Master of Music – Saxophone

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MM Degree Total 37 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 6010	MUS 6010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 6011	MUS 6011	Master Class	1 1 2
	MUS 6080	Recital	- 1 1
MUS 61X0	MUS 61X0	Large Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble1,4	1 1 2
MUS 6891		Career Strategies: Portfolio	2 - 2
	MUS 6892	Career Strategies: Auditions2
	and/or	and/or	- 2
	MUS 6893	Career Strategies: Entrepreneurship2	- and 4
	and/or	and/or	- 2
	MUS 6894	Career Strategies: Recording2
MUS 6895		Library and Internet Research	2 - 2
Year One Total			9 10 19
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 6010	MUS 6010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 6011	MUS 6011	Master Class	1 1 2
	MUS 6080	Recital	- 1 1
MUS 6083		Recital Presentation	1 - 1
MUS 61X0	MUS 61X0	Large Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble1,4	1 1 2
MUS 6665	MUS 6666	Research Topics in Opera Studies3
or	or	or
MUS 6691	MUS 6692	Research Topics in Musicology3	2 2 4
or	or	or
MUS 6791	MUS 6792	Research Topics in Analysis3
MUS 6XXX	MUS 6XXX	Graduate Music Elective	1 1 2
Year Two Total			9 9 18

¹ All music students must perform in ensembles as assigned, even beyond the minimum. Any combination of MUS 61X0 may be used to fulfill the minimum requirement. Large Ensemble assignments are made by the ensemble directors in consultation with the major teacher; Chamber Ensemble assignments are approved by the major teacher

² Students are required to take two of the three Career Strategies courses (Audition, Entrepreneurship, and/or Recording) to complete their degree requirements.

³ Students are required to take one of the three Research Topics courses (Opera Studies, Musicology, or Analysis) to complete their degree requirements.

⁴ In addition to the Large Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble credits required to earn the degree, students participating in the Chrysalis Chamber Music Institute (CCMI) may register for MUS 6280: Chrysalis Chamber Music Institute Ensemble, MUS 6281: Chrysalis Chamber Music Institute Seminar, and MUS 6282: Chrysalis Chamber Music Institute Project.