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| Degrees Offered | Graduate
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Spring |
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D — February 1 |
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— August 1
D — September 1 |
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| Admissions Requirements |
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Click
here
for link to online application or to download paper application.
Applicants need to meet:
1) Graduate Division admissions
standard and documentation
requirements, and
2) program specific admissions criteria and documentation
requirements
(see below). |
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MA Program
- undergraduate degree in music or equivalent course work
- graduate program supplemental information form (download
form)
- statement of objectives (download
form)
- official post-secondary academic transcripts (to be sent
to the graduate program, in addition to the set sent to
the Graduate Division)
- three letters of recommendation (Obtain form from the
graduate program.)
- official GRE General Test scores (recommended)
- official TOEFL scores — 540/207/76 or above (Required
of most non-native speakers of English. Click here
for information on exemptions.)
- additional concentration-specific requirements (see below)
| Area of Concentration |
Additional Admissions Requirements |
| ethnomusicology |
Background in
cultural anthropology is desirable and may be required,
depending on the thesis research. |
| music education |
One year or more of full-time music teaching experience
in a public or private school is required. |
| musicology |
Sample of academic
writing proficiency is required. (A 10-page term paper
in English from an upper-division music history course
is preferred). |
| theory |
Sample of academic
writing proficiency is required, such as an undergraduate
term paper. |
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MMus Program
- undergraduate degree in music or equivalent course work
- graduate program supplemental information form (download
form)
- statement of objectives (download
form)
- official post-secondary academic transcripts (to be sent
to the graduate program, in addition to the set sent to
the Graduate Division)
- three letters of recommendation (Obtain form from the
graduate program.)
- official GRE General Test scores (recommended)
- official TOEFL scores — 500/173/61 or above for
performance and 540/207/76 or above for composition (Required
of most non-native speakers of English. Click here
for information on exemptions.)
- additional concentration-specific requirements (see below)
| Area of Concentration |
Additional Admissions Requirements |
| composition |
Three original
scores representative of various forms and media are
required. |
| performance |
For applicants
residing in Hawai'i, an audition of works representative
of various musical styles is required. Applicants residing outside of Hawai'i need to submit
an unedited tape recording comparable in scope and length
to an in-person audition. If admitted, they will audition
before the department admissions faculty before registering
for the first semester of residency. Performance at
the audition will help determine appropriate placement
in the curriculum sequence. A recent UHM BMus graduate may be admitted without
an audition, if the student's senior recital is considered
to be of satisfactory quality by the majority of the
department admissions faculty. |
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PhD Program
Applicants must declare a concentration in one of the four
areas listed below. Admission is for the declared concentration
only. If a student later decides to change to another concentration,
the student must petition the graduate faculty in music for
approval. An application will be denied if no principal adviser
in the applicant's area of interest is available on the music
department's graduate faculty.
Admissions requirements include the following:
- graduate degree (equivalent to the master's level at UHM) in music in the chosen area of concentration
- excellent academic record
- graduate program supplemental information form (download
form)
- statement of objectives (download
form)
- official post-secondary academic transcripts (to be sent
to the graduate program, in addition to the set sent to
the Graduate Division)
- sample of academic writing
- three letters of recommendation (Obtain form from the
graduate program.)
- official GRE General Test scores
- official TOEFL scores — 560/220/83 or above (Required
of most non-native speakers of English. Click here
for information on exemptions.)
- additional concentration-specific requirements (see below)
| Area of Concentration |
Additional Admissions Requirements |
| composition |
1) master's degree in composition or the equivalent
in terms of course work and original composition
2)
a score of one large-scale work
3)
scores of two shorter works
4)
a tape of at least one of the above compositions |
| ethnomusicology |
a major research paper in ethnomusicology as evidence
of extensive background in musical traditions other
than Western art music |
| musicology |
1) master's degree in musicology or a minimum of four
graduate seminars in musicology
2)
a 7,500-word research paper in English on a subject
in historical musicology |
| music education |
1) two years or more of full-time music teaching in
a public or private school
2)
three letters of recommendation on the applicant's
teaching ability, at least two of which must be written
by the applicant's job supervisor (principal or other
supervisor)
3)
one of the following: (a) a videotape of a teaching
demonstration or actual teaching, or (b) an in-person
teaching demonstration. |
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Submission of Program
Specific Documentation Requirements
With the exception of TOEFL and GRE scores, all program specific documentation requirements should be sent directly
to the graduate program.
