Music - Conducting Concentration, (MMu)

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MMu Degree Program

Program Admission

Admission requirements can be found on this catalog’s page for the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music . Additional information can be found in the School of Music Graduate Handbook.

Program Requirements (32 Hours)

The individual program of study is determined as a cooperative effort between the student and his or her advisor.

Bibliography (3 hours)

MUHL 7400 - Bibliography & Research Methods Credit Hours: (3)

Music History and Music Theory (6 hours)

3 hours of music history and 3 hours of music theory. Any graduate music theory or history course may be used for this requirement with the exception of individual studies, pedagogy, or repertory courses.

Ensemble (3 hours)

Ensemble as appropriate to conducting specialty (Wind, Orchestra, or University Singers)

Applied Lessons (8 hours)

Taken over four semesters

MUAP 7701 - Conducting Credit Hours: (2-6)

Score Study and Aural Training (2 hours)

MUAP 7703 - Score Study/Aural Train Credit Hours: (2)

Choose one of the following (3 hours)

MUAP 7800 - Internship/Music Perform Credit Hours: (1-6)
MUSE 7002 - Teaching Music in Higher Edu Credit Hours: (3)

Approved Studies in Music (6 hours)

Approved Studies satisfy area-approved courses and are decided in consultation with the student’s advisor.

Recital (1 hour)

MUAP 7999 - Recital Credit Hours: (1-3)

Note:

For students studying choral conducting, the conducting faculty will assess competence in vocal pedagogy, diction for the major choral languages, and foreign-language comprehension, and may assign remedial coursework as needed. Such coursework, if assigned at the undergraduate level, may be taken while enrolled in the Graduate School.