Music Education
Master of Arts
Music Education Highlights
Our Mission
Adams State University’s online Music Education masters program furthers students’ musical and professional growth, enhances the success of the students they serve, and provides graduate course-work necessary for additional salary credit. Our mission works with the mission and goals of Adams State University and the Graduate School. The Master of Arts in Music Education will provide high quality courses that are rigorous, transferable at the graduate level, accessible to students in rural areas, and reasonably priced.
Why consider Adams State University for your Master of Arts in Music Education?
- We are one of the most affordable online music education programs available.
- The cohorts are small with only 10-20 students, and you progress through the degree with the same group allowing the opportunity to build relationships with colleagues from throughout the United States.
- Our faculty are outstanding musicians and educators who pride themselves on getting to know the students in their classes.
- Each course is designed with the active educator in mind: You will be creating standards-based curriculum and assessing student learning outcomes for your own students in nearly every course.
Music Education Outcomes
Take Online Courses
If there is space available, students not enrolled in the masters program may take course/s of interest upon permission.
Master of Arts in Music Education Faculty
Beth Robison, Ph.D.
Department Chair | Professor of Music
Matthew Schildt, Ph.D.
Director of M.A. in Music Education | Professor of Music
Chelsea Oden, Ph. D.
Adjunct Professor of Music
Brian Meyers, D.M.A.
Adjunct Professor of Music
James Doyle, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of MusicMusic Education Curriculum
Explore Some of Our Courses
MUED 504: Composition and Arranging (3 hours)
This course will provide instruction in music orchestration and arranging techniques pertinent to music educators. Students will apply these techniques to arrangements for voice and contemporary band/orchestral instruments and ensembles.
MUED 521: World Music and Culture (3 hours)
This course will provide the conceptual foundations necessary to explore and integrate music from around the world into the K-12 music curriculum. Through case study, critical writing, audio and video example, and individual research, students will investigate, experience, and synthesize the importance of music as it relates to different cultures, customs, religions, and history. Students will learn how music is correlated to everyday activities in a variety of societies.
MUED 523: Topics in Jazz and Rock (3 hours)
This course will examine the development and principle styles in jazz and rock music in the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will look at the important developments in both styles through musical, historical, and cultural lenses. The goal of this course is to go beyond a broad overview of these styles, with students doing in-depth listening to seminal albums in both jazz and rock.
Testimonials
The music faculty at Adams State were an outstanding source of insight, and I remain in touch with many of them to this day. I am so grateful to Adams State’s online masters program for providing me with an outstanding experience.
Katie Schrichte (Zdanowski)
At Adams State, you are not a student. You are family. As a band director, husband, and father, your plate is full of responsibilities. Despite life’s everyday hustle and bustle, all of the professors are accommodating, thoughtful, and understanding.
The content is relevant and applicable to each individual’s situation and classroom, and the specific course-work projects are designed to help music educators achieve the next level of knowledge and experience.
I had two major requirements: an online Music Education program, and accreditation by NASM, which ensured the quality of the program. The music education courses were stimulating, relevant, and dare I say it…fun!
The Adams State Music Department has carefully crafted and refined an online option that is incredibly accessible and practical for working music teachers. The well-balanced curriculum focuses on personal growth and preparation for diverse teaching situations. Prospective students will find that the professors are incredibly kind, knowledgeable, and accessible
I’m so grateful to the faculty and staff at Adams State University’s Music Department for all the tireless work and masterful instruction. I thoroughly loved every minute I spent working toward my Master of Arts in Music Education – I can honestly say that I learned more about teaching music than I ever thought I could.
