Music (MM)

Master of Music

30-32 credits

The master of music (MM) degree requires that at least one-third of the credits be completed in a concentration. Concentrations include music performance, conducting, woodwinds, piano chamber music/accompanying, piano performance and pedagogy, music history and musicology, music education, music theory, and music composition. Each concentration offers in-depth study for students highly gifted in some facet of music performance, music composition, or research. To be eligible for acceptance into the Master of Music in music education program, applicants must have at least two years of K-12 school music teaching experience. A faculty-approved research project, creative project, recital, or thesis is required of all students. All master of music students are required to pass a comprehensive examination that is administered near the end of the program. Further information about the MM is contained in the School of Music Graduate Handbook, available from the School of Music website.

Concentrations:

Conducting, 32 credits

• Audition-based Ensembles
• Instrumental or Vocal Study (May include MUSP 626)
• One History/Musicology Core course
  One Academic Music course (History or Theory)
• One Academic Music course (History or Theory)
• Electives
• Take a total of 12 credits from MUSP 690 and MUSP 691
• Creative Project
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Research in Music Education
• Analytical Technique

MUSP 529 Vocal Pedagogy is required for Choral Conducting students.

Music Composition, 32 credits

• Applied Lessons
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Research in Music Education
• Analytical Technique
• Composition

Students take MUST 629 three times - 3 credits per semester for a total of 9 credits.

Select 3-5 credits from

• Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
• Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Counterpoint
• Electronic Music Studio 1
• Electronic Music Studio 2

Select 3-5 credits from

• Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music
• Theory of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Music
• Independent Study in Music Theory
• Special Topics in Music Theory and Composition

2 courses from MUHI, one must be a core course (not MUHI 600), 5-6 credits

3-6 credits from Creative Project

• Creative Project

Music Education, 30 credits

• History and Philosophy of Music Education
• Music Teaching and Learning
• Assessment Techniques in Music Education
• Research in Music Education

10 credits from supporting courses

3-7 credits from

• Analytical Technique
• MUHI Core Course

3-7 credits from performance courses

2-5 credits from electives

Choose one of the following

• Creative Project
• Research Paper
• Thesis
• Cognate option

Music History and Musicology, 32 credits

Required Courses

• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Analytical Technique
• Research Paper
• Thesis
• Any other MUHI course

Select four courses from

• Music in the Baroque Era
• Music in the Classical Era
• Music in the Romantic Era
• Opera History from 1780 to 1980
• Music in the Middle Ages
• Music in the Renaissance
• Music in the Twentieth Century

One course from

• Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
• Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music
• Theory of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Music
• Special Topics in Music Theory and Composition

At least 2 credits in piano from below courses

• Elective Study
• Piano for the Conductor
• Independent Study in Music Performance

3 credits from a performance elective

Music Performance, 30-31 credits

• Courses in Ensembles and Chamber Music
• Major Applied Study: MUSP 600 or MUSP 610
• Three courses in history or theory (one core course minimum in History/Musicology)
• Electives in music or free electives (Voice students must take MUSP 599 if not taken previously)
• Creative Project
• Analytical Technique
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Research in Music Education

Music Theory, 32 credits

• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Analytical Technique
• Applied Lessons

2-6 credits from

• Choral Arranging
• Instrumentation and Orchestration
• Band Arranging
• Commercial Arranging
• Electronic Music Studio 1
• Electronic Music Studio 2
• Composition

5-7 credits from

• Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
• Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music
• Theory of Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Music
• Special Topics in Music Theory and Composition

5-7 credits from

• Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
• Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Counterpoint
• Independent Study in Music Theory

2 courses from MUHI, one must be a core course (not MUHI 600), 5-6 credits

6 credits from Thesis requirement

• Thesis

Piano Chamber Music/Accompanying, 32 credits

• Three courses in history or theory (one core course minimum in History/Musicology
• Electives in music, including professional internship
• Creative Project
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Research in Music Education
• Diction for Singers
• Analytical Technique

12 credits from

• Major Study
• Applied Recital Study
• Chamber Music

Take a total of 12 credits from MUSP 600 or MUSP 643.

Piano Performance and Pedagogy, 31-32

• 3 semester of Applied Piano
• One core history course (not MUHI 501)

Creative Project

• Research in Music Education
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Piano Literature
• Elementary Piano Pedagogy and Literature
• Intermediate Piano Pedagogy and Literature
• Chamber Music
• Special Topics in Music Performance
• Analytical Technique

Students take 3 credits of MUSP 692 and 2 credits of MUSP 643.

Woodwinds, 30 credits

• Ensembles
• Major Applied Study
• Two courses from History/Musicology (one course must be from core) One course from Theory/Composition
• Electives
• Creative Project
• Research in Music Education
• Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology
• Analytical Technique