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   Graduate & Professional :: Conservatory of Music and Dance
 
  

Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Composition Required Courses

  Conservatory 5500-5600 Music Theory
    (three courses)                                9
  Conservatory 5500-5600 Music History
    (three courses)(a)                             9
  Conservatory 5531 Advanced Orchestration         3
  Conservatory 5533 Advanced Composition
    (three classes)                                9
  Conservatory 5533 Advanced Composition
    (one additional) -or- 5534 Advanced
    Electronic Music Composition                   3
  Conservatory 5593 Introduction to Research
    and Bibliography in Music                      3
  Conservatory 5699 Dissertation Research(b)       6
  Area of Concentration(c)                        11
(a) All doctoral students are required to complete three graduate music history courses. One must be a period course (Conservatory 5555-5559), one must be a seminar course, and the remaining course may be either. Any substitutions must be approved by the music history faculty.
(b) An extended work in a format approved by the composition faculty. Two copies of the full score must be placed in the Conservatory Library.
(c) The area of concentration is developed by the student with guidance and approval of the supervisory committee as part of the planned program. Examples include Applied Music/Ensemble Performance, Music Scholarship, Conducting (Choral and/or Instrumental), Music Technology and interdisciplinary courses.

Language Requirement: A proficiency in one foreign language is required. See this section of the catalog for options.

Note: Each doctoral student majoring in music composition must audition on an instrument or voice as part of the initial enrollment process. Based on the audition results, the applied music requirement will be as follows:

  1. If the student qualifies for applied music at the 301 level, no applied music is required.
  2. If the student does not qualify for applied music at the 301 level, the student must enroll in applied music in the same performing medium for two terms or until 301 secondary is completed.

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