Music Business and Industry, M.A.

College of Creative Arts and Media

Turn Your Passion for Music Into Your Career

Students who earn the Master of Arts in Music Business and Industry will develop the following:

• The ability to delineate and analyze current music industry regulations regarding their commercial implications, business opportunities, and appropriate music industry management practices across the industry income streams.
  
• The knowledge of the historical progress and development of various music business sectors and relevant regulatory frameworks in demonstrating mastery and understanding of the present music business regulations, systems and methods.
  
• The ability to perform and manage standard and management level music business procedures and processes utilized in the music publishing, recording, and live music industries, including conception and management of various music product development and placement strategies and plans.
  
• The ability to construct and evaluate budgets and financial projections across the music industry income streams based on the project parameters, and the relevant market level, regulations, indicators and trends.
  
• The ability to plan and manage music production processes and activities in recording and live music business sectors including scheduling, budgeting, equipment, personnel, union issues, and regulatory requirements.
  
• The ability to utilize the music industry research and analysis knowledge and skills to make a constructive contribution to the scholarship in the field, and/or to create a proper business opportunity, or to productively manage a music product, so to create new value and generate positive returns on investments.

• WVU Online Graduate Application
• Resume
• Personal Statement
• Write a short essay outlining professional preferences, goals, and aspirations.
• Official transcripts from all institutions attended (other than WVU)
• Mail To: WVU Hub P.O. Box 6004 Morgantown, WV 26506
• Email to: GraduateAdmissions@mail.wvu.edu.
• Interview with Program Director
• If selected, you will be contacted via email by the Program Director to schedule the interview, which will be held over the phone or on Zoom
• Three professional or academic recommendations
• After/if your application passes the university-level application process by WVU Graduate Admissions, please email the recommendations to WVU School of Music at  music@mail.wvu.edu. 
• In the body of the email, please state your full name and that you are applying for the MA in Music Business and Industry Program.
• International Students are required to submit a TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo score.

The Master of Arts in Music Business and Industry equips you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in today's dynamic music industry. This engaging, online program offers a systematic and rigorous curriculum, developing your analytical, creative, regulatory and entrepreneurial skills, readying you for a variety of careers.