If required, official TOEFL and GRE scores should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Office. Please note that GRE scores may be required by the graduate program (see above) or by the Graduate Division (more info.) |
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| Program
Overview |
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The Department of Music at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
(UHM) offers programs leading to the MA, the MMus and the
PhD. Concentrations in ethnomusicology, music education, musicology,
and theory are available for the MA program. The MMus program
offers concentrations in composition and performance (voice,
piano, and selected instruments). The PhD program is available
with concentrations in composition, music education, ethnomusicology,
and musicology.
In addition to offering many courses in Western classical,
vocal and instrumental music, the department specializes in
non-Western music, notably the musics of Asia and the Pacific.
The MA and PhD programs are fully accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
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| Degree Requirements |
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All
graduate students at UHM need to meet degree requirements
set by the Graduate Division and their graduate programs.
For general Graduate Division requirements, see Degree
Requirements. Below is an overview of the degree requirements
for this graduate program. |
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MA / MMus Degree Requirements
Depending on the chosen area of concentration, a student may
select either Plan A (thesis) or Plan B (non-thesis), see
below.
| Areas of Concentration |
Available Plan |
ethnomusicology, musicology,
theory, and composition
An ethnomusicology thesis is usually based on fieldwork. Composition students must compose an original work
in one of the larger forms, plus write a detailed essay
on the background and problems involved or a detailed
theoretical analysis of the work. |
Plan A |
performance
Students are required to give a public recital. Prior
to the recital, each student will meet with the recital
committee for a one-hour oral exam to discuss historical
and analytical aspects of the works to be performed
in the graduate recital. |
Plan B |
music education
Students who opt for Plan B need to pass a comprehensive
three-hour exam, exhibiting strength in written expression
and a grasp of the essentials of the broad field of
music education. In addition, they need to complete
a project or paper about some specific aspect of music
education, whose size and scope will be determined by
the student and the faculty member directing the project. |
Plan A or Plan B |
Degree requirements are as indicated below:
- Plan A requires 30 credits (including eight credits of
thesis research), a written thesis and defense of the thesis.
- Plan B requires 30 credits.
- Both plans require a general exam.
- Some concentrations require competence in foreign language(s):
| Area of Concentration |
Language Requirements |
| composition |
none |
| ethnomusicology |
a reading or speaking knowledge of a
foreign language relevant to the thesis research, or
equivalent competence in linguistics |
| music education |
language appropriate to the area of research
or research statistics |
| musicology |
a reading knowledge of French or German |
| performance (vocal performance only) |
one year of German and either one year
of French or one semester each of French and Italian |
| theory |
a reading knowledge of French, German,
or Latin |
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PhD Degree Requirements
The PhD program requires the following:
- course work in ethnomusicology*,
- MUS 659 Seminar in College Music Teaching,
- supervised college teaching experiences,
- reading proficiency in foreign language(s)**,
- diagnostic and qualifying exams,
- comprehensive exam (written and oral),
- dissertation,
- final oral exam / defense of dissertation.
* To ensure that all PhD graduates will be able to teach
introductory courses in world music, the program places an
emphasis on ethnomusicology courses for students who are not
concentrating in the area of ethnomusicology.
** Before advancing to candidacy, students must demonstrate
proficiency in relevant foreign languages as indicated below:
| Area of Concentration |
Language Requirements |
| ethnomusicology |
one dissertation research language and
one library research language |
| music education |
language appropriate to the areas of
research or research statistics |
| musicology |
two European languages: German and one
other language, preferably French |
Courses
To view a listing of courses offered, visit www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/mus.htm.
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