Degree and Diploma Programs

Degree Programs

The Peabody Conservatory awards five degrees:

• The Bachelor of Music (BM):
  • Composition 
  • Jazz Performance
  • Music Education
  • Music for New Media
  • Performance
  • Recording Arts & Sciences
• The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA): Dance
• The Master of Music (MM):
  • Composition
  • Music Education
  • Musicology
  • Music Theory Pedagogy
  • Performance (including specializations in:  Computer Music, Orchestral Conducting, Wind Conducting, and  Performance-Pedagogy emphasis)
     
• The Master of Arts (MA) in Audio Sciences:
  • Acoustics and Recording Arts and Sciences
• The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA): ​
  • Composition
  • Performance (including specializations in:  Orchestral Conducting and Wind Conducting).

Diploma Programs

The Peabody Conservatory also awards three diplomas which are certificates:

• The Performer’s Certificate (PC)
• The Graduate Performance Diploma (GPD)
• The Artist’s Diploma (AD)

Peabody collaborates with the Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and the Whiting School of Engineering to administer an undergraduate double-degree. However, for the purposes of the Peabody catalogue, this degree may be regarded as a modified BM or BFA degree.

Degree and Diploma Programs