DMA Performance Requirements
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I. Performance Specialization: 22 credits
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3 credits per semester of studio lessons and masterclasses (Recital preparation, colloquia, and other collective activities may be required as part of performance studio work) |
18credits |
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Three (3) capstone recitals,one each year, the last of which is a lecture/recital related to the thesis |
0 credits |
| Thesis seminar, with emphasis on writing and research (first semester of the third year) | 1 credit |
| Thesis | 3 credits |
| Total | 22 credits |
II. Musicianship and Repertoires: 14 credits
| Required for Organists | |
| Supervised placement every semester, with a capstone presentation on the work experience,given in a colloquium at the end of the second or third year | 0 credits |
| 2 hours working with a children's choir (1 credit for each of two semesters) | 2 credits |
| secondary lessons in Choral Conducting, two semesters | 2 credits |
| Organ Literature course (3 credits),one semester each year for two years | 6 credits |
| Improvisation and Service Playing course (1 per semester for 4 semesters) | 4 credits |
| Total Credits in Musicianship and Repertoires | 14 credits |
| Required for Conductors | |
| Supervised placement every semester, with a capstone presentation on the work experience, given in a colloquium at the end of the second or third year | 0 credits |
| 4 hours of work in children's choirs (1 credit for each of 4 semesters) | 4 credits |
| Choral Literature, Analysis, and Performance Practice course; one semester each year for two years | 6 credits |
| 1 year of Secondary Voice Lessons (1/2 hour weekly lesson for two semesters) | 2 credits |
| 1 year of Arranging and Composition (1 hour every other week for two semesters) | 2 credits |
| Total credits in Musicianship and Repertoires | 14 credits |