Professional Performance Certificate
Time of day and term options for completing this degree:
Graduate
Courses are available during the day
Courses are normal (16 week) terms
This is a two-year program of study at the post-baccalaureate level for students of piano, collaborative piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, bass trombone, tuba, harp or percussion, with primary focus on advanced music performance education.The requirements for completion of this program include intensive applied study with specific performance requirements encompassing recitals, concerti, orchestral excerpts and chamber music. In addition, students enrolled in the Professional Performance Certificate program fulfill their remaining performance requirements in a preferred area of specialization (i.e., solo, chamber music, orchestral or a combination of these).Entrance to the Professional Performance Certificate program is limited to those who have completed a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree or an approved equivalent course of study and who pass an entrance audition on their major instrument.
General Music Requirements |
4 Credits |
| MUS 511 |
Small Ensemble |
4 |
| MUR 501 |
Performance Forum |
0 |
| MUR 600 |
Graduate Recital |
0* |
For Strings, Winds, Brass, Harp & Percussion |
20 Credits |
| MUS 601 |
Applied Instrument: PPC |
16 |
| MUS 521 |
Large Ensemble |
4 |
| MUS 525 |
Orchestral Repertoire |
0 |
| MUS 601 |
Applied Instrument: PPC |
4 |
For Collaborative Pianists |
22 Credits |
| MUS 601 |
Applied Instrument: PPC |
12 |
| MUP 601 |
Seminar in Collaborative Piano I |
1 |
| MUP 602 |
Seminar in Collaborative Piano II |
1 |
| MUP 603 |
Collaborative Piano: Practicum |
8 |
Strings, Winds, Brass, Harp & Percussion |
Total Credits 24 |
Piano |
Total Credits 20 |
Collaborative Piano |
Total Credits 26 |
*Students specializing in Collaborative Piano will be required to perform three collaborative recitals.