Catalogue

The Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, prepares students to become the musicians the world needs them to be. Its innovative Catalyst Curriculum gives students the skills, knowledge, and experience to engage new audiences; teach anyone, anywhere; and make a difference with their music. Longy students graduate with real-world experience, thanks to extraordinary performing, teaching, and career opportunities with faculty and artistic partners in the vibrant city of Boston (and beyond). Longy offers in-person programs in keyboard studies (piano, collaborative piano, harpsichord, organ), instrumental studies (strings, woodwinds, brass), composition, vocal studies, historical performance, jazz and contemporary music, and music education. Students can choose between a master of music degree or a graduate diploma. Longy also offers online and in-person master of music in music education programs that build on the institution’s decade of expertise in preparing musicians to be teachers. The program, which can be completed in one or two years, is rooted in culturally responsive teaching, an educational philosophy that contends that students learn best when lessons are formed around their cultures, languages, and life experiences.