Graduate Division

Curricula for Graduate Degrees  

Percussion 

Master of Music in Performance

Prerequisite

Bachelor of Music or its demonstrated equivalent.

Major

18 credit hours.

  • D900 Percussion Graduate Major (14 cr.)
  • I711 Master’s Recital (0 cr.)
  • F547 Percussion Chamber Ensemble or F550 Chamber Music (1-1-1-1 cr.).
Music History and Literature Requirement

6 credit hours. See “Structure of Master’s Curricula” under General Requirements for Master’s Degrees in this bulletin.

Outside Area

6 credit hours. See “Structure of Master’s Curricula” under General Requirements for Master’s Degrees in this bulletin.

Ensemble

Each semester.

Doctor of Music in Music Literature and Performance

Prerequisite

Master’s degree with the same major or its demonstrated equivalent.

Admission

Admission to the curriculum is determined on the basis of a full-length recital, which may or may not be heard in its entirety, performed during the first period of registration, and an examination (written or oral) on the literature, techniques, and pedagogy of percussion.

Major

36 credit hours.

  • D900 Percussion Graduate Major (18 cr.)
  • D601-D602-D603-D604 Percussion Recital I-II-III-IV (1-1-2-2 cr.)
  • M637 Seminar in Percussion History (3 cr.)
  • M638 Percussion Ensemble Literature (3 cr.)
  • F603-F604 Seminar in Percussion Performance I-II (2-2 cr.)
  • M620 Doctoral Final Project (2 cr.)
Minors

See “Structure of Doctoral Curricula” under General Requirements for Doctoral Degrees in this bulletin.

Tool Subject

M539 Introduction to Music Bibliography (2 cr.)

Ensemble

Participation in a major and/or minor ensemble; assignment determined by the percussion faculty.

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