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Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

Music M.M. – Vocal Performance Concentration

Program Overview

College of Performing and Visual Arts

General Master's Degree Admission Requirements

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Interim Director: Melissa Malde, D.M.A.

Interim Associate Director: Carissa Reddick, Ph.D.

Location: Frasier Hall 108

Telephone: 970.351.2993

Website: arts.unco.edu/music/

Graduate Coordinator: Carissa Reddick, Ph.D.

Each new student entering a graduate program in music at the University of Northern Colorado is required to take graduate advisory examinations in Music History and writing skills, and placement examinations in Music Theory and Aural Skills, and the student’s major area. For students entering the Music Education degree, the major area will be Music Education. Graduate students who do not pass the theory placement exam must enroll in MUS 401. Graduate students who do not pass the aural skills placement exam must enroll in MUS 402. All students must either pass the theory and aural skills exam OR pass MUS 401 and/or MUS 402 with a grade of C or better before they can enroll in graduate-level theory classes or graduate from their programs.

The degree program seeks to assist graduate candidates in developing advanced professional competencies in performance, scholarly abilities, research, and pedagogical techniques for use in the profession or for instruction in higher education.

Residency, when stated in the music section of this Catalog, is interpreted to mean 9 credit hours or more per semester.

Vocal Performance students must perform an entrance audition that represents their language ability. Students are required to prepare four contrasting selections in four different languages. One selection must be in English, one must be an aria, one must be an art song, and one must have been composed after 1950.

Degree Requirements — 36 Credits

Required Concentration Credits — 30 hours

Take all of the following (16 hours)

MUS 559Opera History and Literature

2

MUS 600Introduction to Musical Scholarship

2

MUS 694Master's Recital

2

Individual Instruction

8

Major Performing Organization

2

Select one of the following courses (2 hours)

MUS 510Vocal Pedagogy

2

MUS 564Problems in Teaching Voice

2

Select two of the following courses (4 hours)

MUS 536German Art Song

2

MUS 538French/Italian Art Song

2

MUS 539British/American Art Song

2

Select two credits from the following (2 hours)

MUS 534Acting for Singers

2

MUS 685Performance in Opera Theatre

1

MUS 686Scene Studies in Opera

1

Other Studies in Music (6 hours)

Music History, Music Theory

6

Other Studies in Music will be selected by advisement based upon candidate's needs identified through advisory examination.

Elective Credits — 6 hours

To be chosen from the following courses:

MUS 536German Art Song

2

MUS 538French/Italian Art Song

2

MUS 539British/American Art Song

2

MUS 560Opera Directing Seminar

1- 3

MUS 561Vocal Coaching for Singers

1

MUS 564Problems in Teaching Voice

2

MUS 605English Diction

1

MUS 606German Diction

1

MUS 607French Diction

1

MUS 608Italian Diction

1

MUS 628UNC Early Music Ensemble

1

MUS 656UNC European Summer Opera Program

1- 6

MUS 666Chamber Choir

1

MUS 680Mixed Concert Choir

1

MUS 681Women's Glee Club

1

MUS 684Men's Glee Club

1

MUS 685Performance in Opera Theatre

1

MUS 686Scene Studies in Opera

1

Program Notes

In order to graduate, Master of Music students in the area of Vocal Performance must demonstrate diction mastery (spoken and International Phonetic Alphabet) in German, French, Italian, and English.

Master of Music candidates in voice must present a public recital. It is the student's responsibility to file a printed program and recording of the performance with the School of Music Office and the Music Library.

A correlative paper may be required in conjunction with the recital at the discretion of the individual area.

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