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Conducting (MM) at University of Southern California

University of Southern California, United States

Programme overview

The Master of Music in Conducting is a 30-unit graduate degree at the Thornton School of Music with a focus on orchestral conducting. It requires two graduate recitals and a comprehensive review.

Faculty: Thornton School of Music  |  Duration: 30 units; time limit five years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Curriculum includes MUCD 550 Orchestral Conducting Seminar (8 units), ensemble (preferably chamber music), MUHL 570 Research Materials and Techniques, music of the Baroque era and Baroque performance practice, tonal and post-tonal analysis (MUCO 501, 502), one music history course from the Middle Ages to post-1900, electives and a practicum.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with a music major and have at least one year of experience conducting an orchestra. Students entering without a prior Thornton degree take Music Graduate Entrance Exams.

Duration: 30 units; time limit five years

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