Master of Music in Choral Conducting  
 
Master of Music in Conducting (Choral or Instrumental) Curriculum
 
Enabling musical artists, this degree is for those students who want to enter an intense period of graduate, professional study leading to a career in choral conducting or continued study at the doctoral level. By choosing to add the designation "with an Emphasis in Church Music," the choral conductor will be prepared to lead a local church or community music ministry. The conducting degree will assist students who desire to continue their musical preparation at the doctoral level.
 
Graduate Studies in Performance (14)
Hours
  Graduate Choral Conducting and Techniques
2
  Applied Conducting (2 semesters)
6
  Graduate Ensemble (2 semesters)
2
  * For Choral: Survey of Choral Literature (2 semesters)
* For Instrumental: Survey of Wind Ensemble/Survey of Orchestral Literature
  (2 semesters)
4
  Graduate Conducting Recital
0
 

Graduate Studies in Music (13)
Hours
  Analytical Techniques I  
3
  Introduction to Graduate Studies in Music   
3
  Historical Study of Musical Styles and Literature  
3
  Orchestration/Composition  
2
  *For Choral: Vocal Pedagogy
*For Instrumental: Applied Performance Lessons
2
 

Elective Studies in Supportive Areas (6)
Hours

*Foundations of Christian Worship
3
  *Spiritual Formation for Ministry I, II
3
    *Hymnology and Church Music Literature
3
  *Church Music Methods and Technology
3
     Service Playing
2
  Organ Skills (2 semesters)
2
  Piano Pedagogy (2 semesters)
2
   Vocal Pedagogy or Pedagogy of an Orchestral Instrument
2
  Diction (3 semesters)
3
  Analytical Techniques II
3
  Counterpoint in the Style of the 16th Century
3
  Counterpoint in the Style of the 18th Century
3
    Special Topics in Music
3
    Conducting Studies: Orchestral and Wind Ensemble
2
 

Total Hours     
33
 
*Students may add the distinction "with an Emphasis in Church Music" by selecting six hours of their supportive area from these courses.
 
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