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MM in Performance - Voice
Program Advisor:Ellen Chickering, ellenc@usm.maine.edu
See Program Requirements, below.
In addition to the information listed in the MM in Performance, the following requirements apply to the Voice Concentration.
| Requires a minimum of 32 credit hours | Credits |
| MUS 510 Bibliography and Research in Music | 3 |
| MUS 520 Seminar in Music History | 3 |
| MUS 530 Seminar in Music Theory | 3 |
| MUP 603 Applied Music (voice performance) | 12 |
| MUP 690 Recital | 0 |
| MUS 522 Music Literature: Voice I | 2 |
| MUS 523 Music Literature: Voice II | 2 |
| MUS 501 Chorale | 1 |
| or MUS 505 Chamber Singers | 1 |
| Electives–Any MUS, MUP, or MUE 500- or 600-levelcourses | 6 |
Students are required to take jury examinations in each semester of enrollment in voice until the recital is successfully completed. A one-year residency is required.
During the final semester of graduate study, the student will be required to present one complete recital from memory (minimum requirements: sixty minutes of music with no more than twelve minutes of ensemble performance) demonstrating evidence of interpretive skill and vocal technique in English, French, German and Italian repertory.
Minimum proficiencies
- Completion of two semesters of undergraduate Italian and two semesters of undergraduate French of German
- Diction pronunciation proficiency exam in French, Italian, and German
- Ability to play at the piano: I, IV, V, I chord progression in keys up to 3 sharps and flats
- Ability to sing a melody
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