Piano: Master of Music
Graduate music majors who concentrate in piano must meet the following conservatory requirements (42 credits) and earn a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at Purchase College. MPE 5565 may be taken in a different semester in consultation with the head of the piano program.
First Year: 21 credits
Second Year: 21 credits
*Music History Electives (Effective Fall 2020)
MPE5540/Purchase Brass Collective
MTH 5005/Harmonic and Contrapuntal Techniques
MTH 5010/Structure and Analysis
MTH 5060/History and Theory of Baroque Performance Practice
MTH 5060/Overview of Performance Practice
MTH5154/Henry Purcell and Restoration England
MTH5135/Decades of Greatness: The Evolution and Impact of Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, and Prince
MTH 5235/Opera Queens: LGBTQ Representation in Opera Onstage and Off
MTH 5270/Techniques of Composition for Performers
MTH 5540/Topics in Music History (fall)
MTH 5710/Music, Culture, and Ideas (spring)
MTH5760/Mahler and Strauss