Graduate Music Programs & Courses

The USM School of  Music and USM Summer are pleased to offer an exciting array of graduate music courses. These courses are designed for intensive professional growth and are taught by USM's outstanding music faculty.

Earn a master’s degree or certificate of graduate study in only three summers!

• Registration

• Summer 2012 Music Courses

• Composing Together Certificate Program

• Graduate Music Degrees, Academic Catalog Information

Registration

Registration is ongoing until a particular class begins or as space allows. To register, please call 207-780-5900.

Graduate Music Courses:

• Topics in Music Education: Woodwinds Techniques
  MUE 595 (5654)
  Instructor: Thomas Parchman, USM
  Location: Gorham Campus
  Dates/Times: July 23-27, 2012
  Details: Woodwinds Techniques will be a hands-on course focusing on the unique teaching, learning, and performance needs of flute, clarinet, saxophone and double reeds. Topics will include: tone production, intonation, articulation and tonguing, reeds, breath control, embouchure, posture, finger/hand positions as well as pedagogical materials and private/group lesson structures.  Participants are asked to bring their own instruments. 1 credit.
  
  

• Topics in Music Education: Brass Techniques
  MUE 595 (5655)
  Instructor: Daniel Hunter, USM
  Location: Gorham Campus
  Dates/Times: July 23-27, 2012
  Details: Brass Techniques will be a hands-on course addressing the unique teaching, learning and performance needs of trumpet, fr. horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. Topics will include: tone production, intonation, articulation and tonguing, breath control, embouchure, posture, finger/hand positions as well as pedagogical materials and private/group lesson structures. Participants are asked to bring their own instruments. 1 credit.

• Music Technology
  MUS 599 (1766)
  Instructor: Alan Kaschub, USM
  Location: Portland campus
  Dates/Times: July 30-August 3, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  Details: This course is designed for music educators and school-based instructional technology specialists who wish to learn to use MacIntosh based software to enhance music teaching and learning.  This course is appropriate for students at any skill level and may be repeated for credit. 3 credits.

• Introduction to Research in Music Education
  MUE 611 (3437)
  Instructor: Michele Kaschub, USM
  Location: Online Class
  Dates: June 18- July 13, 2012
  Details: Systematic research methods in music applied to individualized descriptive and experimental music research topics and critical evaluation of music research. Study of measurement theory, standardized tests, test construction and interpretation for music aptitude, achievement, performance, aesthetic response, preference, and appreciation. 3 credits.
  

• Composing Together, Level I
  MUE 621 (1768)
  Instructors: Michele Kaschub, USM
  Location: Gorham campus
  Dates: July 9 - 13, 2012
  Details: This course assumes no prior experience in composing music and is designed for teachers who would like to learn the basics of music composition and composition instruction. Participants will learn how to design and implement beginner-level composition activities for students of all ages participating in music in general classroom, computer laboratory, lessons, and rehearsal settings. 3 credits.

• Composing Together, Level II
  MUE 622 (3438)
  Instructors: Michele Kaschub, USM
  Location: Gorham campus
  Dates: July 16 - 20, 2012
  Details: For those who have taken Level I (or want to repeat Level II and desire reinforcement in the principles of teaching the intermediate-level composer). Participants will learn how to design and implement composition activities for students who already have some compositional skills and who are participating in music in general classroom, laboratory, and rehearsal settings. The Level II course assumes prior experience in teaching music composition to students at the beginner level. This course will prepare teachers to introduce compositional techniques appropriate for students at the intermediate level. Participants will learn how to guide intermediate composers in the study of master composers through active analytical listening. 3 credits.

Composing Together- Certificate Program

Composing Together is a way to build a community of composers through the use of listening, performing, creating, and critiquing activities in school-based settings. Created in the United States by Michele Kaschub and Janice P. Smith, the program emphasizes the development of teacher-composers who are able facilitators of children's compositional work.

The Composing Together Program is the only certificate of graduate study in teaching music composition Pre K-12 offered in the United States. Bringing professional educators and composers together, the unique nine-credit program sets the stage for engaging children in music composition in classrooms, private and group lessons, computer laboratories, and rehearsal halls.

The certificate program* requires the completion of
Composing Together Levels I, II, and III, which may stand alone or constitute a sub-concentration within the Master of Music degree program at USM. 3 credits each level.

Composing Together Level I, offered this summer, may be taken as a stand alone course for graduate credit.

*Application to the graduate certificate program is required.