It is expected that the student will actively study composition every term in residence at SMU.
The thesis work may be for any medium and must be equivalent in complexity and accomplishment to an eight- to ten-minute concert work for orchestra. A brief proposal of the work must be submitted for approval to the thesis committee upon enrollment for thesis credit.
A degree recital (MURE 6001) consisting of works completed during graduate study is to be presented for approval by the student’s committee.