Master of Music in Performance, Multiple Winds
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Designed for students seeking intensive study on primary and secondary instruments with a major artist-teacher and performance experience to develop into a highly qualified professional musician. Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree in music or its equivalent as well as substantial solo and ensemble repertoire.
Curriculum
The Master of Music in Multiple Wind Instruments requires a minimum of 31 credits. Coursework to include:
Private lessons on primary instrument
Private lessons on secondary instrument(s)
Ensemble participation
Small Brass, Percussion, or Woodwind Ensemble
Non-Performance SMTD electives
Silent Advisor
Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.
Faculty
Ian Antonio
Chad Burrow
Jeremy Epp
Daniel Gilbert
David Jackson
Bryan Kennedy
Nancy Ambrose King
Jeffrey Lyman
Timothy McAllister
Doug Perkins
Amy Porter
Thomas Sherwood
Robert Sullivan
Adam Unsworth
Nancy Zeltsman
David Zerkel
Performance Opportunities
From large ensembles in celebrated concert halls to chamber groups in intimate recital spaces, performance opportunities across all disciplines abound, with nearly 900 student performances each academic year. Whether your focus is on early, classical, or contemporary music, whether your passion is for jazz, electronic, or world music, there is an ensemble—or in many cases, multiple ensembles—to suit your interests, including specific opportunities for percussion, piano, and organ & carillon. For students in theatre & drama, musical theatre, dance, and opera, opportunities abound in both professionally produced and student-run presentations.
Organ Performance
Students perform and study with their peers in studio classes and perform for the public in solo student recitals and studio recitals. In addition, the Organ Department organizes several recitals each term in local churches in the communities surrounding Ann Arbor and Detroit.
Carillon Performance
The University of Michigan has two world-class carillons. Half-hour recitals are given on weekdays throughout the academic year and are open to the public to view. Intermediate and advanced carillon students may perform for the campus regularly on these recitals.
Early Music Ensembles
Students interested in historically oriented performance have opportunities to explore music from across the centuries, performed on authentic period instruments and high-quality replicas.
Ensembles
Organ students have opportunities to perform with the University of Michigan orchestras, bands, and choral ensembles, and can gain extensive experience in continuo playing on organ and harpsichord with the Baroque Chamber Orchestra.