Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, and Wind Band Conducting
Applied Music
MUAP 9xx (12 crs) in the major area
- Students typically register for 2 crs per semester for six semesters.
- Students must be enrolled in applied conducting with their primary teacher in every semester in which a degree recital is given.
Ensembles
Ensemble Registration and Participation-all students
- DMA students who participate in ensembles must formally enroll for each ensemble in which they participate.
- Students participating in ensembles in any given semester must register for the first ensemble for 1 credit.
- Subsequent ensembles may be taken for “0” credit. Registration for “0” credit requires a permission code which may be obtained from the Instructor of Record for the ensemble.
- Students who are conducting/coaching an ensemble, or who are accompanying an ensemble, may not use this experience to fulfill degree requirements.
Large Ensemble Degree Requirements
Students pursuing Choral Conducting, Orchestral Conducting, and Wind Band Conducting specializations are required to enroll in an assigned ensemble in each semester of residency. Students may count up to 5 credit hours of ensembles toward the minimum 90-hour requirement in their Program of Studies.
Chamber Music Degree Requirements
None
Literature, Pedagogy, & Other Specialization-Related Courses
Choral
- MUSC 972A-Choral Lit to 1600 (3 crs)
- MUSC 972B-Choral Lit 1600-1750 (3 crs)
- MUSC 972D-Choral Lit 1750-1900 (3 crs)
- MUSC 972E-Choral Lit from 1900 (3 crs)
and
- MUSC 969 - Graduate Diction (3 crs)
Orchestral
- MUSC 973A-Orchestral Lit to 1800 (3 crs)
- MUSC 973B-Orchestral Lit 1800-1873 (3 crs)
- MUSC 973D-Orchestral Lit 1875-1910 (3 crs)
- MUSC 973E-Orchestral Lit after 1900 (3 crs)
Wind Band
- MUSC 974A-Wind Band Lit to 1892-1952 (3 crs)
- MUSC 974B-Wind Band Lit after 1952 (3 crs)
- MUSC 974D-Wind Band Lit: The Symphony (3 crs)
- MUSC 974E-Wind Band Lit-Wind Ensemble Instr (3 crs)
Minor/Related Area (optional)
Conducting students have the option of electing a related area of studies. A Related Area consists of fifteen (15) credits, which may all count toward the 90-cr minimum for the degree. This requirement may be fulfilled by one of the following two options:
OPTION 1. Fifteen (15) credits of related graduate courses in one or two of the following areas of music: history, theory, music education, chamber music, or conducting. Other related areas in music must be specifically approved by the Graduate Committee at the time of approval of the Program of Studies.
OPTION 2. Fifteen (15) credits of related graduate courses in a department outside of the School of Music. The respective departments must approve all prerequisites for these courses.
At least 6 hours in the related area must be courses for graduate students only if they are part of the student's Program of Studies.
A minor for the doctoral degree must include at least 15 credit hours with 6 hours in courses open exclusively to graduate students (900 level or 800 level without an undergraduate level counterpart). It may be taken in any department that has been approved to offer a major leading to a master’s degree.