The UMD Department of Music prides itself in the accomplishment of our majors. Whether you are an undergraduate music major or a graduate seeking a Master’s degree in music, our Music Department is committed to assisting students achieve demanding standards of performance and scholarship in the classroom, the rehearsal room, and on stage. We encourage our students to make ethical and gratifying choices as citizens within the musical community.
Welcome Music Students
Everyone at the University Minnesota Duluth Department of Music is excited to see our music students back on campus this fall and to welcome our new music majors. While the operations of our department will definitely look much different this year, we planned and will work to ensure the high-quality learning experience students at the UMD Department of Music are accustomed to, while also protecting the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff.
This page is intended to serve as the starting point for information you need for your safety and the success of the approaching academic year. It will regularly be updated as we receive new information.
Please familiarize yourself with our Music Faculty & Staff Directory.
Music Program Learning Outcomes
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Music Programs Core
- Express musical ideas at the advanced level appropriate to the degree program.
- Apply knowledge of music historical and cultural styles from early practice to the present.
- Critically analyze and evaluate musical patterns, processes and outcomes.
- Appropriately express culturally diverse music in ways representative of local, national, and/or global communities in ensemble settings.
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Music BA
- Demonstrate professional skills appropriate to leadership, collaboration, and problem solving.
- Present effective, advanced-level written communication.
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Jazz Studies
- Demonstrate improvisation skills in jazz styles on an instrument as a soloist with technical proficiency (e.g., tone production, intonation, articulation, technical facility,
rhythmic conception). - Compose and arrange music for small and large jazz ensembles with appropriate use of jazz styles.
- Demonstrate professional skills through leadership, collaboration, and problem solving.
- Present effective, advanced-level written communication.
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Music Education
- Demonstrate ethical behaviors through leadership, collaboration, and problem solving.
- Present effective written communication.
- Present effective verbal and interactive communication of lesson objectives, strategies, and assessment practices in the context of laboratory teaching (practice) lessons.
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Music Theory & Composition
- Demonstrate ethical behaviors through leadership, collaboration, and problem solving.
- Present effective written communication of musical judgments, criticisms, and preferences.
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Music Vocal Performance
- Demonstrate professional skills appropriate to leadership, collaboration, and problem solving.
- Present effective, advanced-level written communication.