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GRADUATE DEGREE OFFERED:

Department of Music
Center for Performing and Fine Arts, room 113
Phone: 812-237-2769
Fax 812-237-3009
E-mail: music@indstate.edu
Web site: http://www.indstate.edu/music

Interim Department Chairperson: Dr. Randall Mitchell

GRADUATE FACULTY

Professors

Balensuela, Peggy, D.M., Indiana University
Professor of Music
Specialization: Voice

Bro, Paul, D.M., Northwestern University
Professor of Music
Specialization: Saxophone

Associate Professors

Davis, Colleen, D.M., Indiana University
Associate Professor of Music
Specialization: Voice

Davis, William, D.M.A., The University of Iowa
Associate Professor of Music
Specializations: Orchestral Conducting, Violin/Viola

Piechocinski, Theodore, J.D., Cleveland State University
Associate Professor of Music
Specialization: Music Business

Assistant Professors

Ballard, Dennis, Ed.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor of Music
Specialization: Music Education

Buchanan, Scott, Ph.D., University of Kansas City
Assistant Professor of Music
Specialization: Choral Conducting

FACILITIES

The Department of Music facilities include the $7.25 million Center for Performing and Fine Arts, which houses a Recital Hall seating 175, administrative offices, faculty studios and offices, and rehearsal rooms for band, choral, orchestral, jazz, and percussion ensembles. The adjacent Fine Arts Building houses classrooms, digital keyboard laboratories, additional teaching studios and offices, the department listening library and its collection of more than 25,000 recordings, and air-conditioned practice rooms. Over 20,000 music books, scores, and music periodicals are available in Cunningham Memorial Library. Students have access to more than $1.5 million in University-owned instruments. Performances take place in the visually and acoustically attractive Recital Hall and Tilson Music Hall, an historic art-deco space furnished with a two-manual, 19-rank, 1,123 pipe Schlicker organ.

The Department of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

GENERAL PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Graduate programs in the Department of Music are designed to further the development of musical and professional proficiencies. Individual programs are prepared for those intending to pursue more advanced study as well as those expecting to terminate their graduate study at the master’s degree level.

MAIN OBJECTIVES

The master of music (M.M.) degree is available with specializations in music composition, music education, music history and literature, music performance (strings: violin, viola, cello, bass, or guitar; woodwinds: flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, or bassoon; brasses: trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone, or tuba; percussion; piano; voice; choral conducting; orchestral conducting; and wind conducting), and music theory.

Graduate students in the Department of Music are encouraged to maintain good contact with their advisor and are expected to work with their advisor prior to registration each semester. Students who do so are more likely to meet their goals and achieve academic success.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Entering graduate students complete the department’s placement examinations in performance, keyboard proficiency, music history and literature, and music theory in addition to meeting the general entrance requirements of the School of Graduate Studies and specific requirements of the degree program. Certain review courses may be prescribed as a result of the examinations; any review courses taken will not count toward the academic requirements of the chosen degree program. The examinations are taken prior to registration for graduate study. Any exceptions require approval of the Department Chairperson.

Applicants for the master of music with a specialization in music theory or music history and literature also will submit an analytical or historical research paper as an admission requirement. Applicants for the composition specialization will submit two original compositions and corresponding recording (if available) as an audition requirement for admission. Applicants for wind conducting and choral conducting will submit a conducting videotape.

PROFESSIONALISM OF INDIANA TEACHING LICENSE

Individuals interested in teacher licensure are encouraged to consult with Education Students Services, College of Education 812-237-3131.

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE STUDY

Any graduate student in the University who can meet the stated prerequisites may enroll for individual instruction in voice and on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, guitar, flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone, tuba, piano, percussion, choral conducting, and wind conducting. The following letters identify the instrument/voice being studied.

Principal Instrument Study (Performance Specialization)

Prior to enrollment, each entering graduate student must audition for a committee of at least two, and preferably three or more, performance music faculty members from the appropriate division. Conditional admission may be granted on the basis of a recording or audition before one faculty member; auditions by recording are acceptable only if travel distance poses an extreme hardship. A student who does not pass the audition must enroll in and successfully complete Music 600 (1-2 hours) prior to enrollment in individual performance study (Music 676).

Each division may specify differing audition requirements, but the repertoire should be at least that of senior recital level. Prospective students may obtain audition requirements from the appropriate division coordinator: voice/choral; strings; winds/percussion; and keyboard.

Principal Instrument Study (Non-Performance Specialization)

Each entering, graduate student must audition for at least one applied music faculty member from the appropriate division prior to enrollment. Expected performance standards will be commensurate with those of completed undergraduate junior level (Music 476). A student who passes the audition will be exempt from further applied study. Exempted students have the option of enrolling in Music 676 for total credit of not more than four hours toward degree requirements. A student who does not pass the audition must enroll in and successfully complete Music 600 (1-2 hours) with no credit toward graduation.

 Elective Instrument Study

Those students who desire to take lessons for elective credit, even though majoring in subjects other than music, must audition before at least one applied music faculty member who teaches voice or the instrument on which the student desires instruction. The purpose of the audition is to evaluate the performance skills of the applicant for appropriate course placement. Detailed information about auditions is available from the Department of Music.

The course number for all individual instruction is the same (Music 676). Suitable lesson times should be arranged with the instructor following registration, but no later than two days after the posting of applied music assignments.

Each credit hour in an individual instruction course implies a minimum of seven-and-one-half clock hours of private instruction. During the first and second semesters, this means one half-hour lesson each week that University classes are in session. During a summer term each student receives two 45-minute lessons each week for five weeks. All individual instruction courses require a final jury examination.

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