Program: Music - Conducting Concentration, (MMu) - University of Memphis

May 16, 2025

2018-2019 Graduate Catalog

MMu Degree Program

Core Requirements (10 Hours)

Ensemble (1 hour)
Music core: 3 hours of bibliography (MUHL 7400 ), 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. (9 hours)

Program Requirements (22-26 Hours)

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

Conducting

MUAP 7701 - Conducting
MUAP 7703 - Score Study/Aural Train
Ensemble as appropriate to conducting specialty (Wind, Orchestra, or University Singers) (3 hours)
Music Electives (4 hours)
MUAP 7999 - Recital

NB:

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.