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Course Catalog 2005-2006 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Master of Music in Performance: Historical Keyboard Instruments

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(Harpsichord, Fortepiano, and Organ, combined)

General Requirements Historical Performance

Procedures for Admission

The graduate programs in Historical Performance can be pursued either as a five-year program in combination with an undergraduate degree in a modern instrument, or by persons who hold a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin or other institutions. Applicants are admitted based on an audition on their major instrument and a review of their academic record. Students audition for the five-year program during their junior year, and are expected to present a level comparable to any other applicant for the Master’s program. Once admitted, students in the two-year Master’s program must demonstrate baccalaureate competence in music history and music theory. Deficiencies must be remedied by taking appropriate undergraduate coursework, or in the case of music history, by either coursework or re-examination.

Placement Exams

Two-year Master of Music: Exams in music history and music theory must be taken during orientation.

Residence

Completion of the two-year Master of Music degree program will typically require full-time residence for four semesters beyond the Bachelor’s degree.

Program Completion

All requirements for the two-year Master of Music degree must be completed within three years from the date of admission. Students are encouraged to attend the summer Baroque Performance Institute and may use the credits earned there toward the degree.

Grading

No credit with a grade lower than B– may be counted toward the requirements of the Master’s Degree.

Course Requirements: 49 Total Hours

  • Principal Private Study Credits: 18 hours
  • Secondary Study Credits: 6 hours
  • Ensembles Credits: 4 hours
  • APST 340 (Continuo Accompanying) Credits: 2 hours
  • HPRF 502 (Intro to Historical Performance) 1 Credits: 3 hours
  • MHST 301 (Intro to Music Research and Writing) Credits: 3 hours
  • Music History 300-level elective Credits: 3 hours
  • Music Theory 400-level elective Credits: 3 hours
  • HPRF 503 (Sem in Performance Practice) 2 Credits: 3 hours
  • HPRF 512 (Spec Topics in Performance Practice) 2 Credits: 3 hours
  • APST 602 (Lecture-recital) 3 Credits: 1 hour

    • Non-Course Requirements

    Private Study Committee Exam: Second Semester
    Master’s Recital: Fourth Semester
    Recital Hearing: Fourth Semester
    Second Recital 4 :Third Semester
    Second Recital Hearing: Third Semester
    Comprehensive Exams: Fourth Semester
    Language proficiency 5: Second Semester
    Continuo realization and other skills 6 : Second Semester

    Notes

    1 HPRF 502 is required during the first semester of study unless waived by exam/interview during orientation.

    2 HPRF 503 and 512 may be taken in either order; both may be offered in alternate years.

    3 Students must have demonstrated baccalaureate competence in music history and music theory before enrollment for the lecture recital; the lecture recital cannot take place in the same semester as the master’s recital.

    4 The second recital must be split between a secondary instrument and the principal instrument, on a single secondary instrument, or split between two secondary instruments.

    5 Examination of reading proficiency in French or German.

    6 Includes proficiency in tuning, maintenance, and continuo realization. APST 240 (Continuo Realization) may be taken to fulfill the continuo realization requirement.

    Recommended Course Distribution

    First Semester: 13 Total Hours

    • Principal Private Study - Credits: 4
    • Secondary Study - Credits: 2
    • Ensembles - Credits: 1

    Second Semester: 13 Total Hours

    • Principal Private Study - Credits: 4
    • Secondary Study - Credits: 4
    • Ensembles - Credits 1
    • Music History 300-level elective - Credits: 3

    Third Semester: 12 Total Hours

    • Principal Private Study - Credits: 4
    • Secondary Study - Credits: 2
    • Ensembles - Credits: 1
    • Music Theory 400-level elective - Credits: 4

    Fourth Semester: 11 Total Hours

    • Principal Private Study - Credits: 6
    • Ensembles - Credits: 1

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