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    Mar 28, 2024  
2010-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2010-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]

Music Major


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Students select an emphasis in either performance or musical arts. Both emphases provide a concentration in music within the context of the liberal arts curriculum. The performance emphasis requires the ability to develop significant repertoire culminating in a recital. With further post-baccalaureate education and training, students could go on to pursue graduate study at a conservatory or school of music, certification in music education, or careers in performance. Musical arts emphasis is recommended for students interested in pursuing a variety of interdisciplinary options, for example, arts management, the music industry, acoustical engineering, and music therapy.

 

 

Major Requirements


Students select an emphasis in either performance or musical arts. Performance emphasis is recommended for students working towards graduate studies at a conservatory or school of music, certification in music education, or careers in performance and private teaching. Musical arts emphasis is recommended for students interested in pursuing a variety of interdisciplinary options, for example, arts management, music industry, acoustical engineering, and music therapy.

Performance Emphasis


  • Seven semesters of performance studies at the 3000 level
  • Seven semesters of ensemble participation
  • One 4-credit elective course in music
  • One 4-credit music history elective
  • Pass Piano proficiency exam or four semesters of piano

Musical Arts Emphasis


  • Six semesters of performance studies at the 3000 level
  • Six semesters of ensemble participation
  • Eight credits of music history courses at the 3000 level (*see below)
  • Eight credits of music theory courses at the 3000 level (*see below)
  • One 4-credit elective in music
  • MUS 5930 - Senior Musical Arts Project

Three courses in another department:


Three courses must be completed in a related department, connected to the senior project. (Upon major declaration in the sophomore year, a musical arts student submits a proposal to the music department faculty outlining a related field. For example, a student interested in aesthetics may take three philosophy courses and complete a senior project on the aesthetics of music, or a student may take three mathematics courses and produce a senior project on the relationship between music and mathematics.)

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