WORKING 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music Performance MM
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The Department of Music has-for decades-enjoyed a reputation as one of a handful of departments in North America dedicated to contemporary musical creation at the highest level. Composition at the University at Buffalo flourishes today, by providing a wide range of stimulating musical and intellectual experiences within a program that allows students the space to develop and mature. In an atmosphere that encourages musical and technological experiment, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and the development of authentic creative character, graduate composers at UB take advantage of a number of resources and opportunities.
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Studio Lessons (12 credits)
4 semesters of Studio Lessons on Major Instrument, Voice, or Conducting: Ensemble & Performance Core (8 credits)
Ensemble Choice (4-6 credits)
2 semesters of Ensemble: Performance Specialty Electives (2-4 credits)
Number of Performance Specialty Elective credits may vary depending on Ensemble choice. Be sure to complete enough elective credit to reach 8 minimum total credit hours between Ensemble and Performance Specialty Electives. Didactic Seminars (16 credits)
Music History Requirement (4-8 credits)
Select 1 or 2 from the following: Music Theory Requirement (4-8 credits)
Select 1 or 2 from the following: Foreign Language Requirement for Voice
One foreign language (usually German, French or Italian), and a special examination in the diction of all three of these languages is required for Voice students. Culminating Experience: Project (0 credits)
Two recitals of advanced solo and chamber music Total Credit Hours: 36
3.0 Degree GPA required Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
1) Students will demonstration of technical and musical proficiency at a professional level.
2) Students will develop ensemble skills, namely those skills necessary to function as a leader and collaborator in a variety of small and large performing ensembles.
3) Students deepen comprehension and interpretation skills in the performance of music of a variety of styles and historical periods through weekly individual lessons.
4) Students will develop increased competence at being articulate in both the public verbal and written modes about the historical, cultural, and philosophical aspects of music.
5) Understand methodologies useful in the analysis of musical experience and communicate this understanding within the modes of discourse common to music theory and analysis. - In Person (100 percent of courses offered in person)
SED Statement
This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED). |
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