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Diploma Requirements ·  AD auditions  ·  AD committee  ·  PDO

The Performer Diploma and Artist Diploma programs are intended for the outstanding performer. They are designed to concentrate study in appropriate repertoire. The diploma programs are administered by the Director of Graduate Studies, who monitors the progress of the students. No transfer of credit is accepted toward the requirements of any diploma program.  Diploma students are subject to all rules and regulations of the School of Music.

Diploma Requirements

Click on the program name below to have a list of requirements for that program open in a new window.  These requirements are for the 2007-2009 bulletin. If you entered under the 2003-2005 or 2005-2007 bulletin, click here for a list of program requirements. 

Artist Diploma Requirements

Performer Diploma Requirements

For information regarding recital guidelines and scheduling, review the Recital Scheduling homepage, or contact the Recital Scheduling Office (855-6000). 

Artist Diploma recitals are attended and graded in person by the three members of a student's AD committee. If a committee member (other than the teacher) is unable to attend, he or she and the student must arrange for a substitute from inside or outside the major department, as appropriate. The final grade is an average of the grades assigned by each committee member. The minimum grade is an "A-."

The grade for a Performer Diploma recital is assigned by the teacher, who hears the recital in person. The minimum grade is an "A-." Performer Diploma students are eligible for the Performer’s Certificate, which is awarded as a special recognition of musical understanding and technical proficiency demonstrated in recital. See here for more information.

Students must complete an Application for Graduation prior to, or at the beginning of, the intended last semester.  Diplomas are mailed about three months after graduation to the permanent address listed with the University Registrar. Transcripts requested about one month after graduation should reflect the completion of your diploma.

International Students are required to register as full-time students each semester in which they live in Bloomington, so it is important to plan to complete all requirements (including recitals) within the 4 semester registration limit. 

AD auditions

To be admitted to the Artist Diploma program, students must be at a performance level equivalent to acceptance into a major international competition. Candidates are admitted conditionally to the Artist Diploma program of the School of Music through regular departmental audition procedures. For students new to the School of Music, this departmental audition takes place during the regular audition times. For current School of Music students, this departmental audition must take place in the semester before the one in which the student wishes to begin the program.

Students recommended by departmental audition must be heard in a School-wide audition by the Artist Diploma Committee of the School of Music for final approval. For students new to the School of Music, this audition must take place in the first semester of enrollment. For current School of Music students, this audition must take place in the semester before the one in which the student wishes to begin the program.

Admission to the Artist Diploma program does not require a high school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma, but one of these must be earned before the Artist Diploma can be granted.

Auditions are held in the fall and spring semesters; upcoming dates and other deadlines are available here.

To schedule an audition:

Current students in other School of Music programs:

--Discuss your interest in the AD program with your teacher.
--Sign up in the Music Graduate Office.
--Contact the chair of your department to arrange a departmental audition. The department will report the result to the Music Graduate Office.
--Consult with your department chair about appropriate repertory for the audition. Prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair.
--Bring the approved program to the Graduate Office. If your department recommends you for the AD program, you will be scheduled for an audition.

All new students in the first semester of the AD program:

--Sign up in the Music Graduate Office.
--Consult with your department chair about appropriate repertory for the audition. Prepare a typed program and have it approved and signed by the department chair.
--Bring the approved program to the Graduate Office. You will be scheduled for an audition.

The audition schedule will be posted outside the Music Graduate Office. Students must provide an accompanist, if needed. If you have questions or concerns about this process or about the Artist Diploma program, please contact the Graduate Office.
 

AD committee

Students in the AD program should request the appointment of a committee consisting of three members of the faculty. The chair of your committee is should be your principal teacher; the second member should be a member of the faculty in your department; the third should be a member of the faculty outside your department.

The committee must be established before your first recital is scheduled.

The form for requesting a committee is available here.

PDO (Performer Diploma in Professional Opera Studies)

The School of Music is not currently admitting students to this program.

The requirements for the Performer Diploma in Professional Opera Studies are slightly different. The PDO requires (in addition to languages as described above for voice PD students):

  • V900 Voice Lessons (3-3-3-3 cr.); V910 Vocal Coaching (2-2-2-2 cr.).

  • R591-R592 Dramatic Coaching I-II (1-1 cr.); R581-R582 Advanced Opera Skills I-II (3-3 cr.); R589 Physical Alignment in Singing (2-2 cr.).

  • 3 credit hours selected from M525 Survey of Opera Literature (3 cr.), M561, M562, M563, M564 History and Literature of Opera I-II-III-IV (3-3-3-3 cr.).

  • X070 Opera Chorus (2-2-2-2 cr.). Students will enroll each semester in Opera Chorus. In semesters during which the student has no opera role, participation in Opera Chorus in two productions is required. In semesters in which the student is assigned any non-chorus role, participation in Opera Chorus in one production is required.

  • In lieu of a recital, two opera roles contingent upon audition. R600 Opera Performance (0-0 cr.).