Music, Conducting Track: Band, Choral or Orchestral Concentration, M.M.

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The conducting track in the Master of Music is designed to provide intense training for students interested in attaining professional-level skills and background in the art of conducting. There are three concentrations in the conducting degree: choral, band and orchestral. Students entering these programs should have substantial undergraduate training in conducting.

Requirements (11 hours)

In addition to meeting general degree requirements shown elsewhere in this bulletin, a music major must complete the following school requirements:

Theory

All graduate students must take the graduate placement exam in music theory before registering for their first term of classes. Students who pass are eligible to register for graduate-level theory coursework. Students who do not pass the placement exam must enroll in MTC 401 - Theory Review and successfully complete the course with at least a B before registering in graduate-level theory courses.

Students are encouraged to enroll in MTC 561 - Introduction to Graduate Music Theory as early as possible in their course of study, preferably as their first theory course. MTC 561 is a prerequisite to MTC 565 - Schenkerian Theory .

All students take:

MTC 561 - Introduction to Graduate Music Theory Credit(s): 2

and 2 hours from the following:

MTC 562 - Theory Pedagogy Credit(s): 2
MTC 563 - Scoring and Arranging Credit(s): 2 (if not taken as an undergraduate)
MTC 564 - Post-Tonal Analysis Credit(s): 2
MTC 565 - Schenkerian Theory Credit(s): 2

Music History/Literature

All graduate students must take the graduate placement exam in music history before registering for their first term of classes. Students who pass are eligible to register for graduate-level history coursework. Students who do not pass the placement exam must complete prescribed remediation assignments before registering for graduate-level history courses, with the exception of MHL 531 - Music Bibliography .

Students are encouraged to enroll in MHL 531 as early as possible in their course of study. MHL 531 must be taken prior to or concurrently with a student’s enrollment in other music history courses.

All students take:

MHL 531 - Music Bibliography Credit(s): 3

and 4 hours from the following:

MHL 521 - Music of the Baroque Era Credit(s): 2
MHL 522 - Music of the Classic Era Credit(s): 2
MHL 523 - Music of the Romantic Era Credit(s): 2
MHL 524 - Music of the Twentieth Century Credit(s): 2
MHL 525 - Music in America Credit(s): 2

Concentration Requirements

(36 hour program)

MUP 529 - Applied Instruction Credit(s): 3 (12)
MUS 572 - Professional Development Credit(s): 1-3 (3)
or
MUE 503 - Band Literature Credit(s): 3
MUS 575 - Advanced Graduate Studies Credit(s): 1-3
or
MUS 578 - Seminar Credit(s): 1-3
MUP 595 - Recital Credit(s): 0
Music electives (5)

Ensemble or applied (2) from:

MUP 533 - A Cappella Choir Credit(s): 1
MUP 534 - Orchestra Credit(s): 1
MUP 535 - Symphonic Band Credit(s): 1
MUP 509 - Applied Instruction Credit(s): 1
MUP 519 - Applied Instruction Credit(s): 2