Music
- Faculty
- Applied Music Faculty
- Course Work
- Undergraduate Programs
- Graduate Programs
Performing Arts Building, Room A417
Phone: 703-993-1380
Web: gmu.edu/departments/music
Faculty
James Gardner, chair
Professors: Camphouse, Engebretson, J. Gardner (chair), Maiello, Miller, Smith
Term professor: Sternbach
Associate professors: Billingham, Carroll, Monson (associate chair), T. Owens
Term associate professors: Casagrande, Rendler
Assistant professors: Bergman, Bullard, Nickens
Adjuncts: Antosca, Balakerskaia, Beach, Beckwith, Behrend, Berkshire-Brown, Berger, Collins, Cook, Conlon, Crabill, East, Gerber, Guessford, Haroutounian, Healey, Hearden, Hughes, Johonnott, Ker-Hackleman, Kilkenny, Kim, Lapple, McCarthy, M. Owens, Parrell, Snitzler, Stephansky, von Villas, Wenner
Applied Music Faculty
Bassoon: Douglas Kehlenbrink, Adjunct Associate Professor. BS, Ball State University; MM, James Madison University. Former faculty member, James Madison University.
Cello: Robert Park, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BS, University of Maryland, College Park; MM, DMA, Catholic University of America; principal cellist, U.S. Army Band of Washington, D.C. (Army Orchestra and Strolling Strings).
Loran Stephenson, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, Curtis Institute of Music; MM, Catholic University of America; National Symphony Orchestra; former member, U.S. Army Band of Washington, D.C.
Clarinet: Sharon Bonneau, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BM, BME, Eastman School of Music; MA, George Mason University; former clarinetist, U.S. Air Force Band of Washington, D.C.
Lora Ferguson, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, Oberlin Conservatory; MM, Catholic University of America; clarinetist, Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra; Capitol Woodwind Quintet.
Brian Jones, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BME, Florida State University; MM, Baylor University; DMA, Catholic University of America; former member, U.S. Air Force Band of Washington, D.C.; instructor of clarinet, Levine School of Music.
Composition: Steve Antosca, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BA, Tulane University; MM, Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University; Artist-in-Residence, Duke Ellington School of the Arts; cochair, Composition Department at Levine School of Music.
Glenn Smith, Professor. BA, MA, California State University, Hayward; DMus, Indiana University.
Mark Camphouse, Professor. BM, MM, Northwestern University; former director of bands, Radford University.
Conducting: Stanley Engebretson, Professor. BA, MA, University of North Dakota; DMA, Stanford University; artistic director, Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra; music director, New York Avenue Presbyterian Church; former associate conductor, Minnesota Chorale.
Anthony Maiello, Professor. BS, MS, Ithaca College; Director of Instrumental Music Studies, George Mason University; former chairman of performance, Potsdam College of State University of New York; former associate conductor, McLean (Virginia) Orchestra.
Mark Camphouse (see Composition)
Euphonium: Roger Behrend, Adjunct Professor. BME, Michigan State University; MA, George Mason University; solo/principal euphoniumist, U.S. Navy Band of Washington, D.C.
Flute: Judith Lapple, Adjunct Professor. BM, Eastman School of Music; MM, Northeast Louisiana University; former principal flutist, U.S. Air Force Band of Washington, D.C.
Thomas Perazzoli, Adjunct Associate Professor. Philadelphia Musical Academy; flutist, National Symphony Orchestra.
Guitar (Classical): Larry Snitzler, Adjunct Professor. Former student of Andres Segovia (guitar) and Nadia Boulanger (theory).
Guitar (Jazz): Richard Whitehead, Adjunct Assistant Professor. Former member U.S. Air Force Airmen of Note.
Harp: Jeanne Chalifoux, Adjunct Assistant Professor. Artist Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music; former harpist, National Gallery Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra.
Horn: Eric Moore, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BME, BA, Boston University; MM, University of Texas at Austin; principal horn, U.S. Navy Band and Fairfax Symphony.
Edwin Thayer, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, MM, University of Illinois; hornist, National Symphony Orchestra.
David Whaley, Adjunct Associate Professor. BME, Drake University; MM, DMA, University of Illinois; hornist, National Symphony Orchestra.
