Master of Music Performance-Collaborative Piano Emphasis
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Prepare collaborative piano works through concepts, resources, and techniques.
- Understand text setting and lyric diction for vocal works, voicing, tone production, pedaling, knowledge of and interaction with other musical parts.
- Apply knowledge of voicing, diction, rhythm, dynamics, articulation, phrasing, historical interpretation, and resources to collaborative piano repertoire.
- Craft stylistic and historically appropriate interpretations.
- Rehearse and interact appropriately with partners and in a wide variety of professional roles and situations in preparation for high quality performances and work in the field.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| CONSVTY 5500-5600 Music History | 3 | |
| CONSVTY 5500-5600 Music Theory | 3 | |
| CONSVTY 5593 | Introduction To Research And Bibliography In Music | 3 |
| or CONSVTY 5593N | Introduction to Research and Bibliography in Music | |
| Collaborative Courses | ||
| Take three semesters of the following course: | 12 | |
| Graduate Piano - Collaborative Piano Emphasis | ||
| CONSVTY 5597 | Master's Recital | 4 |
| CONSVTY 5571 | Collaborative Literature for Piano with Strings | 2 |
| CONSVTY 5572 | Collaborative Literature for Piano with Woodwinds and Brass | 2 |
| CONSVTY 5577 | Advanced Vocal Diction 1 | 2 |
| CONSVTY 5503 | Advanced Accompanying for Pianists | 1 |
| Take two semesters of the following course: | 2 | |
| Principles of Chamber Music 2 | ||
| Take one of the following courses: | 2 | |
| Advanced Vocal Literature: French Melodies | ||
| or | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: German Lieder | ||
| or | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: Nationalistic Art Songs | ||
| or | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: 20Th Century Amer & Engl Art Songs | ||
| Total Credits | 36 | |
| 1 | Students must demonstrate competency in diction or attend the diction courses in Italian and either German or French prior to enrollment. |
| 2 | Students focusing on vocal collaborative piano may take a second advanced vocal literature class in place of the two semesters of Principles of Chamber Music. |