Music Performance Bachelor of Music
(76-85 credit hours in music)
Through a study of solo, chamber and large ensemble literature, this program emphasizes the development of skills for a potential career as a performer.
General Requirements:
Musicianship Core
The musicianship core is the set of required studies common to all music degree programs (Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy, Bachelor of Science in Music with an emphasis in Sound Recording Technology, all programs of the Bachelor of Music).
NOTE:
- MUS 125 and MUS 126 (instead of MUS 105 and MUS 106) for Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Bachelor of Music degree in Performance;
- MUS 118: waived for students whose principal instrument is piano;
- MUS 120: each semester of private applied lessons;
- MUS 107 and MUS 108 are required of all freshmen oboe and bassoon majors.
Plus the following:
NOTE: 1-credit hour ensemble using principal instrument each semester of residency. Six participations in .5 credit hour ensembles.
Each student is admitted to the program on a principal performing instrument, with additional requirements as follows:
For a Major in Performance, Percussion
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
For a Major in Performance, Piano
Piano Performance majors may add a Concentration in Piano Pedagogy by also taking the following courses in addition to the requirements of the Bachelor of Music in Performance, Piano:
| MUS 341 | Piano Pedagogy II | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 3 |
For a Major in Performance, Stringed Instruments (71 credit hours)
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| Electives in music theory, musicology, string literature or chamber music literature | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
For a Major in Performance, Voice
| MUS 033 | Opera Prod Practicum | 0.5 |
| MUS 137 | Diction for Singers | .5 |
| MUS 138 | Diction for Singers | .5 |
| MUS 139 | Diction for Singers | .5 |
| MUS 140 | Diction for Singers | .5 |
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 317 | Piano Class | 1 |
| MUS 318 | Piano Class | 1 |
| MUS 344 | Vocal Pedagogy | 3 |
| MUS 349 | Vocal Pedagogy Practicum | 1 |
| MUS 417 | Piano Class for Non-Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| MUS 418 | Piano Improvisation for Non-Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| Music Theory elective | |
| Music history or literature elective | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12.5 |
NOTE:
- MUS 138 is the 2nd of 4 diction courses;
- MUS 139 is the 3rd of 4 diction courses;
- MUS 417 - MUS 418: or successful completion of one semester of accompanying work under the supervision of the MUS 418 Class Piano Instructor.
- A minimum of four semesters of German French, Italian or Spanish by advisement.
- At least two semesters of Opera Seminar (level I or II)
- Voice performance majors are required to enroll for a minimum of four semesters of MUS 033 Opera Production Practicum as part of the ensemble requirements. The required freshman year participation in Practicum may count as one of the required semesters.
Credit in Opera Production Practicum may be earned in one of two ways:
- By working on a set, costume, lighting, or running crew for one School of Music stage production during the semester that would require two to three evenings' attendance a week for a period of approximately five weeks.
- By performing a leading or secondary role or singing in the chorus of a university musical stage production during the semester.
For a Major in Performance, Wind Instruments
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| Music Theory elective | |
| Music History elective | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
Total Credit Hours: 76-85