Koto: Kyoko Okamoto, Adjunct Assistant Professor. Bachelor in Languages, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies; Toho Kinshu Kai (Koto School).
Oboe: Lorrie Berkshire-Brown, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BM, Arizona State University; MM, Manhattan School of Music; oboist, U.S. Army Band of Washington, D.C.; substitute oboist, New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Organ: William Neil, Adjunct Professor. BA, Pennsylvania State University; MM, Syracuse University; University of Michigan; Juilliard School; organist and keyboardist, National Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Soloists of Washington.
Percussion: Kenneth Harbison, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, Eastman School; MM, Catholic University of America; assistant principal percussionist, National Symphony Orchestra.
John Kilkenny, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BM, The Juilliard School; MM, Temple University; music director, Metropolitan Wind Symphony; cochair, University of Maryland Summer Percussion Workshop.
Percussion (Jazz): Harold Summey, Adjunct Assistant Professor. MM, Howard University; member, U.S. Army Band.
Piano: Anna Balakerskaia, Adjunct Artist Professor. MM, DMA, St. Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia; former faculty member, Moscow and St. Petersburg State Conservatories.
Joanne Haroutounian, Adjunct Associate Professor. BA, Trenton State College; MA, American University; PhD, University of Virginia; pedagogy author, lecturer, and clinician.
Linda Apple Monson, Associate Professor. BMEd, MM, DMA, Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University; diploma (piano performance), Santiago de Compostela, Spain; former faculty member of Peabody Institute, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, and Northern Virginia Community College.
Piano (Jazz): Wade Beach, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BM, MM, University of Maryland; former member, U.S. Air Force Band Airmen of Note.
Saxophone: Richard Parrell, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BA, BM, George Mason University; MME, North Texas State University; solo principal saxophonist, U.S. Army Band of Washington, D.C.
Dale Underwood, Adjunct Professor. Texas Tech University; former saxophone soloist, U.S. Navy Band of Washington, D.C.
String Bass: Glenn A. Dewey, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, University of Illinois; MM, Northwestern University; bassist, U.S. Marine Band of Washington, D.C.; former double/electric bass instructor, Millikin University.
Trombone: Matthew Neff, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BS, MEd, Pennsylvania State University; MM, Catholic University; bass trombonist, U.S. Navy Band.
Trumpet: Stanley Curtis, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, University of Alabama; MM, Cleveland Institute of Music; trumpeter, U.S. Navy Band.
Dennis Edelbrock, Adjunct Professor. BME, University of Iowa; MA, DMA, Catholic University of America; trumpeter, U.S. Army Band of Washington, D.C., and National Gallery Orchestra.
Tuba: Roger Behrend (see Euphonium).
Viola: Edwin Johonnott, Adjunct Professor. Former violinist, National Symphony Orchestra. Studied at Indiana University and Illinois University.
Ramon Scavelli, Adjunct Associate Professor. Philadelphia Musical Academy; violist, National Symphony Orchestra.
Violin: James E. Gardner, Professor and Chair, Department of Music. BM, Oklahoma City University; MM, DMA, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Peter Haase, Adjunct Professor. MM, State Conservatory of Music, Katowice, Poland; postgraduate studies, Moscow Conservatory and the Juilliard School; violinist, National Symphony Orchestra.
Edwin Johonnott (see Viola).
Voice: Samuel Bonds, Adjunct Associate Professor. Faculty member, Duke Ellington School for the Arts.
Carla Rae Cook, Adjunct Associate Professor. BM, University of Utah; MM, Boston University; Postgraduate Studies, Manhattan School of Music; performing dramatic mezzo-soprano.
Stanley Engebretson (see Conducting).
Kathryn Hearden-Botelho, Adjunct Professor. BM, St. Norbert College; MM, Performers Certificate, DMA, Eastman School of Music.
Laura Mann, Adjunct Professor. BM, MM, Eastman School of Music; DMA, University of Maryland.
Patricia Miller, Professor. BM, Boston University; MM, New England Conservatory; Artist Diploma, Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Rome); Advanced Vocal Studies, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria.
