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Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
MARYLAND
City:
COLLEGE PARK
Street Address:
2110 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA
Fax:
+1 301 314 9504
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Program:
Undergraduate programs
Details:
Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Emphasis in performance (classical, jazz), and studies in music history, theory. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Emphases in performance (classical, jazz, opera), composition, theory, music history. Bachelor of Music Education. Four years. Includes choral and instrumental conducting.
Program:
Graduate programs
Details:
Master of Arts. In music history and literature, ethnomusicology, theory and composition, music education. Master of Music. In performance, opera performance, choral and instrumental conducting, theory/composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy. Doctor of Musical Arts. Doctor of Philosophy.
Institution Notes:
A state-supported university that can trace its history back to 1856. It is the flagship campus of the Maryland University system. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center houses a number of fine performance spaces and houses a state-of- the-art music technology laboratory. The music department sees its strengths as in piano, the voice/opera program, music education and ethnomusicology. This is an All-Steinway School. University music students may receive credit for participation in the community-based koto ensemble, and in the community African drumming group. The library holds a vast collection of scores and recordings as well as a number of special collections including: • International: International Clarinet Society Papers; International Piano Archives (a sound archive); International Society for Music Education Archives; International Association of Music Libraries (US Branch) Papers; International Tuba and Euphonium Association (TUBA) Archives; the International Directory of Music and Music Education Institutions. • National: American Bandmaster’s Association Archives; American String Teachers’ Association Archives; Association of Recorded Sound Collections Archives; College Band Directors National Association Archives; Music Educators National Conference (MENC) Papers and Archives; Music Library Association Archives; National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Archives; Society for Ethnomusicology Archives; American Handel Society Archives; American Musical Instrument Society Archives; College Music Society Archives; Society for Music Theory Archives; Kodály Center of America Archives; National Association of Teachers of Singing Archives; National School Orchestra Association Archives; Organisation of American Kodály Educators Archives; Viola da Gamba Society of America Archives. • Other significant collections: The Jacob M Coopersmith Collection, containing much material on Handel (books, music, journals, articles); the violoncellist and conductor Alfred Wallenstein’s Collection of performance material of radio station WOR in New York City, through to the early 1950s, c. 28,000 titles; the working scores of André Kostelanetz (orchestral scores and parts in manuscript, c. 4,000 titles); the Contemporary Music Project (CMP) Library of the Music Educators National Conference; the music education textbook collection. Regular summer programs include the Marian Anderson Vocal Competition, the International Piano Festival and William Kapell Competition, and the National Orchestral Institute. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music.
Last Updated:
November 2022