Music Performance, B.M. - Orchestral Instruments Track

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The Performance degree is offered in percussion, piano, string instruments (including guitar and harp), wind instruments and voice.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Music Performance B.M. students will be able to:

   • notate a newly encountered melody accurately and efficiently.
   • demonstrate competency in musical performance.
   • demonstrate knowledge of pivotal historical events, societal attitudes, aesthetic and artistic trends, and to identify their interrelationship with music.
   • synthesize technical and musical knowledge via musical performance.

Program Requirements

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 3 Credits

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Students with a studio emphasis in piano are exempt from the two Keyboard Skills courses.

Upper Division Music History or Theory Electives: 9 Credits

Performance: 25 Credits

@MUCS 430 - Performance Class 3 Credit(s) (8 @ 3 credits)
30-Minute Recital (no credit)
@MUCP 499 - Senior Recital Performance 1 Credit(s)

Orchestral Instruments: 29 Credits

@MUCP 322 - Instrumental Repertory & Pedagogy I 2 Credit(s)
@MUCP 323 - Instrumental Repertory & Pedagogy II 2 Credit(s)
Music Electives (limit one ensemble per semester) 15 Credits. From these 15 credits,
Oboe students must elect at least two semesters of MUCP 104 Introduction to Oboe Reed Making and at least two semesters of MUCP 304 Advanced Oboe Reed Making (4 credits total)
Bassoon students must elect at least two semesters of MUCP 106 Introduction to Bassoon Reed Making and at least two semesters of MUCP 306 Advanced Reed Making (4 credits total)

Ensembles

Major (8 @ 1 credit)
Other (2 @ 1 credit)

Total Credit Hours Required: 120

Note(s)

Bachelor of Music majors do not take WAYS 301 in the Pathways general education program.
A grade of 2.0 or higher is required in each music course in order for it to count toward a major in music. In courses that are sequential, a grade of 2.0 or higher is required for the student to advance to the next course in the sequence.

Music Performance, B.M. - Orchestral Instruments Track

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Program Requirements

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 3 Credits

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Semester I

Semester II

Semester III

Semester IV