Music Belongs to Everyone, Everywhere.
No matter who you are, your music has the power to strengthen communities, restore mind and body, and drive social change.
But it’s personal. That’s why at Longy School of Music, we don’t prescribe your studies. Instead, we empower you to curate your own artistic journey, create new career possibilities, and blow the traditional canon wide open. Here, making music personal, accessible, and relevant is at the heart of everything we do.
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Degrees/Diplomas/Certificates
Master of Music
Graduate Diploma in Composition
Graduate Performance Diploma
Online Master of Music in Music Education (MMME)
Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS)
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Alumni Spotlight
ISABEL RANDALL (GPD 2023)
Immediately after Isabel’s graduation, she received invitations to audition for Slovakia National Theatre, Opera National de Paris, and was a part of the first workshop performance for an opera based on the historic US Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia. She’s performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Opera Collaborative, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera unMet, and Virginia Opera.
“Longy provided an incredibly supportive environment that catalyzed my development as a musician and allowed me to truly start my professional career.”
JONATHAN SHIN (AD 2019)
As artist faculty at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Jonathan works with undergraduate students on ear-training and improvisation. He regularly writes orchestral and chamber works for national and private commissions, and serves his community as a répétiteur, improviser, recitalist, and concerto soloist.
“Longy helped me realize my vision of serving my musical community to the best of my abilities, which clarified what my ikigai and purpose for all the coming years should and can be!”
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Our Distinguished Faculty
At Longy, you’ll be guided on your artistic journey by our incredible faculty of accomplished musicians, industry leaders, innovators, and GRAMMY award-winners.
Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Composition
Cailin Marcel Manson
Cailin Marcel Manson
Vocal Studies
Karla Perez
Karla Perez
Strings
Matt Savage
Matt Savage
Jazz & Contemporary Music
Course Highlights
GENDER BENDERS AND TREND-DISRUPTORS
Vocal Studies students perform nineteenth-century lieder that would traditionally be off-limits to their voice-type, gender, or sexuality. Separate lieder from its cis-heteronormative, male-centric worldview, and bring it into the twenty-first century with alternative character perspectives.
IDENTITY AND CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM
Master of Music in Music Education students examine laws around special education, classroom terminology, and the latest methods in adapting lessons for students with disabilities. Learn how to make content accessible for all students by studying the impact various disabilities have on hearing, reading, and making music.
Artistic Life in Boston
Boston isn’t merely a backdrop–it’s the stage for your artistic pursuits and an integral part of the Longy experience. Be immersed in a vibrant, artistic city with hundreds of ensembles, opera companies, theaters, orchestras, dance troupes, and museums that will excite and inspire you.
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Come curious, leave changed, and carry the music with you into the world. Discover this season at Longy.
Longy acts to move beyond the walls of classical music to welcome musicians from all walks of life, of any genre, preparing them for all the ways they will change the world. We reimagine who gets to play music, hear music, and write music. We believe that anyone who wants a career in music should make one. We therefore remove as many barriers as possible, creating access for those who are typically denied or restricted because of their identity or status. Our school is a home that welcomes all comers.