Emphases include the selections of appropriate literature, style and interpretation, rehearsal planning and implementation, evaluating performance outcomes, and special considerations relative to the teaching of music through the vehicle of performance.
Students select either instrumental or choral emphasis.
Students are required to complete four major papers dedicated to the aforementioned issues and present them during seminar sessions. Assigned readings and the keeping of a notebook devoted to current events in education are required. Students are granted released time from class to complete research papers and are counselled individually to facilitate their projects. The physiology of the voice is studied with reference to principles of choral singing. Special problems of the child and adolescent voice are considered.