Music, MMUS, Music Theory Concentration

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Purposes

The purposes of the music program within the Department of Music and Performing Arts is to:

1. Provide professional preparation in music and teaching.
2. Provide a center of art, scholarship, and research.

Admission Requirements

For admission to the Master of Music degree program, the applicant must:

1. Meet all University admission requirements.
2. Demonstrate, by examination, skills and capacities in the following fields:
   1. Theory-written, aural, and keyboard skills, including proficiency in sight singing and in melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation.
   2. The history and literature of music and the study of musical form.
   3. The ability to play piano accompaniments and scores as needed in the work to be pursued.
   4. Evidence of sufficient technical preparation and musicianship to satisfy demands of graduate studies in the fields of applied music. For singers, technical preparation includes diction.
3. Have a Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, Bachelor of Arts in Music, or a Bachelor of Science in Music degree.
4. Have performed a Senior Recital to be admitted to the Master of Music in Performance degree program.

Requirements for Degree

The Master of Music degree is granted with concentrations in music theory, performance, instrumental conducting, and choral conducting.

Each graduate student is required to enroll in a major ensemble during each semester of full-time registration, and each graduate performance major is required to enroll in the appropriate applied music course during each semester of full-time registration, as per the “Ensemble Experience Requirements” policy detailed in the Department of Music and Performing Arts  section of the Catalog.

Theory - Complete thirty-four (34) hours in Music as follows: Nineteen (19) hours of theory (to include MUS 6610 , MUS 6620 , MUS 6650  and MUS 7700 ), six (6) hours of music history and literature (to include MUS 6410 ), MUS 5550 , three (3) hours of ensembles, graduate performance practicum (MUS 6430 ) and three (3) hours of electives. No more than three (3) hours of ensemble will be considered within the degree plan.