Seong Nam, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BM, Han-Yang University; MM, University of Maryland; chorus member, Washington National Opera; music director, Gyung Hyang Garden Presbyterian Church.
Debby Wenner, Adjunct Assistant Professor. BS, Frostburg State College; MM, George Washington University; graduate work, West Virginia University, Catholic University of America; former member, Metropolitan Opera Apprentice Program; performing mezzo-soprano.
Course Work
The Music Department offers all course work designated MUSI in the Course Descriptions chapter of this catalog.
Undergraduate Programs
The two undergraduate degree programs offered through the Department of Music, the bachelor of art (BA) in music and the bachelor of music (BM), prepare students for graduate work in music and music literature; research and professional work in musical activities; and state licensure, or certification, to teach vocal and choral or instrumental music at the elementary and secondary school levels.
Through its strategic plan, Music Outreach and the Teaching Professions, the department enables students to pursue worthwhile vocational goals as teachers, performers, conductors, and composers. The department also seeks to educate its students to reflect a concern for cultural and humanistic values as future ambassadors and advocates of music and other arts. Through innovative learning experiences, the department provides all students in the BA and BM programs with opportunities to become effective musicians, teachers, and advocates of music. Teaching music is the principal area in which students can find employment in private studios, public and private schools, academies, and higher education within the ever-changing workplace. Because of this, all music majors at Mason receive some training in the teaching of music.
The department also recognizes the critical outreach role it provides in serving students from all majors, as well as members of the community who significantly benefit from the values and experiences of an education in music. The department seeks to provide unique educational opportunities through its various course offerings, workshops, presentations, and performances for those seeking music enrichment.
Entrance to all music degree programs is by audition. Arrangements for an audition must be made in advance by contacting the Department of Music before the scheduled audition date. Auditions are held approximately once per month. Audition dates and audition application forms are available through the music department web site: gmu.edu/departments/music.
A fundamentals of music test is given during the first week of classes to all students enrolled in MUSI 115 Theory I. Call the Department of Music at 703-993-1380 for additional information.
Competency placement tests are required of all transfer students who wish to present transfer credit in any of the following areas: sight singing, ear training, and keyboard skills.
Students must earn a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA in their major or higher, if required by their program.
Writing-Intensive Requirement
Mason requires all students to complete at least one course designated "writing intensive" in their major at the 300 level or above. Students majoring in music may fulfill this requirement by successfully completing MUSI 332. Students who transfer this course into Mason may be required to repeat it or enroll in some other suitable course to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.
Music, BA
Students pursuing a BA must complete the general education program outlined below. This distribution enables students to develop a breadth of knowledge, as well as the necessary skills to make the in-depth study of a major truly meaningful. In addition to general education requirements, students must also demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in one foreign language or complete a minor program. A minimum of 57 credits in music course work is required for the music major. A total of 120 credits is required.
Degree Requirements
ENGL 101 and ENGL 302 Nonnative speakers of English with limited proficiency may substitute ENGL 100 for ENGL 101. Students must attain a minimum grade of C in ENGL 100 or 101, as well as in 302, to fulfill degree requirements.
* Also have significant elective choices as per general education listing.
Remaining general education requirements are fulfilled with major course work.
Intermediate-level language proficiency* or an academic minor
* See beginning of CVPA chapter for foreign language requirement.
(Pianists substitute MUSI 371 and 372 for MUSI 171 and 172)
(Meets university general education global understanding requirement)
(Meets university general education information technology requirement)
(Meets university general education communication requirement)
(Meets university general education synthesis requirement)
Can include additional music courses
Music, BM
One hundred twenty credits are required for the BM degree. Admission to a concentration normally occurs at the end of the sophomore year.
Concentration in Performance
Degree Requirements
ENGL 101 and ENGL 302 Nonnative speakers of English with limited proficiency may substitute ENGL 100 for ENGL 101. Students must attain a minimum grade of C in ENGL 100 or 101, as well as in 302, to fulfill degree requirements.
* Also have significant elective choices as per general education listing.
Remaining general education requirements are fulfilled with major course work.
