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Jury Requirements - An Applied Jury Examination is required for all applied areas of study.
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7. Each applicant is required to take Music Placement Auditions in voice, conducting and keyboard. Also, Music Placement Examinations must be taken in music theory, church music history, and music history. If any deficiencies are detected, specific remedial courses may be recommended or required. An audition/examination study guide is available upon request from the Graduate Music Office.
a. Vocal Admission Requirements - A Vocal Placement Audition will be administered to each student to determine whether the student’s vocal skills are appropriate for the graduate program in church music. Each student will sing one song of his/her choice. As a minimum admission requirement, each student must be able to demonstrate a well-produced pleasant tone quality and the ability to sing on pitch.
b. Keyboard Admission Requirements - A Keyboard Placement Audition will be administered to each student to determine whether the student’s keyboard skills are appropriate for the graduate program in church music. As a minimum admission requirement, each student must be able to demonstrate functional piano skills including the ability to harmonize simple melodies, sight-read a four part hymn and play two octave scales, hands together, in all major and harmonic minor keys. Entering students must take the piano placement exam at matriculation. Based on the piano placement exam, the student will be required to enroll in one of the following:
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1. No additional piano study.
2. Applied piano study each semester until proficiency level is achieved. Students must enroll in the piano study until the requirements are fulfilled.
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c. Conducting Admission Requirements - A Conducting Placement Audition will be administered to each student to determine whether the student’s conducting skills are appropriate for the graduate program in church music. Worship Festival track students will conduct a required work for choir or band. All other students will conduct one hymn and worship chorus suitable for congregational singing. As a minimum admission requirement, each student must demonstrate conducting patterns with clarity and precision, communicate appropriate conducting gestures and portray a sense of leadership.
- The Music Theory Placement Examination will include such areas as:
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a. Melodic harmonization
b. Figured bass realization
c. Formal and harmonic analysis
d. Melodic and harmonic dictation
e. Sight-reading
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- The Church Music History Placement Examination will include recognition of works, composers, performance and worship practices from post-New Testament through contemporary periods. Students who have not had a course in Hymnology and/or who score less than 70% on the placement exam must enroll in MUSC 511 Congregational Song.
- The Music History Placement Examination will include recognition of works, composers, and performance practices from the Renaissance through Contemporary periods. Based on the Music History Placement Examinations, the student may be advised to enroll in the MUHL 500 Music History Review (remedial credit).
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