Music Degrees Offered at Oklahoma State University
AUDITION INFORMATION
We have music scholarships available to both music majors and non-music majors and offer both undergraduate and graduate degrees in music.
Undergraduate Students
The Department of Music at Oklahoma State University offers the following undergraduate degree options:
- BM in Performance- This degree will assist the student preparing for a professional performing career, graduate school, and teaching in a collegiate or in a private school.
- BM in Music Education- This degree with its three options is designed for the student desiring a teaching career in the public schools. It leads toward an Oklahoma State Teacher's Certificate. The degree is also excellent preparation for graduate school.
- BM in Music with Elective Studies in Business- This degree allows the student interested in a music business related field to receive instruction in both music and business topics.
- BA in Music- This degree offers the student broad liberal arts instruction with an emphasis in the music field.
- Minor in Music
If you are an oboist interested in pursuing one of these degrees at Oklahoma State University, please do the following:
1. Contact Professor Melissa Bosma by email at melissa.bosma@okstate.edu or by calling (972) 998-5149
2. Make sure you have taken or are scheduled to take the SAT and/or ACT
3. Complete and submit an OSU admission/scholarship application (http://admissions.okstate.edu/)
4. Complete and submit an OSU Music Scholarship Application
5. Schedule an audition for music acceptance/scholarship by calling (405) 744-6135
Graduate Students
The Department of Music at Oklahoma State University offers the following graduate degree options:
- MM in Pedagogy and Performance (conducting, music education or applied music)
Oklahoma State University offers a graduate degree which combines two elements that are important for many of today's musicians and music educators. The Master of Music in Pedagogy and Performance is available for the conductor, the school teacher, and the performer. We believe that a fine music pedagogue is an accomplished musician as well.
As a part of specializing on his/her instrument, the student who chooses the applied music track will develop a refined knowledge of the literature composed for that instrument and will also learn the teaching and technical approaches that have been developed for that musical medium. Performing opportunities, both solo and collaborative, are an important component of the degree candidate's studies.
The Master of Music in Pedagogy and Performance is a thirty-two hour degree. Each track includes courses in music research and bibliography, music theory, and music history. Elective credits that are built into each degree track permit the student to explore additional interests. Each degree candidate will complete a final project which contains both written and performing components. A final oral examination is also part of the degree requirements.
Assistantships are available by a competitive audition and interview process.
If you are an oboist interested in pursuing this degree at Oklahoma State University, please do the following:
1. Contact Professor Melissa Bosma by email at melissa.bosma@okstate.edu or by calling (972) 998-5149
2. Contact Dr. Allen Scott, Coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Department of Music at allen.scott@okstate.edu
3. Complete an application to the OSU Graduate College at http://gradcollege.okstate.edu/default.htm
4. Complete a Music Graduate Assistantship Application
5. Schedule an audition by calling (405) 744-6135
Audition Material
It is recommended that you prepare two contrasting works of your choice. You may prepare two etudes, two movements of a solo, or one etude and one movement of a solo. Your selections should vary in tempo and character, so that we may hear your abilities in both slow, lyrical music as well as your technical proficiency.
Proficiency of major scales and arpeggios are recommended but not required. Beginning reed-making skills are recommended but not required.
If you have any questions about suitable audition repertoire, please contact Professor Melissa Bosma at melissa.bosma@okstate.edu.
Pre-College Study
Students from grades 9-12 take weekly lessons to improve their playing and reedmaking. If you are interested in joining the pre-college studio please contact Professor Melissa Bosma by email at melissa.bosma@okstate.edu or by calling (972) 998-5149.
