Designed for students who wish to prepare for a career on the concert stage, in church solo work, radio, television, and teaching. Those who wish to teach in elementary or secondary schools should pursue a curriculum within the Department of Music Education.

Curriculum

The Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance requires a minimum of 124 credits: coursework is 75% within SMTD and 25% within the liberal arts. SMTD coursework to include:

• Private voice lessons
• Music Theory
• Musicology
• Ensemble participation
• Piano
• Conducting
• Opera Workshop
• Voice Literature
• Opera Production

Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.

Audition & Interview Dates

Minimum Repertory Requirements for Graduation

• Six early Italian songs; four early English songs
• Ten songs or arias of Bach, Haydn, and Mozart; fourteen German songs (including representation of Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, and Wolf)
• Six French songs
• Ten American songs
• Ten miscellaneous songs or arias.

At least 25 of these must be completed to qualify for junior standing.

How To Apply

Applicants must:

• Apply to U-M via the Common Application or Coalition Application (current U-M students should use the Cross-Campus Transfer Application) by December 1
• Submit an SMTD Artistic Profile by December 1 for a live audition
• Have all supplemental materials sent to the U-M Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Click “Apply Now” to read more detailed information about the application, pre-screening, and audition/interview requirements and procedures.

Please send inquiries regarding the SMTD application process to SMTD.admissions@umich.edu. To learn more about SMTD, sign up for an Information Session.