| Performance Concentration |
Performance: 40 credits
Music Theory: 25 credits
Music History: 12 credits
Liberal Arts: 36 credits
Music Electives: 3 credits
General Electives: 4 credits
Total: 120 credits
I. Performance Courses [40 credits]
Performance Lessons 8 terms 3 credits/term = 24 cr
Large ensemble* 8 terms 1 credit/term = 8 cr
Chamber Music** 4 terms 1 credit/term = 4 cr
20th-Century 2 terms 1 credit/term = 2 cr
Performance Seminar
Pedagogy 2 terms 1 credit/term = 2 cr
Music Assembly*** 8 terms 1 credit/term = 0 cr
(8 non-degree credits)
* Keyboard majors must take four terms of Accompanying, which can be counted as either large ensemble or chamber music.
** Voice majors must take Diction for Singers (701:201-202), which satisfies two terms of chamber music.
*** Registration in Music Assembly is required in every semester of full-time matriculation.
II. Music Theory Courses [28 credits]
700:127 Introduction to Music Technology 1 cr
121 Theory I 3 cr
122 Theory II 3 cr
221 Theory III 3 cr
222 Theory IV 3 cr
07:700:123-124 Fundamentals of Musicianship I 4 cr
223-224 Fundamentals of Musicianship II 4 cr
323 Fundamentals of Musicianship III 2 cr
07:700:329 Introduction to Conducting 2 cr
III. Music History Courses [12 credits]
700:301-302 Music History I-II 6 cr
303 or 304 Special Topics in World Music 3 cr
419 or 420 Special Studies in Music History 3 cr
IV. Liberal Arts Courses [36 credits]
Area I English [6 cr] = 01:355:101 Expository Writing
+ one course in literature
Area II Humanities [6 cr]
Africana studies, American studies, archaeology, art history,
Asian studies, comparative lit, classics, English, foreign languages,
Hebraic studies, history, linguistics, philosophy, Puerto Rican &
Hispanic Caribbean studies, religion, Slavic & East European studies,
women's studies Area III Social Sciences [6 cr]anthropology, economics, environmental resources, labor studies, political science, psychology, sociology, urban studies, community health
Area IV Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science [6 cr]astronomy, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, entomology, geography, geological sciences, life sciences (biology etc.), marine & coastal sciences, physics, statistics
Area V Liberal Arts electives [12 cr]
These credits may come from any department in Areas I-IV.
Courses that satisfy the five areas of liberal arts requirements should be taken in one of the departments listed under each area. Permission to substitute a course offered by another department (for example, in Cook, Education, or Communications) may be granted only by the Dean's office of MGSA.
V. Senior Recital
For information concerning the scheduling of recitals, see Recital Scheduling. For information about the content of recitals and the steps involved in their preparation, see Performance Requirements for B.M. and B.A. Students. The senior recital cannot be scheduled if a student has a grade of Unsatisfactory in any semester of Music Assembly.
Notes:
120 credits are required for graduation in the Performance concentration. The courses listed above add up to 116 credits. The additional 4 credits may come from any course in the University, including courses offered by MGSA.
All Performance majors (except those majoring in a keyboard instrument) must pass the Keyboard Proficiency Examination by the end of the second year. Courses in piano are available to prepare students for this examination.
See below for a sample 8-semester schedule showing how the
course requirements for the Performance major are normally completed.