(Meets university general education oral communication requirement)
(Meets university general education information technology requirement)
(Meets university general education global understanding requirement)
(Meets university general education synthesis requirement)
- * Concentrations in:
- Performance-Piano/Organ
- Performance-Voice
- Performance-Woodwind
- Performance-Brass
- Performance-String
- Performance-Percussion
* See department for specific requirements
(Meets university general education arts requirement)
(Keyboard students substitute MUSI 371 and MUSI 372 Techniques of Accompanying I and II)
To be admitted, students must submit a portfolio of compositions and be interviewed by a faculty committee. While each student will be advised according to individual circumstances, those who anticipate pursuing the concentration in composition should take note of the following guidelines:
- Theory I and II should be passed through proficiency prior to the first semester of the freshman year.
- Theory III, Theory IV, and Keyboard Skills should be taken during the freshman year.
- Class Composition and Arranging I should be taken during the sophomore year.
- Undergraduate private music instruction in composition can be taken simultaneously with Class Composition and Arranging I provided the student's portfolio has been approved and the interview with the faculty committee has been successful.
- The first three semesters, the student enrolls in 2 credit PMI on major instrument; fourth semester, PMI Composition for 2 credits; and the remaining four semesters, PMI Composition for 3 credits (by audition).
* Composition majors will be required to present an approved, substantive work in concert in M3E or large ensemble. Work is to be written, produced, rehearsed, and conducted by the student under the supervision of the composition faculty or ensemble director.
** Composition students are expected to assist in the planning, organization, rehearsal, and performance in these ensembles in addition to what would be considered normal participation. This requirement is equivalent to an internship experience.
Music Education
Certification to Teach
The music education concentration is approved by the Virginia State Department of Education and administered through the College of Education and Human Development, which is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Minimum scores on the Praxis I and II tests must be achieved before state licensure is granted.
Students must be formally accepted into the music education concentration by the department's Music Teacher Education Committee. They must have earned 45 to 60 credits and completed Sight Singing and Ear Training III, Keyboard Skills III, and Theory III with a grade of C or higher. Other requirements are as follows:
- Submit scores for the Praxis I (Reading, Writing, and Mathematics) tests to the committee. It is strongly recommended that students take the Praxis I tests as soon as ENGL 302, a course in literature, and a course in mathematics have been completed.
- Maintain an overall GPA of 2.80 in all course work completed at Mason and in course work at all institutions of higher learning combined.
- Earn no grade lower than a C in music and professional education courses needed for graduation.
- Successfully pass sight singing, ear training, keyboard, and conducting proficiency exams during the first music methods course (MUSI 461, 463, 464, 466, or 467). Students in the voice emphasis must also pass a voice proficiency exam, and students in the instrumental emphasis must pass a musical instrument fingering proficiency exam during the first music methods course.
- Complete all course work in the program sequence.
Upon fulfilling the above requirements, students must complete 15 weeks of a full-time internship or student teaching. Applications for placement, subject to approval of the committee, are submitted to the Office of Teacher Education at the beginning of the previous semester. In addition, students must pass the Praxis II (Music: Content Knowledge) test during the internship semester.
Degree Requirements
ENGL 101 and ENGL 302 Nonnative speakers of English with limited proficiency may substitute ENGL 100 for ENGL 101. Students must attain a minimum grade of C in ENGL 100 or 101, and 302 to fulfill degree requirements.
* Also have significant elective choices as per general education listing.
Remaining university general education requirements are fulfilled with major course work.
(Meets university general education arts requirement)
(Piano majors substitute MUSI 371 and 372 for MUSI 171 and 172)
(Meets university general education oral communication requirement)
(Meets university general education information technology requirement)
(Meets university general education global understanding requirement)
(Instrumental emphasis may take EDUC 539 Human Development and Learning)
(Meets university general education synthesis requirement)
- Music Education-Keyboard/General Music
- Music Education-Voice/General Music
- Music Education-Woodwind
- Music Education-Brass
- Music Education-Strings
- Music Education-Guitar/General Music
- Music Education-Percussion
* See department for specific requirements.
Teacher Licensure
Undergraduate students seeking certification to teach vocal and choral or instrumental music at the elementary and secondary levels must earn the BM degree as specified under Concentration in Music Education section in this chapter. Students who have earned a baccalaureate degree and are seeking state licensure to teach music must also complete this sequence of courses, which constitute a state-approved program for teacher education in music.
