The Master of Music (M.M.) is a professional degree that provides students with both the technical skills required for success in the field and a broad knowledge base in music theory, history, and literature. Specific emphases are available in Composition, Conducting, Music Therapy, Performance, and Performance and Pedagogy. The degree Master of Music (MM) with an emphasis in Performance provides the student with the technical ability required for professional-level performance of vocal or instrumental music and an interpretive understanding of the appropriate body of repertoire. It provides a broad knowledge base in music theory, history, and literature and allows the student to choose from a variety of concentrations. Graduates of this degree program may follow careers as solo and ensemble performers, college teachers, or private applied teachers.
This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Music BMus(Performance)/Music MM(Performance)(non-thesis) Music BMus(Music Education)/Music MM(Performance)(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu.
Director of Graduate Studies: Emily Gertsch Senior Lecturer of Music Theory egertsch@uga.edu Graduate Program Administrator: Kathleen Powell musicgrad@uga.edu 706-542-2743
30 hours
Choose 1 group(s) from the following:
I. Major Area of Concentration: 13 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*Two recitals are required (one credit each); one must have a chamber emphasis
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 11 hours
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
III. Electives in Music: 6 hours
Choose 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 15 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (4 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*Two recitals are required (two credit hours each); one must have a chamber emphasis
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 13 hours
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Guitar Pedagogy courses
III. Electives in Music: 2 hours
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 13 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*One recital is required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 11 hours
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
III. Electives in Music: 6 hours
Choose 6 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 13 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*One recital is required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Chamber Music or Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 15 hours
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
| MUSI 8300 | Special Studies in Keyboard Literature | 2 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| MUSI 7520 | Piano Pedagogy I | 2 |
| MUSI 7530 | Piano Pedagogy II | 2 |
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Piano Lit Elective or Accompanying courses
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
III. Electives in Music: 2 hours
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 16 hours
| MUSI 7810 (8 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7900 (4 hours) | Piano Accompanying | 2 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*One recital is required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Chamber Music/Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 11 hours
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
| MUSI 8300 | Special Studies in Keyboard Literature | 2 |
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
III. Electives in Music: 3 hours
Choose 3 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 15 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (4 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*Two recitals are required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 11 hours
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
String Literature courses
III. Electives in Music: 4 hours
Choose 4 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 15 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*One recital is required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
| MUSI 4461/6461 | English and Italian Lyric Diction | 2 |
| MUSI 4462/6462 | Italian Lyric Diction | 1 |
| MUSI 4463/6463 | French Lyric Diction | 1 |
| MUSI 4464/6464 | German Lyric Diction | 1 |
II. Other Studies in Music: 13 hours
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
Choose 1 course(s) from the following:
| MUSI 7500S | Vocal Pedagogy | 2 |
| MUSI 7510 | Special Topics in Vocal Pedagogy | 3 |
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
III. Electives in Music: 2 hours
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
I. Major Area of Concentration: 13 hours
| MUSI 7810 (9 hours) | Applied Music Instruction | 1-3 |
| MUSI 7910 (2 hours)* | Masters Recital | 1-3 |
*One recital is required
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Ensemble courses
II. Other Studies in Music: 13 hours
Choose 9 credit hour(s) from the following:
Theory/Musicology Core (Includes a minimum of one 3-hour Theory class and one 3-hour Musicology/Ethnomusicology class)
| MUSI 4280/6280 | Instrumental/Vocal/Wind/Choral Literature | 2 |
Choose 2 credit hour(s) from the following:
Woodwind Pedagogy courses
III. Electives in Music: 4 hours
Choose 4 credit hour(s) from the following:
Elective courses
| GRSC 7001 | GradFIRST: First-year Research and Scholarship Training Seminar | 1 |
Undergraduate courses (those numbered below the 6000-level) and GRSC courses cannot be used to satisfy curricular requirements.
Select additional courses, as needed, in consultation with an advisor to meet the minimum number of required credit hours for this program.