Sample Degree Plan
Music Performance, MM - Vocal Sample Degree Map
Choose one of four different tracks in Fredonia’s M.M. in Music Performance degree:
- Instrumental — 30 credits
- Conducting — 30–38 credits
- Vocal — 34 credits
- Collaborative Piano — 40 credits
Admission Requirements
- Cumulative GPA 3.0
- Online application
- Audition
- Résumé
- Recommendation letters (2)
- Undergraduate transcripts
Background Preparation
- Bachelor’s degree equivalent to the Bachelor of Music in Performance
- A successful audition
Sample Degree Plan
First Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| MUS 521 | Music Bibliography | 3 |
| MUS 592 | Studio Instruction | 3 |
| MUS 5xx | History or Theory | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
Second Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| MUS 615 | Graduate Diction for Singers | 3 |
| MUS 593 | Studio Instruction | 3 |
| MUS 624 | Analytic Techniques | 3 |
| TOTAL | 9 |
Third Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| MUS 593 | Studio Instruction | 3 |
| xxx | Elective (by advisement) | 3 |
| xxx | Elective (by advisement) | 3 |
| Public Performance #1 (Recital) | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 9 |
Fourth Semester
| Course | Credits | |
| MUS 693 | Studio Instruction | 3 |
| xxx | Elective (by advisement) | 4 |
| Public Performance #2 (Recital or Opera Role) | 0 | |
| Comprehensive Oral Exam | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 7 |
GRAND TOTAL: 34
Students may choose Plan B in which 6 of the elective credits would be fulfilled with course work outside the major or outside the department. Electives may include courses of special interest such as, but not limited to, opera craft, stage direction, language, literature, and vocal pedagogy/speech pathology with approval of graduate music advisor.