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MM, Vocal Performance: Classical Voice/Post-Master’s Advanced Certificate, Vocal Pedagogy

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47 Total Credits Required

A minimum of forty-seven (47) credits is required for the completion of the dual degree.  These credits must be earned at the 2000-level, and any classes taken at the 0000 or 1000- level are considered remedial and will not count toward the degree. The recommended time for the completion of this degree is four semesters.

Core Courses

34 Credits

Taken for a total of 10 credits
MPAVP-GE 2111
Vocal Training (Private Lessons)
2 - 3 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2172
Vocal Pedagogy II: Practice
3 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2176
Vocology and Care of the Singing Voice I
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2112
Vocal Coaching: Advanced
2 - 3 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2141
Graduate Acting for Singers I
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2142
Graduate Acting for Singers II
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2151
Script Analysis and Dramaturgical Process
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2171
Vocal Pedagogy I: Research
3 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2173
Vocal Repertoire for Teaching I: Classical
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2174
Vocal Repertoire for Teaching II: Musical Theatre & Contemp Styles
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2177
Vocology and Care of the Singing Voice II
2 Credits

Area of Concentration - Classical Voice

9 Credits

MPAVP-GE 22xx
Opera Workshop
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2223
Opera Studies II: European Opera; The 19th Century
2 Credits
MPAVP-GE 2222
Opera Studies I: European Opera; Origins through the 18th Century
2 Credits
Choose 2 courses from the list below for 2 credits:
MPAVP-GE 2261
Song Repertoire: English
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2262
Song Repertoire: German
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2263
Song Repertoire: Italian/Spanish
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2264
Song Repertoire: French
1 Credit
Choose 2 dance courses from the list below or other courses by advisement for 2 credits:
MPAVP-GE 2123
Beginning Ballet
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2124
Beginning Modern Dance Techniques
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2125
Jazz Dance Technique
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2126
Tap Dance
1 Credit
MPAVP-GE 2127
Music Theatre Dance
1 Credit
MPADE-GE 2025
Hip Hop Dance Culture
1 - 3 Credits
MPASS-GE 2113
Baroque Dance for Musicians
1 Credit

Terminal Experience

Recital
MPAVP-GE 2121
Colloquium in Music and Music Education
2 - 3 Credits

MPAVP-GE 2111/2173/2174 satisfies both MM and Advanced Certificate requirements.

Placement Exams

  • Music Theory and Aural Comprehension
  • Music History
  • Italian Diction
  • English Diction
  • German Diction
  • French Diction

Placement exams are given prior to the start of the fall semester. For each exam that you do not pass you will be assigned a review course. The credits for any undergraduate review courses you are required to take do not count toward the certificate.

Minimum Grade Requirements

Students must earn a minimum of a B in any MPAVP-GE course in order for the credits for that course to count toward the degree.

Students must earn a minimum of a B in Vocal Pedagogy in order to remain in the Advanced Certificate or Dual Degree Program. Students who earn lower than a B in the fall course – Vocal Pedagogy: Research (MPAVP-GE.2171) – will no longer be in the Pedagogy Program and therefore will no longer be granted the privilege of continuing to teach non-major voice lessons in the spring semester. Students who earn lower than a B in the spring course – Vocal Pedagogy: Practice (MPAVP-GE.2172) – will no longer be in the Pedagogy Program and will not be hired to teach the following year.

Voice Jury

At the end of two semesters of private voice study you are required to perform a voice jury. You must prepare a minimum of six (6) songs and must demonstrate that you are making vocal progress and are covering sufficient repertoire to enable you to prepare your Master’s Recital.

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