Bachelor of Music in Performance
Time of day and term options for completing this degree:
Day Undergraduate
Courses are available during the day
Courses are normal (16 week) terms
This is a four-year program of study for students of piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, bass trombone, tuba or percussion. The curriculum for this major combines courses in advanced music performance, music academics, music skills and general academics and prepares students both for employment in the professional world and to continue their education at the graduate level.
University Core Curriculum Requirements |
30 Credits |
Students in the B.M. program only participate in the Foundational Stage—the first two years—of the Dialogues of Learning curriculum.
The January Term |
8 Credits |
During their course of study, students in the B.M. program are required to take, once each, the following January Term seminars: Music Entrepreneurship, Music Technology and World Music.
Major Requirements |
68 Credits |
MUS 201
|
Applied Instrument: Fr-So
|
12
|
| MUS 401 |
Applied Instrument: Jr-Sr
|
16
|
| MUG 301 |
Basic Conducting |
2
|
| MUG 329 |
Pedagogy |
2
|
| MUH 300 |
Music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Periods |
3* |
| MUH 301 |
Music of the Classical Period |
3* |
| MUH 302 |
Music of the Romantic Period |
3* |
| MUH 303 |
Music of the Twentieth Century |
3* |
| MUR 300 |
Junior Recital |
0 |
| MUR 301 |
Performance Forum |
0 |
| MUR 400 |
Senior Recital |
0 |
MUS 311
|
Small Ensemble
|
8
|
| MUT 150-251 |
Ear Training I-IV |
4* |
| MUT 200-301 |
Fundamentals of Music I-IV |
12* |
Required Music Electives |
6 Credits |
| MUH 300+ |
Music History Elective |
3 |
| MUT 300+ |
Music Theory Elective |
3 |
For Strings, Winds, Brass & Percussion |
12 Credits |
| MUS 131-232 |
Secondary Piano I-IV |
4* |
| MUS 321 |
Large Ensemble |
8 |
| MUS 325 |
Orchestral Repertoire |
0 |
| MUP 313-414 |
Keyboard Skills for Pianists I-IV |
4* |
| MUP 325 |
Piano Literature |
3 |
|
Free Elective(s) |
1 |
Strings, Winds, Brass & Percussion |
Total Credits 124 |
Piano |
Total Credits 120 |
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