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Professor William Swann, Chair, Division of Fine Arts Professor and Coordinator

Cultivating a vibrant environment, the Maryville College Music Department prepares students for lives as creative musicians who will bring imagination, beauty, intelligence, and vision to their communities, thereby becoming cultural leaders in the world.

Auditions and Admission to Music Curricula

All students intending to pursue a major or minor in music must audition prior to being officially admitted into a music degree program. All music majors must demonstrate proficiency in basic keyboard skills. Those who lack this preparation upon entering must take Keyboard Fundamentals for 0 credits every term until all four areas of the proficiency requirement are passed. All music majors must pass the piano proficiency requirement before enrolling in Senior Project 351-352.

Admission to a particular curriculum as a music major is conferred by the music faculty after the completion of MUS 102: Musicianship: Theory II (3 hrs.) or, in the case of students with advanced standing, after one semester of study at Maryville College. Contact the Chair of the Division of Fine Arts for details.

French or German is recommended as the foreign language choice for singers and students planning graduate work in music.

Students successfully completing the program of study will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in music theory, ethnomusicology, and the history of American and Western fine arts music.
  2. Demonstrate basic proficiency in keyboard, ear training, improvisation, and use of electronic technology in music.
  3. Demonstrate high-quality performance skills in at least one area of applied music, together with a knowledge of repertory.
  4. Demonstrate specialized knowledge and skills necessary for professional degrees in performance (piano and voice) and music education (vocal/general and instrumental).
  5. Establish composite knowledge and skills necessary for the pursuit of graduate study and/or a musical career suited to the student's talents and desires.