Music, B.M. in Performance, Piano or Vocal

The Major in Piano or Vocal Performance consists of a total of 78 credit hours.

Required courses include:

Major and Major-Related Courses

MUS 101Musicianship: Theory I

3

MUS 102Musicianship: Theory II

3

MUS 111Musicianship: Ear Training I

1

MUS 112Musicianship: Ear Training II

1

MUS 201Musicianship: Theory III

3

MUS 202Musicianship: Form and Analysis

3

MUS 211Musicianship: Ear Training III

1

MUS 212Musicianship: Ear Training IV

1

MUS 308Pedagogy in the Applied Field

1

MUS 312History of Music in the United States

3

MUS 313History of Western Fine Arts Music to 1750

3

MUS 314History of Western Fine Arts Music from 1750 to the Present

3

MUS 315Introduction to Ethnomusicology

3

MUS 322Conducting

3

MUS 323Orchestration and Arranging

2

MUS 351Senior Study I

3

MUS 352Senior Study II

3

MUS 401Literature in the Applied Field I

1

MUS 402Literature in the Applied Field II

1

24 hours of applied music in the principal area

24

7 credit hours of ensemble

7

4 hours of music electives

4

4 hours of music electives: Courses, lessons, ensembles, or a combination.

Keyboard proficiency must be demonstrated (ordinarily through MUS KBD). This must be completed before senior study.

Students pursuing this degree must present a half recital in the junior year and a full recital in the senior year.