Introduction

The Master of Music in Conducting degree program is designed for students with exceptional conducting skill planning for a professional performance-based career as a conductor.  Students are initially enrolled in the Master of Arts in Music degree program and audition for entrance into the MM program at the end of their first semester.

Master of Music in Conducting

Hours Required: 30

Conducting (12)
MUS 543 - Conducting I (3)
MUS 643 - Conducting II (3)
MUS 646 - Master’s Conducting Seminar in Literature (3)

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MUS 644 - Choral Conducting (3)
MUS 645 - Instrumental Conducting (3)

Applied Conducting (6)
MUA 544-644 - Applied Conducting (5)
MUS 691 - Graduate Recital (1)

Other Studies in Music (12)
MUS 501 - Survey of Music Theory (3)
MUS 544 - Methods of Research (3)

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MUS 545 - Instrumental Methods & Lit (3)
MUS 546 - Choral Methods & Lit (3)

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MUS 520 - Music in the Classic Period (3)
MUS 521 - Music in the 19th Century (3)
MUS 522 - Music in the 20th Century (3)
MUS 524 - Music in World Cultures (3)