The "2+2" Master of Music in Music Education Degree at Crane
The Master of Music in Music Education degree is designed to be completed in two summers with two additional online courses (2+2) taken in between the two summers, with a Capstone Seminar take (remotely) following the student's second summer. Summer courses are taught by Crane faculty. Graduate Music Admissions information can be found on this webpage. The summer admissions deadline is May 1, with a priority scholarship deadline of March 2.
The entire degree plan for the degree can be found here.
Questions? Email us at gradmusic@potsdam.edu.
Our main summer in-person 2026 courses will likely run for six weeks, from Monday, June 29 - Friday, August 7, 2026, but this has not yet been finalized. Students should take four courses from the following as noted. The information below remains tentative, and will be updated throughout the next few months.
Students take three courses which meet four days a week (Monday-Thursday) for 2 hours/day/class.
Both first and second year students take:
MUCE 608: Curriculum Development in the School Music Program
Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Schaller
Two Sections: MTWR 8:30am section and 11:00am section
An examination of the systematic process of program development. Focus upon the development of general goals, program objectives, and instructional objectives, as well as the design and sequence of musical experiences and materials. Final project involves the development of a program for a specific course of study; school music teachers are encouraged to gear projects toward their own specific teaching situations.
and
MUCT TBA: Theory course(s) TBA - one or two options
Two Sections: MTWR 8:30am section and 11am section.
Fulfills the degree's music theory requirement.
MUCT 695 Analyzing Musical Theatre Song
Instructor: Dr. Michael Vitalino
This course introduces students to various analytical approaches and scholarship to engage with song from Musical Theater. We begin with a brief review of Roman numeral analysis and various compositional techniques traditionally used to signify relationships between music and text. After establishing these features as an intertextual foundation, we will examine Musical Theater repertoire to better understand issues of musical structure and compositional intent.
Second course TBA
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First year students take:
MUCH 611: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Music
Instructor: Dr. Judy Lewis
MTWR 2:00pm
All first-year summer students take this survey of bibliographic and resource materials in music, education, and music education.
Second year students take:
MUCE 523: Advanced Issues in Music Education
Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Schaller
MTWR 2:00pm
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Both first and second year students take one performance course (over 5 days, 8am - 5pm; likely August 3 - 7, 2025)
MUCP TBA: Performance course. Tentatively:
MUCP 695 Exploration of Sound & Image: An Introduction to Visual Music Performance
Instructor: Dr. Christine Hoerning
or
MUCP 632 Creativity & Problem Solving in Ensemble Settings
Instructor: Dr. Christine Hoerning
Summer Session I: May 26 - June 26, 2026 (tentative)
At this time, we do not have any online summer session I courses planned.