Through continued development of performance skills and overall musicianship, this degree is designed to prepare the graduate for a career in performance or teaching, or doctoral study.

Performance opportunities include choral ensembles, opera workshop, and chamber ensembles with instrumentalists. The Opera Workshop presents scenes every fall semester and a fully staged production each spring semester. In Spring 2015, the Show-Me Opera is presented a production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Other recent opera productions include Robert Ward's The Crucible, Mozart's Così fan tutte and The Magic Flute, Rossini's La Cenerentola, Lehar's The Merry Widow, and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi paired with Act II of La bohème.

Prerequisites 

• Bachelors degree in music (or demonstrated equivalent) 
• GPA of 3.0 in the last 60 hours 
• Senior recital 
• Proficiency in French, Italian, and German languages and diction. 

If an applicant does not meet the required prerequisites, then appropriate course(s) may be added to the degree requirements.

Additional Requirements 

• See Comprehensive Exam Information pdf
• See Degree Plan Guidelines pdf
• No more than one course with a grade lower than B- may count toward completion of the degree. 
• All studies in music must be at the 7000 or 8000 level and at least fifteen must be at the 8000 level.
• Nine credits are required in theory and history combined, either three history and six theory OR three theory and six history. A list of the theory courses that will fulfill the first three credits required are available on the attached pdf. No other theory courses can be used for this requirement.
• Electives may be 7000-level or higher music or non-music courses, chosen with consultation with the advisor.