Music, Instrumental Performance Concentration (Jazz Studies), 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

MUAP 2- - - - Private Instruction 4 credit hours
MUAP 2- - - - Private Instruction (Jazz) 4 credit hours
MUAP 4- - - - Private Instruction (Jazz) 8 credit hours
MUAP 4343 - Jazz Arranging - Applied Music 2 credit hours (2 semesters)
MUEN 3431 - Jazz Improvisation Lab 1 credit hour (2 semesters)
MUEN 3- - - - Ensembles 9 credit hours **
MUHL 4530 - History of Jazz 3 credit hours
MUPD 3050 - Jazz Pedagogy 2 credit hours
MUTH 3160 - Jazz Theory 3 credit hours
MUTH 4180 - Improvisation 3 credit hours
MUAP 3800 - Junior Recital 1 credit hour
MUAP 4900 - Senior Recital 2 credit hours

Subtotal: 45 hours

**Ensembles

NOTE: Ten (10) hours of ensemble participation are required, but only nine (9) of those hours may be counted degree requirements; the remaining hour may be taken for zero (0) credit.

Primary Instrument: Saxophone, Trumpet, and Trombone

5 hours from:

MUEN 3400 - Jazz Ensemble 0 to 1 credit hour

5 hours from:

MUEN 3430 - Jazz Combo 1 credit hour

Primary Instrument: Piano, Bass, Drums, Guitar

4 hours from:

MUEN 3400 - Jazz Ensemble 0 to 1 credit hour

5 hours from:

MUEN 3430 - Jazz Combo 1 credit hour

1 hour from:

MUEN 3- - - - (ensemble elective)

Primary Instrument: Voice

5 hours from:

MUEN 3200 - Concert Chorale 0 to 1 credit hour
MUEN 3210 - Meister Singers 1 credit hour
MUEN 3220 - Women’s Chorus 0 to 1 credit hour
MUEN 3230 - Schola Cantorum 1 credit hour
MUEN 3250 - Opera Workshop 1 credit hour
MUEN 3260 - University Chorus 0 to 1 credit hour

5 hours from:

MUEN 3430 - Jazz Combo 1 credit hour