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Master of Music in Music Education Online

Due Dates:

November 1, 2026 – Spring Application Due

July 1, 2027 – Fall Application Due

  • Choose what’s best for you—get your Master’s in one year or two years
  • Asynchronous classes—plan your studies around your life
  • Financial assistance is available
  • No auditions, no application fees!

The world needs more music teachers. That’s why Longy is committed to removing as many barriers as possible to a career in music education—including creating a Master of Music in Music Education Online program designed to fit your busy life. Whether you found music at 2 or 22, you can build a future in music education at Longy.

Become the educator the world needs you to be!
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Designed with the Working Teacher in Mind

Longy’s asynchronous classes allow you to pursue an advanced degree without taking time off. Map out a learning schedule that fits your life, with the option to complete your degree in as little as one year. Don’t choose between work or an education—learn on your own terms.

Longy’s Teacher Education program is rooted in culturally responsive teaching.

  • Build curriculum centered around students’ cultures and life experiences
  • Engage your entire classroom—meet students where they are
  • Create more equitable classrooms
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Middle States Accredited Program

Received Best Master’s in Music Education degree from Intelligent 

Received Best Online Master’s in Music Education degree from Best Value Schools

Application Requirements
  • Artistic Résumé
  • Personal Statement
  • Video of introduction explaining why you wish to attend Longy
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts – all transcripts must be in English. Applicants must upload an unofficial copy of transcripts from prior undergraduate and/or graduate work as part of their online application for admissions. Official transcripts are required only after an offer of admission is made and accepted.
  • English Proficiency Scores – for non-native English speakers only. Unofficial TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test required for the application. Official scores are required only after an offer of admissions is accepted.
Online MM/ME Tuition

Longy pledges to work with you to reduce financial barriers through scholarships, financial aid, and other subsidies. 

  • Complete your degree in one year – $19,000 total (before financial aid/scholarships)
  • Complete the degree in 2 years – $19,500 total (before financial aid/scholarships)

The tuition is the total cost of the degree – there are no additional fees! Pay-as-you-go options are available.

Are you a U.S. veteran? Longy’s Online MMME program is VA-approved!

MEET FACULTY CHRISTOPHER SIERRA
Arts Engines with Aaron Dworkin
Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Arts

MEET ALUM MARIA DEL VALLE
Master of Music in Music Education Online '22
Music Director, WHIN Music Community Charter School

MM/ME Online Faculty

“ Every child is entitled to be inspired by positive musical experiences and to find a ‘home’ and connect with others through music. Just as our close community of music education faculty and students inspire others, we will prepare you to do the same for your future students—to influence their lives in ways you have always imagined. ”

Dr. Erin Zaffini (DMA, Boston University) is an adjunct music and music education professor at Keene State College, where she supervises student teachers, and teaches undergraduate music courses in general music education, music curriculum and assessment, and adaptive music. She is also a faculty member for the University of New Hampshire’s Professional Development Department, where she teaches in-service teachers how to integrate music and movement into their classroom, as well as teaches Early Childhood Music and Movement. In addition, she currently teaches K-5 general, vocal and instrumental music at Stoddard and Washington Elementary Schools in New Hampshire. She has taught preK-8 general music, choral music, instrumental music, hand bell ensemble, and musical theatre. She is an active clinician around the country, serves as the Eastern Division Representative for NAfME’s General Music Council, is the Collegiate Coordinator, General Music Chair and Mentor Program Coordinator for the New Hampshire Music Educators Association, and sits on the Advisory Committee for the Music Educators Journal. Dr. Zaffini is the project leader for instituting music educator mentor training within the Society for Music Teacher Education and the National Association for Music Education. She is the recipient of the Keene State College Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Performance Awards. She has recently published articles in General Music Today, Music Educators Journal and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education.

Erin Zaffini,
Assistant Dean of Teacher Education
MICHAEL GUTIERREZ,
Administrative Manager of Teacher Education
LASAUNDRA BELCHER
Ashleigh Cicconi
Michael Coelho
Nicole Collins
Heather Cote
Sarah Fard
FERNANDO FERNANDEZ JR
Eben Fernando Heldreth
Natalie Frakes
Elsje Kibler-Vermaas
VICTOR ANTONIO LOZADA
Garo Saraydarian
CHRISTOPHER SIERRA
Alice Tsui
Ryan Zellner

Longy’s fully online Master of Music in Music Education degree program (MMME) is designed especially for educators who seek an advanced degree without taking time off from their careers. The program, which can be completed in one or two years, builds on Longy’s expertise in preparing musicians to be teachers through its campus-based degree programs.

The program is uniquely designed to ​integrate practices of social change ​in the music classroom. Graduates of this program will be prepared to amplify the voices of students from all backgrounds, create and make music from diverse cultures, and approach music teaching from a holistic and equity-based perspective.

Teaching is much more than a profession; it is a calling. ​Today, more than ever before, music teachers are called to do more. We are called to be leaders, so that we may inspire others in the ways that we have been inspired. We are called to lift up the voices and experiences of all the young people in our classrooms. We are called to challenge ourselves to be better music educators for all our students and communities. We are called to reflect on our teaching experiences and take action to promote equity and understanding. We are powerful.

