Nov 26, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Pedagogy - Voice (M.M.)


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David Meyer, Associate Professor of Music
Ruebush Hall, Room 236; (540) 665-4544; dmeyer2@su.edu

Kathryn Green, Professor of Music
Ruebush Hall, Room 238; (540) 665-4556; kgreen@su.edu

The Master of Music in Pedagogy - Voice curriculum prepares post-baccalaureate students for meaningful and satisfying careers as private voice teachers. The curriculum encompasses contemporary and classical functional training for the singing voice. Interdisciplinary courses targeting pedagogy, anatomy, technology, career skills and applied voice lessons provide the education required to succeed professionally as a voice pedagogue.

Program Outcomes

Students completing the Master of Music in Pedagogy degree will be able to:

  • utilize voice science and related pedagogical concepts in the teaching of voice, and
  • perform collaboratively at an advanced level of study commensurate with the master degree

Degree Requirements

The Master of Music in Pedagogy (Classical Voice Emphasis and Contemporary Commercial Music Voice Emphasis) degree requirement is 31 credits hours. An overall grade point average of 3.0 is required for graduation.

Classical Voice Majors:


  • Conservatory Electives Credit(s): 2                

Conservatory electives do not include additional AP** or AE** lessons in the student’s major applied area of study.

Total: 2 credits


Contemporary Commercial Music Voice Majors:


Total: 2 credits


Total: 31 credits


*Minimum grade of “C” required.

A minimum of two semesters of foreign language study at the undergraduate level is required for all entering masters students in Classical Voice Pedagogy. Specifically, students must have a minimum of one semester in two of the following languages: French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Deficiencies in this area will be identified in the initial transcript analysis by the Conservatory Office.

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