Music Education Supplemental Requirements

• Musicianship demonstration on your primary instrument or voice on video
• Perform two contrasting works that demonstrate the best of your musicianship
• 10-15 minutes in duration total

The Music Performance Sample should be uploaded online to the application by December 1.

• Music Teaching Sample (for Teaching Assistantship consideration only)
  • Teaching demonstration in a music ensemble rehearsal or classroom situation (not a final performance) on video
  • This video should include footage from an entire class period (no less than 30 minutes in length)
  • In 2-3 paragraphs, provide some context and background to the teaching video

The Music Teaching Sample should be uploaded online to the application by December 1.

Resume

An updated resume is required as part of the application process.

Personal Statement

Tell us about your goals and objectives in pursuing a graduate degree.

Teaching & Research Portfolio

Include each of the following four (4) items in your portfolio:

1. Teaching Statement: This two-page statement should encapsulate your philosophy of music teaching. Discuss your beliefs and values about music teaching, approach to teaching and students, and goals for student learning and meaning making. Incorporate personal anecdotes from your teaching experiences as relevant.
   
   
2. Lesson Plans: These should be two comprehensive lesson plans that showcase your area of specialization.
   
   
3. Research Statement: This one- to two-page statement should outline and describe your areas of interest and their relevance to advancing music education. Additionally, explain why the University of Miami is an ideal environment for realizing your research goals.
   
   
4. Scholarly Writing: This should be a sample of your best, independent, scholarly writing focused on music, preferably about music teaching or learning.

Teaching Video

This video should showcase your instructional skills within your area of music specialization. The video should be approximately 30 minutes in length, capturing an uninterrupted or edited segment of a class session or rehearsal (not a final performance). Provide a brief statement contextualizing the video in 1-2 paragraphs.

Letters of Reference

Resume

An updated resume is required for this application.

Clinical Videos

Applicants must submit two separate clinical demonstration videos that meet these requirements:

1.      Each video must be 10 minutes in length.

2.      At some point across the two videos, applicants must show substantial evidence of clinical musical abilities on guitar, keyboard, and voice.

3.      One video should pertain to a pediatric population.  The other video should pertain to an adult or adolescent population.

4.      One video must involve facilitation of therapy in a group format.  The other video should involve facilitation of an individual session.

5.      No actual clients should be captured in the videos.  If any videos are submitted that include clients, they will be returned and not evaluated as part of the application.  Applicants should instead create videos of therapeutic simulations, asking friends, family members, or co-workers to participate in the videos and to role-play clinical populations. 

Written Treatment Plan

Applicants must submit a written treatment plan for each of the submitted clinical videos (total of two treatment plans).  Each treatment plan must describe the intended clinical population and specify the treatment goals and objectives that were addressed.

Teaching and Research Portfolio

This portfolio must include the following five written documents:

1. Research Interests:  This 1-2 page statement should outline and describe your areas of research interest and their potential contributions to the music therapy profession.  In addition, explain why you want to pursue these interests at the Frost School of Music and/or the University of Miami.
2. Clinical Supervision Experience:   This 1-2 page document should outline and describe any experience you have in supervising music therapy interns or practicum students.  Include length of the supervision period (i.e., for how many semesters, months, etc. did you provide supervision in each case), settings and populations served, focus of treatment, and student level (i.e., sophomore undergraduate).
3. Philosophy of Clinical Supervision:  In this 1-2 page document, describe your philosophy of clinical supervision by identifying what you feel are the priority issues to be addressed during supervision, how supervision should be delivered, how supervision contributes to student learning and to the profession overall, and how the effectiveness of supervision can be determined.
4. Statement of Professional Goals:  Describe your reasons for wanting to pursue a doctoral degree.  What events have led you to this decision?  What would you hope to accomplish during your doctoral studies?  What are your career plans beyond the doctoral degree?
5. Sample of Scholarly Writing:  Attach a sample of what you consider to be your best, independent, scholarly writing.  This sample should utilize published literature with appropriate reference citations.  The content should be focused on music in some way, and preferably on music therapy.