Music Composition (MMus)
Please visit the Music Composition Graduate Program page for more information.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced competencies in composition. Studies in this area comprise as much as two-thirds or at least one-third of the total curriculum.
- Gain knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as history and literature, theory and analysis, musicology and ethnomusicology, performance, and pedagogy. Such supportive studies in music that broaden and deepen musical competence comprise at least one-third of the total curriculum.
- Be afforded regular opportunities to hear their works performed.
- Show a culminating demonstration of professional capability in the major field, the student must submit at least one original composition appropriate as a final project.
Master of Music in Music Composition Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 611 | Research Methods in Music | 3 |
| MUS 538 | Composers Forum (6 terms) | 6 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Interactive Media Performance | ||
| History of Electroacoustic Music | ||
| Digital Audio Workstation Techniques I | ||
| Audio Production Techniques I | ||
| Advanced Electronic Composition | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Ethnomusicology | ||
| Musical Instruments of the World | ||
| Balinese Gamelan (2 terms) | ||
| Two sequences of the following: | 18 | |
| Advanced Composition Studies | ||
| MUS 533 | Counterpoint | 4 |
| MUS 534 | Counterpoint | 4 |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Tonal Analysis: Linear Prolongational Analysis | ||
| Tonal Analysis: Form in Tonal Music | ||
| Tonal Analysis: Analysis of Popular Music | ||
| Post-Tonal Theory I | ||
| Advanced Post-Tonal Theory | ||
| Choose one from the following: | 3 | |
| Music in the Middle Ages | ||
| Music in the Renaissance | ||
| Music in the Baroque Era | ||
| Music in the Classical Period | ||
| Music in the Romantic Era | ||
| Music in the 20th Century | ||
| MUS 605 | Reading and Conference: [Topic] (Composition Thesis Proposal) 1 | 1 |
| MUS 503 | Thesis 2 | 9 |
| Notation Proficiency | ||
| Orchestration Proficiency | ||
| Piano Proficiency 3 | ||
| Composition Recital 4 | ||
| Final Oral Examination 5 | ||
| Total Credits | 61 | |
- 1
Composition Thesis Proposal. Must be taken no later than fourth quarter of Advanced Composition Studies.
- 2
A composition of substantial dimension, composed under the guidance of a member of the music composition faculty. A reading (or performance) and recording of the thesis is required.
- 3
Students have 2 ways of meeting the piano proficiency: (1) Three consecutive terms of MUP 163 (2) pass the proficiency exam administered in Week of Welcome.
- 4
Public performance of at least 50 minutes of music composed under the guidance of and approved by the composition faculty.
- 5
Oral Examination reviewing thesis and degree coursework.