Admissions Information:
Information for entrance into the graduate program in Fall 2024.
General Admission Requirements for graduate music programs in the Hayes School of Music.
Graduate Audition/Interview Requirements and instructions for applying the composition program.
All application materials must be submitted by February 1, 2024 in order to receive priority consideration for assistantships. Please see information below regarding the Tui St. George Tucker Award in Composition, a full assistantship with generous stipend.
An undergraduate degree in theory/composition is not required. Many of our incoming graduate students have either earned a BA or BM in theory/composition or studied composition at the undergraduate level for several semesters.
Degree Course Requirements:
Course Requirements for the Master of Music in Performance Semester Hours Required (minimum): 32 to 35 - varies by concentration - see below. Course Requirements for students who entered the program before Fall 2022 can be found here. |
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Required Courses | - AMU 6xxx: Applied Music (2+2+2+2 = 8)
- MUS 5018: Applied Area Literature – topics depend on concentration (2)
- MUS 5120: Music Research for Performers (2)
- MUS 5130: Seminar in Music History, Culture, and Analysis (4)
- MUS 5140: Performers Symposium (1+1+1+1 = 4)
- MUS 5150: Artist Portfolio (1)
- MUS 5960: Community Engaged Performance (1)
- MUS 5998: Master of Music in Performance Recital (1)
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Concentration | Music Composition Concentration (Code: 558Z) Semester hours required for the degree (minimum): 32 - MUS 5100: Performance Ensemble (1+1=2)
- MUS 5602: Music Theory Pedagogy (3)
- MUS 5999: Thesis (2) plus 2 hours of electives chosen in consultation with an advisor, OR
- 4 s.h. of music electives chosen in consultation with an advisor
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Assistantships and Scholarships:
View general Assistantship and Scholarship information
For Fall 2024, we have a full assistantship available through the Tui St. George Tucker Award in Composition. We seek creative student composers to join our vibrant community. This award includes full tuition funding (in-state or out-of-state) and a generous 9 month stipend for two years of study as well as opportunities for additional funding to support research and creative work.
These assistantships carry duties to support development and digitization of the Tui St. George Tucker Digital Collection. In addition to skill as a composer, we are seeking applicants with experience in and/or desire to learn about the process of archiving and digitizing musical scores, proficiency in a professional music notation software, and knowledge or interest in professional music preparation practices and digital collection management.
Tui St. George Tucker (1924-2004) was a virtuoso recorder player and a composer based in New York City and Blowing Rock, NC where she and her partner, Vera Lachmann, spent their summers. Her musical circle included John Cage, Fluxus artist Jackson Mac Low, German-born pianist Grete Sultan, who was a mentor to Cage, Johnny Reinhardt, Martha Bixler, as well as many others. Her musical style is eclectic, embracing tonality, microtonality, and dissonant counterpoint with influences from early music, jazz, and folk idioms. Her body of work includes music for recorders, piano, organ, solo voice, chorus, and chamber ensembles.