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 in only three summers!

• Registration

• Summer 2013 Music Courses

• Graduate Music Degrees, Academic Catalog Information

Registration

Registration begins March 1st (current students), March 5th (all students) and 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: Orff-Schulwerk Certification Level 2
  MUE 595 (3528)
  Instructor: Penny Mahoney and Tom Rice, AOSA
  Location: Gorham Campus
  Dates/Times: July 8-19, 2013
  Details: This course is part of the American Orff-Schulwerk (AOSA) certification program and is designed for students who have earned Orff Level I certification. Level II will be a continuation and refinement of Level I content and will explore the aspects of complex rhythms and meter, movement accompaniment, transposed pentatonic, hexatonic, and other modal melodies including: Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian, Ionian, Lydian and Mixolydian. Movement: form-based choreography and traditional folk dance will be used. The alto recorder will be used throughout and the wider ranges of the soprano recorder will be explored, with an emphasis on modal repertoire and improvisation. 3cr.
  
  

• Topics in Music Education: A Comprehensive View of a High School Choral Curriculum
  MUE 599 (3536)
  Instructor: Robert Russell, Ed Reichert, Brent LaCasce, Rick Dustin, Ellen Chickering, and Cathy Murray, USM
  Location: Portland Campus
  Dates/Times: July 8-12, 2013, 8:00am-4:00pm
  Details:  A high school choral curriculum may involve as many as six       distinct performance configurations: solo singing, choral singing for mixed voices, women's voices, and men's voices, vocal jazz, and musical theater. Each has its own particular performance practices and curricular problems. This course will feature six instructors, each with extensive experience in their area of specialty. Cr 3.
  Materials fee: $100 for music scores.

• Philosophical Bases of Music Education
  MUE 612 (3530)
  Instructor: Michele Kaschub, USM
  Location: Online
  Dates/Times: July 1-29, 2013
  Details: Investigation of historical and current views on the art of music, the role of music in society, and the role of music in human experience. Cr 3.

• Psychology of Music Teaching and Learning
  MUE 613 (3531)
  Instructor: Steve Bizub, USM
  Location: Gorham campus
  Dates: July 22-26 and 29-31, 2013, 8:00am-12:00pm
  Details: Detailed study of topics concerning differential music behavior and perception. This course includes the mechanics of hearing, music memory, learning, and response as well as an overview of researched teaching practices. Cr 3.

• Topics in Contemporary Music Technology
  MUS 570 (3532)
  Instructors: Alan Kaschub, USM
  Location: Portland campus
  Dates/Times: August 5-9, 2013
  Details: Intensive study of one or more areas of music technology in the context of producing music compositions, creating pedagogical multimedia applications, performing music with interactive applications, or recording and editing digital audio/video. A substantial final project is required. Cr 3.

• Intensive Review of Tonal Music Theory
  MUS 599 (2528)
  Instructors: Daniel Sonenberg, USM
  Location: Gorham campus
  Dates/Times: June 24-July 24, Mon/Wed, 5:00-8:00pm
  Details: Intensive study of common-practice tonal harmony and voice leading, as well as common formal designs, through compositional and analytical exercises.  Attention will be given to issues of music theory pedagogy. Cr 3.