on information gleaned in Choral Repertoire courses and their own experiences leading the Conductors’ Choir and large ensembles at the Conservatory, provide that ensemble with appropriate and challenging programming and high-quality repertoire;

comprehend, analyze, and research choral works from a range of musical traditions, with an understanding of the context in which those works were created, and then interpret those works to and for an ensemble;

research and network to discover and perform works of underrepresented composers and appreciate the necessity of programming and promoting those works;

create community through music-making, understanding the importance of communication within an ensemble as well as between the ensemble and its leader, and recognizing and honoring the primal urge of humans to sing together;

pursue a career as a professional chorister, as a choral conductor or as a conductor in other genres;

collaborate with peers in creating, developing, and marketing a new ensemble or instructional program; and

create a musical life for themselves that is best suited to their own skills, interests and personal mission.

Programme Structure

Courses:

Writing About Music

Conducting: Conductors' Choir

Antiquity to Early Baroque

Theory & Analysis

Music History

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-02 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

34 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Boston, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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100

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7.5

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General requirements

You must submit official, up-to-date high school academic transcripts or General Educational Development (GED) scores.

If you have college/university credits at another institution, you must also submit an official transcript.

All documents must be submitted in English. If you are applying as an international student, please see the International Applicant Requirements below.

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53510 USD / year

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Living costs

Boston

United States

1560 - 3239 USD / month

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Upon successful completion of the M.M. in Choral Conducting, students will:

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Boston

Funding

Scholarships Information

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