Music

Department Chair: Bernard Shockett (Music Building, Rm.315)

Department Faculty: Distinguished Professor: John Corigliano; Distinguished Lecturer: Robert Stewart; Professors: Diana Battipaglia, Marta Ghezzo, Jack Hyatt, Bernard Shockett; Associate Professors: Alan Hollander, Molly Morkoski; Assistant Professor: Janette Tilley; Lecturers: Cynthia Peterson, Penny Prince; Senior College Lab Technician: Karl Watson; College Lab Technicians: Darina Bejtja, Allan Molnar

M.A.T. Program in Applied Music and Music Teaching

The combined master's degree in applied music and music teaching offers a student with a bachelor's degree who already has developed a professional level of performance ability the opportunity to continue serious study in music while simultaneously developing teaching options. The program is designed to prepare students for K-12 certification for full- or part-time public school careers. Students are supervised in their fieldwork and student teaching by faculty, members in the departments of Music, Early Childhood and Childhood Education, and Middle and High School education. Counseling is provided by Graduate Advisers or Coordinators of the three departments.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to the program, candidates must meet the following requirements:

• Have earned a bachelor's degree in music from a recognized institution.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully pursue graduate study (above-average academic achievement in general and in music courses is required).
• Demonstrate, by audition, a professional level of performing ability. Auditions may be arranged by calling the Music Department at 718-960-8247.
• Have taken the following courses or their equivalents (deficiencies must be made up for no credit): Music Theory (12 credits); Form and Analysis (including symphony and concerto) (3 credits); and courses in Music History covering the major periods from 1600 to the present (12 credits).
• Demonstrate, by examinations, proficiency in music theory and history.
• If conditionally admitted, make up not more than 12 credits of specified undergraduate coursework, finishing in no more than three consecutive semesters.

Degree Requirements

The program requires a minimum of 36-39 credits, including 18 credits in music and 18-21 credits in education, as follows:

In Education: ESC 501 (3), ESC 529 (3), ESC 595 (3) or ESC 596 (6), ESC 733 (3), ESC 785 (3), EDE 755 (3).

In Music: With the approval of a graduate adviser, 18 credits will be chosen from the following: MSH 700 (3), 750 (6); MST 710 (3), 712 (3), 750 (3); MSP 722 (1), 723 (1), 724 (1), 750 (3).

Courses in Music

MSP 720: Performance I. 4 hours, 3 credits. Intensive private instruction in principle instrument or in voice. Participation in at least one department ensemble as assigned. Public performance required. PREREQ: Audition demonstrating a professional level.

MSP 721: Performance II. 4 hours, 3 credits. Continued intensified private instruction in the student's principal instrument or in voice. Participation in at least one department ensemble as assigned. Public performance required. PREREQ: MSP 720.

MSP 722: Vocal Pedagogy. 2 hours, 1 credit. The pedagogy, pathology of the voice. PREREQ: Admission to the M.A.T. program.

MSP 723: Secondary Instrument Laboratory Ensemble I. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of secondary instruments in an elementary-level performing ensemble. Development of basic teaching, conducting, and composing skills relating to all standard instruments. All students will be required to conduct and coach as well as perform on secondary instruments. PREREQ: Admission to the M.A.T. program.

MSP 724: Secondary Instrument Laboratory-Ensemble II. 3 hours, 3 credits. This course will build on skills developed in MSP 723. PREREQ: MSP 723.

MSP 750: Special Topics in Music Performance. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Topics vary from semester to semester. PREREQ: Consent of Department.

MSH 700: Performance Practice from the Baroque to the Present. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of the historically correct methods of performing music from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. PREREQ: Professional-level performance ability and 12 hours of music history covering the four musical periods, from 1600 to the present.

MSH 750: Special Topics in Music History. 90 hours, 3 credits. Topics vary from semester to semester. PREREQ: Consent of department.

MST 710: Advanced Musical Analysis. 3 hours, 3 credits. PREREQ: 12 credits of music theory and a 3-credit form-and-analysis course covering standard large forms, including symphony and concerto.

MST 711: Composition. 3 hours, 3 credits. Supervised composition of original scores for both instruments and vocal combinations. PREREQ: 12 credits of music theory and a 3 credit form-and-analysis covering standard large forms, including symphony and concerto.

MST 712: Advanced Electronic Music. 3 hours, 3 credits. The study of state-of-the-art electronic equipment and techniques used in both commercial and concert music. PREREQ: Admission to the M.A.T. program.

MST 750: Special Topics in Music Theory. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Topics vary from semester to semester. PREREQ: Consent of department.