Conservatory of Music:
piano
piano
Artist Diploma in Piano (Post-Master’s)
Updates to the 2008–2010 Purchase College Catalog:
7/22/08 update, effective Fall 2008:
- MPE 5201 has been deleted (x 4 semesters)
- An additional semester of MPE 5140 has been added (second year/fall)
- An additional semester of MPE 5560 has been added (first year/fall)
- Two semesters of MPE 5610 have been added (first and second year/spring)
- Two semesters of MTH 5400 have been added (first and second year/spring)
- The credit total remains unchanged: 18/one year; 36/two years
To earn the Artist Diploma in piano, students must meet the following Conservatory requirements (18 credits for the one-year program; 36 credits for the two-year program):
| First Year: 18 credits | |
| Fall: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5370/Private Study: Piano | 3 credits |
| MPE 5140/Chamber Music | 2 credits |
| MPE 5560/Contemporary Ensemble | 2 credits |
| Graduate music elective | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5370/Private Study: Piano | 3 credits |
| MPE 5140/Chamber Music | 2 credits |
| MPE 5610/Collaborative Piano | 1.5 credits |
| MTH 5400/Topics in Professional Development | .5 credit |
| MPE 5995/Diploma Recital | 2 credits |
| Second Year: 18 credits | |
| Fall: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5370/Private Study: Piano | 3 credits |
| MPE 5140/Chamber Music | 2 credits |
| MPE 5560/Contemporary Ensemble | 2 credits |
| Graduate music elective | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 9 credits |
| MPE 5370/Private Study: Piano | 3 credits |
| MPE 5140/Chamber Music | 2 credits |
| MPE 5610/Collaborative Piano | 1.5 credits |
| MTH 5400/Topics in Professional Development | .5 credit |
| MPE 5995/Diploma Recital | 2 credits |
This revised curriculum is pending State approval.
Updated July 22, 2008