Music Performance Certificate

The Music Performance Certificate program will provide students with additional training and experiences to deepen and enrich their music performance skills as both soloists and members of musical ensembles. It will also deepen and enrich their ability to communicate musical ideas through written and oral communication. Coursework will focus on applied study, ensembles, entrepreneurship training, experience in pedagogy, theory and history and a culminating lecture recital capstone project. Weekly performance class, studio classes, master classes and co curricular experiences with musical organizations will greatly assist in developing student competency. International students pairing their musical training with intensive study in as ESL program will also prepare their English skills for the requirements of top graduate music programs.

Student learning outcomes for this program are:

• Demonstrate technical mastery of a primary instrument including tone production, expression, and articulation.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of musical forms and structures through performance and discussion.
• Demonstrate advanced performance practice knowledge and skill applied to a primary instrument and repertory.
• Demonstrate mastery of ensemble performance skill.
• Demonstrate basic pedagogical skill for their primary instrument.
• Demonstrate  knowledge of standard literature for the primary instrument.

Declaring this Certificate:

• Declare this certificate with the School of Music.

Program Requirements:

• Successful audition for applied music faculty members.
• Be formally admitted to Purdue University Fort Wayne.
• Due to the nature of instruction in the common language of music, the TOEFL score requirement for international students entering this program is 70. Some students may enroll in a summer ELS program under conditional admission at the end of which they can begin the certificate program in the fall semester. For English native speakers, admission will follow all university guidelines for admission to the programs.
• No transfer credit towards this certificate will be accepted. 
• All coursework for the certificate must be completed within three years. 
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 and no course below a C- for the certificate.
• Courses in this certificate program cannot be used to fulfill any other certificate but may be used in a future graduate degree in music where applicable.
• Students who pursue this certificate post-baccalaureate, must first be formally admitted to Purdue University Fort Wayne. 

To earn the Music Performance Certificate, you must fulfill the following requirements in addition to those noted above: