The School of Music is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, and all of its programs and policies are in accordance with NASM requirements. The School offers the Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) with concentrations in composition, performance, choral conducting, and wind conducting. Secondary concentrations may be earned in conjunction with any of the DMA concentrations. Descriptions of these curricula may be found in the Graduate Handbook of the School of Music. The Master of Music (MM) degree is offered with concentrations in performance, composition, musicology, theory, choral conducting, wind conducting, and church music. Program outlines are available from the School upon request.
Programs
The College of Education offers the MA, the EdS, the EdD, and the PhD in Secondary Education (Music Education emphasis). Information concerning these degrees will be found in this catalog in the College of Education section.
- Majors
Faculty
Director
- Charles G. Snead
Professor
- Charles G. Snead
Director of Graduate Studies
- Jonathan S. Noffsinger
Associate professor
- Jonathan S. Noffsinger
Associate Director of Graduate Studies
- Jacob W. Adams
Assistant professor
- Jacob W. Adams
Courses
Private instruction.
Applied ensemble for horn students at the graduate level.
An introduction to the basic bibliographic tools and research techniques in music. Offered fall semester.
A study of the art of scoring music for films. The course will examine aesthetics of film scoring and apply it in this course. Offered fall semester.