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Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process.

For admission, you will audition on your major instrument for the appropriate faculty. Your audition should include:
  • Two movements or compositions in contrasting character or style, such as a fast and slow movement of a Sor Etude, Nos. 11-20 (Segovia edition)
  • A movement of a Bach Suite (or the equivalent)
  • Demonstration of familiarity with scales
Prospective music education students whose main instrument is piano or guitar must audition on a second instrument (Voice or Band/Orchestral instrument) at this time as well.
Degree Requirements
  • Masters Level-Guitar (664-540), 8 cr.
  • Masters Recital (664-990), 4 cr.
  • Advanced Ensemble: Classical Guitar (660-572), 2 cr.
  • Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
  • Electives (300 level and above)
Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition:

MM candidates should prepare at least two to three contrasting selections, e.g. a movement from a major concerto (for most players this would mean a romantic concerto, but it could also be twentieth century), one movement or more of unaccompanied Bach and perhaps something else of your choice. Audition length is 15 minutes. While a live audition is preferred, a tape may be submitted in its place; however, the audition tape must be of good quality, and if you wish to be considered for financial assistance, you must send a video tape. In most cases, it is best to send a tape of selections that you feel demonstrates your playing at its best, rather than submit, for example, a complete unedited recital.
Degree Requirements
  • Doctoral Level-Guitar (664-740), 16 cr.
  • Recitals (664-999), 1 cr. each, 6 cr. total
  • Music Research Methods and Materials (660-619), 3 cr.
  • Minor, 10-12 cr.
  • Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
  • Language: one language at intermediate level (credits and method of completion varies)
Doctoral Minor
The purpose of the doctoral minor is to add breadth and depth to the D.M.A or Ph.D degree. To insure coherence a minor program must be approved by the appropriate department, a student's advisor, and the Director of Graduate Studies, and must include courses at the 300-level or above. Typically, a minor requires 12 credits of work.

Students have a variety of options, including completing an internal minor within the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. conducting student who minors in ethnomusicology or a Ph.D. in music theory who minors in clarinet performance), completing a minor in a department outside the School of Music (e.g., a D.M.A. in horn performance who minors in Women's Studies or a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology who minors in East Asian studies). Students may, in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies, devise a distributed minor that brings together courses from a variety of departments around a particular topic or area of interest. For example, a D.M.A. student in voice devises a minor in vocal health that includes courses in communicative disorders, or a Ph.D. student in musicology devises a minor in Medieval History that includes courses in art history, history, and languages.
Admission Requirements
Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition:

DMA candidates must consult with the major professor and/or String Area Liaison to determine audition repertoire. Acceptance of a tape in place of a live audition is acceptable only in exceptional cases, with permission of the major professor. Audition length should be 50-60 minutes OR 20 minutes (for audition to graduate level study in preparation for the audition recital). The appropriate length will be determined in consultation with the major Professor and/or String Area Liaison.
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