Graduate Performance Diploma
This traditional conservatory program allows graduate-level pianists, singers, and instrumentalists to focus intensively on performance. Each of four semesters includes individual instruction and appropriate ensemble opportunities. The single school-wide requirement for Graduate Performance Diploma candidates is Experiential Education. For students in all departments except Opera, the first year concludes with a promotional jury or recital, at which students must demonstrate satisfactory progress in the major instrument; the second year culminates in a final diploma recital.
Major Areas: Chamber Music, Collaborative Piano, Early Music, Modern American Music, Opera, Organ, Piano, Strings, Voice, and Woodwinds and Brass.
Level: Graduate (conservatory diploma, bachelor’s degree, or demonstrated equivalent required).
Normal Program Length and Credits: 2 years, 30 credits required for graduation.
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