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

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 Semesters, 1 Credit Each) (4 Hours)

• MUS 1060 - Wind Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1061 - Wind Orchestra 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1062 - Concert Band 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1070 - Orchestra 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1080A - Choral Ensemble, University Singers 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1081 - Choral Union 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 1083 - Master 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 (Four Semesters) (6 Hours)

• APPF 1001 - Applied Classical Piano - Freshman I 1 Hours
• APPF 1002 - Applied Classical Piano - Freshman II 1 Hours
• APPF 2001 - Applied Classical Piano - Sophomore I 2 Hours
• APPF 2002 - Applied Classical Piano - Sophomore II 2 Hours

Performance Requirements (21 Hours)*

*Note: MUS 3071  Collaborative Piano (1) may be substituted for one semester of large ensemble.

• APPF 3001 - Applied Classical Piano - Junior I 3 Hours
• APPF 3002 - Applied Classical Piano - Junior II 3 Hours
• APPF 4001 - Applied Classical Piano - Senior I 3 Hours
• APPF 4002 - Applied Classical Piano - Senior II 3 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 30XX - Appropriate large ensemble 1 Hours (4 semesters)
• MUS 2490 - Basic Conducting 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4360 - Advanced Keyboard Skills 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4530 - Accompanying 1 Credit 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

Music History/Literature Requirements (12 Hours)

• MUS 4610 - Piano 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

Choose (6) credit hours from the following

• MUS 2780 - Beginning Jazz Improvisation I 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 3010 - Creative Music Ensemble 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4110 - Instrumentation and Orchestration 3 Credit Hours
• MUS 4140 - Arranging for Chorus 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 4180 - Developing Rhythmic Sensitivity 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4450 - Advanced Tonal Analysis 3 Credit Hours [if not taken in category 2 above]
• MUS 4460 - Analysis of Post-Tonal Music 3 Credit Hours [if not taken in category 2 above]
• MUS 4480 - Choral Conducting 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4490 - Instrumental Conducting 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4500 - Historical Counterpoint 3 Credit Hours [if not taken in category 2 above]
• MUS 4730 - Computer Applications in Music 2 Credit Hours
• MUS 4770 - Advanced Aural Skills 1 Credit Hours
• MUS 4940 - Orchestral Literature 3 Credit Hours
• MUS 4941 - Orchestral Literature II 3 Credit Hours
• MTM 3010 - Introduction to the Music Industry 3 Credit Hours

Electives (7 Hours) to Complete a Minimum of 120 Hours.