Master of Music in Vocal Performance

After completing the general admission requirements to the Departments of Music, a student who wishes to major in vocal performance must successfully complete an entrance recital of approximately 60 minutes duration for a faculty committee. This should include, recital lieder, art songs, and contemporary works displaying vocal proficiency in at least three languages. Graduate credits in private music instruction apply toward degree requirements beginning with the semester during which the entrance recital is passed.

All entering graduate students in the Master of Music degree program in vocal performance must take the Music Theory Placement Examination and the Music History Placement Examination.

The student's undergraduate degree should be in vocal performance, although advanced standing will be considered as a result of private work.

Foreign language prerequisites include two semesters of undergraduate study in each of the following languages: Italian, French, and German, with a grade of B or better, taken at an accredited college or university as approved by the adviser and dean. In lieu of taking undergraduate courses, students who place into Italian 103, French 103, or German 103 on the university's Modern Language Test will be considered to have satisfied the prerequisite requirement in the given language(s).

A bachelor's degree with a major in music from an accredited institution.
Submission of an application, transcripts, and two letters of recommendation.
At least a B average in all undergraduate music courses.
A 10-minute demonstration of performance proficiency with classical repertoire in contrasting styles in the applicant's major medium, either by personal audition or recording.
Students whose first language is not English must submit TOEFL results of 80 or higher (iBT test), (for paperbased test: 550 or higher for computer-based test: 213 or higher), to be considered for admission.
An entrance recital of approximately 60 minutes duration for a faculty committee. This should include, recital lieder, art songs, and contemporary works displaying vocal proficiency in at least three languages.
All entering graduate students in the Master of Music degree program in vocal performance must take the Music Theory Placement Examination and the Music History Placement Examination.
Please prepare up to four contrasting pieces, no more than fifteen minutes. Three languages (one may be English) are expected, Italian is preferred.
This should include at least one Art song. You may also choose to include arias and musical theatre ballads, or operettas (such as Leonard Bernstein's Candide, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, or George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess )
Please 'slate your name, song title, and author of the work. (Example: My name is Emily Magenheimer, I will be singing O mio babbino caro from Pucinni's Gianni Schicchi). This submission must be within the last year. Please label any pre-recorded pieces with the date.
The minimally accepted graduate IELTS score is 6.5