Master of Music: Performance-Keyboard
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Demonstrate competency in physical requirements, kinesthetic issues, geography, patterns of motion, health and wellness
- Produce all sounds required by the music, including effective articulation and pedaling.
- Demonstrate convincing phrasing with fluent range of dynamics, colors, timing, goal points
- Show fluency with complex rhythms, phrasing, syntax, historical issues, aesthetics, score reading, interpr’n
- Control instrument, designate effective fingering, voicing, velocity, acoustics, practice techniques, and memory
- Display commanding stage presence, deal effectively with nerves, project in different spaces
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| CONSVTY 5569 | Graduate Piano Literature Seminar | 2 |
| Take two semesters of the following course: | 8 | |
| Graduate Piano - Masters Performance 1,2 | ||
| Take two semesters of the following course: | 8 | |
| Master's Recital 2,3 | ||
| Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| CONSVTY 5325 | Graduate Piano Pedagogy I | 3 |
| or | ||
| CONSVTY 5326 | Graduate Piano Pedagogy II | 3 |
| or | ||
| CONSVTY 5591E | Group Piano Pedagogy | 3 |
| or | ||
| CONSVTY 5592E | Advanced Piano Pedagogy | 3 |
| Choose two of the following courses: | 2 | |
| CONSVTY 5305A | Principles of Chamber Music | 1 |
| or | ||
| CONSVTY 5503 | Advanced Accompanying for Pianists | 1 |
| Electives 4 | 4 | |
| Total Credits: 36 | ||
| 1 | A minimum of one semester of applied music (5501) is required before the first recital. PIANO 5501 or CONSVTY 5597 is required each semester of enrollment until the recital requirement is met. |
| 2 | Concurrent enrollment in PIANO 5300 is required for each semester of enrollment in PIANO 5501 and CONSVTY 5597. |
| 3 | Piano students are required to present two public recitals. |
| 4 | Recommended electives include: CONSVTY 5325, CONSVTY 5326, CONSVTY 5591E, CONSVTY 5592E, CONSVTY 5503, CONSVTY 5571, CONSVTY 5572 |