Master in Music in Organ Performance
Objectives
To produce graduates who are prepared for any or all of the following, depending on their accomplishments and goals
- service as organists and/or music directors in respected church music programs
- service as teachers and performers within their local and regional communities
- undertaking the establishment of a professional career via competitions, and further performance experiences
- beginning doctoral studies in organ performance or sacred music
Degree Requirements
| Major Area | |
|---|---|
| ORGN 501, 502: Graduate Organ | 12 |
| MLT 570: Organ Literature | 2 |
| or | |
| MUS 575: Applied Music Pedagogy: Organ | 2 |
| PERF 585: Graduate Recital (2 required) | 0 |
| Other Studies in Music | |
| MHS 520: Research and Bibliography | 2 |
| Choose from among the following (one music history course and one theory course) | 6 |
| MHS 590: Seminar in Music History (topics vary by semester) | 3 |
| MHS 595: Special Topics in Music History | 3 |
| MTH 567: Systems of Analysis and Contemporary Art Music | 3 |
| MTH 566: Advanced Orchestration | 3 |
| MTH 458: Counterpoint | 3 |
| MTH 463: Form and Analysis | 3 |
| MTH 475: Synthesizer/Computer Applications | 3 |
| MTH 595: Special Topics in Music Theory | 3 |
| Humanities | |
| MHUM 501-502: Seminar: Music, Worship and Culture in Christian Perspective | 4 |
| Electives | |
| Music courses numbered 500* or above. No more than 2 credit hours of ensemble may count as music elective hours toward the degree. | 5-6 |
| TOTAL: | 32 |
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*A limited number of music courses numbered 400 or above may also be taken as electives, with the approval of the graduate advisor. NOTE: The student must enroll in an appropriate major ensemble [or accompanying] each semester of residence, with or without credit. |
Final Project
The student shall perform one full recital (a portion of which may include chamber ensembles, but the majority of which must consist solely of solo repertoire), and one lecture-recital.
