MM/MTP Capstones

Advising

Every MM-MTP student must select a member of the full-time Music Theory Faculty as an advisor by the end of the first semester of study. Each student will be prompted by letter to meet with a suggested advisor before the start of classes.

Music Theory Internship

Music Theory Internship is a mentored project specifically designed for and tailored to each student in the MM-MTP program. Students must submit a proposal for the Internship by the beginning of their third semester, and must specify a means of documentation for the Music Theory Pedagogy Project (below). Previous internships have included: teaching a class at a nearby institution; conducting research on pedagogical methods; supervised teaching of undergraduate Peabody courses in Music Theory; and designing a website to test students in Music Theory and identify areas of potential weakness.

Music Theory Pedagogy Project

The Music Theory Pedagogy Project is an independent paper that provides documentation of the Internship. Since the Internship varies with each student, the means of documentation is also to be decided in consultation with the student's advisor, but specified before the internship begins. While past projects have often taken the form of a paper defining methods implemented and describing outcomes observed during the Internship, the Pedagogy Project is not a thesis requirement; it must document the work done to fulfill the Internship.

Master's Portfolio

All Masters students at Peabody are required to assemble a portfolio containing academic papers and projects from core classes in Music Theory, Music History, and Bibliography. Portfolio submissions must include the grade and signature of the professor who graded the submission as part of regular coursework.

The Graduate Committee or its representative typically evaluates portfolios in the penultimate semester of a student's program. When a portfolio is found to be incomplete or unsatisfactory, the student is advised to make the required additions and/or corrections by the tenth week of the last semester.

Master's Portfolio Review

Students in the MM-MTP program are evaluated through a process called the Master's Portfolio Review. The Review consists of an examination of a student's Master's Portfolio, successful completion of the Music Theory Internship, the Music Theory Pedagogy Project, and satisfactory completion of all courses.