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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 two or three contrasting movements, or compositions, such as a slow and fast movement, representing the candidate's technical and musical ability. The candidate is strongly encouraged to include in these choices a movement of a standard concerto, and (with the exception of bassists) a movement of solo unaccompanied Bach.

Master of Music

Degree Requirements

Masters Level-Instrument (664-531/533/535/537), 8 cr.
Masters Recital (664-990), 4 cr.
Orchestra and Ensembles (660-569 and/or 660-570, 571), 4 cr.
Pedagogy (660-540, 543, 544, 545, or 497), 2 cr.
Musicology and Music Theory, 9 cr.
Advanced String Literature (660-546 or 660-796), 2 cr.
Electives (300 level and above)

Course Catalog


	Admission Requirements Please see information on the School of Music Application Process. In addition: MM candidates should submit a DVD of approximately 15 minutes in length to the Graduate Admissions Office (see Application and Audition Information page for address). This is the first step toward a possible invitation to audition in person. After reviewing the DVD, transcripts and other application materials, a candidate may be invited for an audition. You will be notified by the Graduate Admissions Office either way. The candidates invited to audition should prepare at least two or 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.

Doctor of Musical Arts

Degree Requirements

Doctoral Level-Instrument (664-731/733/735/737/740), 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)

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: DMA candidates should submit a DVD of approximately 15 minutes in length to the Graduate Admissions Office (see Application and Audition Information page for address). This is the first step toward a possible invitation to audition in person. After reviewing the DVD, transcripts and other application materials, a candidate may be invited to audition. You will be notified by the Graduate Admissions Office either way. The DMA candidate invited to audition must consult with a "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, as addressed with the major professor. The appropriate length will be determined in consultation with the major professor and/or String Area Liaison.