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Requirements for the Bachelor of Music in Performance

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The next section describes a Core Curriculum of required studies common to every music degree program, followed by lists of the specific requirements for each degree program as accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
Course Number Title Credit Hours

Core Curriculum: 35 credit hours
MUS 001 Freshman Music Seminar 1
MUS 100 Recital Seminar 0
MUS 120 Concert Attendance 0
MUS 021-050 Ensembles 0
MUS 105-106* Applied Music 4

(125-126* for Mus.B. Music Education and Performance)
MUS 113 Voice Class 1
MUS 117-118 Piano Class (waive for piano majors) 2
MUS 121-122 Aural Theory I & II 4
MUS 123-124 Written Theory I & II 4
MUS 131-132 Applied Musicianship I & II 2
MUS 221-222 Aural Theory III & IV 4
MUS 223-224 Written Theory III & IV 4
MUS 263 Music History in Western Civilization 3
MUS 264 Topics in Music History 3
MUS XXX Music History Core Elective 3

*Note: A grade of “F” in any semester of applied music or a grade of "D" in two consecutive semesters of applied music will result in the removal of the student from the School of Music curriculum.

Bachelor of Music Degree Programs in Performance

General Requirements:
Core Curriculum (35)

65 Credit Hours:
MUS 200 Recital Seminar 0
MUS 245-246* Applied Music 8
MUS 300 Recital Seminar 0
MUS 345-346* Applied Music 8
MUS 347-348 Applied Music Recitation 2
MUS 400 Recital Seminar 0
MUS 445-446* Applied Music 8
MUS 447-448 Applied Music Recitation 2
Junior and Senior Recitals 0
MUED 291 Technology in Music I 2

For a Major in Performance, Percussion (71 credit hours)
General Requirements (63)
MUS 217-218 Piano Class 2
MUS 355-356 Performance Practicum 0
Music theory elective 3
Music history elective 3
Fourteen participations in ensembles

For a Major in Performance, Piano Pedagogy (77 credit hours)

General Requirements (63)
Piano literature and pedagogy 5
MUED 250 Foundations of Music Education I 3
MUS 470 Suzuki and Pace Methods 4
Fourteen participations in ensembles, including four in chamber ensembles
MUS 415-416 Piano Class 2

For a Major in Performance, Piano (70 credit hours)
General Requirements (63)
Piano literature and pedagogy 5
Fourteen participations in ensembles, including four in chamber ensembles
MUS 415-416 Piano Class 2

For a Major in Performance, Stringed Instruments (71 credit hours)
General Requirements (63)
MUS 217-218 Piano Class 2
MUS 355-356 Performance Practicum 0

String literature and chamber music literature or Music theory and literature/history elective (6)
Fourteen participations in ensembles, including four in chamber ensembles

For a Major in Performance, Voice (81 credit hours)
General Requirements (63)
MUS 137-140 Diction for Singers 2
MUS 217-218 Piano Class 2
MUS 317-318 Piano Class 2
MUS 344 Vocal Pedagogy 3
MUS 417-418 Piano Class 2

(or successful completion of one semester of accompanying work under the supervision of the MUS 418 Class Piano teacher)

Music theory elective (3)

Music history or literature elective (3)

Fourteen participations in ensembles including four in Opera Production Practicum*

A minimum of two semesters of German language and a minimum of two semesters of one of the Romance languages (French, Italian or Spanish).

*All voice performance majors are required to have earned a minimum of four semesters Practicum credit by the time they graduate. The required freshman year participation in Practicum may count as one of the required semesters.

The Opera Production-Practicum may be earned in one of two ways:

  1. 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.
  2. 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 (71 credit hours)
General Requirements (63)
MUS 217-218 Piano Class 2
MUS 355-356 Performance Practicum 0
  Music theory elective
Music history elective		 3
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Fourteen participations in ensembles, including four in chamber ensembles