Program Overview

Overview

The Artist Diploma: Opera and Solo Vocal Performance - Graduate Certificate program is designed to provide intensive performance studies for those who have the talent and potential for a career in opera, chamber, and solo vocal performance.

Requirements

Admission Requirements

• Admissions requirements for this program include completing all required university graduate admission requirements.
• Submitting a CU Boulder application.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• A pre-screening recorded audition.
• Performing a live on-campus audition and being interviewed by the faculty.
• An earned baccalaureate degree in voice performance is the minimum requirement for admission into this program.

Required Courses and Credits

• Course List Code | Title | Credit Hours
  • PMUS 6726 | Voice (four semesters required; 1 credit each) | 4
  • PMUS 5497 | Vocal Repertoire Coaching (four semesters required; 1 credit each) | 4
  • TMUS 6956 | Master's Thesis (Major opera role) | 2
  • TMUS 6957 | Master's Thesis 2 (Second major opera role) | 2
  • TMUS 6958 | Master's Thesis 3 (Recital) | 2
  • TMUS 6959 | Master's Thesis 4 (Major role in an oratorio or opera, a major work with orchestra, or a second recital) | 2
• Other Requirements in Music
  • Electives | 4-5
  • Coursework in entrepreneurship, wellness, vocal literature, voice pedagogy, opera theater, musicology, ethnomusicology, or music theory at the 4000- or 5000-level.
• Total Credit Hours | 20-21

Program Details

• Studies include individualized voice instruction, vocal coaching, and performance opportunities in opera, solo, oratorio, and other concert work, with elective studies in entrepreneurship as preparation for a performance career.
• One-hour weekly lesson, plus one-hour weekly performance class.
• A maximum of two credits at the 4000-level may be taken in fulfillment of the certificate requirements.
• Students who wish to take academic classes at the 5000-level or above will be required to pass the appropriate preliminary exams.