Doctor of Musical Arts: Performance
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Demonstrate mastery of the following fundamental performance areas: Technique, Tone, Expression, and Rhythm
- Synthesize knowledge from academic coursework to create superior historically informed and stylistically accurate interpretations
- Communicate pedagogical best practices on their primary instrument in a superior manner
- Articulate ideas precisely in a manner that allows for professional-level presentations and collaborations at the highest level
- Display a comprehensive understanding of the repertoire specific to their instrument
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CONSVTY 5500-5600 | Music History (three required) 4 | 9 |
| CONSVTY 5500-5600 | Music Theory (three required) | 9 |
| CONSVTY 5593 | Introduction To Research And Bibliography In Music | 3 |
| or CONSVTY 5593N | Introduction to Research and Bibliography in Music | |
| (APPLIED INSTRUMENT) 5601 1,2 | 4 | |
| Take the following course 3 times: | 12 | |
| Doctoral Recital 1,2,3 | ||
| For Pedagogy courses see specific interest areas below | 2-3 | |
| CONSVTY 5697A | Doctoral Lecture Recital 2 | 4 |
| Select four "research points" from the following: 5 | 4 | |
| Additional Doctoral Recital | ||
| Doctoral Recital Paper | ||
| Research Problems | ||
| Doctoral Music Product | ||
| Dissertation Research | ||
| Total Credits | 47-48 | |
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A minimum of one semester of (APPLIED INSTRUMENT) 5601 is required before the first Doctoral Recital.
- 2
Concurrent enrollment in (APPLIED INSTRUMENT) 5300 is required for each semester of enrollment in (APPLIED INSTRUMENT) 5601 and CONSVTY 5697.
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Performance majors must enroll in (APPLIED INSTRUMENT) 5601; CONSVTY 5697; or CONSVTY 5697A, each semester of registration until the recital requirement has been fulfilled.
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All doctoral students are required to complete three graduate music history courses. One must be a period course (CONSVTY 5554, CONSVTY 5555, CONSVTY 5556, CONSVTY 5557, CONSVTY 5558, CONSVTY 5559A, CONSVTY 5559B), one must be a seminar course, and the remaining course may be either. Any substitutions must be approved by the musicology faculty.
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Students may enroll in only 1 point or 1 credit of doctoral research points prior to successful completion of the First Exam of comprehensive exams.
Language Requirement
A proficiency in one foreign language is required for DMA in Performance students majoring in voice and keyboard. See this page of the catalog for options. DMA in Performance students majoring in orchestral instruments and guitar do not have a foreign language requirement.
Interest Areas
Voice
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework: | ||
| Advanced Pedagogy I - Voice (2 credit hours accounted for above) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 2 | |
| Advanced Vocal Literature: French Melodies | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: German Lieder | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: Nationalistic Art Songs | ||
| Advanced Vocal Literature: 20Th Century Amer & Engl Art Songs | ||
| Opera Literature | ||
| Vocal Coaching Course (course below is taken 4 times) | 4 | |
| Vocal Coaching: Recital and Operatic Repertoire | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Voice majors must pass the diction proficiency test in French, German and Italian.
Voice majors, with the approval of the Vocal Studies Division, may enroll in CONSVTY 5697 any semester to receive credit for a major UMKC opera role (one time only).
Voice majors must register for a minimum of 4 semesters of VOICE 5200 concurrent with enrollment in VOICE 5601 or CONSVTY 5697.
Instrumental
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework: | ||
| Teaching and Learning in Music (2 credit hours accounted for above) | ||
| Pedagogy of Instrumental Music (1 credit hours accounted for above) | ||
| Major Ensemble Coursework | 4 | |
| Orchestra | ||
| Conservatory Wind Ensemble | ||
| Wind Symphony | ||
| Total Credits | 4 | |
Major Ensemble Coursework: students must enroll in a minimum of four semesters.
Must include three major works of chamber music in the recital component of the degree as determined in consultation with students' applied professor. These works may be performed on one program, or spread among the three recitals.
Keyboard
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Coursework: | ||
| Choose one of the following (3 credit hours accounted for above) | ||
| Graduate Piano Pedagogy I | ||
| Graduate Piano Pedagogy II | ||
| Group Piano Pedagogy | ||
| Advanced Piano Pedagogy | ||
| Enroll for a total of 2 semesters: | 2 | |
| Principles of Chamber Music | ||
or CONSVTY 5503 | Advanced Accompanying for Pianists | |
| CONSVTY 5569 | Graduate Piano Literature Seminar | 2 |
| Total Credits | 4 | |
One of the three recitals (CONSVTY 5697) must include at least one major chamber work.