Academic Programs
Undergraduate StudiesBachelor of Arts degree tracks include performance, composition/theory, and history. In the
first two years of study, all students take the same lower-division course work,
which should include one or more years of applied music study and typically
includes music history and ensemble performance. In their third and fourth years,
students choose upper-division courses along one of the three specialty tracks, concluding
their studies
with a required senior project. All tracks include music history, applied music study, and ensemble performance.
Graduate StudiesA Master of Arts program leads to Doctor of Philosophy degrees in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, or composition/theory. A master’s emphasis in conducting is available, as well. Composition and theory emphasizes analysis of tonal and post-tonal music, and original composition. Musicology emphasizes stylistic study in all historical periods, the acquisition of bibliographic skills, and the presentation of papers dealing with studies in music history. Ethnomusicology offers training in the theory, fieldwork, ethnography, transcription, and intellectual history of the subject. Conducting emphasizes advanced techniques and musical issues, such as performance practice. All students are encouraged to take part in performance groups sponsored by the department.
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