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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

Enrolling in a graduate education degree at Fredonia will give you the opportunity to gain advanced theoretical and specialist knowledge. Studying with engaged faculty and participating in applied learning experiences prepare you to meet challenges and be successful in your profession. This degree plan map provides a sample pathway to graduation, and it can be used as a guide and a checklist for degree requirements. For complete information about this program, please consult the university catalog at: www.fredonia.edu/catalog

Sample Degree Plan

First Semester

Course Title Credits
MUS 521 Music Bibliography 3
MUS 592 Studio Instruction 3
MUS 5xx History or Theory 3
TOTAL 9

Second Semester

Course Title Credits
MUS 615 Graduate Diction for Singers 3
MUS 593 Studio Instruction 3
MUS 624 Analytic Techniques 3
TOTAL 9

Third Semester

Course Title 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 Title 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.

This Sample Degree Map is based on the requirements published in the University Catalog.

About This Program

Music Performance

Dr. Sarah Hamilton

  • Graduate Studies Office State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia, NY 14063

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