Selected Educational Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate an advanced level of performance skills and personal musicianship in studio and ensemble settings.
- Students will apply analytical and historical knowledge to performance.
- Students will exhibit knowledge of applicable solo and ensemble literature.
- Students will apply pedagogical skills in studio instruction.
- Students will demonstrate the methodology of research in the field of music.
- Students will communicate scholarly research in proper written form.
- Students will utilize a variety of instructional strategies to encourage development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills in their private students.
Examples of Outcome Assessments
- Students will complete a written and oral comprehensive examination that demonstrates satisfactory achievement in written and oral communication skills related to pedagogy, music history and analysis, literature, and research methodology.
- Students will prepare and perform a graduate recital to the satisfaction of a faculty committee.This recital represents a culmination and application of applied study, pedagogy, music history, analysis, and research.
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Requirements for the Master of Music in Performance degree
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Music, Literature, Pedagogy | 16 | |
| Applied Music (a four-hour course in a single major applied performance area taken for four semesters) | ||
| Performance Areas (4 semester hours per course): | 16 | |
| Private Piano | ||
| Private Voice | ||
| Private Brass | ||
| Private Woodwinds | ||
| Private Percussion | ||
| Private Strings | ||
| Private Conducting | ||
| Private Collaborative Piano | ||
| Required Music Core Courses | 10 | |
| MUSC 7010 | Music Theory | 3 |
| MUSC 7020 | Music History | 3 |
| MUSC 7050 | Music Research and Bibliography | 3 |
| Advanced Pedagogy | 1 | |
| Advanced Piano Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Percussion Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Brass Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Woodwind Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced String Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Collaborative Piano Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Pedagogy of Choral Conducting | ||
| Advanced Pedagogy of Orchestra Conducting | ||
| Advanced Pedagogy of Wind Band Conducting | ||
| Music Ensembles and Guided Electives | 10 | |
| Minimum of 4 hours in Music Ensembles | ||
| Minimum of 4 hours in Guided Electives | ||
| Total Hours Required for the Degree | 36 | |
