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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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

Performance Concentration Emphasis in Voice

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

APVC 1001 - Applied Voice-Freshman I 1 Credit Hours
APVC 1002 - Applied Voice-Freshman II 1 Credit Hours
APVC 2001 - Applied Voice-Sophomore I 1 Credit Hours
APVC 2002 - Applied Voice-Sophomore II 1 Credit Hours

Major (60 Hours)

Performance Requirements

25 Hours

APVC 3001 - Applied Voice-Junior I 2 Credit Hours
APVC 3002 - Applied Voice-Junior II 2 Credit Hours
APVC 4001 - Applied Voice-Senior I 2 Credit Hours
APVC 4002 - Applied Voice-Senior II 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4010 - Performance Laboratory 0 Credit Hours (8 semesters)
MUS 30XX - Appropriate large ensemble 4 Credit Hours (4 semesters)
MUS 3000 - Recital I 0 Credit Hours
MUS 4000 - Recital II 0 Credit Hours
MUS 2710 - Group Instruction in Piano III 1 Credit Hours
MUS 2720 - Group Instruction in Piano IV 1 Credit Hours
MUS 2490 - BASIC CONDUCTING 2 Credit Hours
MUS 4011 - Singing in English, Italian, and Latin 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4021 - Singing in German 1 Credit Hours
MUS 4031 - Singing in French 1 Credit Hours
MUS 3100 - Opera Workshop 1 Credit Hours (4 semesters)
MUS 3105 - Acting for Singers 2 Credit Hours

Theory/Composition Requirements

8 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

Music History/Literature Requirements

12 Hours

MUS 4620 - Vocal Literature 3 Credit 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

Vocal Pedagogy

2 Hours

MUS 4440 - Vocal Pedagogy 2 Credit Hours

World Language

9 Hours

FREN 1001 - Elementary French I 3 Credit Hours
GRMN 1001 - Elementary German I 3 Credit Hours
Select 3 Credits of an additional World Language Studies 3 Credit Hours

(e.g., FREN 1002 or GRMN 1002 or a third language at the 1001 level, in consultation with the studio instructor)

Electives

4 Hours

Choose 4 credit hours to complete a minimum of 120 hours.