Music Performance - M.M. Degree
School of Music
Office: 2157 Mason Hall
(716) 673-4631
Dr. Sarah Hamilton, Program Coordinator
Email: Sarah.Hamilton@fredonia.edu
Website: https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/graduate-studies/all-graduate-programs
Requirements for Admission to Program without Deficiencies:
Completion of a baccalaureate degree in Music at an accredited four-year institution with a minimum of 3.0 GPA preferred. Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be admitted conditionally by permission of the Director of the School of Music and with the approval of the Office of Graduate Studies.
Must audition for and be accepted by the appropriate applied music faculty.
A student working toward a Master of Music in Performance must select one of the four performance tracks: 1) Instrumental, 2) Voice, 3) Conducting, or 4) Collaborative Piano. Each track consists of core curriculum required for all Master of Music degrees and additional requirements as accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
At least 15 credit hours of the overall program should be at the 600 level.
Major Requirements:
Core Curriculum
| MUS 521 | Music Bibliography | 3 |
| MUS 592 | Graduate Performance Major | 3 |
| MUS 593 | Graduate Performance Major | 3 |
| MUS 624 | Analytic Techniques | 3 |
| MUS 692 | Graduate Performance Major | 3 |
| MUS 693 | Graduate Performance Major | 3 |
| | Comprehensive Oral Examination | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Performance Track Requirements
Voice
| MUS 615 | Graduate Diction for Singers | 3 |
| By advisement: | | |
| | Music Theory or History | 3 |
| | Electives | 10 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 16 |
NOTE:
- Electives: students will elect Plan A or Plan B with approval of the School of Music graduate advisor.
- Plan A: minimum of 10 credit hours of elective courses within the School of Music in theory, history and literature, opera workshop and ensembles, and performance-related courses.
- Plan B: minimum of 4 credit hours of elective courses within the School of Music and minimum of 6 credit hours outside the major or department. Electives may include courses of special interest such as, but not limited to, opera craft, stage direction, language, literature, and vocal pedagogy/speech pathology with approval of graduate music advisor.
- Vocal majors will participate in two public performances.
Instrumental (orchestral instruments, guitar, piano)
All courses by advisement.
| | Music Theory and History | 9 |
| | Electives in supporting areas | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Conducting
All courses by advisement.
| | Music Theory and History | 9 |
| | Electives in supporting areas | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Collaborative Piano
| MUS 522 | Style and Techniques of Song Literature | 3 |
| MUS 523 | Sonata Duo and Chamber Ensemble Seminar | 3 |
| MUS 524 | Techniques of Opera Coaching | 3 |
| MUS 516 | Collaborative Piano Performance Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 516 | Collaborative Piano Performance Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 615 | Graduate Diction for Singers | 3 |
| MUS 616 | Collaborative Piano Performance Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 616 | Collaborative Piano Performance Seminar | 1 |
| By advisement: | | |
| | Music Theory and History | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 22 |
Total Credit Hours: 30-38