DEGREE PROGRAMS

Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance: Liturgical, Church, and Synagogue Music

Program of Study

Although residence and fee hour requirements must be satisfied, the doctoral degree is not awarded on the basis of a specified number of credit hours but rather on the basis of demonstrated competence. Completion of the program normally requires six terms of full-time study beyond the master's degree. Students are expected to attain candidacy effective at the beginning of the sixth term.

1. Five courses are required in the field of specialization:

   • Church Music 583, Church Music Studies I (2 hrs.)

   • Church Music 584, Church Music Studies II (2 hrs.)

   • Church Music 585, Church Music Practicum (2 hrs.)

   • Church Music 586, Church Music Repertoire (2 hrs.)

   • Church Music 588, Church Music Administration (2 hrs.)

2. In addition, students elect at least 16 hours of work, including at least three courses in organ literature, from the following:

• Music Performance 781, Seminar in Performance Problems (2-4 hrs.) (Designed to develop the musical and interpretive abilities of the organ student and to consider problems related to performance, including performance practices, history and design of the organ, registration, ornamentation, and related matters)

• Organ Literature 782, Early Music for Keyboard (2-4 hrs.)

• Organ Literature 783, Baroque Organ Music (2-4 hrs.)

• Organ Literature 784, Organ Music of the Nineteenth Century (2-4 hrs.)

• Organ Literature 785, Organ Music of the Twentieth Century (2-4 hrs.)

• Organ Literature 786, Music of the French Baroque (2-4 hrs.)

• Music Performance 891, Directed Performance (2-6 hrs.)

• Music Performance 995, Dissertation/Candidate (8 hrs.), elected each term in residence as a candidate, or at least one term.

3. Musicology and Music Theory. Each D.M.A. student is required to complete no fewer than 15 hours of graduate course work in musicology and music theory at The University of Michigan or at least five courses totaling a minimum of 12 hours. At least 15 hours of graduate course work in musicology and theory must be elected at the University of Michigan, or at least five courses totaling a minimum of 12 hours. MHM 503, Bibliography of Music (3 hrs.), is required of each D.M.A. student and should be elected during the first term of enrollment as a precandidate; MHM 577, Medieval Music, is also required for students in this program. At least one musicology course at the 600-level must be elected by all doctoral students. Work beyond the minimum requirements in musicology and music theory may be necessary to prepare for the preliminary examinations. (An average of B must be achieved in these courses, and no course may be counted in which a grade lower than B minus is received. )

4. Religion. During doctoral study each D.M.A. student is required to complete at least 6 hours in the Department of Religion. This may include undergraduate courses at the 400-level available for graduate credit in the Rackham bulletin, but may not include independent study courses.

Residence Requirement

At least one academic year of full-time residence is required.

Requirements for Candidacy

1. Languages. The requirement is a basic reading knowledge of two foreign languages (French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish) or of one foreign language plus presentation of a lecture-recital on organ, harpsichord, piano, carillon, or a combination of these instruments. With the permission of the Organ Department, a lecture-recital given in lieu of a language may be presented after achieving candidacy.

2. Pedagogy. Every doctoral student in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance must satisfy the pedagogy requirement during the first two terms of enrollment. A list of courses that satisfy this requirement may be found in the Handbook for Rackham Students in Music, Dance, or Theatre.

3. Repertoire Requirements

   • EARLY MUSIC
     1. Buxtehude: two free works and four chorale-based works, including a chorale fantasia
     2. Other Dutch and German composers: five representative works, including compositions from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
     3. Three representative works by Italian, Iberian, or English composers
     4. Five representative suites by different composers of the classical French school, including a Couperin
        Mass
• J. S. BACH
  1. Eight large preludes and fugues
  2. Three trio sonatas
  3. One partita
  4. The Orgelbüchlein
  5. The eighteen "Great" chorale preludes
  6. The Clavierübung, Part III
• THE CLASSICAL PERIOD
  1. Two representative works
• THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
  1. Mendelssohn or Schumann: three representative works
  2. Franck: five works, including one of the Trois Chorales
  3. Brahms: Choralevorspiele (Op. 122)
  4. Five works by Liszt, Reger, Rheinberger, or other 19th century composers
• THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  1. At least three works by such composers as Alain, Distler, Durufle, Hindemith, Langlais, Messiaen, Sowerby
  2. A work by an American composer written since 1950
• ENSEMBLE
• Two major works for organ with other instruments and/or choir.

Substitutions may be made in any category with the approval of the advisor.

4. Preliminary Examinations Prior to Candidacy. Written preliminary examinations in music history (or the coursework alternative) and music theory, and an oral preliminary examination in the major field and cognate fields, and a preliminary examination in performance are required. At least two courses in musicology, including MHM 503, must be completed prior to taking the preliminary examination in that field, and at least two courses in music theory must be completed prior to taking the preliminary examination in theory. During the examination in performance the applicant must satisfy a jury that he or she has achieved the requisite musical competence to undertake the preparation of the public programs to be presented in lieu of a written dissertation. As preparation for this examination, the applicant must present evidence that two memorized public recitals of separate programs (normally completed for the bachelor's and master's degrees), including an approved number of major works, have been performed, and that most of the repertoire requirements have been completed. The preliminary examination in performance may not be taken until the language and repertoire requirements and other preliminary examinations have been successfully completed.
   
   Candidacy will be conferred upon completion of these requirements and examinations. A dissertation committee must have been appointed by the time candidacy is achieved.

Dissertation Requirement

Two organ recitals are required after achieving candidacy, plus one option from each of two of the following categories:

1. a. Conducting recital
   b. Voice recital
   c. Accompanying recital

2. a. Document: a scholarly essay or project related to some aspect of church music
   b. Composition: a composition or compositions totaling approximately 20 minutes' duration for liturgical, church, or synagogue use

3. Internship: service as an intern to one of the directors of music in an area church for an average of at least six hours per week for at least eight months. Supervision will be by the doctoral advisor.
   
   *Approval by the appropriate department will be required for each of the various options. Prerequisites or enrollment requirements may be specified by the respective departments.

Abstract

An abstract listing the music performed for the dissertation recitals and describing the dissertation projects is required.

Final Oral Examination

A final oral examination concerned primarily with the field of specialization will be conducted by the dissertation committee after all of the other requirements have been completed.