Degree Requirements
Master of Music: String Performance - Harp
Program of Study — 18 units, 2 years
Courses outside of the Bienen School of Music do not count toward the minimum 18 units required for the degree.
Applied Lessons – 6 units
- STRINGS 451 Applied Harp
Studio Class – 0 units, 6 registrations required
Students should select the section appropriate to their instrument.
- STRINGS 490 Studio Class
Major Ensemble – 3 units
Students are required to participate in a major ensemble or faculty-approved substitute all six quarters of study. Enrollment in more than one ensemble in the same quarter does not allow students to forgo ensemble enrollment in future quarters. Assignments to ensembles are made by the faculty and determined by audition.
- CONDUCT 374 Band Organizations
- CONDUCT 378 Contemporary Music Ensemble
- CONDUCT 393 Orchestral Organizations
Chamber Ensemble – 1.5 units
- CONDUCT 491 Chamber Music
Repertoire – 1.5 units
Students should select the section appropriate to their instrument.
- STRINGS 319 Orchestral Repertoire
Technique and Pedagogy – 1.5 units
- STRINGS 318 Harp Technique and Pedagogy
Music Studies Core – 1 unit
- MUSIC 440 Introduction to Music Research
Music Studies Electives, 300 level or above – 1 units*
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.
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 – 2.5 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.
Recitals – 0 units, 2 registrations required
Students should select the section appropriate to their studio.
- STRINGS 480 MM Recital
Students must present the first recital in the first year of study. 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 of the final recital.
Music Theory Requirement
Students must pass the incoming music theory diagnostic exam or the MUS_THRY 401 Graduate Review of Music Theory course.