Music, Instrumental Performance Concentration (Brass, Orchestral Strings, Woodwinds, and Percussion), B.M.

Bachelor of Music Degree Requirements

All Bachelor of Music Concentrations Require the Following:

General Education Requirements (41 hours)

Music Core Curriculum (26 hours)

All music majors must take class piano or private piano instruction until they pass the piano proficiency examination prescribed by their degree programs. Students should see their advisors for details.

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in MUTH 1110 , MUTH 1120 , MUTH 2110 , MUTH 2120 (music theory sequence) and MUHL 1610 , MUHL 3010 , MUHL 3020 (music history sequence).

MUS 1010 - Recital Attendance 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
MUTH 1110 - Theory and Aural Skills I 4 credit hours
MUTH 1120 - Theory and Aural Skills II 4 credit hours
MUHL 1610 - The World of Music 2 credit hours
MUTH 2110 - Theory and Aural Skills III 3 credit hours
MUTH 2120 - Theory and Aural Skills IV 3 credit hours
MUHL 3010 - History of Western Art Music I 3 credit hours
MUHL 3020 - History of Western Art Music II 3 credit hours
MUTH 4130 - Orchestration and Arranging 2 credit hours
MUS 3140 - Basic Conducting 2 credit hours

Jury Examinations

All music majors and minors are required to participate in jury examinations in their primary performing areas. Non-music majors registered for private lessons may be required to perform a jury examination at the discretion of the instructor. Jury examinations are held to measure the student’s progress at the conclusion of each semester. Those students who have presented and passed their senior recitals during the semester may be excused from jury examinations.

Undergraduate Music majors must pass a upper-division jury to qualify for applied music study at the MUAP 3000 level. A Music major must take his or her upper-division jury no later than the end of the sixth semester and if not passing must take an upper-division jury again the next semester. A third attempt must be accompanied by extraordinary circumstances and must carry the approval of the studio teacher and director of the School of Music.

Concentration Requirements

MUS 1530 - Class Piano I 1 credit hour
MUS 1540 - Class Piano II 1 credit hour
MUS 2530 - Class Piano III 1 credit hour
MUS 2540 - Class Piano IV 1 credit hour (1 credit hour required)
MUS 3150 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting 2 credit hours
MUAP 3800 - Junior Recital 1 credit hour
Music Elective 3 credit hours
MUTH 4110 - Form and Analysis 2 credit hours
MUPD 41- - - Advanced Pedagogy 2 credit hours
MUHL 47- - - Instrumental Literature 2 credit hours
MUEN 3- - - - Ensembles 14 credit hours **
MUAP 2- - - - Private Instruction 8 credit hours
MUAP 4- - - - Private Instruction 12 credit hours
MUAP 4900 - Senior Recital 2 credit hours

Subtotal: 52 Hours

**Ensembles

NOTE: Sixteen (16) hours of ensemble participation are required, but only fourteen (14) of those hours may be counted toward degree requirements; the remaining two hours may be taken for zero (0) credit.