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Music Education

About the Music Education Area
Historically, the music education area at UW-Madison has been a center of leadership and creativity; it has been home to some of the finest music education scholars and teachers in the world.
It was among the first graduate programs in music education to embrace interpretive (qualitative) research, and its current faculty continues a tradition of innovation in research paradigm and theory, specializing in the emerging areas of revisionist history, ethnography, critical textual and discourse analysis, semiotics, iconography, policy studies, and action research. The following research areas are of particular interest to the faculty:
  • Policy issues and their influence on music education
  • Equity issues (i.e., issues concerning gender, race, social class, sexuality and ability/disability) in music education
  • Revisionist historical analysis of music education in the United States
  • Relationships between popular culture and music education
  • Philosophical questions in music education
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Faculty
Dobbs, Teryl Assistant Professor of Music Education
Golner, Ronald Associate Faculty Associate
Koza, Julia Eklund Professor of Music Education, Music Education Area Chair
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Music, B.M.
   General Music Certification, Instrumental Music Certification, Choral and General Music Certification
Master of Music, M.M.
   Music Education
Master of Science, M.S.
   Curriculum and Instruction
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.
   Curriculum and Instruction

Graduate Music Education

Graduate music education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison inhabits two worlds: the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, and the School of Music. This position provides graduate students with maximum flexibility to design programs tailored to their particular interests.

Prospective music education graduate students have two master's degree options: (1) a Master of Science (M.S.) with a concentration in music education, offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and (2) a Master of Music (M.M.) with a concentration in music education, offered through the School of Music. The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with a concentration in music education is offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.

Graduate Program Requirements

Graduate Music Education FAQ