If those thoughts engage your sense of “why” you want to further your music teaching career, consider Longy as a path to get you there. The fully-online Master of Music in Music Education program is designed with practicing music educators in mind. Longy believes that you shouldn’t have to leave your teaching position to pursue the dream of earning a Masters of Music in Music Education degree, and that online learning is a perfect complement to your current practice in the field. With a focus on cultural relevance, access, equity and inclusion in pre-K-12 music education, the program’s curricula and faculty support all music educators from around the world to embrace their “why” and realize their dreams of making a bigger, more socially-concious impact, one student at a time. There is no time better than the present to turn your “why” into “why not?” Let us give you the tools to help you get there! We look forward to welcoming you into our community!

Socially Relevant and Culturally Responsive Teaching
Grounded in educational equity and diversity, learn to carry these principles over to your curriculum and school practices for all students. Learn how to provide equitable access to your core curriculum and maximize academic achievement—for students from all ethnic, race, socio-economic, cultural, academic, linguistic, and other backgrounds.

Non-Traditional Ensemble Arranging
Learn non-traditional approaches to ensembles in a K-12 classroom—to ensure access and inclusion for students who wish to pursue performance opportunities beyond standard offerings. Focus on arranging music for the students in your room, while ensuring a high-quality, standards-driven ensemble experience, in rehearsal and performance.

Social and Emotional Learning in the Trauma-Informed Music Classroom
This course provides music educators with the knowledge and skills to integrate social and emotional learning (SEL) within a trauma-informed framework, fostering a supportive and resilient music classroom and ensemble environment. Students will explore the intersection of trauma and its impact on students’ emotional and cognitive development and learn evidence-based strategies to support students’ social and emotional needs. Specific topics include SEL competencies as they relate to music education, strategies for creating a safe and inclusive learning environment, practical applications for lesson planning and classroom management and community building, collaborating with colleagues, families and the surrounding communities and techniques for building strong, supportive relationships with students.

Modern Band
This course will focus on modern band approaches in popular music, popular music learning in formal and informal settings, songwriting and composition within modern band, and modern band approaches that can be implemented in the traditional classroom setting.

Teaching Music in Higher Education
This course prepares graduate students for careers teaching music in colleges, universities, and conservatories. Students explore how adults learn and examine effective teaching strategies for collegiate music settings, including studio instruction, ensembles, classroom courses, and online learning.

Participants develop key professional materials such as a teaching philosophy and a college-level course syllabus, while also learning about the academic job search process. The course introduces the core responsibilities of faculty work, including teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and service.

Students also examine current trends and challenges in higher education, particularly in teacher education and the performing arts, to better understand the evolving landscape of music study at the collegiate level.

Music Education and Artificial Intelligence
This course explores the emerging role of artificial intelligence in music education. Students examine how AI tools can support teaching, learning, creativity, assessment, and administrative work in K–12 and higher education music settings. Through hands-on exploration, students evaluate AI applications for lesson planning, music creation, feedback, differentiation, and accessibility. 

The course also addresses ethical considerations, academic integrity, data privacy, and the evolving role of the music educator in an AI-supported learning environment. Students will analyze current trends, develop practical strategies for integrating AI into music instruction, and consider how AI may shape the future of music teaching and learning. 

Music Education and Entrepreneurship
This course explores entrepreneurial thinking as a mindset that can inform and expand music education practice. Students examine key concepts of entrepreneurship—including innovation, opportunity recognition, leadership, adaptability, and community engagement—and consider how these ideas can be embedded within music teaching and learning. 

Through discussion, case studies, and reflective activities, students explore different models of entrepreneurial practice in music education, such as program design, community partnerships, independent teaching, creative project development, and new approaches to engaging learners and audiences. The course emphasizes how entrepreneurial concepts can help educators respond to changing educational landscapes while creating meaningful and sustainable opportunities for music learning. 

Students will analyze how these ideas can be applied within their own educational contexts and develop a conceptual framework for integrating entrepreneurial thinking into their professional practice.

Click here for the full course list of required and elective courses.

Review the Sample 1-Year MM/ME Online Degree Plan here.

Review the Sample 2-Year MM/ME Online Degree Plan here.

  • Bachelor’s degree, post-secondary conservatory diploma, or demonstrated equivalent credential required
  • Academic and performance record demonstrating the capacity to excel in full-time studies

Longy pledges to work with you to reduce financial barriers through scholarships, financial aid, and other subsidies. 

  • Complete your degree in one year – $19,000 total (before financial aid/scholarships)
  • Complete the degree in 2 years – $19,500 total (before financial aid/scholarships)

The tuition is the total cost of the degree – there are no additional fees! Pay-as-you-go options are available.


Please see Longy’s Academic Calendars for Master of Music in Music Education—Online and Hybrid
Academic Calendar

Typical course offerings timeline:

Fall 1
El Sistema Principles
Master’s Final Project
Modern Band
Advanced General Music Methods

Fall 2
Curriculum and Assessment
Historical and Social Foundations of Music Education
Master’s Final Project
Advanced Choral Pedagogy
Teaching Music in Higher Education

Spring 1
Identity and Culture in the Classroom
Socially Relevant and Culturally Responsive Teaching
Music as a Healing Art
Non-Traditional Ensemble Composing and Arranging

Spring 2
Advanced Orchestral Methods
Concert Band Methods

Summer 1
Socially Relevant and Culturally Responsive Teaching
Adaptive Music Methods
Research and Writing Techniques
Master’s Final Project
Early Childhood Music Education

Summer 2
Master’s Final Project
Introduction to Technology in Music Education
Social and Emotional Learning in the Trauma Informed Classroom
Music Education and Entrepreneurship
Music Education and Artificial Intelligence