Master of Music in Vocal Performance
Degree Requirements
| Major Area | |
|---|---|
| VOIC 501, 502: Applied Voice | 12 |
| Choose from among the following: | 2-3 |
| MHS 590: Graduate Seminar in Music History: Opera Survey | 3 |
| or | |
| MLT 540: Vocal Literature | 2 |
| or | |
| MUS 576: Applied Music Pedagogy: Voice | 2 |
| (Students who have not taken both vocal literature and vocal pedagogy at the undergraduate level are strongly advised to elect both courses.) | |
| PERF 585: Graduate Recital (2 required) | 0 |
| Other Studies in Music | |
| MHS 520: Research and Bibliography | 2 |
| Choose from among the following: | 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. All graduate vocal performance majors are required to be enrolled in a graduate ensemble during each semester of residence (MUS 550, Graduate Major Ensemble or 553, Graduate Opera Workshop). All graduate voice performance fellowship holders are required to be enrolled in both MUS 550 & 553. Vocal performance majors must demonstrate one year of college-level study of any two of: French, German, or Italian. Acquisition of comparable language mastery of the third language, if not present, is strongly encouraged. |
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.
