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Feb 06, 2025
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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog
Certificate in Performance
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 Return to: College of Fine Arts and Design
Code: 1651
The Performance Certificate is a professional certificate, either post-baccalaureate or post-master’s, that allows students to focus exclusively on improving their performance by studying with a master teacher. This is a stand-alone certificate. The certificate requires 12 hours minimum to complete. It can be completed in one to two years.
The Performance Certificate will help prepare students in the field of music to develop a higher level of proficiency as instrumentalists, singers, composers, or conductors in a variety of contexts culminating in a recital and/or special performance. Students may choose from one of four areas: Performance, Conducting, Composition, or Historical Performance.
The Performance Certificate also allows students to pursue areas of special and related interest through elective studies. The University of Central Oklahoma is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
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Contacts
Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Sam Magrill
Email: smagrill@uco.edu
Office: MUS 220
Phone: 405 - 974 - 5684 Admission Requirements
Also see below for additional requirements based on type of admission. - Online application for admission (www.uco.edu/graduate/).
- Official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts from each institution attended with all degrees posted. Completion of an appropriate undergraduate program (or equivalent for international students) and demonstration of at least baccalaureate-level competence in those areas considered common to all undergraduate study in music as outlined in Sections VII or VIII of the National Association of Schools of Music Handbook. Undergraduate transcripts must show a minimum 2.50 GPA overall or 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours attempted*.
- Students with a native language other than English must submit evidence of English language proficiency. See Admission to Graduate Studies - English Language Proficiency.
- Evidence of a successful audition. Consult the School of Music home page for more details.
*Students falling below these standards may qualify for conditional admission. See Admission to Graduate Studies . Other Requirements
- Plan of Study. Each student must file a plan of study with their graduate program advisor and the Jackson College of Graduate Studies by the end of the first semester of graduate work. The plan must be signed and dated by the student and the graduate program advisor before it can be considered official.
- Culminating Project. Candidates must successfully complete a culminating project. Performance students must complete a full one-hour recital adjudicated by a committee of three members of the graduate faculty in the field. Conducting students must, under supervised preparation, conduct a major work for large ensemble (band, orchestra, choir, vocal production), or assemble a portfolio of performances which will be evaluated by a committee of three relevant members of the graduate faculty. Composition students must, under supervision, complete and have a major composition performed, present a recital of their original compositions, or assemble a portfolio of compositions, which will be evaluated by a committee of three relevant members of the graduate faculty. Historical Performance students must complete a full one-hour recital or lecture-recital adjudicated by a committee of three members of the graduate faculty in the field.
- Final Requirements. Apply for graduation through the JCGS by the advertised deadline.
- Note: The credits in the Performance Certificate may not be counted toward a M.M. degree.
Performance Requirements: 6 Hours
Guided Electives: 4 Hours
(Selected in consultation with the graduate advisor.) TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED: 12 HOURS
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