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The Division of Music maintains an inventory of 40 Steinway grand pianos, three harpsichords and eight pipe organs, including a celebrated three-manual 51-stop tracker organ built by C.B. Fisk located in Caruth Auditorium.
The Electronic Music Studio is a comfortable, multitrack, MIDI and digital audio facility featuring hardware and software on a Macintosh platform. The studio is well equipped to support algorithmic composition, interactive performance, synthesis, sampling, sequencing, signal processing, video post scoring and digital recording with stereo, quad and 5.1-surround monitoring.
Master of Music students seeking admission to the graduate programs of the Division of Music must have earned a Bachelor of Music degree (or the equivalent) from an accredited institution and must submit complete transcripts of previous college work, along with three letters of recommendation. Any student whose first language is not English must present one of the following:
Incoming graduate students are required to take the Graduate Music Diagnostic Examinations upon matriculation. The results of these examinations are used to identify any deficiencies in the areas of music history/literature, music theory and aural skills. Students found to be deficient in these areas will be required to take appropriate review courses. Failure to pass required review courses in the first term of study will result in academic probation and a second-term continuation of review. (Financial aid does not cover any review courses.) Failure to pass the review courses during the second term will result in academic suspension from the degree program.
The standard required for admission is a cumulative minimum GPA of 3.000 (on a 4.000 scale) in all undergraduate work. Under rare circumstances, acceptance on probation may be granted to a student whose cumulative GPA is less than 3.000. In such instances, seven credit hours in approved coursework must be completed during the first term of residence and a GPA of 3.000 must be achieved. A student who does not meet these criteria will be dropped automatically from the University and may not enroll in the following term. The student may reapply after a lapse of one term.
Applicants to the Master of Sacred Music program may apply up to nine hours of transfer credits of nonperformance music or theological study. Approval by the Division of Music is required if such hours are in music, and approval by the Perkins School of Theology Committee on Academic Procedures is necessary if such hours are in theology.
Any required remedial work in music history/literature and/or music theory must be completed before students may enroll in graduate courses in those areas. MUHI 6335 - Introduction to Graduate Studies should be taken during the first year of graduate study. Music education majors must take MUED 6340 - Research in Music Education instead of MUHI 6335 . Piano performance and pedagogy majors may take either MUED 6340 or MUHI 6335 .
All music performance majors, with the exception of guitar, piano and organ majors, are required to enroll in large ensemble (wind ensemble, orchestra or choral ensemble) each term of residence. Wind and percussion students are required to perform in both Meadows Symphony Orchestra and Meadows Wind Ensemble at the discretion of the ensemble directors.
Exemptions may be granted by written approval of the ensemble director and the Director of the Division of Music. Transfer students will not be exempted from the large ensemble requirement based on transfer credits. Exceptions for music education majors may be considered.
Students completing multiple music programs or majors may do so with abbreviated course requirements. The following are approved combinations of programs and the abbreviated credit hour requirements for each:
All graduate degree programs require the completion of a Graduate Comprehensive Review that includes, but is not limited to, a recital, composition, thesis, professional project or formal examination. A committee of no fewer than three faculty members will supervise and evaluate the work for this requirement. This committee must be appointed before work on the recital, composition, thesis or professional project has begun.
Specific guidelines for the preparation of a thesis or project may be obtained from the Meadows Academic Services Office. Following initial enrollment for thesis credit, graduate students are required to enroll for thesis each term until the thesis has been completed and accepted.
The policies and procedures regarding the Graduate Comprehensive Review are outlined in the Division of Music Handbook, which is available on the Division of Music CANVAS site and on the Division of Music homepage. Students may not complete their comprehensive review before their last term of residency and the successful completion of all required review work.
Graduate degree programs in music are designed to provide increased specialization in the major field beyond the baccalaureate level and, at the same time, to assure that students continue to develop the breadth of competencies required to function as well-rounded musicians. Although specific degree requirements will vary according to the major field pursued, all Master of Music degree programs include in some demonstrable form, performance, research, pedagogy, music history and music theory. Detailed degree plans are presented on the following pages.
Applicants who do not attain the minimum score outlined above have the option to complete a 6-week summer Intensive English Program offered by SMU before they begin their music studies. The cost of the program is not covered by any scholarships that may be awarded by the Meadows School of the Arts.
Assistantships for Artist Diploma students will consist of service as an artistic ambassador of the Meadows School. As such, an Artist Diploma student may be asked to perform in concert without additional compensation for special events, for donor events and/or in competition.
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