Common core, 15 hours

• MUMH 5010 - Introduction to Research in Music
• MUGC 5930 - Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis (ethnomusicology and theory concentrations only) (6 hours)

• OR

• MUGC 5950 - Master’s Thesis (6 hours)

Additional requirements

Additional requirements for each concentration are outlined below. The Office of Graduate Studies in Music provides complete information concerning procedures, administrative details and GRE requirements for individual programs. Before the degree is granted, the candidate must pass a final comprehensive exam—either oral, written or both—covering the field of concentration and, if applicable, the thesis or research problem. The examination may be taken no more than three times.

Participation in performance laboratories and ensembles

Some degree programs require participation in a performance laboratory and/or ensemble. Music laboratories are choir, orchestra, band, jazz lab band, and accompanying.  Ensembles available for graduate student participation are: opera theater, early music ensembles, NOVA ensemble, intermedia performance arts, brass ensembles, chamber wind ensembles, jazz ensembles, chamber orchestra, percussion ensembles, string ensembles, vocal ensembles, harp ensemble, and Mariachi Aguilas.

Lecture attendance requirement

Each graduate student with a declared concentration in musicology or music theory is expected to attend all lectures presented in the Division of Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology Lecture Series during each long term/semester of full-time enrollment (9 hours). Each graduate student with a declared concentration in composition is expected to attend all Music Now events during each long term/semester of full-time enrollment.

Application procedure

Applicants to the Master of Arts degree with a major in music and a concentration in composition must submit a completed College of Music application form and a portfolio to the College of Music Admissions Office by the first Monday in December to be considered for acceptance in the following academic year. The portfolio must include scores, recordings, a resume or vita, transcripts, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, writing sample and a personal statement; details are included in the Composition Student Handbook on the composition division web site (composition.music.unt.edu/composition-handbook).

General application information

1. Please note that application to the Toulouse Graduate School is separate from application to the College of Music and that admission to the Graduate School does not imply acceptance to the composition program.
2. Applicants are expected to submit GRE scores at the time of application in order to be considered for graduate studies in composition:
   1. In lieu of the GRE, applicants may request to take a Graduate Writing Examination, administered on campus by the UNT College of Music between February 1 and March 1 each year. Please contact the administrative assistant in Composition Studies to make arrangements for this option.
   2. The Graduate Preparation Course (GPC), provided for international students by the Intensive English Language Institute, is not accepted as a substitute for the GRE requirement.
3. International applicants in composition must be provisionally accepted to the program prior to beginning study at the Intensive English Language Institute (IELI).

Additional application information may be found in the Composition Student Handbook on the division web site (composition.music.unt.edu/composition-handbook).

Degree requirements

The Master of Arts with a major in music and a concentration in composition is a 33-hour degree with thesis and includes the common core (15 hours, listed above), plus three possible options for the remaining 18 required hours. Course substitutions may be considered with advisor’s consent.

• MUCP 5080 - Composition Seminar