Certificate in Music Performance
Application Requirements
The items listed below are required for admission consideration for applicable semesters of entry during the 2017-2018 academic year. Submission instructions, additional details, and changes to admission requirements for semesters other than the 2017-2018 academic year can be found on the program’s web page. International students should review the International Admission Documents section of the catalog for additional requirements.
- completed online ApplyTexas application
- $10 nonrefundable application fee
- $50 nonrefundable international evaluation fee (if applicable)
- baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university
- official transcripts required from each four-year institution where course credit was granted
- minimum 2.5 GPA in your last 60 hours of undergraduate course work
- minimum 3.0 GPA in all completed graduate course work (if applicable)
- GRE scores not required
- audition
TOEFL or IELTS Scores
Non-native English speakers who do not qualify for an English proficiency waiver:
- official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 78 overall
- official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 6.5 overall and
- minimum individual module scores of 6.0
If you do not meet the scores above, you may qualify for English-based conditional admission if you meet the minimum scores below:
- official TOEFL iBT scores required with a 45 overall
- official IELTS (academic) scores required with a 4.5 overall and
- minimum individual module scores of 4.5
Course Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
MU 5192 | Graduate Recital | 1 |
Applied Lessons | ||
Choose 6 hours | 6 | |
Applied Voice | ||
Applied Keyboard | ||
Applied Woodwind | ||
Applied Brass | ||
Applied String | ||
Applied Percussion | ||
Music Ensemble Electives | ||
Choose 2 courses | 2 | |
Salsa Del Rio | ||
Texas State Mariachi | ||
Panorama Steel Drum Band | ||
VocaLibre | ||
Opera Theater | ||
Concert Band | ||
Women's Choir | ||
Men's Choir | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Jazz Combo | ||
Wind Symphony | ||
Symphonic Winds | ||
Texas State Chorale | ||
University Singers | ||
Texas State Symphony Orchestra | ||
Jazz Ensemble | ||
Jazz Orchestra | ||
Jazz Lab Band | ||
Accompanying | ||
Mysterium for Contemporary Music Ensemble | ||
Guitar Ensemble | ||
Additional Graduate Music Electives | ||
Choose 6 hours from MU, MUSE, or MUSP | 6 | |
Total Hours | 15 |