Conservatory of Music:
voice & opera studies
voice & opera studies
Master of Music:
Concentration in Opera Studies
Graduate music majors who concentrate in voice and opera studies must meet the following Conservatory requirements (46 credits), outlined below by semester and year, and earn a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at Purchase College.
| First Year: 22 credits | |
| Fall: | 11.5 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5260/Opera Coaching | 0.5 credit |
| MPE 5276/Teaching Techniques for the Stage | 2 credits |
| MTH 5000/Research and Writing for the Modern Musician | 2 credits |
| MUS 5250/Chorus | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 10.5 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5253/Opera Workshop Lab | 1 credit |
| MPE 5255/Operatic Styles I | 2 credits |
| MPE 5260/Opera Coaching | 0.5 credit |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| Second Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 11.5 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5256/Operatic Styles II | 2 credits |
| MPE 5260/Opera Coaching | 0.5 credit |
| MPE 5276/Teaching Techniques for Stage | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| MTH 5840/Graduate Exit Exam: Classical | 0 credit |
| Spring: | 12.5 credits |
| MPE 5300/Private Study: Voice | 3 credits |
| MPE 5250/Opera Workshop | 2 credits |
| MPE 5253/Opera Workshop Lab | 1 credit |
| MPE 5257/Operatic Styles III | 2 credits |
| MPE 5260/Opera Coaching | 0.5 credit |
| MPE 5275/Teaching Techniques for Voice | 2 credits |
| MPE 5991/Master’s Recital | 2 credits |
Updated June 10, 2008
