Applying to the MM and DMA choral programs: Applications for admission in fall 2012 to the MM and DMA graduate choral programs are available online at www.ccm.uc.edu/admissions http://ccm.uc.edu/admissions.html . Applications and tapes are due December 1, 2011. Qualified applicants will be invited to audition at CCM in January 2012.

Features of CCM's Graduate Choral Studies MM and DMA Programs:

• Opportunities twice annually to conduct a series of rehearsals and a performance of the Chamber Singers, a 50-voice mixed chorus of music majors rehearsing three days weekly and producing an annual nine-concert series prepared and conducted exclusively by graduate MM and DMA choral conducting majors, under the mentorship of choral faculty.
• Two-year positions for DMA choral majors as directors of the University of Cincinnati Men's and Women's Choruses, which perform quarterly concerts, make an annual spring tour, and sing masterworks with orchestra.
• Eight Choral Graduate Assistantships (GA) offering competitive stipends and full tuition waivers, with additional Graduate Assistantships available in Accompanying, Music Education, Music History and Music Theory.
• Access to America's greatest resources of choral scores through the CCM Choral library, with multiple scores of over 3,500 works; the Dale Warland Singers Performance Score Library, with multiple scores to over 1,100 works, (270 being commissioned works); and the University of Cincinnati Libraries, which offer borrowing privileges from all academic libraries in Ohio through Ohio-Link.
• Intensive studies in instrumental conducting and score preparation.
• Two-year studies (six quarters) of the Survey of Choral Literature (Renaissance through Contemporary) and additional specialized studies in current choral literature.
• Exposure to master conductors and internationally acclaimed choirs through conducting masterclasses, residencies, workshops, and performances. Past master conductors at CCM have included Charlene Archibeque, Harry Christophers, Stephen Cleobury, Fiora Contino, Stephen Darlington, Vance George, George Guest, Tom Hall, William Hatcher, Thomas Hilbish, Joseph Jennings, Peter Phillips, Johannes Prinz, Richard Sparks, Dale Warland, Jon Washburn, William Weinert, Richard Westerberg (deceased) and Sir David Willcocks. Masterclasses have included internationally known ensembles, with MM and DMA choral majors conducting the Dale Warland Singers under the mentorship of Dale Warland, The Sixteen under the mentorship of Harry Christophers, and the Tallis Scholars under the mentorship of Peter Phillips.
• Opportunities for generous financial support for research, for travel and fees for conducting competitions, masterclasses, workshops and conferences through the Friends of CCM and the Tangeman Sacred Music Center.

For details of the Choral Program MM and DMA degree requirements, see the CCM Bulletin, pp. 27-31 for Graduate Program information, pp. 35-36 for MM, and pp. 45-47 for DMA.