Plan of Study – Music Performance
Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.
Music Performance: Bach Mus |
Church Music-Organ (Concentration Choice) |
Instrumental Performance (Concentration Choice) |
Piano Performance (Concentration Choice) |
Vocal Performance (Concentration Choice) Major Courses (Minimum of 46-54 semester hours requried.)
Core Courses (Minimum of 42 semester hours required.)
Students will prepare for and perform a public recital of memorized repertoire appropriate for their instrument or voice.
Fundamentals of orchestration and arranging for instruments and voices, with an emphasis on the application of 18th to 21st century techniques. Prerequisite: four semesters of theory or departmental approval.
Students will prepare for and perform a public recital of memorized repertoire appropriate for their instrument or voice.
Fundamental harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, including major and minor keys, intervals, cadences, primary triads in root and inverted positions, through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1140, Sight-singing and Ear Training I.
Basic aural, visual, and vocal experiences in dictation and singing at sight: includes major and minor scalar and diatonic chordal outlines, rhythms in simple meter, and major and minor triads. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1130, Theory I.
Continuation of Theory I, including secondary, diminished, and augmented triads, non-chord tones, melodic composition, and secondary dominants, through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1340, Sight-singing and Ear Training II.
Continuation of basic aural, visual, and vocal experiences in dictation and singing at sight; includes melodies constructed of primary triads, rhythms in compound meter, and major, minor, and diminished triads in inversion. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1330, Theory II.
Includes basic computer operations, study of hardware (including MIDI) and software for aural skill study, music notation and scoring, and music instruction. Basic knowledge of music fundamentals, piano keyboard, and personal computers is recommended.
Continuation of Theory II, including fundamental harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, including secondary chords, modulation, mode mixture, through an aural/visual/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2140, Sight-singing and Ear Training III.
A continuation of aural, visual, and vocal experiences in sight singing and dictation; includes modulations to closely related keys, compound intervals, rhythmic sub-divisions, chromatic chords. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2130, Theory III.
Continuation of Theory III, including fundamental harmonic and melodic practices of the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2340, Sight-singing and Ear Training IV.
A continuation of Sight-Singing and Ear Training III; includes the study of unusual and mixed meters, syncopation, chromatic inflection, remote modulation, and modal scales. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2330, Theory IV.
Development of music from pre-Christian beginnings through the Baroque period with emphasis on music form, style, literature, and composers.
Development of music from the Classical period to the present with emphasis on musical form, style, literature, and composers.
Aural and visual acquaintance with contrapuntal music of the 17th and 18th centuries; writing of music involving techniques characteristic of the period.
Structural elements of musical composition as applied to form, from the simple song forms to the sonata-allegro form; melodic, harmonic, and structural analysis of representative works.
Integrated course with emphasis on baton technique, score reading, and arranging. Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 2 hours.
MUS47517
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
The study of vocal technique including placement/resonance, vowel formation, intonation, breath control, and tone production. Emphasis on repertoire, musicianship, and artistry through vocal literature of art songs and arias in varying languages.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Organ technique; application to basic materials; congregational accompaniment; repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.
Concentration Choice (Minimum of 4-12 semester hours required. Choose from: Church Music-Organ (4 s.h.), Instrumental Performance (11-12 s.h.), Piano Performance (8 s.h.), and Vocal Performance (6 s.h.).)
Concentration Courses (Minimum of 4 semester hours required.)
Integrated course in development of choral tone, blend, balance, articulation and appropriate baton techniques, score preparation, style, and rehearsal procedures.
The practice of church music in Catholic and Protestant traditions; a survey of music literature for liturgical purposes; principles of church music administration and program organization.
Concentration Courses (Minimum of 11-12 semester hours required.)
Study and performance of duos, trios, quartets and other combinations; open to all students by audition.
Rehearsal, membership, and performance in an orchestra, band, or jazz ensemble; open to all students by audition.
Pedagogy Choice (Minimum of 3-4 semester hours required. Choose two from (other than Major Instrument - Brass, Piano, Strings, or Winds): MUS 3540, MUS 3550, MUS 3630, MUS 3650 and MUS 3660.)
Intensive study of methods and materials in piano teaching as applied to beginning and intermediate students.
Continuation of MUS 3540 as applied to the advanced student.
Group study of strings; technical differences, capabilities, peculiarities, ranges, bowings, etc., sufficient to teach beginning students effectively in groups. Designed for the middle and secondary school teacher.
Group study of winds: technical differences, capabilities, peculiarities, ranges, etc., sufficient to teach beginning students effectively in groups. Designed for the middle and secondary school teacher.
Group study of brass: technical differences, capabilities, peculiarities, ranges, etc., sufficient to teach beginning students effectively in groups. Designed for the middle and secondary school teacher.
Concentration Courses (Minimum of 8 semester hours required.)
Study and performance of duos, trios, quartets and other combinations; open to all students by audition.
Intensive study of methods and materials in piano teaching as applied to beginning and intermediate students.
Continuation of MUS 3540 as applied to the advanced student.
MUS47520
Concentration Courses (Minimum of 6 semester hours required.)
For the classical and musical theatre singer, a private lesson with a professional collaborative coach/pianist. Lesson will focus on the varying artistic needs for the singer: foreign languages, style, emotional relationship to the lyric/poem, understanding of song’s piano accompaniment, and working collaboratively with a pianist. Prerequisite: Completed two semesters of applied voice.
The basics of English and Italian lyric diction, designed for singers and teachers of singing, including the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
The basics of German and French lyric diction, designed for singers and teachers of singing, including the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Prerequisite: MUS 3110 or department approval.
