MUS 602 - Capstone Lecture Recital

Semester Hours: 4

Students will write a comprehensive capstone document (analyses of all pieces on recital), prepare program notes, and prepare language translations (where appropriate), and pass a Lecture/Recital Hearing by the faculty and perform a Capstone Recital. Students will present a public lecture-recital with the lecture conveying aspects of the written Capstone Document in presentation form and the recital being a performance of the music. The Capstone Document and lecture content will conform to Option A or Option B. Option A is a standard document that includes historical background, theoretical analysis, and a discussion of the interpretive challenges inherent in the recital material. Option B enables students to propose their own Capstone topic that is a deeper investigation into a topic in Music Education, Music Performance, Music Theory, Ethnomusicology, the Psychology of Music, Original Composition, Music Recording Technology, or some other recognized sub-discipline of Music. This topic must present original research, composition, or skills in music recording technology. Such a topic must be proposed to and approved by three members of the full-time faculty by a deadline set by the faculty in the semester prior to the semester in which the Capstone Document is written. Students performing Capstone Recital within three weeks of the end-of-semester jury will be exempt from performing the jury, except that they must perform their independently prepared piece for the jury.

Prerequisite: permission of instructor.