PERFORMANCE CONCENTRATION
See also the notes below the tables
First Year
Fall Spring
701:100 Music Assembly 1 701:100 Music Assembly 1
701:1xx Performance lesson 3 701:1xx Performance lesson 3
701:3xx Ensemble 1 701:3xx Ensemble 1
700:121 Theory I 3 700:122 Theory II 3
700:123 Fundamentals I 2 700:124 Fundamentals I 2
700:127 Intro to Music Tech 1 701: Piano (if needed) 1
701: Piano (if needed) 1 Liberal arts class 3
355:101 Expository Writing 3 Liberal arts class 3
TOTAL 15 cr TOTAL 17 cr
Second Year
Fall Spring
701:100 Music Assembly 1 701:100 Music Assembly 1
701:2xx Performance lesson 3 701:2xx Performance lesson 3
701:3xx Ensemble 1 701:3xx Ensemble 1
700:221 Theory III 3 701:222 Theory IV 3
700:223 Fundamentals II 2 700:224 Fundamentals II 2
700:301 Music History I 3 700:302 Music History II 3
701: Piano (if needed) 1 701: Piano (if needed) 1
701:300 Keyboard Prof Exam 0
Liberal arts class 3 Liberal arts class 3
TOTAL 17 cr TOTAL 17 cr
Third Year
Fall Spring
701:100 Music Assembly 1 701:100 Music Assembly 1
701:3xx Performance lesson 3 701:3xx Performance lesson 3
701:3xx Ensemble 1 701:3xx Ensemble 1
700:303 World Music 3 701:xxx Music Elective 3
701:355 Chamber Music 1 701:356 Chamber Music 1
700:323 Fundamentals III 2 Elective 3
700:329 Conducting 2 Liberal arts class 3
Liberal arts class 3 Liberal arts class 3
TOTAL 16 cr TOTAL 18 cr
Fourth Year
Fall Spring
701:100 Music Assembly 1 701:100 Music Assembly 1
701:4xx Performance lesson 3 701:4xx Performance lesson 3
701:3xx Ensemble 1 701:3xx Ensemble 1
700:419 SpSt in Mus History 3 701:356 Chamber Music 1
701:355 Chamber Music 1 701:408 20th Cent Perf Sem 1
701:407 20th Cent Perf Sem 1 701:4xx Pedagogy 1
701:400 Senior Recital 0
701:4xx Pedagogy 1 Liberal arts class 3
Liberal arts class 3 Liberal arts class 3
Liberal arts class 3 Elective 1
TOTAL 17 cr TOTAL 15 cr
1. In this sample 8-semester curriculum, the required liberal arts courses are shown as twelve 3-credit courses, distributed for balance among the eight semesters. Other distributions are possible. Expository Writing (English 101) is required of everyone; this or a lower-level writing course must be taken in the first semester. Your initial placement in English writing is determined by the Basic Skills test.
2. On the Music History courses: Music History I-II (700:301-302) should be taken in sequence. Special Studies in Music History (700:419 or 420) may be taken in any semester after completion of Music History I-II. Special Topics in World Music (700:303 or 304) may be taken in any semester after the first year. Both World Music and Special Studies are offered every semester, with changing topics; either semester satisfies the requirement.
3. On Chamber Music: Four semesters are required. The requirement may be satisfied by the course called Chamber Music or by one of the small ensembles listed at Chamber Music. Students should be playing or singing at a fairly advanced level before enrolling in Chamber Music. For that reason it is shown in the last four semesters of the sample curriculum.
4. Keyboard majors in performance are required to take a minimum of four semesters of Art of Accompanying (07:701:351-352 + two additional. These four semesters may be counted towards either the large ensemble requirement or the chamber music requirement.
5. The Introduction to Conducting course (700:329) may be taken in the Fall semester of either the third year (as shown) or the fourth year. Performance majors should not enroll in the Spring semester Conducting course (700:330) unless they have taken the Fall semester. Only one semester is required.
6. On the fourth-year Pedagogy courses: There are separate course numbers for woodwind (701:401,402), string (701:403,404), brass (701:405,406), percussion (701:413,414), voice (701:415-416), and keyboard (701:459-460). Majors in voice and keyboard instruments should enroll in the relevant pedagogy courses in the two semesters of the fourth year. Performers on other instruments (brass, woodwind, strings) will satisfy the pedagogy requirement by taking one semester of the instrumental techniques course that includes their instrument and either the Fall or Spring pedagogy course. Thus, for example, a flute major will take one semester of Woodwind Instrument Techniques (700:265) and one semester of Woodwind Pedagogy (701:401 or 402). Percussion majors (and anyone else with doubts about what to take) should see the Undergraduate Director, Professor Johnson.
7. The total credits required for graduation are 120. The courses listed in the sample curriculum add up to 132 credits. This is because the 8 credits for Music Assembly do not count towards graduation and the four semesters of piano are not required. Most students will need instruction in piano, however, in order to pass the required Keyboard Proficiency Examination. If you have not had formal instruction in piano, these four semesters will normally be Piano Class I and II (701:159-160 and 259-260). The 7 credits of "Electives" shown in the Spring semester of the third and fourth years are necessary to reach 120 credits if no piano is taken. The 3 credits of Music Electives may be taken in any music courses with the subject codes 700 or 701. The 4 credits of General Electives may be taken in any subject.
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