Minor in Music
All music minors must pass a music audition. Music minors in the keyboard area use the Keyboard Skills I credit as a music elective.
Minor in Jazz Studies
This minor is open to music and nonmusic majors who wish to explore America's unique art form. It is open to all instrumentalists and vocalists, including students who perform on instruments not normally associated with jazz. No prior experience in jazz is needed, but candidates must pass a music audition. Jazz studies minors in the keyboard area use the Keyboard Skills I credit as a music elective.
*All students who enroll as music minors and jazz studies minors must take MUSI 300 for two semesters. A grade of S (satisfactory) must be earned each semester.
Interdisciplinary Minors
World Music
Faculty and Staff
Bullard (coordinator), Carroll, Lepore, Owens
Course Work
This program is designed for those who wish to widen their scope of knowledge about music while deepening their understanding of the world's peoples. Students learn in the classroom, as well as experientially, in the form of applied studies and exercises in field work how music making functions within cultural contexts, conveying varied meanings in bodily action and musical sound worldwide. Students gain skills that will serve them in many fields of endeavor, from developing specific musical expertise to acquiring proficiency with technological and anthropological aspects of ethnographic enquiry.
Requirements
Students must complete 16 to 18 credits, with a 10-credit core and opportunities to take electives in several departments at Mason.
Prerequisite
Students must first demonstrate to the coordinator a basic level of knowledge and training in some area of Western or non-Western music, or earn a grade of B or higher in MUSI 103 or 431. Prerequisites for specific courses are indicated below.
Applied Music (PMI) or Ensembles*
(Five each semester for three semesters)
* Selection of private music instruction or ensemble must be approved by minor coordinator.
Choose from:
- MUSI 102 Popular Music in America
- MUSI 107 The Development of Jazz
- MUSI 379 Jazz Improvisation
- One of the following two dance courses: 3
- DANC 118 World Dance
- DANC 119 Afro-Latino Dance
- COMM 157 Video Workshop
- COMM 305 Foundations of Intercultural Communication
- Folklore: ENGL 333 Folklore of the Americas
- African American Studies: One of the following three courses:
- AFAM 200 Introduction to African American Studies
- AFAM 390 Special Topics in African American Studies
- AVT 378 The African American Experience in the Performing Arts
- Latin America: ANTH 302 Peoples and Cultures of Latin America
- Island Asia: ANTH 306 Peoples and Cultures of Island Asia
- South Asia: ANTH 309 Peoples and Cultures of India
- Additional electives may include summer travel courses, as appropriate, and must be approved by the minor coordinator.
Professional Development Certificate in Piano Pedagogy
This certificate provides specialized training designed to meet the needs of those seeking to expand their piano-teaching skills. This nondegree program of continuing education is sponsored by the Department of Music. The professional development certificate can be earned through the completion of 16 hours of pedagogy-related course work.
The curriculum includes concentrated course work in keyboard pedagogy including business aspects of teaching, techniques of teaching repertoire and technical skills at different levels of student development, and a comprehensive study of teaching strategies appropriate for private and group settings. Students will have the opportunity to research current topics in the field of pedagogy. Course work includes observation of teaching, a teaching internship, and a final pedagogy project.
Certification requires a certain level of performance proficiency and basic knowledge of music theory, sight singing and ear training, and keyboard skills. Entry to the certificate program includes testing in theory, sight singing and ear training, and keyboard skills; and a performance audition to determine proficiency or placement in appropriate levels of private music instruction or course work to achieve required proficiency for certification.
Entrance Requirements
Students must demonstrate musical proficiency comparable to the following minimum levels of course work:
- Private music instruction: four semesters
- MUSI 116 Theory II
- MUSI 113 Sight Singing/Ear Training I
- MUSI 273 Keyboard Skills III (functional keyboard skills, including transposition, harmonization, and score reading)
If entrance exams indicate that a student is deficient in any area, the student may enroll in the appropriate level class at Mason; however, remediation classes will not count toward the 16 credits needed to earn the certificate.
