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Bachelor of Music Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements


	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: One of the Eight Little Preludes and Fugues by Bach A Chorale-Prelude from Orgelbuchlein by Bach A Trio from Trios, Opus 49, by Rheinberger Works of similar technical difficulty from Baroque and Romantic periods may be substituted for 1) and 3). Although a piano audition is not mandatory, auditioning students are expected to have piano proficiency comparable to an entering piano major and may be asked to audition also on piano. See the audition repertoire for piano.

Master of Music

Degree Requirements

Masters Level-Organ (664-503), 8 cr.
Masters Recital (664-990), 4 cr.
Organ Literature and Design (660-591/592), 4 cr.
Music Research Methods and Materials (660-619), 3 cr.
Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
Electives (300 level and above)

Course Catalog


	Admission Requirements Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition: Preliminary recording: If wishing to audition after November 21, candidates are required to submit a preliminary recording in MP3 format for evaluation (see Uploads for more info). If invited to audition, MM organ performance candidates will be required to perform an audition consisting of approximately fifteen minutes of performance followed by a brief interview. The audition should include an extended work of J. S. Bach (either a free work or a large chorale prelude); a work from 1830-1930; and one additional work contrasting in style with the other two selections. The audition jury may make a request to hear only a portion of some of the repertoire. Memory is not required, but memorized performance of at least one work is preferred. Please contact Professor Stowe to arrange practice on the audition instrument prior to the recital, and to address any questions about audition repertoire.

Doctor of Musical Arts

Degree Requirements

Doctoral Level-Organ (660-703), 16 cr.
Recitals (664-999), 1 cr. each, 5 cr. total
Music Research Methods and Materials (660-619), 3 cr.
Organ Literature (660-591, 660-592, 660-793), 6 cr.
Organ Improvisation and Liturgy (664-561, 664-562), 4 cr.
Minor, 10-12 cr.
Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
Language: one language at intermediate level (credits and method of completion varies)

Course Catalog

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: Preliminary recording: If wishing to audition after November 21, candidates are required to submit a preliminary recording in MP3 format for evaluation (see Uploads for more info). If invited to audition, DMA organ performance candidates will be required to perform an audition consisting of approximately twenty minutes of performance followed by a brief interview. The audition should include an extended free work of J.S. Bach, a chorale-based work of J.S. Bach, and two additional works (not by Bach) that contrast in genre, style and historical period. The audition jury may make a request to hear only a portion of some of the repertoire. Memorized performance of at least one of the works is strongly encouraged. Please contact Professor Stowe to arrange practice on the audition instrument prior to the recital, and to address any questions about audition repertoire.