The goal of the graduate orchestral conducting program at the North Carolina School of the Arts is to enable the student to refine technical skills and develop advanced interpretive techniques through the study and performance of significant works from the orchestral repertoire. All graduate conducting students are required to perform two recitals and serve as assistant conductor for the orchestra. As a conservatory, the School’s focus is on preparing students to begin their careers as performing artists; yet at the same time, the School actively involves the student with the practical aspects of earning a living as a musician. A combination of professional opportunities outside the School along with specially designed courses within the curriculum widens the scope of the student’s business experience and constitutes a more contemporary, market-sensitive approach to educating musicians.
New Curriculum
ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTING
Year One Course Credits
MUS 655 Orchestral Conducting Lessons
MUS 656 Orchestral Conducting Seminar
MUS 645 Career Strategies: Portfolio
MUS 646, 647, 648, 649 Career Strategies
(a minimum of two courses are required):
Outreach, Entrepreneurship, Auditions and Recording
MUS 661, 662, 663 Research Topics in Analysis
or
MUS 681, 682, 683 Research Topics in Musicology
MUS 691, 692 Library and Internet Research Lab
MUS 611 Large Ensemble
or
MUS 612 Chamber Ensemble
MUS 610 Recital
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
Year Two
MUS 655 Orchestral Conducting Lessons
MUS 656 Orchestral Conducting Seminar
MUS 610 Recital
MUS 611 Large Ensemble
or
MUS 612 Chamber Ensemble
MUS 661, 662, 663 Research Topics in Analysis
or
MUS 681, 682, 683 Research Topics in Musicology
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
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