Degree Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Overall GPA of 3.0 or higher required. | ||
| Conducting | 14 | |
| Performance: Conducting (four semesters at two credit hours each, total 8 credit hours) | ||
| Conducting (two semesters at three credit hours each, total of 6 credit hours) | ||
| MUSC 771 | Music Research and Bibliography | 3 |
| Select one survey course from the following in the major performance area | 3 | |
| Survey of Orchestral Music | ||
| Survey of Wind Music | ||
| Survey of Vocal Music | ||
| Select one techniques course from the following in the secondary area | 2 | |
| Choral Techniques | ||
| Instrumental Techniques | ||
| Music Theory | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | ||
| Theory Topics | ||
| Pedagogy of Theory | ||
| Analytical Techniques | ||
| Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
| Complete one Music Theory or Music History course from the following: | 2-3 | |
| Music Theory | ||
| Upper Division Composition | ||
| Counterpoint, 16th Century | ||
| Counterpoint, 18th Century | ||
| Analysis of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Music | ||
| Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
| Electronic Music | ||
| Techniques for Electronic Music Performance | ||
| Jazz and Commercial Music Harmony | ||
If not taken above: | ||
| Theory Topics | ||
| Pedagogy of Theory | ||
| Analytical Techniques | ||
| Compositional Techniques in Contemporary Music | ||
| Music History | ||
| Topics in Popular Music | ||
| Topics in the Study of Western Art Music | ||
| Topics in the History of Jazz | ||
| Topics in Music of Sub-Saharan Africa | ||
| Topics in Musics of the Americas | ||
| Topics in Musics of East Asia | ||
| Topics in Musics of South Asia | ||
| Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Music | ||
| Topics in Race and Ethnicity in Music | ||
| Topics in Musics of the Arab World | ||
| Music of Africa | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Perspectives of Musicology and Ethnomusicology | ||
| Keyboard Literature * | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Independent Study | ||
MUSC 796 | Graduate Seminar | |
| MUSC 689 | Master's Recital (Qualifying Recital) | 2 |
| MUSC 689 | Master's Recital (Major Recital) | 4 |
| Ensemble (2 semesters) ** | 2 | |
| Comprehensive Oral Examination *** | ||
| Total Hours | 35-36 | |
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MUSC 731 Keyboard Literature is open to Keyboard Majors only.
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All candidates for the master of music degree are required to participate for credit for two semesters (or summer sessions) in a performing group which meets at least two clock-hours per week and which is selected with the advisor’s approval.
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A general comprehensive oral examination must be passed by all candidates for the master of music degree.
Major Learning Outcomes
Conducting
Students who earn graduate degrees in Conducting will develop:
- Advanced knowledge in major field of study (wind band, choral, or orchestra) and competencies in the other two areas
- Advanced competencies in conducting, score study, and rehearsal techniques
- Advanced knowledge of repertoire
- Knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as history and literature, theory and analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology, performance, and pedagogy.