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2012-2013 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Performance, MM


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Minimum degree requirement is 30-36 s.h. as follows:

2. Concentration area - 13-18 s.h.


(Choose one.)

Minimum of 6 s.h. in theory and analysis, history and literature.

Accompanying


(16 s.h. core; 14 s.h. concentration):

Choral conducting


(16 s.h. core; 14 s.h. concentration):

An audition is required for admission. Candidates for this degree must participate in at least one large ensemble each semester of residence and conduct a public performance of a major choral composition as a final project.

Instrumental conducting


(17 s.h. core; 13 s.h. concentration):

An audition is required for admission. Audition repertoire will be chosen from the standard repertoire by the auditioning committee. Graduate students accepted into this degree program must demonstrate keyboard proficiency at an acceptable level. Opportunities for satisfying keyboard proficiency requirements exist through noncredit applied study. Candidates for this degree must participate in at least one large ensemble each semester in residence and conduct a public performance of a major composition as a final project.

Jazz


(16 s.h. core; 14 s.h. concentration):

An audition is required for admission. Candidates for this degree must perform a public recital while in residence at East Carolina University and complete at least one original composition per semester. Students must perform in at least one large and one small ensemble each semester while in residence.

Organ, piano, voice, strings, percussion, or any wind instrument


(16 s.h. core ; 14 s.h. concentration):

A graduate student accepted into the voice performance master of music degree program must show evidence of proficiency in French, German, and Italian diction equivalent to MUSC 1627, 1637, and 1647. This may be done by examination. In the event that the student is not able to demonstrate proficiency, MUSC 1627, 1637, and 1647 will be required as remedial course work without credit.

Pedagogy


(Choose piano, string, or vocal.)

(16-17 s.h. core; 13-20 s.h. concentration):

Piano - 15 s.h.:


Candidates for the master of music in piano pedagogy must fulfill one of the following recital options while in residence at East Carolina University: full solo recital or lecture recital. The performance of recital works and the lecture portion of the lecture recital must be approved by departmental audition. The nature of the lecture recital must be approved by the graduate committee.

String (Suzuki) - 20 s.h.:


Candidates for this degree must perform a full solo recital while in residence at East Carolina University. The recital must include advanced repertoire from the Suzuki Violin School and supplementary literature. Also, candidates must exhibit a thorough understanding of the Suzuki approach and its materials through demonstration teaching. A student may qualify for registration with the Suzuki Association of the Americas after completing the degree requirements.

Vocal - 17 s.h.:


Candidates for this degree must perform a full recital while in residence.

Other studies in music - 10 s.h.:

Electives - 3 s.h.

Sacred Music


(Choose organ or choral conducting)

(16-17 s.h. core; 17-18 s.h. concentration):

Prior to enrollment, all graduate students accepted into the sacred music program must take aural and keyboard skills proficiency examinations to determine whether remedial work is necessary. Students may be directed to review aural and/or keyboard skills in undergraduate courses for no credit. All proficiency requirements should be completed by the end of the second semester of degree work.

Woodwind or brass specialist


(16 s.h. core; 14 s.h. concentration):

Applicants must demonstrate graduate-level potential in the major performance medium and proficiency on two other woodwind instruments, equivalent to a first-semester junior music major working toward the BM.

Applied music and recitals:


Other studies in music - 12 s.h.


Additional applied study in other instruments in student’s instrumental family - 8 s.h.


Ensemble participation on one or more minor instruments - 4 s.h.


Electives - 2 s.h.


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