音乐硕士学位培养的是后学士学位水平较高的表演音乐家。音乐硕士课程旨在培养渴望成为歌剧演唱者，音乐会艺术家或管弦乐队音乐家，钢琴演奏家，作曲家或编曲者，自由音乐家或指挥的学生。这些学生可能打算作为其职业生涯的唯一重点，或者更可能是作为更全面的职业的一部分，私下地进行教练或教导。音乐硕士课程为其他学生做好了在博士阶段进一步学习音乐演奏和教学法的准备。不论出于何种原因而报名参加约翰J.卡利音乐学院的音乐硕士课程，学生都将不断完善和扩展自己的音乐才能，为音乐艺术家的下一步发展做准备。
The Master of Music degree develops high-achieving performing musicians at the post-baccalaureate level. The Master of Music educates students who aspire to become opera singers, concert artists or orchestral musicians, collaborative pianists, composers or arrangers, freelance musicians, or conductors. These students may be planning to coach or teach privately, either as the sole focus of their professional lives or, more likely, as part of a more comprehensive career. The Master of Music prepares other students for advanced study of music performance and pedagogy at the doctoral level. Whatever the reason for enrolling in the John J. Cali School of Music Master of Music program, students will refine and extend their musicianship in preparation for the next steps as musical artists.