Graduate Studies in Music Performance
(Instrumental, Vocal, or Conducting)


The M.M. in Music Performance gives students an opportunity to work extensively with a teacher/mentor to improve their technical and interpretative skills and to broaden their solo performing repertory. Students take supporting courses in the literature of their instrument or voice type, advanced analysis, and the history of music. The capstone is a full solo recital that demonstrates proficiency in performing a broad range of musical styles.

Application Materials

In addition to making application for the graduate school, prospective students applying for the M.M. in Music Performance should contact the Director of Graduate Studies to arrange a live audition. Alternatively, prospective students may send a video or audio tape (conducting must send a video) to:

Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Music, Georgia Southern University
P.O. Box 8052
Statesboro, GA 30460-8052

The live or recorded auditions must follow these guidelines:

Instrumental: Satisfactory live or taped audition with three contrasting pieces from different periods. The audition committee may also request to hear scales or other technical material in a live audition.

Vocal: Satisfactory live or taped audition with three contrasting pieces from different periods demonstrating acceptable proficiency in diction in English, German, French, and Italian. Vocal students are also expected to demonstrate basic undergraduate proficiency using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and fluency in basic keyboard accompanying skills, which may be done during a live audition or at a later time if a recorded audition is submitted.

Conducting: Three pieces in contrasting styles (one of them a cappella for choral conductors). Conducting students attending part-time will need to come to a satisfactory agreement with the conducting faculty committee about how the practical conducting requirement will be managed.