Music Graduate Specializations
Graduate Specialization in Collaborative Piano
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 521 | The Collaborative Pianist | 2 |
| MUS 522 | The Collaborative Pianist | 2 |
| MUS 523 | The Collaborative Pianist | 2 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| MUS 567 | Solo Vocal Music | 3 |
| MUS 568 | Solo Vocal Music | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Two Chamber Music Recitals
Year One: A 45-60 minute chamber music/art-song recital.
Year Two: A 60-90 minute chamber music/art-song recital.
This specialization is available to all MM Piano Performance, MM Piano Pedagogy, & DMA Piano Performance Majors. Exceptions may be made with permission of the UO SOMD Director of Collaborative Piano.
Graduate Specialization in Ethnomusicology
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| MUS 551 | Introduction to Ethnomusicology | 4 |
| FLR 595 | Folklore Fieldwork | 4 |
| MUS 671 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology: [Topic] | 4 |
| Ensemble Courses | 2 | |
| World Music Ensemble: [Topic] (One of the two ensemble options) | ||
| Dema African Performance Ensemble: [Topic] | ||
| Additional 4-credit class | 4 | |
| Musical Instruments of the World (Possible elective) | ||
| Popular Musics in the African Diaspora | ||
| Seminar in Ethnomusicology: [Topic] (Must be different topic other MUS 671) | ||
Graduate Specialization in Historical Performance Practice
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 1 of the following (total 3 credits): | ||
| MUS 660 | Music in the Middle Ages | 3 |
| MUS 661 | Music in the Renaissance | 3 |
| MUS 662 | Music in the Baroque Era | 3 |
| MUS 663 | Music in the Classical Period | 3 |
| Choose 2 of the following (total 6 credits): | ||
| MUS 680–682 | Historical Performance Practices I-III | 6 |
| The following required courses: | ||
| MUS 683: Rhetoric & Music (currently a MUS607 recurring seminar; course change has been submitted to UOCC for approval) | 4 | |
| MUS 684: Musical Iconography (currently a MUS607 recurring seminar; course change has been submitted to UOCC for approval) | 4 | |
| MUS 691 | Collegium Musicum | 1 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Graduate Specialization in Jazz Pedagogy
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUJ 540 | Jazz Pedagogy Practicum | 3 |
| MUJ 661 | Jazz Program Planning and Development | 3 |
| MUP 635 | Music Performance Studies: [Topic] (Three terms required/2 credits each term) | 2 |
| MUP 635 | Music Performance Studies: [Topic] | 2 |
| MUP 635 | Music Performance Studies: [Topic] | 2 |
| MUE 615 | Jazz Practicum (3 terms, 1 credit per term) | 3 |
| Ensemble Requirements, to be chosen from list | 3 | |
| Jazz Laboratory Band III | ||
| Jazz Laboratory Band II | ||
| Oregon Jazz Ensemble | ||
| Small Jazz Ensemble: [Topic] | ||
| Chamber Ensemble: [Topic] (Jazz Guitar) | ||
| Chamber Ensemble: [Topic] (Latin Jazz) | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
In addition, students must pass a skills exam testing jazz/commercial music theory and keyboard skills.
Graduate Specialization in Music Theory Pedagogy
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Tonal Analysis: Linear Prolongational Analysis | ||
| Tonal Analysis: Form in Tonal Music | ||
| Tonal Analysis: Analysis of Popular Music | ||
| MUE 639 | Pedagogy and Practicum: [Topic] (Music Theory Pedagogy) | 3 |
| MUS 516 | Post-Tonal Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 615 | Current Trends in Music Theory | 3 |
| MUS 672 | Seminar: Music Theory: [Topic] (Graduate Seminar in Music Theory) | 4 |
| Students must also pass a skills exam testing aural musicianship and keyboard skills | ||
| Total Credits | 16 | |
Graduate Specialization in Piano Pedagogy
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUE 571 | Piano Pedagogy I: Teaching Beginners | 3 |
| MUE 572 | Piano Pedagogy II: Teaching Groups | 2 |
| MUE 573 | Piano Pedagogy III: Teaching Intermediate Levels | 2 |
| MUE 639 | Pedagogy and Practicum: [Topic] | 3 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| MUP 650 | Music Performance Studies | 2 |
| Total Credits | 16 | |
Students who have been admitted into the M.M. Piano Performance, M.M. Collaborative Piano, D.M.A. Piano Performance, and D.M.A. Collaborative Piano degree programs may declare the Graduate Specialization in Piano Pedagogy without any additional audition or admissions procedures.
Students in other music graduate degree programs (that are not piano) will need to audition and demonstrate piano ability at the advanced level.
The Graduate Specialization in Violin/Viola Pedagogy will provide violin and viola students in the MM Performance and DMA Performance degrees the opportunity to pursue a cognate in the pedagogy field.
Graduate Specialization in Violin/Viola Pedagogy
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUE 559 | Fundamentals of Violin and Viola Teaching | 2 |
| MUE 564 | Advanced Violin/Viola Pedagogy | 2 |
| MUE 565 | Somatics for String Players | 1 |
| MUE 560 | Early-Intermediate Violin Repertoire and Technique | 2 |
| MUE 566 | Community Music Institute Practicum (4 terms required) | 4 |
| MUE 563 | Pedagogy Methods: Violin and Viola | 2 |
| MUE 639 | Pedagogy and Practicum: [Topic] | 3 |
| Minimum Required Credits: | 16 | |