Program Requirements

North Park’s master of music in performance is a 30-semester hour degree, plus ensemble participation requirements for each year of the two-year program. Major and supporting courses make up 26 of the required hours, with an additional 4 hours available for elective credits so you can choose the coursework that meets your career goals.

Common Core Requirements (All tracks): 9 sh
MUS 5000: Music Bibliography (1 sh)
MUS 5300: Applications in Musical Analysis (2 sh)
MUS: 5401: Vocal Pedagogy I (1 sh)
MUS 5423: Lyric Diction: Italian (1 sh)
MUS 5424: Lyric Diction: German (1 sh)
MUS 5425: Lyric Diction: French (1sh)
MUS 5100: Performance Practica (4 semesters required) (0 sh)
MUS 5970: Graduate Conference (0 sh)
MUS 6000: Graduate Comprehensive Projects (0 sh)
AMUS 6200: Graduate Recital (2 sh)

Vocal Arts Solo Track: 17 sh
AMUS 5190: Applied Conducting (1 sh) Must be taken for 3 semesters
AMUS 5200: Applied Voice (total 3 sh) over 2-3 semesters
AMUS 5610: Applied Ensemble Conducting (2 sh) (taken the semester prior to the semester of the final recital – serving as Assistant Conductor of 1 of the ensembles)
MUS 5890: Chamber Singers (0 sh) 1 semester required
MUS: 5401: Vocal Pedagogy II (1 sh)
AMUS 5500: Vocal Pedagogy Clinical I (1 sh)
AMUS 5510: Vocal Pedagogy Clinical II (1 sh)
MUS 5450: Opera Workshop (2 sh)
MUS 5800 or MUS 5890: University Choir or Chamber Singers (0 sh) by placement and scholarship contract, 2 semesters
MUS 5003: Performer’s Survey III: Choral Literature (2 sh)

Choose 1 of:
MUS 5001: Performer’s Survey I: Art Song (2 sh)
MUS 5002: Performer’s Survey II: Opera/Musical Theatre (2 sh)

Vocal Arts Ensemble Track: 17 sh
AMUS 5190: Applied Conducting (1 sh) Must be taken for 3 semesters
AMUS 5200: Applied Voice (total 3 sh) over 2-3 semesters
AMUS 5610: Applied Ensemble Conducting (2 sh) (taken the semester prior to the semester of the final recital – serving as Assistant Conductor of 1 of the ensembles)
MUS 5890: Chamber Singers (0 sh) 1 semester required
MUS: 5401: Vocal Pedagogy II (1 sh)
AMUS 5500: Vocal Pedagogy Clinical I (1 sh)
AMUS 5510: Vocal Pedagogy Clinical II (1 sh)
MUS 5450: Opera Workshop (2 sh)
MUS 5800 or MUS 5890: University Choir or Chamber Singers (0 sh) by placement and scholarship contract, 2 semesters
MUS 5003: Performer’s Survey III: Choral Literature (2 sh)

Choose 1 of:
MUS 5001: Performer’s Survey I: Art Song (2 sh)
MUS 5002: Performer’s Survey II: Opera/Musical Theatre (2 sh) MUS 5001: Performer’s Survey I: Art Song (2 sh)
MUS 5002: Performer’s Survey II: Opera/Musical Theatre (2 sh)

Electives for vocal arts solo and vocal arts ensemble tracks: 4 sh
MUS/AMUS: Any course excluding those fulfilling entrance and program requirements:
Internship (MUS 6100 for 1-2 sh), interpretive performance studies, opera courses, performer’s survey courses, applied lessons, composition, conducting, diction(AMUS 5421 and 5422),  chamber music, Music for Social Change and Human Values courses.

Students can also fulfill electives by taking foreign Languages, theatre courses, and anatomy courses(biology).

Keyboard Arts Vocal Coaching (17sh)
AMUS 5110 Applied Piano (2sh each) Must be taken for 3 semesters
MUS 5310 Chamber/Duo Instrumental Repertoire (2sh)
MUS 5001: Performer’s Survey I: Art Song (2 sh)
MUS 5002: Performer’s Survey II: Opera/Musical Theatre (2 sh)
MUS 5003: Performer’s Survey III: Choral Literature (2 sh)
MUS 5421: Lyric Diction: English and Latin (1 sh)
AMUS 5210 Practicum: Studio/Choral/Opera Accompanying (1 sh) Must be taken twice

Keyboard Arts Conducting Track (17sh)
AMUS 5190 Applied Conducting (1 sh) Must be taken for 3 semesters
AMUS 5110  Applied Piano/AMUS 5130 Applied Organ (total 3 sh) Must be taken over 2-3 semesters
MUS 5001: Performer’s Survey I: Art Song (2 sh)
MUS 5002: Performer’s Survey II: Opera/Musical Theatre (2 sh)
MUS 5003: Performer’s Survey III: Choral Literature (2 sh)
MUS 5421: Lyric Diction: English and Latin (1sh)
AMUS 5210 Practicum: Studio/Choral/Opera Accompanying (1 sh) Must be taken 4 times

Electives for Keyboard Arts Vocal Coaching and Keyboard arts conducting tracks: 4 sh
MUS/AMUS: Any course excluding those fulfilling entrance and program requirements:  internship (MUS 6100 for 1-2 sh), applied lessons, composition, conducting, diction, chamber music, Music for Social Change and Human Values courses, Foreign Languages, Interpretive Performance Studies.