Degree Requirements
Master of Music: String Performance - Guitar
Program of Study — 18 units, 2 years
Courses outside the Bienen School of Music do not count toward the minimum 18 units required for the degree.
Applied Lessons – 6 units
Students should select the section appropriate to their studio.
- STRINGS 471 Applied Guitar
Studio Class – 0 units, 6 registrations required
Students should select the section appropriate to their instrument.
- STRINGS 490 Studio Class
Ensemble – 3 units
- STRINGS 374 Guitar Ensemble
History and Literature – 1.5 units
- STRINGS 475 Lute and Guitar History & Literature
Pedagogy – 1.5 units
- STRINGS 476 Guitar Pedagogy
Music Studies Core – 1 unit
- MUSIC 440 Introduction to Music Research
Music Studies Electives, 300 level or above – 1 unit*
Music Studies Electives are Music Studies courses of the student’s choosing. Music Studies courses are 1 unit, academic in nature, and typically begin with the subject MUS_COMP, MUS_TECH, MUS_THRY, MUSIC_ED, and MUSICOL. Courses must be at the 300 level or above.
MUS THRY 316 16th C Counterpoint or MUS THRY 318 18th C Counterpoint is recommended.
Students must pass the incoming music theory diagnostic exam or the MUS_THRY 401 Graduate Review of Music Theory course before enrolling in other MUS_THRY courses.
Music Electives, 300 level or above – 4 units*
Music Electives are courses within the Bienen School of Music of the student’s choosing. Courses must be at the 300 level or above.
*2 units between Music Electives and Music Studies Electives must be at the 400 level. Students may combine 0.5 and 1 unit courses to meet this requirement.
Practicum Requirement – 0 units, 6 registrations required
Students are required to engage in work experiences related to their field of study in every quarter in which they are enrolled; six quarters are required.
- MUSIC 402 Applied Professional Practicum
Recitals – 0 units, 2 registrations required
Students should select the section appropriate to their studio.
- STRINGS 480 MM Recital
Students must register for each recital in the quarter of the recital. The applied lessons professor or a faculty-designated substitute must attend and pass students on all recitals. Students who do not complete both recitals by the end of six quarters must register for MUSIC 480 Recital Continuation in the quarter the final recital is presented.
Music Theory Requirement
Students must pass the incoming music theory diagnostic exam or the MUS_THRY 401 Graduate Review of Music Theory course.