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You can harness the power of music and its ability to express and communicate while studying music at Wright State. You will develop knowledge, technical skill, and the use of technology in our multifaceted curriculum. After graduation, pursue a career as a performer, composer, arranger, teacher, cultural administrator, or community leader. Graduates of Wright State’s music programs have proven successful in all of these fields. Choose a Bachelor of Arts program, add a minor to your current major, or continue on to graduate work and earn your Master of Music in music education or performance.
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Megan Ensor is the principal piccoloist of the United States Air Force Concert Band. She has been with the band since 2011. During her time with the band, it has performed for the President, Vice-President, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of the Air Force, and Chief of Staff of the Air Force, as well as annual performance tours throughout the U.S. |
Wright State graduate Matthew Spradlin has been recognized several times for his teaching excellence during his time as Director of Bands at Wilmington High School, a position he has held since 2004. |
View the Master of Music program information and degree requirements in the Academic Catalog.
Graduate students should have completed a standard two-year theory/musicianship sequence or attained a comparable level of proficiency in the materials covered in such a sequence. Standard textbooks such as those by Laitz, Clendinning, or Kostka/Payne may be used as a guide to the level of skills learned prior to entering graduate school. Students should be able to provide a simple and correct common-practice harmonization of a chorale tune. They should also be able to identify cadences and provide a basic harmonic and formal analysis of works such as Baroque dances, classical piano sonatas, or short Romantic-era piano works. Basic proficiency in solfège is advantageous for analysis. Prior studies in music history should have included time periods, composers, literature, forms, and repertoire commonly used in the practice of western classical music.
Pianists
Pianists auditioning for a major in piano performance at the graduate level are required to perform three compositions from contrasting style periods. Works must be from the standard repertoire, and all pieces must be performed from memory. One of the works must be a complete sonata.
Strings
Students auditioning for a major in string performance are required to play two contrasting works, such as a concerto movement and a character piece or étude.
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