The Catholic University of America

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Master of Music Degree

VOCAL ACCOMPANYING

Entrance Requirements

The applicant’s undergraduate degree program should be in piano performance (or the equivalent). In addition to meeting the general requirements for admission to the music school, a student who wishes to major in vocal accompanying must pass an audition before the piano faculty. This will include solo literature and vocal repertoire, and sight reading.  

Program of Study Semester Hours
Core Courses  
Piano 6
Core Electives 6
Survey in Solo Vocal Literature (2,2)  
Opera Practicum (minor role) (1)  
Opera Practicum (minor role) MUS 526A (2)  
Opera Practicum (major role) (3)  
Anatomy and Vocal Physiology (2)  
Survey of German Lied (2,2)  
French Melodie (2)  
Two lyric diction courses in either
Italian, German, or French		 6
Research Methodology 3
Analytical Techniques II 3
Music in the Classical Period 3
Music in the Romantic Period 3
Total 30

Graduation Requirements

Three piano-vocal programs and one chamber music recital are required. Passing satisfactorily a language examination in two languages (French, German or Italian, no substitutions) is also required.

Minor in Latin American Music

Requirements listed above apply, with the following exceptions:

1. Among the core courses, six semester hours of Latin American music electives replace Music in the Classical Period and Music in the Romantic Period.

2. Among the core electives, electives in Latin American music may be included as appropriate and as approved by the adviser.

3. A significant portion of the student’s performance repertoire for juries and recitals must consist of music by Latin American composers.