Graduate Certificate: Collaborative Piano
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Prepare collaborative piano repertoire using appropriate techniques, resources, and interpretive concepts.
- Demonstrate understanding of text setting, lyric diction, voicing, tone production, pedaling, and ensemble interaction in vocal and instrumental works.
- Apply stylistic and historical knowledge—including voicing, diction, rhythm, dynamics, articulation, phrasing, and interpretation—to collaborative performance.
- Develop musically informed, stylistically appropriate interpretations across diverse genres and periods.
- Rehearse effectively and engage professionally with partners in varied collaborative settings, preparing for high-level performance and career readiness.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework: | ||
| CONSVTY 5503 | Advanced Accompanying for Pianists | 1 |
| PIANO 5502 | Graduate Collaborative Piano | 4 |
| CONSVTY 5577 | Advanced Vocal Diction (offered every spring semester) 1 | 2 |
| Elective Coursework | 5 | |
| 5 credit hours should be chosen from the following courses. Note: CONSVTY 5305A (1 credit), 5503 (1 credit), and Voice 5500A (2 credits) may only be taken once from this list | ||
| Advanced Accompanying for Pianists | ||
| Principles of Chamber Music | ||
| Collaborative Literature for Piano with Strings (offered fall semester, odd years) | ||
| Collaborative Literature for Piano with Woodwinds and Brass (offered spring semester, even years) | ||
| Graduate Voice-Secondary (pending faculty approval, students may choose a different secondary instrument: INSTRUMENT 5500A) | ||
| Vocal Literature Select one: | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: French Melodies | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: German Lieder | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: Nationalistic Art Songs | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: 20Th Century Amer & Engl Art Songs | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |
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Before enrolling, all students in the certificate program must pass the Diction Proficiency Test for French, German, and Italian, or complete remedial diction course CONSVTY 497 with a grade of B- or higher.