Thesis includes the planning, research, preparation and directorship of a full-length concert of early music, the program to include solo and ensemble music. This practical work will be supported by a paper dealing either with the performance practice sources used and the historical and social background of the repertory performed, or a topic to be decided. Rehearsals and public performances of Renaissance and Baroque repertories in the Thornton School of Music's Center Stage Concert Series and various concert series in Southern California. All concerts in the USC series are recorded for inclusion on the Thornton School of Music's weekly broadcast on National Public Radio. Private lessons and coaching in primary and secondary instruments.
Emphasis is on secular music and the preparation of publication-quality performing editions.
Practical training in the direction of academic and professional early music ensembles. Students are the supervised directors of a collegium musicum. Students new to USC, who have taken equivalent courses at the graduate level at other universities, may have them evaluated for credit. D.M.A. candidates in all major areas must take a Music History field. A minimum of 6 units per field is required.