1. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  2. Music: Performance: Choral Conducting, DMA

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Music: Performance: Choral Conducting, DMA

The Music: Performance: Choral Conducting, DMA: what it asks for, in what order, and who teaches it. This guide was started from the catalog; its own introduction is still to be written.

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  • 51credits in the major

The degree

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What the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.

Required · 2 credits

Doctoral-level conducting applied study

2 credits, in the second year.

  • MUSPERF-732DOCTORAL LEVEL CONDUCTING2
Required · 8 credits

Advanced conducting seminar

Four semesters.

  • MUSIC-553ADVANCED CONDUCTING SEMINAR2
Choose two · 8 credits

Seminar in choral literature

Four semesters.

  • MUSIC-541SEMINAR IN CHORAL LITERATURE2
  • MUSIC-542CHORAL LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICES OF TODAY2
Choose one · 4 credits

Concert Choir

Four semesters; teaching assistants may use MUSIC 577 Chorale or MUSIC 578 Concert Choir.

  • MUSIC-578CONCERT CHOIR1
  • MUSIC-577CHORALE1
Required · 3 credits

Reference and research materials

  • MUSIC-619MUSIC RESEARCH METHODS AND MATERIALS3
Choose three · 9 credits

Musicology and music theory

Three courses, at least one in musicology and one in music theory, from the list every DMA path shares; the third may instead be one of the two music education courses on it (MUSIC 946, CURRIC 947). Taken at UW-Madison, each for its full 3 credits, and not counted twice. The Guide also lists MUSIC 823, which has no page among its courses, so it is not drawn.

  • MUSIC-405SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3
  • MUSIC-411SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3
  • MUSIC-412SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3
  • MUSIC-413SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3
  • MUSIC-414SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-415SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3
  • MUSIC-416SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3
  • MUSIC-419MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3
  • MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
  • MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
  • MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
  • MUSIC-821HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 13
  • MUSIC-822HISTORICAL MUSIC THEORIES 23
  • MUSIC-911SEMINAR IN MUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-915SEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • MUSIC-523ORCHESTRATION I3
  • MUSIC-621RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3
  • MUSIC-622BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3
  • MUSIC-623FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3
  • MUSIC-624FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3
  • MUSIC-629JAZZ THEORY AND ANALYSIS3
  • MUSIC-921CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSICAL THOUGHT 13
  • MUSIC-927SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION3
  • MUSIC-946PAST PERSPECTIVES ON MUSIC EDUCATION3
  • CURRIC-947CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSIC EDUCATION3
All of these · 5 credits

Doctoral performance and research

5 recitals at 1 credit each (literature and work with choral ensembles set by the major professor, one with an ad hoc ensemble; after preliminary examinations a lecture recital and a final performance), and the DMA research project (MUSIC 999), which after preliminary examinations takes the continuous registration of exactly three research-related credits a term; its credits beyond the recitals fall under the Guide's additional coursework.

  • MUSPERF-999DMA RECITAL1
  • MUSIC-999PHD DISS/DMA PROJECT1-3

Meet your instructors

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