Graduate Placement Exam in Vocal Pedagogy (DMA only)
DMA voice majors must demonstrate proficiency in voice pedagogy by passing a pedagogy entrance exam administered during new student orientation, or by taking MUAG 5300 (Science and Pedagogy of the Singing Voice).
 
The entrance exam will cover topics such as:

  • Vocal tract acoustics: Basics of acoustics, vowel formants, singer's formant
  • Voice anatomy and physiology: Major muscles and cartilages of the vocal, respiratory, and articulatory systems;  physiology of phonation, respiration, pitch control, consonant production
  • Historical pedagogy treatises:
    • Foundational resources from 18th and 19th centuries
    • Important personages - historical and current
    • Founders of historical schools of training: Manuel Garcia, Lampertis, Marchesi, Miller, Vennard, Reid, and others
    • Basic voice building strategies for growth and development of young voices
       

Resources may include (not limited to):

  • Scott McCoy, Your Voice: An Inside View 3. Inside View Press.
  • Kenneth Bozeman, Kinesthetic Voice Pedagogy. Inside View Press
  • Stephen F. Austin, Provenance. Inside View Press

 

Related Field in Vocal Pedagogy 

For the MM degree
A  minimum of 9 hours:

MUAG 5300 Science and Pedagogy of Singing (prerequisite for MUAG 5600 and MUAG 5610)
MUAG 5600 - Advanced Science and Pedagogy of Singing
MUAG 5610 - Comparative Pedagogy of Singing

One additional course from:
MUAG 5450 - Introduction to Music and Medicine
MUAG 5900 - Special Problems
SPHS 5810 - Voice Disorders

For the DMA degree
A minimum of 12 hours:

MUAG 5300 Science and Pedagogy of Singing (prerequisite for MUAG 5600 and MUAG 5610)
MUAG 5600 - Advanced Science and Pedagogy of Singing
MUAG 5610 - Comparative Pedagogy of Singing

Two additional courses from:
MUAG 5450 - Introduction to Music and Medicine
MUAG 6450 - Advanced Music and Medicine Seminar
MUAG 6900 - Special Problems
SPHS 5810 - Voice Disorders

Or other courses which might be appropriate for the specific research interests of the student with approval of the students' graduate committee.