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Vocal Performance

Degree Requirements

Studio (3 credits per semester)

VC 500Studio Voice (Graduate)

3
Total Credit Hours:12

Ensemble

OPERA 510GR Ensemble, Opera

1
Or
CHOR SYMPNEC Symphonic Choir

1
Or
CHOR CHMBChamber Singers

1
Total Credit Hours:2

2 semesters required

CHM MUS may substitute for two semesters of OPERA 510 or CHOR SYMP or CHOR CHMB.

Opera Studies

OPERA 520Graduate Opera Studies

1
Total Credit Hours:2

The Business of Singing

OPERA 581Graduate Opera Seminar

1
Total Credit Hours:1

OPERA 581 (Fourth semester)

Repertoire

VC 573Voice & Piano Repertoire, English/American

2
Or
VC 575Voice & Piano Repertoire, French

2
Or
VC 576Voice & Piano Repertoire, French

2
Or
VC 577Voice & Piano Repertoire, German: Early to Mid-19th c

2
Or
VC 578Voice & Piano Repertoire, German: Late Romantic

2
Or
VC 579Song Studies for Pianists and Singers

2
Or
VC 581Oratorio Vocal Repertoire I: Monteverdi - Haydn

2
Total Credit Hours:4

Diction

VC 563Lyric Diction for Singers

2
VC 564Lyric Diction for Singers II

2
Total Credit Hours:4

Foreign Languages

ITAL 501Italian I

3
Or
ITAL 502Italian II

3
Or
GERM 501German I

3
Or
GERM 502German II

3
Or
FREN 501French I

3
Or
FREN 502French II

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Coaching

VC 617Vocal Coaching

1
VC 618Vocal Coaching

1
Total Credit Hours:2

Musicology

MHST 5xx
Any MHST course with a 500-level course number

2
Or
MHST 6xx
Any MHST course with a 600-level course number

2
Total Credit Hours:2

Music Theory

THYG xxx
Any credit-bearing course with a THYG prefix

2
Total Credit Hours:2

Electives

Total Credit Hours:5

Recital

VC 699
Master of Music Recital

2
Total Credit Hours:2

Total Credit Hours: 44

Additional Requirements

  • Promotional at the end of the first year (VC 595)
  • Pre-recital in second year; recital program notes and/or translations by the student