M.A. Music

1. 1. 1. M.A. Programmes:
         1. M.A. Music

Entry Requirements: Candidates from any other related programme (relatedness will be determined by the Department of Music, University of Jos)or non-related programme must possess a minimum of Second-Class Lower degree or its equivalent from a recognised University. Such candidate must possess a certificate in music literacy, pass a music proficiency test organized by the Department of Music, University of Jos and proficient in playing at least one musical instrument.

In addition to possession of the minimum university entry requirements, applicants for M.A. in Conducting and Music Directing and Performance programmes are required to submit to the Department, for review by the Departmental Postgraduate Studies Committee, photographs and aural or video CDs/DVDs of their recent works/performances certified by either:

1. 1. 1. 2. The applicant’s Head of Music,
         3. his/her present employer; or
         4. a recognized professional music or theatre practitioner, or head of the organization, where the applicant has been serving as a Music Director or Performer. It would be an advantage for the candidates to have also majored in the appropriate instrument (voice, piano, organ, orchestral instrument, conducting and music directing) in their first degree.

It is an added advantage for candidates for:

• • • • M.A. Music Education to have done Music Education in their Bachelor’s degree or NCE or Diploma.
      • M.A. African music and Musicology should have majored in African music in their Bachelor’s degree.
      • M.A. Theory and Composition to have majored in Composition, Music Education, Performance or African Music in their first degree.
      • M.A. Composition should submit folios of at least three (3) of their original compositions along with either audio CDs or DVDs or both of their performances.
      • M.A. Musical Instrument Technology would have majored in Musical Instrument Technology or African Music in their first degree.

Such candidates will also be required to submit to the Departmental Postgraduate Studies Committee photographs of as many instruments recently constructed by them as possible and assessments of instruments recently repaired by them and certified.
M.A. Music and Mass Media, Music Business and Entertainment Industry, candidates should meet the conditions specified above for M.A. Theory and Composition. It is an added advantage for a candidate to have experience of music practice in media houses and music programming or be working in a media house. Experience in studio productions will also be an added advantage.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

1. 1. 1. 10. African Music
         11. Conducting and Music Directing
         12. Music Education
         13. Music and Mass Media
         14. Musicology
         15. Musical Instrument Technology
         16. Performance

STRESS AREAS

1. 1. 1. 17. Acoustics and Music Technology
         18. Research Methods
         19. Theoretical Courses – Harmony, Counterpoint and Analysis
         20. History and Form of Western Music
         21. African Music Theory and Ethnomusicology
         22. Keyboard Work
         23. Seminar and Individual Performance
         24. Aesthetics and Criticism
         25. Music Education