MM in Performance - Organ
Program Advisor: Laura Kargul, kargul@usm.maine.edu
See Program Requirements, below.
In addition to the information listed in the MM in Performance, the following requirements apply to the Organ Concentration.
| Requires a minimum of 30 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 (organ performance) | 12 |
| MUP 690 Recital | 0 |
| MUS 506 Chamber Music and/or Accompanying | 1 |
| MUS 518 Organ Literature I* | 2 |
| MUS 519 Organ Literature II* | 2 |
| Electives–Any MUS, MUP, or MUE 500- or 600-levelcourses | 4 |
| *Organ Literature I and II must be taken unless equivalentcourses have already been taken at the undergraduate level. | |
Twelve credits of applied music in organ (four semesters of three credits each) will be scheduled as private lessons. Students are required to take jury examinations in each semester of enrollment in organ until the recital is successfully completed. A one-year residency is required.
Students must present two complete recitals. One must be a lecture-recital, with a thirty-minute lecture and thirty minutes of solo repertoire. The other must include sixty minutes of solo repertoire. Recital programs must be approved by the private instructor and/or the program advisor.
In addition to the general exit examinations in music history and theory, students must pass a proficiency exam in sight reading.
See the MM in Performance.
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