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Master of Music in Performance

Applied Music, Literature, Pedagogy
in the Major Performance Area............................................................... 16 hours
MUSC _ _ _ _   Applied Music (a four-hour course in a single, major applied performance area taken four semesters to total 16 hours). During the fourth semester of study the student will present a recital in the major performance area.

Performance Areas (4 semester hours per course):
MUSC 7240 Private Piano
MUSC 7340 Private Strings
MUSC 7440 Private Voice
MUSC 7540 Private Percussion
MUSC 7640 Private Brass
MUSC 7740 Private Conducting
MUSC 7940 Private Woodwinds


Required Music Core Courses......................................................................... 8 hours
MUSC 7010 Music Theory............................................................................. 3 hours
MUSC 7020 Music History............................................................................ 3 hours
MUSC 7050 Music Research and
Bibliography (new course)............................................ 2 hours


Music Ensembles......................................................................... 4 hours
MUSC _ _ _ _    Ensemble (student selects one or more ensembles from departmental offerings to total 4 hours).

Ensemble Offerings:
MUSC 4850 Wind Ensemble
MUSC 5810 Chamber Singers
MUSC 5820 Concert Choir
MUSC 5830 Spotlighters
MUSC 5840 Opera/Musical Theatre
MUSC 5850 Concert Band
MUSC 5860 Orchestra
MUSC 5870 Jazz Ensemble (Ens)
MUSC 5880 Marching Band
MUSC 5890 Instrumental Ens
MUSC 6870 Jazz Combo
MUSC 6890 Vocal Chamber Ens


Guided Electives ....................................................................... 8 hours
Ensemble and applied music credits may not be used to fulfill the requirement in this area. Current music and music education courses that may be used to fulfill this area are listed below. Students, with the permission of their advisor, may take elective credits in courses outside music as well.

MUE 5100 Arranging for School Band, Chorus, and Orchestra
MUE 5210 Secondary Piano
MUE 7000 Issues & Trends in Music Education
MUE 7600 Instrumental Music Curriculum
MUE 7640 General Music Curriculum
MUE 7660 Psychology of Music
MUE 7680 Foundations of Music Education
MUE 7900 Directed Study in Music
MUE 7999 Thesis
MUSC 5110 Jazz Arranging
MUSC 5170 Music Composition
MUSC 5430 History of Jazz
MUSC 5500 Band Literature
MUSC 5510 Choral Literature
MUSC 5520 Symphonic Literature
MUSC 5960 Opera Seminar
MUSC 6450 History of Music to 1825
MUSC 6460 History of Music Since 1825
MUSC 6510, 6520 Song Literature I & II
MUSC 6540, 6550 Piano Literature I & II
MUSC 6760 Jazz Pedagogy
MUSC 7030 The Science of Music
MUSC 7040 Computer Applications in Music
MUSC 7530 Chamber Music
MUSC 7650 Conducting


Course descriptions & Pre-requisites:

Please see Appendix B.

Approved courses

If a course is listed in the Graduate Bulletin, it has been approved by all appropriate bodies. New courses will follow the same approval track.

Educational Outcomes

  1. Students will demonstrate an advanced level of performance skills and personal musicianship in studio and ensemble settings.
  2. Students will demonstrate the ability to apply analytical and historical knowledge to performance.
  3. Students will exhibit knowledge of applicable solo and ensemble literature.
  4. Students will strengthen and apply pedagogical skills in studio instruction.
  5. Students will demonstrate the methodology of research in the field of music.
  6. Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate scholarly research in proper written form.
  7. Students will demonstrate and implement a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
  8. Students will acquire knowledge of applicable theoretical skills.