The MSM program equips students for professional careers in church music--where employment opportunities are plentiful--while also providing them with the foundations to pursue doctoral studies or other professional career paths, including music education, music ministry, and concert performance.<br><br>The MSM degree is a two-year, 48-credit-hour degree, consisting of courses in applied music, sacred music history and analysis, and liturgical studies. Students are admitted into one of three studios: (1) Choral Conducting, (2) Organ, or (3) Voice. Students are encouraged to gain expertise in secondary areas such as voice, organ, piano, continuo, and conducting. Each graduate is expected to be a well-rounded musician, possessing the requisite skills in playing, conducting, and singing to shape music programs in churches, schools, and the community-at-large