Bachelor of Music

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Major in Performance

The following choices are available under performance.

• Piano (performance)
• Piano (pedagogy)
• Organ (performance)
• Organ (church music)
• Harpsichord
• Voice
• Orchestral Instruments
  • Strings: violin, viola, cello and double bass
  • Winds: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, woodwinds (a combination of all five instruments), trumpet, trombone euphonium, horn and tuba
  • Percussion
  • Harp
  • Classical Guitar

General requirements for majors in Performance

Students who have not fulfilled the following requirements at the beginning of the fifth term/semester are not allowed to major in applied music.

1. Completion of at least 60 semester hours with an average of C or better.
2. Completion of
   • MUTH 1400 - Theory I
      
   • MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I
      
   • MUTH 1500 - Theory II
      
   • MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II
      
   • MUTH 2400 - Theory III
      
   • MUTH 2410 - Aural Skills III
      
   • MUTH 2500 - Theory IV
      
   • MUTH 2510 - Aural Skills IV
      
   • MUMH 1600 - Music in Human Imagination
      
3. Completion of sophomore applied major study, or equivalent for transfer students, with at least a grade of B.
4. Successful completion of Upper Division Examination.

Graduation requirements for majors in Performance

1. Completion of 20–32 hours in the major instrument/voice. (Number of hours varies according to the instrument.)
2. Completion of 6–16 hours supplementing the major instrument (literature, pedagogy, diction, chamber music, advanced conducting).
3. Demonstration of proficiency in solo playing in public recitals, and in ensemble and chamber music, as appropriate.
4. Presentation of senior recital, content approved in advance and public performance graded by faculty.
5. Completion of 6–12 hours in upper-level MUTH, MUCP and MUED. Credit hours and courses vary by performance area.
6. Other music and general electives 3–10 hours (see program outlines below for specific recommendations).
7. A total of 125–137 hours are required.

Degree requirements

Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 134 hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Music  requirements.

Major requirements, 37 hours

• MUAM 1503 - Voice (8)
• MUAM 3503 - Voice (11)
• MUAG 1905 - English Diction for Singers
• MUAG 1906 - French Diction
• MUAG 1907 - German Diction
• MUAG 1909 - Italian Diction
• MUAG 3800 - Fundamentals of Conducting
• MUAG 3820 - Choral Conducting
• MUAG 4210 - Vocal Literature
• MUAG 4300 - Science and Pedagogy of Singing
• MUAG 4712 - Voice Senior Recital Capstone (may be used to satisfy the Capstone requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
• MUEN 3040 - Opera Theatre (2)

Other required courses

• MUAS or MUAG (1000-level applied secondary) (2)
• MUMH 1600 - Music in Human Imagination (may be used to satisfy the Visual and Performing Arts requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
• MUMH 3500 - Music History and Literature to 1750
• MUMH 3510 - Music History and Literature Since 1750

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• MUMH 4070 - Operatic Literature

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• MUMH 4770 - Masterpieces of Choral Literature

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• PHYS 1270 - Science and Technology of Musical Sound (may be used to satisfy a portion of the Natural Sciences requirement of the University Core Curriculum)

Minor requirements

20 hours in music theory, including:

• MUTH 1400 - Theory I
• MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I
• MUTH 1500 - Theory II
• MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II
• MUTH 2400 - Theory III
• MUTH 2410 - Aural Skills III
• MUTH 2500 - Theory IV
• MUTH 2510 - Aural Skills IV

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• MUTH 3410 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

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• MUTH 3420 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

Electives

8 hours (3 advanced).

Other requirements

• All non-keyboard majors must enroll in secondary piano each long term/semester until proficiency is passed.
• Prior to the fifth term/semester, the student must have completed diction courses in English, Italian, German and French, and one year of foreign language (see degree outline, in this section).
• Presentation of a junior recital (one-half length).
• Presentation of a senior recital that includes a group of Italian, French, German and English songs and an aria from opera or oratorio.