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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music, B.M. - Jazz Studies Concentration Emphasis in Piano

Jazz Studies Concentration Emphasis in Piano

Note: All B.Mu. students must take a mixture of courses from the Field of Study and Major areas during all 8 semesters of undergraduate study. First-year and second-year students must enroll in required MUS coursework to avoid a delayed graduation date.

Degree Requirements

Field of Study (18 Hours)

Foundation courses appropriate to the major and concentration.

Required Courses

8 Hours

MUS 1440 - Theory I 3 Credit Hours
MUS 1450 - Theory II 3 Credit Hours
MUS 1540 - Aural Skills I 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1550 - Aural skills II 1 Credit Hours

MUS 10XX Appropriate Large Ensemble

4 Hours (4 semesters, 1 credit each)

Ensembles: please note that students are assigned to appropriate ensembles by pool auditions at the beginning of every fall and spring semester.

MUS 1060 - Symphonic Wind Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1061 - Wind Orchestra 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1062 - Concert Band 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1070 - University Symphony Orchestra 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1080A - Choral Ensemble, University Singers 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1081 - Choral Union 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1083 - Repertory Singers 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1652 - Perimeter College Chorus 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1654 - Perimeter College Wind Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1656 - Orchestra 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1754 - Jazz Lab Band 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1756 - Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1758 - Chamber Ensembles 1 Credit Hours

Group Piano

2 Hours

MUS 1710 - Group Instruction in Piano I 1 Credit Hours
MUS 1720 - Group Instruction in Piano II 1 Credit Hours

Applied Lessons

4 Hours

APJP 1001 - Applied Music 1 Credit Hours
APJP 1002 - Applied Music 1 Credit Hours
APJP 2001 - Applied Music 1 Credit Hours
APJP 2002 - Applied Music 1 Credit Hours

Major (60 Hours)

Performance Requirements

21 Hours

APJP 3001 - Applied Jazz Piano - Junior I 2 Credit Hours
APJP 3002 - Applied Jazz Piano - Junior II 2 Credit Hours
APJP 4001 - Applied Jazz Piano - Senior I 2 Credit Hours
APJP 4002 - Applied Jazz Piano - Senior II 2 Credit Hours
MUS 2780 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation I 1 Credit Hours
MUS 2790 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation II 1 Credit Hours
MUS 3000 - Recital I 0 Credit Hours
MUS 3090 - Jazz Band 1 Credit Hours (4 semesters)
MUS 3160 - Jazz Combos 0.5 Credit Hours (6 semesters)
MUS 4000 - Recital II 0 Credit Hours
MUS 4360 - Advanced Keyboard Skills 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4790 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation I 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4791 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation II 1 Credit Hours

Theory/Composition Requirements

15 Hours

MUS 2440 - Theory III 3 Credit Hours
MUS 2450 - Theory IV 3 Credit Hours
MUS 2540 - Aural Skills III 1 Credit Hours
MUS 2550 - Aural Skills IV 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4170 - Jazz Arranging 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4450 - Advanced Tonal Analysis 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4790 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation I 1 Credit Hours

Music History/Literature Requirements

11 Hours

MUS 4800 - Music History from Antiquity through the Baroque Period 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4810 - Music History from the Classical Period to the Present-CTW 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4820 - World Music-CTW 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4850 - Analysis of Jazz Styles 2 Credit Hours

Additional Course Requirements

3 Hours

MUS 2010 - Music Business for Musicians 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4220 - Jazz Ensemble Techniques 2 Credit Hours

Select from the following

3 Hours

MUA 3500 - Jazz: Its Origins, Styles, and Influence 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4110 - Instrumentation and Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4730 - Computer Applications in Music 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4770 - Advanced Aural Skills 1 Credit Hours
MTM 3010 - Introduction to the Music Industry 3 Credit Hours

Electives

7 Hours

Choose 7 credit hours to complete a minimum of 120 hours.