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Overview
About this Degree
The art of conducting is examined from the perspective of gesture, movement, score study, aural skills, and rehearsal technique. A significant focus is contemporary music and the development of the wind band as a serious artistic medium.
Quality podium time is one of the strong points of our program. We believe advanced conductors learn best by conducting great players often. We keep the studio small with just two to three students at a time so that every graduate student can conduct a piece with EACH of the four concert bands each semester. All Wind Conducting degree recitals are with music major ensembles. Our students have conducted significant repertoire with the Wind Ensemble - including the Husa "Music for Prague", Schwantner "...and the mountains rising nowhere", the Dvorak Serenade, Lincolnshire Posy, Maslanka Symphony #4, Barnes Symphony #3, Maslanka’s “A Child’s Garden of Dreams," and even several commissions and world premieres.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Music Composition
- Church Music
- Conducting
- Musicology
- Music Theory
- Performance
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 80
Credits
30 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Music Musicology View 1122 other Masters in Music in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
TOEFL® IBT 80
Other requirements
General requirements
- A complete application and the applicant’s resume.
- A videotape that shows the applicant conducting at least two compositions in performance and two compositions in rehearsal. The conductor must be in full frontal or a partial profile view and at least part of the ensemble must be in view. The repertoire selected for the video must be appropriate to the musical and technical abilities of the ensemble.
- A formal analysis (two-pages typed maximum) of a movement from Grainger's Lincolnshire Posy.
- A list of three references who can speak to the applicant’s musical abilities. Include name, professional title, relationship to applicant, address, phone number with area code, and email address.
Tuition Fee
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International
24791 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 24791 USD per year during 12 months. -
National
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In-State
10829 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 10829 USD per year during 12 months.
Living costs for Lawrence
900 - 1400 USD /month
Living costs
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