Music, B.M. - Performance Concentration Emphasis in Organ

Performance Concentration Emphasis in Organ

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

Applied Lessons

6 Hours

APOR 1001 - Applied Organ 1 Credit Hours
APOR 1002 - Applied Organ 1 Credit Hours
APOR 2001 - Applied Organ 2 Credit Hours
APOR 2002 - Applied Organ 2 Credit Hours

Major (60 Hours)

Piano Pedagogy

3 Hours

MUS 4410 - Piano Pedagogy I 3 Credit Hours

Performance Requirements

18 Hours

APOR 3001 - Applied Organ 3 Credit Hours
APOR 3002 - Applied Organ 3 Credit Hours
APOR 4001 - Applied Organ 3 Credit Hours
APOR 4002 - Applied Organ 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4010 - Performance Laboratory 0 Credit Hours (8 semesters)
MUS 3000 - Recital I 0 Credit Hours
MUS 4000 - Recital II 0 Credit Hours
MUS 2490 - BASIC CONDUCTING 2 Credit Hours
MUS 30XX - Appropriate large ensemble (Service Playing) 1 Credit Hours (4 semesters, 4 hours)

Theory/Composition Requirements

11 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

Select One

MUS 4450 - Advanced Tonal Analysis 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4500 - Historical Counterpoint 3 Credit Hours

Music History/Literature Requirements

9 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 4875 - Church Music History 3 Credit Hours

Organ Performance Requirements

8 Hours

MUS 4110 - Instrumentation and Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
MUS 4140 - Arranging for Chorus 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4480 - Choral Conducting 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4490 - Instrumental Conducting 2 Credit Hours

Electives

11 Hours

Choose 11 credit hours to complete a minimum of 120 hours.