Department of Music Conducting Certificate

Graduate Certificate

Consists of 12 credits.

Conducting, 6 credits

• MUS 795 – Graduate Conducting Credits: 1-4

Choose 6 credits from the following:

Take one of the following courses in your primary area of interest:

• MUED 583 – Music Education Workshop Credits: 1-3 (Choral Rehearsal Techniques or Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques topics only)
• MUS 600 – Orchestral Music for Secondary Schools Credits: 3
• MUS 622 – Song Literature Credits: 3
• MUS 623 – Seminar in Choral Literature: Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Credits: 3
• MUS 624 – History and Literature of Wind Ensemble Music Credits: 3
• MUS 625 – Wind Ensemble Music for Secondary Schools Credits: 3
• MUS 627 – Symphonic Music Credits: 3

Note

This certificate is administered by the area of Music.

The Conducting Graduate Certificate is open to students majoring in a graduate music degree.

Students who wish to apply for this certificate must first submit a 10-15 minute video sample of their conducting, including rehearsal and performance selections to the department.

Meet Your Faculty and Staff

The low student-to-faculty ratio in the Department of Music provides our students with opportunities for personal attention.

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Brent Turney

• Department Chair – Music
• Professor – Trumpet

College of Fine Arts & Communication, Department of Music, School of Performing Arts

brent.turney@uwsp.edu

715-346-3107

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Rachel Brashier

• Director of Music Education
• Graduate Advisor for the Music Department
• Global Affiliate Scholar – Ed.D. in Educational Sustainability

College of Fine Arts & Communication, Department of Music, Ed.D. Global Affiliate Scholars, School of Performing Arts

rachel.brashier@uwsp.edu

715-346-2227

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Danielle Breisach

• Associate Lecturer – Flute
• Graduate Program Manager

College of Fine Arts & Communication, Department of Music, School of Performing Arts

danielle.breisach@uwsp.edu

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Andrew Slembarski

• Administrative Specialist – Music

College of Fine Arts & Communication, Department of Music, School of Performing Arts

andrew.slembarski@uwsp.edu

715-346-3107

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Founded in 1924, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges, and universities with approximately 637 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials for music and music-related disciplines and provides assistance to institutions and individuals engaged in artistic, scholarly, educational, and other music-related endeavors.

The College of Fine Arts and Communication at UW-Stevens Point is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.