Professors: Blackburn (Chair and Graduate Program Director), Blake, Christopherson, Costes, Gallo, Ingle, Keyser, Lewis, Norman, Popejoy, Rheude, Towne and Wittgraf

Program Description

Music is offered at the University of North Dakota in the belief that it contributes to the aesthetic development of humankind. The UND Music Department seeks to provide a multi-faceted environment of excellence in which students and faculty realize their full potential as musicians and scholars.

As a learning community, we value mutual respect and cooperation and we acknowledge local roots and a global perspective.

The Music Department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Music degree with specializations in Music Education, Performance, Pedagogy, Composition, Choral Conducting, Instrumental Conducting, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education. The department is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Admission Requirements

1. A bachelor’s degree with a major in music with competence in the specialty in which graduate study is desired.
   
   
2. At least a 2.75 overall GPA and at least a 3.00 GPA for the last two years of undergraduate work.

The following supplementary materials should accompany applications for the programs below:

M.M. in Performance, Pedagogy or Conducting

1. Audition on the major performing instrument or voice,
   either at UND or by tape recording of a recent live
   performance.
   
   
2. List of repertoire studied on the major instrument or voice or conducted.

M.M. in Vocal Performance or Pedagogy

1. Items listed above, plus
   
   
2. Evidence of two years’ satisfactory study of French, German, or Italian, and knowledge of the diction of all three.

M.M. in Composition

1. A representative sample of compositions.

Ph.D. in Music Education

See additional admission requirements under Education: Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program.

All students admitted to graduate study in music, whether to Approved, Qualified, or Provisional status, will be examined upon their arrival on campus in order to provide appropriate advisement for the beginning of graduate study. These examinations will cover Music History, Music Theory, and, for Vocal Performance majors, French, German, and Italian diction.

Achievement of a minimum score on the entrance examinations or completion of Music Theory Review (MUSC 501) and Music History Review (MUSC 505) is required prior to registration in Music 502 and 508.

Degree Requirements

The program of study for the Master of Music degree must include at least 32 credit hours. The degree is available in six specializations: (1) Music Education, (2) Performance, (3) Pedagogy, (4) Composition, (5) Choral Conducting, and (6) Instrumental Conducting.

Requirements for the Ph.D. in Music Education in the table below are modeled on those described under Education: Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program.

Residence Requirements

At the master’s level, the specializations in Conducting require at least a one-year residence. Other specializations have no residency requirement. At the doctoral level, residency requirements are modeled on those described in Education: Teaching and Learning Doctoral Program, with some flexibility according to the student’s needs and experience.