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.)
- 550 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.