Master of Arts Music Education: Conducting
Use Your Passion for Music to Impact Lives with a Master’s Degree in Music Education
Music is more than a hobby for you, and after receiving your bachelor’s degree in the field, you are looking for the next step to turn your passion into a profession. If this sounds like you, consider a career in music education – where you can continue to use your talents as you invest in the next generation of musicians.
Our Master of Arts in Music Education with a specialization in conducting can help prepare you for careers in music education or administration in public, private, and higher education. If you would rather work outside the school system, you can use this degree to become a professional consultant or even a director of community music arts programs. Wherever you see your passion for music and teaching taking you, let us help you get there.
Pursue Your Degree with Confidence
- Our music degrees are accredited by NASM, the National Association of Schools of Music.
- We are a designated “All Steinway” school.
- We are grateful to serve students with cutting-edge acoustic capabilities in our facility.
What Will You Study?
- Advanced training in the art of conducting through various graduate ensemble courses
- How to teach music techniques and theory to students
- Major principles, philosophies, and practices in music education
- Specific teaching skills for a variety of learning styles
- The purpose of school music programs
Career Opportunities for Music Education – Conducting Master’s Degree Graduates
- Collegiate music educator
- Director of community music arts program
- Music education supervisor
- Professional music education consultant
- School music administrator
Faculty and Facilities Available to Music Education Students
- You will have access to 45 full-time faculty who hold degrees from Liberty University and other prestigious music schools in the nation.
- We are grateful to serve students with cutting-edge acoustic capabilities in our facility.
- Ensemble and recital courses provide our music students with hands-on conducting experience.
- Our students have produced albums that have been nominated for awards with Liberty alumni going on to become Dove award-winning Christian artists and songwriters.
- We offer a $2.2 million recording studio and Liberty Music Group (LMG) publishing company for our students to use.
Admission Requirements for Our Graduate Degree Programs
A 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Every application is reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and all applicants must submit the following documents and meet the minimum requirements for admission:
- Admission application
- Self-certification form for students who are in the final term of their bachelor’s degree
- Current Liberty undergraduate students seeking preliminary acceptance into a graduate program must complete a degree completion application through their myLU account
- Completion of an earned baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in one of the following areas: music, music education, or music and worship
Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.
Credit Hours
Available On Campus
Class Type
Residential
Transfer Credits
Transfer in up to 50% of the degree total
Next Start Date
Jan 19, 2026
Accreditation
NASM
