Master of Music in Performance (Applied Emphasis in Piano, Violin, Viola or Cello), M.M.

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The International Center for Music’s Master of Music in Performance degree program is an advanced course of study for musicians who hold a bachelor’s degree and are seeking careers as professional musicians. In addition to the general rules that are applicable for admission to graduate studies at Park University, specific admission requirements are:

Bachelor of Music or related undergraduate degree from a U.S. institution, an equivalent bachelor’s degree from an accredited foreign institution of higher education or equivalent professional experience as determined by the faculty of the University’s International Center for Music.
An audition before the music faculty. In approved situations, a recording may be submitted in lieu of a live audition.

Each applicant must furnish a complete list of repertoire and recital history at the time of application. This is an advanced program of study at the graduate level, supervised and approved by the graduate faculty of Park University.

The student may select one of the following performance areas:

Piano Performance (2-year program)

Required – 36 Hours, 3.0 GPA

Applied Lessons and Recitals Credits: 12 (two recitals, one in each, years one and two)
MU 500 - Applied Lessons and Recitals Credits: 3
Chamber Music, four semesters for total Credits: 4
MU 501 - Chamber Music Credits: 1
Performance Class, three semesters for total Credits: 3
MU 502 - Performance Class Credits: 1
Collaboration, four semesters for total Credits: 8
MU 503 - Collaboration Credits: 2
MU 511 - Seminar in Music Theory and Analysis Credits: 3
MU 521 - History of the Concerto Credits: 3
MU 522 - History of the Symphony Credits: 3

Total 36 cr.

String Performance (2-year program)

Required - 36 Hours, 3.0 GPA

Applied Lessons and Recitals Credits: 12 (two recitals — one each in years one and two)
MU 500 - Applied Lessons and Recitals Credits: 3
Chamber Music, four semesters for total Credits: 4
MU 501 - Chamber Music Credits: 1
Performance Class, three semesters for total Credits: 3
MU 502 - Performance Class Credits: 1
Orchestra, four semsesters for total Credits: 4
MU 504 - Orchestra Credits: 1
Orchestra Repertoire, four semesters for total Credits: 4
MU 505 - Orchestral Repertoire Credits: 1
MU 511 - Seminar in Music Theory and Analysis Credits: 3
MU 521 - History of the Concerto Credits: 3
MU 522 - History of the Symphony Credits: 3

Total 36 cr.

Students entering the Master of Music program must take a Theory Competency Test. Students who do not pass are assigned to the appropriate theory class.