Undergraduate Degrees, page 3
School of Music

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Studio Guitar)

Entrance Requirements

All applicants for this major are required to play an audition on electric guitar. If the applicant wishes, the audition may also include performance on acoustic guitar. The performance should demonstrate proficiency in playing scales and chords in major and minor keys as well as published or original repertoire of single note melody, accompaniment, and solo arrangements at an intermediate level of difficulty.

Curriculum RequirementsUnits
General education requirements8 courses
MUCD 343 (2)2
MUEN 226 (2), 426 (4)6
Large ensemble*2
Ensemble electives2
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6), 416 (3), 426a (3)18
MUPF 153SG (4), 253SG (4), 353SG (4), 453SG (4), 158 (2), 159 (2), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 258 (4), 328ab (6), 358 (4), 415 (2), 458 (2)44
MUTC 132ab (2), 132ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Junior recital0
Senior recital0
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences4
____
Total required for degree132

*Transfer credit may not fulfill the large ensemble requirement.

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Harpsichord) or (Piano)

Entrance Requirements for Harpsichord Major

A performance audition is required for all entering harpsichord majors. Whether a piano or harpsichord is played for the audition, memorized performances of four contrasting movements from a suite by J.S. Bach and two contrasting sonatas by Scarlatti or Soler must be included.

Entrance Requirements for Piano Major

The applicant in piano must perform from memory three piano solos from the standard concert repertoire, each from a different stylistic period. The applicant must also submit a list of repertoire.

Curriculum Requirements for Harpsichord or PianoUnits
General education requirements8 courses
MUCD 340 (2) or 343 (2)2
MUEN 228 (2), 428 (4)6
Large ensemble*4
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6), 472ab (4)16
MUPF 153P or HC (4), 253P or HC (4), 353P or HC (4), 453P or HC (4), 160ab (4), 170ab (2), 220 (2), 260ab (4), 360ab (4), 431ab (4), 481 (2)38
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Senior recital0
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences12
____
Total required for degree132

*Transfer credit may not fulfill the large ensemble requirement.

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Organ)

Entrance Requirements

The audition should include performance of works of moderate difficulty from at least three of the following periods: Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Contemporary. If the candidate has not previously studied organ, the audition may be taken on piano or harpsichord.

Curriculum RequirementsUnits
General education requirements6 courses
Foreign language2 courses
MUCD 340 (2), 343 (2)4
Large ensemble*4
Ensemble electives2
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)12
MUPF 153OR (4), 253OR (4), 353OR (4), 453OR (4),160ab (4), 260ab (4), 220 (2), 465ab (4), 466ab (4)34
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Senior recital0
Electives in music11
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences11
____
Total required for degree132

*Transfer credit may not fulfill the large ensemble requirement.

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Violin), (Viola), (Violoncello), (Double Bass) or (Harp)

Entrance Requirements for Violin Majors

Applicants must play three-octave scales and arpeggios, and perform such standard etudes as Kreutzer, Fiorillo, and Carl Flesch Scale System. Students should play works corresponding in difficulty to the Bach Concerto in A-Minor, Mozart Concerto in G-Minor, any Handel sonata, and the Spohr Concerto No. 2, as well as the Bruch Concerto in G-Minor and the Mendelssohn Concerto.

Entrance Requirements for Viola Majors

Applicants must demonstrate a sound foundation in all major and minor scales, arpeggios in three octaves, and include etudes by Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Campagnoli, or Fuchs. Students should play a concerto corresponding in difficulty to Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Handel-Casadesus, or J.S. Bach, and a sonata or major recital work from the Romantic or contemporary period (e.g., Schumann's 'Adagio and Allegro,' or Hindemith's Trauermusik).

Entrance Requirements for Violoncello Majors

Applicants must demonstrate a sound foundation in all major and minor scales and arpeggios in three octaves and include etudes by Dotzauer (Books I and II), Duoport, Cossman Exercises for Finger Development. Students should play works corresponding in difficulty to the Bach Suite No. 1, Beethoven Sonata No. 1, baroque sonatas by Corelli, Handel, Vivaldi, Eccles, and concertos by Saint-Saens and Lalo.

Entrance Requirements for Double Bass Majors

Applicants must demonstrate a firm technical command of the instrument through the sixth position, as presented by a standard bass method such as Franz Simandl's New Method for the Double Bass, Book I. They must play major and minor scales in two octaves from E to G, others in one octave, and easier solos or selections from Simandl's 30 Etudes for Double Bass.

Entrance Requirements for Harp Majors

The candidate must be prepared to demonstrate adequate technical knowledge of such standard harp etudes as those of Pozzolli, Lariviere, Bochsa and Posse; and of works for solo harp at the level of Feerie by Tournier, Dussek and Rosetti sonatas; Handel's Tema con Variazioni; Hovhaness' Sonate; Pierne's Impromptu-Caprice; and Grandjany's Fantaisie.

Curriculum Requirements for Violin, Viola and Violoncello MajorsUnits
General education requirements6 courses
Foreign language2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)2
Ensemble 227 (4), 427 (4) *8
Large ensemble*8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)12
MUPF 153 (8), 253 (8), 353 (4), 453 (4), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 350ab (4), 471ab (4), 472 (4), 481 (2)44
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences**4
Junior recital0
Senior recital0
____
Total required for degree132

*Required each semester in residence.

**Violin majors are required to take MUPF 201VA (2) as two units of the four-unit elective requirement.

Curriculum Requirements for Double Bass MajorsUnits
General education requirements6 courses
Foreign language2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)2
MUEN 227 (2), 427 (2) *4
Large ensemble*8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)12
MUPF 153 (8), 253 (8), 353 (4), 453 (4), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 350ab (4), 262 (4), 462 (4), 472 (4) 481 (2)48
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences4
Junior recital0
Senior recital0
____
Total required for degree132

Curriculum Requirements for Harp MajorsUnits
General education requirements6 courses
Foreign language2 courses
MUCD 343 (2)2
MUEN 227 (4), 427 (4) *8
Large ensemble*8
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6)12
MUPF 153 (8), 253 (8), 353 (4), 453 (4), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 350ab (4), 263 (4), 463 (4), 481 (2)44
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332ab (2), 338x (2), 340x (2)22
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences4
Junior recital0
Senior recital0
____
Total required for degree132
*Required each semester in residence.

Bachelor of Music in Performance (Vocal Arts)

Entrance Requirements

Applicants are required to perform at least two songs in contrasting styles. The faculty committee will base its decision primarily on vocal talent and potential.

Curriculum RequirementsUnits
General education requirements10 courses
(including 4 semesters of foreign language)
MUCD 340 (2)2
Large ensemble*4
Ensemble electives2
MUHL 280ab (6), 385ab (6), 479 (4)16
MUPF 153VO (4), 253VO (4), 353VO (4), 453VO (4), 453VC (3), 220 (2), 250ab (4), 350ab (4), 303 (4), 404 (2), 441ab (4), 442ab (4)43
MUTC 132ab (2), 133ab (6), 232ab (2), 233ab (6), 332a (2)18
Senior recital0
Electives in music or letters, arts and sciences7
____
Total required for degree132

*Transfer credit may not fulfill the large ensemble requirement.

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