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Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Music & Recording Media
(12 semester course credits)
Several concentrations are possible within this degree program:
- composition and performance utilizing electronic media;
- instrument building and systems design for interactive electronic music; and
- intermedia work based in music, but also involving a variety of other time-based forms, such as video, interactive CD-ROMs, Internet, and installation-based works.
Classes in the Electronic Music and Recording Media Program take place in the studios of the Center for Contemporary Music (CCM), and students pursuing intermedia work may also enroll in IART 219 Electronic Arts, which meets in the Prieto Multimedia Lab, as well as relevant courses in dance and video. Students should budget additionally for materials required for work in these media. An average of $600 per semester is required to cover costs for audio tape, recordable compact discs, removable hard-disk media, software, and electronic supplies.
Required:
MUS 212 Seminar in 20th-Century Literature and Theory (1)
MUS 250 Thesis (1), which consists of a performance or installation of original work, accompanied by a journal-length article, and presentation of this work to a committee of faculty members for discussion and review.
MUS 251 Seminar in Computer Music (1)
MUS 252 Seminar in Electronic Music Performance (1)
MUS 292 Composition Seminar (1)
And select one course from:
MUS 210 Selected Issues in Contemporary Performance and Improvisation (1)
IART 219 Electronic Arts (1)
IART 248 Video II (1)
And select one course from:
MUS 224 Contemporary Instrumentation and Orchestration (1)
MUS 264 Advanced Audio Recording (1)
MUS 266 Advanced Orchestration Seminar (1)
And select courses from the following to equal 1 credit:
MUS 205 Selected Issues in Composition (.5–1)
MUS 225 Individual Instruction in Performance and Composition (.5)
MUS 257 Seminar by Visiting Professor (.5–1)
MUS 260 Composition Practicum (.5)
MUS 291–292 Composition Seminar (1; 1)
And select 4 semester course credits in electives, which may include appropriate 100- or 200-level courses in other departments.
The following undergraduate courses are open to graduate students as well:
MUS 101 20th-Century Styles and Techniques I: 1900–1945 (1)
MUS 102 20th-Century Styles and Techniques II: 1945 to the Present (1)
MUS 112 Cross-Currents in Rock Music (1)
MUS 114 Musics of the World: The Pacific, Asia, and India (1)
MUS 116 Women and Creative Music (1)
MUS 117 History of European Music to 1750 (1)
MUS 118 Classic and Romantic Music (1)
MUS 120 American Music (1)
MUS 147 Introduction to Electronic Music (.5–1)
MUS 154 Introduction to Computer Music (.5–1)
MUS 159 Seminar in Musical Performance, Composition, and Improvisation (1)
MUS 163 The World of Opera (1)
MUS 170 African American Music: The Meaning and the Message (1)
MUS 180 Special Topics in Music: Deep Listening (.5–1)
First-Year Review: All Candidates
Students in all graduate music programs must demonstrate professional standards of achievement in the chosen field. At the end of the first year of residence (two semesters of full-time enrollment or its equivalent), students must submit a portfolio representing the work accomplished during the period of enrollment. Only after completion of a successful faculty review will the student be permitted to proceed with the second year of study.
Inquiries concerning any of these requirements should be addressed to the Music Department at 510.430.2171.
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