M.S.M. meaning in Academic & Science ?

Answer: What is Master of Sacred Music mean?

The Master of Sacred Music (MSM or SMM) degree is a two to five-year post-baccalaureate degree that combines academic and musical studies. The closure of graduate programs in organ performance across America has made the MSM increasingly the de facto degree for advanced studies in church music; MSM graduates who wish to continue their studies have the option of academic (Ph.D. or Th.D.) or applied (DMA) tracks. Most MSM programs are limited to choral conducting and organ performance, as these two applied fields are the primary occupations of church music directors. Piano Performance is usually taught as a subdiscipline or acquired separately.

Master of Sacred Music programs in the United States include:

Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MASchool of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NYCantorial school of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NYPerkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TXWestminster Choir College at Rider UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, INUniversity of St. Thomas, Houston, TX

Boston University's program is the oldest (BU is also host to the oldest higher education program in music in the United States) and Notre Dame's is the youngest (admitting its first students for Fall 2005). An MSM program at Union Theological Seminary was dissolved when UTS' Institute of Sacred Music was dissolved and moved to Yale.

As of November 14, 2012, Luther Seminary has ended their MSM program. Current students will be permitted to finish out their studies, but no new applicants will be accepted. This decision was made by President Richard Bliese, against the recommendations of the seminary's Educational Leadership Committee (ELC).

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