GRADUATE MUSIC PROGRAMS COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS
F O C U S E D M E N TO R I N G . ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES. Belmont’s Master of Music program offers its students the best of both worlds—a small community of elite musicians pursuing professional graduate degrees housed within a large, vibrant and diverse School of Music. Located at the end of historic Music Row near the heart of Nashville, Belmont provides an inspiring environment for musicians to practice and learn. Our exquisite performance venues, small class sizes, personalized mentoring and community partnerships define the creative landscape.
MASTER OF MUSIC PROGRAMS • Church Music • Commercial Music—Performance emphasis • Commercial Music—Media Composition and Arranging emphasis • Composition • Multiple Woodwinds • Music Education • Music Teaching • Pedagogy • Performance
S TAT E - O F -T H E - A R T FA C I L I T I E S THE FISHER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS A 1,700 seat world-class theatre with two additional recital venues. Fashioned after traditional performance venues with classical design, the Center adds another diamond to Music City’s ring of world-class venues. MCAFEE CONCERT HALL An 876-seat venue which houses a 55-rank Aeolian Skinner organ and two nine-foot Steinway Grand pianos. The space includes 16 practice rooms. MASSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The space features a 1,000-seat Massey Concert Hall, the 100-seat Harton Recital Hall, as well as instructional and practice spaces. WILSON MUSIC BUILDING This instructional building includes classroom and rehearsal spaces, practice rooms, a piano lab, and two music technology labs as well as a Vocal Arts Lab, with technology that provides acoustic information used for practical aspects of voice analysis and research. BELMONT MUSIC LIBRARY This library holds more than 12,000 books, 15,000 scores and subscriptions to multiple electronic databases, journals, and music streaming services, 14,000 CDs, 7,000 DVDs and more. BELMONT HEIGHTS COMPLEX The complex contains spaces dedicated to percussion use and includes a variety of percussive instruments, including 5-octave marimbas, steel drums, timpani, orchestral accessories, drum sets, and world percussion instruments.