Additional classes in music theory or music history (with approval of advisor)
Graduate Programs
Music, MM
The expansion of professional education in the arts is paramount for the growth and development of a rich and vital cultural community and a supporting network of individual artists. The dynamics of contemporary society suggest that the influence of the arts on public life will continue to expand well into the 21st century. Each year, opportunities increase for creative work by performers, composers, sculptors, painters, dancers, actors, historians, theoreticians, and musicologists.
The MM degree is offered as an educational channel to meet the intellectual and career needs of qualified students. It is a comprehensive and advanced program of study with a choice of concentrations in performance (single or multiple instruments), music education, composition, conducting, and pedagogy and performance. The MM with a concentration in music education does not provide licensure to teach music in public or private schools.
Admission Requirements
In addition to fulfilling admission requirements for graduate study, applicants are expected to hold a baccalaureate degree in music or another discipline, with courses equaling the music requirements (minus the 7- to 8-credit teaching sequence) for the BA in music offered at Mason.
The following admission requirements must also be met:
- Performance: audition (single or multiple instruments)
- Conducting: audition
- Composition: submission of a portfolio of compositions
- Music education: submission of a two- to three-page paper on the applicant's philosophy of music education
- Pedagogy and performance: audition in the primary applied teaching area is required. Applicants are expected to have large and small ensemble experience on the major instrument and presented a full solo recital or equivalent. All music teaching experience should be summarized.
Diagnostic Entrance Exam
All students are required to complete placement examinations in music theory, sight singing and ear training, and basic keyboard skills. These examinations must be taken prior to the beginning of the first semester of graduate study. A sufficient placement score can reduce or eliminate prerequisites for some of the 600-level and above courses in music theory and history. The exam is offered during a three-hour period, usually on the Saturday before the first day of classes of the fall and spring semesters. For the summer schedule, see the director of graduate studies.
Foreign Language Exams (Vocal Performance Emphasis)
Students in the MM degree program (emphasis in vocal performance) must take proficiency exams in French, German, Italian, and English to demonstrate diction competency. Students may be required to take MUSI 525, 526 Performance Seminar for Singers and Accompanists I, II.
Comprehensive Exit Exam
All students are required to pass a comprehensive exit exam administered during the graduation semester or, in the case of students selecting the thesis option in the music education concentration, on completion of 24 credits of course work and immediately before beginning work on the thesis. August graduates must take this exam during the preceding spring term. This exam is usually a three-hour written test, with questions based primarily on course work the student has taken toward the degree at Mason.
Degree Requirements
A student must successfully complete the appropriate 30 credits in graduate music courses. With approval of the department, 3 nonmusic graduate credits may be taken.
The student is admitted as concentrating in one of five areas: performance (single or multiple instrument/voice), music education, composition, conducting, or pedagogy/performance. All students are required to complete the 11 credits listed below as 1. General Requirements plus one of the six areas identified below as 2. Additional Requirements (2a. through 2f). There are some limited possibilities for double concentrations. For details, see the director of graduate studies.
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- MUSI 551 Keyboard Pedagogy
- MUSI 552 Vocal Pedagogy
- MUSI 553 Instrumental Pedagogy
The number of students accepted in the graduate conducting concentration is limited by the extent to which it is possible to provide students with practical experience. In most cases, each student accepted is offered an opportunity to gain conducting experience by serving as an assistant conductor of a university ensemble.
Artist Certificates
The certificate is a specialized, graduate-level program for advanced musicians who desire to further develop and refine their performance art. The certificate program is a two-year course of study requiring at least two consecutive semesters of residence. A total of 32 credits is required. Advisor's approval is required for each semester's enrollment.
Admission Requirements
- An artist certificate application and current resume
- A bachelor's degree in music or equivalent (as evaluated by the Music Department Admissions Committee)
- Transcripts from previous educational institutions
- One-page written statement of student's goals and interest in the program
- Two letters of recommendation
- A CD (preferred), audiocassette, or videotape of a live performance of solo works from the standard repertory
Applicants must perform an audition recital and be interviewed on the Mason Campus. Applicants will be notified of the date and time of the audition and interview.
Artist Certificate in Piano Performance or Instrumental Performance
- A
- B