Music Performance - Mus.B. Degree

School of Music

Office: 2157 Mason Hall

(716) 673-3151

Dr. Andrew Seigel, Interim Chair of Performance

Website:https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-music/music/undergrad

Through a study of solo, chamber and large ensemble literature, this program emphasizes the development of skills for a potential career as a performer.

Major 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).

MUS 115	Music Appreciation	3
MUS 263	Music History in Western Civilization I	3
MUS 264	Music History in Western Civilization II	3
MUS 231	Conducting I	2
MUS 121	Aural Skills I	2
MUS 122	Aural Skills II	2
MUS 123	Music Theory I	3
MUS 124	Music Theory II	3
MUS 221	Aural Skills III	2
MUS 222	Aural Skills IV	2
MUS 223	Music Theory III	3
MUS 224	Music Theory IV	3
MUS 118	Piano Class, Elementary	2
MUS 100	Recital-Seminar	0
MUS 120	Concert Attendance	0
MUS 125	Applied Music Major	2
MUS 126	Applied Music Major	2
Total Credit Hours:		37

NOTE:

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:

MUS 200	Recital Seminar	0
MUS 245	Performance Major	3
MUS 246	Performance Major	3
MUS 300	Recital Seminar	0
MUS 345	Performance Major	3
MUS 346	Performance Major	3
MUS 400	Recital Seminar	0
MUS 445	Performance Major	3
MUS 446	Performance Major	3
MUS 347	Junior Recital	1
MUS 447	Senior Recital	1
MUED 291	Technology in Music I	2
	Ensembles, by advisement	11
	Junior Recital	0
	Senior/Graduation Recital	0
Total Credit Hours:		33

NOTE:

Ensembles: 1-credit hour ensemble using principal instrument each semester of residency/six (6) participations in .5 credit hour ensembles.

Each student is admitted to the program on a principal performing instrument, with additional requirements as follows:

Percussion

MUS 217	Piano Class, Intermediate	1
MUS 218	Piano Class, Intermediate	1
MUS 355	Pedagogy Practicum	0
MUS 356	Pedagogy Practicum	0
	Music History elective	3
	Music Theory elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		8

Piano

MUS 201	Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire I	2
MUS 202	Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire II	2
MUS 340	Piano Pedagogy I	3
MUS 420	Piano Literature I	3
MUS 421	Piano Literature II	3
MUS 355	Pedagogy Practicum	0
MUS 356	Pedagogy Practicum	0
MUS 415	Piano Class for Keyboard Majors	1
MUS 416	Piano Class for Keyboard Majors	1
Total Credit Hours:		15

String Instruments

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

Voice

MUS 137	Diction for Singers-English	0.5
MUS 138	Diction for Singers-Italian	0.5
MUS 139	Diction for Singers-German	0.5
MUS 140	Diction for Singers-French	0.5
MUS 213	Opera Seminar I	1
MUS 217	Piano Class, Intermediate	1
MUS 218	Piano Class, Intermediate	1
MUS 313	Opera Seminar II	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	Vocal Accompaniment for Non-Keyboard Majors	1
	Music Theory elective	3
	Music History or Literature elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		20

NOTE:

MUS 417-MUS 418: may be replaced by one semester of accompanying work under the supervision of the MUS 418 Class Piano Instructor.
Recommended: four semesters of German, French, Italian or Spanish by advisement.
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.

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	3
	Music History elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		8

Oboe or Bassoon

MUS 107	Double Reed Class I	0.5
MUS 108	Double Reed Class II	0.5
Total Credit Hours:		1

Total Credit Hours: 72-92

Statement on Ensembles:

No undergraduate student will be allowed to enroll in more than two 1-credit ensembles in a given semester. Undergraduate students enroll in up to four curricular ensembles (1-credit and ½-credit) in a semester. Any student may be asked to be in more than one 1-credit ensemble in a semester, but they cannot be required to do so.

Each undergraduate student pursuing the MusB-Performance degree program is required to audition for and enroll in a 1-credit ensemble each semester.

If an undergraduate student is in residence at Fredonia in a fifth (or later) undergraduate year, the ensemble participation requirement remains in force if the student is taking private lessons.

All students required to enroll in a 1-credit ensemble will do so on the instrument correlating to the primary studio assignment unless specifically exempted by the administration of the School of Music.

Exemption from any ensemble policy requires agreement between the ensemble director(s) and the studio instructor, and may be appealed to the Chair of Applied Music Performance.

Specific Degree Program Requirements for the MusB-Performance degree:
Instrumental Concentration: 8 semesters of 1-credit ensemble (8 credits) plus 3 credits earned in ½-credit ensembles (at least 2 credits of which will be in chamber ensembles (11 credits total)
Voice Concentration: 8 semesters of 1-credit ensemble (8 credits) plus 3 credits earned in ½-credit ensembles (at least 2 credits of which will be in Opera Practicum (11 credits total)