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

Student guide

Music: Performance: Choral Conducting, MM

The Music: Performance: Choral Conducting, MM: 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.

  • 34credits in the major

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 · 8 credits

Conducting applied study

2 credits each semester, four semesters.

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

Seminar in choral literature

8 credits, 2 a semester, from either seminar.

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

Concert Choir

Four times, 1 credit each; teaching assistants with the Concert Choir enroll in MUSIC 577 instead.

  • MUSIC-578CONCERT CHOIR1
  • MUSIC-577CHORALE1
Required · 2 credits

Recital

2 credits.

  • MUSPERF-990MASTERS RECITAL1-4
Required · 3 credits

Reference and research materials

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

Musicology and music theory

At least one course in musicology and one in music theory, from the approved lists; 9 credits, earned at UW-Madison. 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-497SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC1-3
  • MUSIC-511HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3
  • MUSIC-513SURVEY OF OPERA3
  • MUSIC-516ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MUSIC AND SOUND3
  • MUSIC-515PROSEMINAR IN ETHNOMUSICOLOGY3
  • 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

Meet your instructors

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