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Music Performance: Voice, B.M.

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This major is administered by the Department of Music .

Admitted by audition only. Your performance proficiency will be reviewed at the end of your freshman year for permission to continue. In your first semester, with your applied teacher’s approval, you may audition to enter the performance degree program in the second semester of the freshman year. You must complete MUS 246 or Level 100 of applied piano and complete the 400 level of study in voice. You must perform a half recital in your junior year in voice and give a senior recital. The senior recital (MUS 462 ) satisfies the Capstone Experience requirement.

Applied music, 28 credits

Take 4 credits from

MUS 162 - Applied Music I - Voice 2 or 4 cr.

Take 24 credits from

MUS 262 - Applied Music II -Voice 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 362 - Applied Music III - Voice 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 462 - Applied Music IV - Voice 2 or 4 cr.

Note

Take MUS 462 to satisfy 4 credits toward the Communication in the Major requirement.

Theory, 20 credits

MUS 110 - Musicianship I 3 cr.
MUS 111 - Musicianship II 3 cr.
MUS 112 - Aural Musicianship I 1 cr.
MUS 113 - Aural Musicianship II 1 cr.
MUS 210 - Musicianship III 3 cr.
MUS 212 - Aural Musicianship III 1 cr.
MUS 317 - Conducting 2 cr.
MUS 379 - Applied Music III - Composition 2 or 4 cr.

Note

Take MUS 379 to satisfy 2 credits toward the Communication in the Major requirement.

Take 4 credits from

MUS 394 - Advanced Choral Conducting 2 cr.
MUS 410 - Form and Analysis 3 cr.
MUS 479 - Applied Music IV - Composition 2 or 4 cr.

Note

Placement exam required. If insufficient background, MUS 109 is prerequisite.

Music literature and history, 18 credits

MUS 220 - Introduction to Music Literature 3 cr.
MUS 221 - 17th- 18th Century Music 3 cr.
MUS 320 - 19th Century Music 3 cr.
MUS 321 - 20th Century Music 3 cr.
MUS 323 - Opera History 3 cr.
MUS 422 - Song Literature 3 cr.

Vocal pedagogy, 2 credits

MUS 492 - Voice Pedagogy 2 cr.

Large ensemble, 8 credits

MUS 341 - Large Ensemble: Choir 1 or 2 cr.

Note

Take 1 credit per semester (see Note 3 ).

Opera workshop, 2 credits

MUS 390 - Opera Workshop 1 cr.

Diction I and II, 2 credits

MUS 302 - Diction for Singers I 1 cr.
MUS 303 - Diction for Singers II 1 cr.

Communication in the Major

MUS 379 - Applied Music III - Composition 2 or 4 cr. and
Take at least 4 credits in your major instrument from the following list:
MUS 460 - Applied Music IV - Piano 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 462 - Applied Music IV - Voice 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 463 - Applied Music IV - Violin 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 464 - Applied Music IV - Viola 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 465 - Applied Music IV - Violoncello 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 466 - Applied Music IV - Double Bass 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 467 - Applied Music IV - Flute 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 468 - Applied Music IV - Oboe 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 469 - Applied Music IV - Clarinet 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 470 - Applied Music IV - Bassoon 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 471 - Applied Music IV - Saxophone 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 472 - Applied Music IV - Trumpet 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 473 - Applied Music IV - Horn 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 474 - Applied Music IV - Trombone 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 475 - Applied Music IV - Euphonium 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 476 - Applied Music IV - Tuba 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 477 - Applied Music IV - Percussion 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 478 - Applied Music IV - Harp 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 479 - Applied Music IV - Composition 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 481 - Applied Music IV - Jazz Guitar 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 483 - Applied Music IV - Jazz 2 or 4 cr.
MUS 484 - Applied Music IV - Jazz Composition 2 or 4 cr.

Capstone Experience

MUS 462 - Applied Music IV - Voice 2 or 4 cr.

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