BM in Music Performance: Organ Emphasis (78 hours)

This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this emphasis.

The bachelor of music degree in performance prepares the student for professional work as a performer, a studio teacher, or a combination of both. Some will pursue advanced work on the graduate level to prepare for a performance career or college teaching.

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1. See the college advisement center for the application procedure for official acceptance into a specific degree program.
2. Complete the following lower-division music core courses:
   MUSIC 193 : Dictation 1. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 193 : Dictation 1. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 195, 197.
   DESCRIPTION:	Development of aural skills through melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation.
   
   
   MUSIC 194 : Dictation 2. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 194 : Dictation 2. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 198, 196.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 193.
   
   
   MUSIC 195 : Music Theory 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 195 : Music Theory 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193, 197.
   DESCRIPTION:	Writing and analysis in diatonic harmony.
   
   
   MUSIC 196 : Music Theory 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 196 : Music Theory 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in 194, 198.
   DESCRIPTION:	Writing and analysis in diatonic and chromatic harmony.
   
   
   MUSIC 197 : Sight Singing 1. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 197 : Sight Singing 1. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193, 195.
   DESCRIPTION:	Rhythm and pitch-reading skills using two systems of counting and melodic solfeggio singing with hand signs.
   
   
   MUSIC 198 : Sight Singing 2. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 198 : Sight Singing 2. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 194, 196.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 197.
   
   
   MUSIC 235 : Conducting Techniques. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 235 : Conducting Techniques. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	music major status, C- or higher in Music 194, 196, 198.
   DESCRIPTION:	Physical techniques and musical understanding required to conduct a performance ensemble.
   
   
   MUSIC 293 : Dictation 3. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 293 : Dictation 3. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 295, 297.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 194.
   
   
   MUSIC 294 : Dictation 4. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 294 : Dictation 4. (1:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 296, 298.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 293.
   
   
   MUSIC 295 : Music Theory 3. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 295 : Music Theory 3. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 293, 297.
   DESCRIPTION:	Extended chromatic techniques and introduction to twentieth-century concepts.
   
   
   MUSIC 296 : Music Theory 4. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 296 : Music Theory 4. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 294, 298.
   DESCRIPTION:	Set theory, serialism, and late twentieth-century concepts.
   
   
   MUSIC 297 : Sight Singing 3. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 297 : Sight Singing 3. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 293 and 295.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 198.
   
   
   MUSIC 298 : Sight Singing 4. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 298 : Sight Singing 4. (.5:0:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 294, 296.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 297.
   
   
3. Complete eight hours of the following:
   MUSIC 260R : Performance Instruction. (.5-2:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 260R : Performance Instruction. (.5-2:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Music major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Private instruction and studio class.
   NOTE:	From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee.
   
                : Performance Instruction: Bassoon.
                : Performance Instruction: Brass and Percussion.
                : Performance Instruction: Cello.
                : Performance Instruction: Clarinet.
                : Performance Instruction: Euphonium.
                : Performance Instruction: Flute.
                : Performance Instruction: Guitar.
                : Performance Instruction: Harp.
                : Performance Instruction: Harpsichord.
                : Performance Instruction: Horn.
                : Performance Instruction: Oboe.
                : Performance Instruction: Organ.
                : Performance Instruction: Percussion.
                : Performance Instruction: Piano.
                : Performance Instruction: Recorder.
                : Performance Instruction: Saxophone.
                : Performance Instruction: String Bass.
                : Performance Instruction: Strings.
                : Performance Instruction: Synthesizer.
                : Performance Instruction: Trombone.
                : Performance Instruction: Trumpet.
                : Performance Instruction: Tuba.
                : Performance Instruction: Viola.
                : Performance Instruction: Violin.
                : Performance Instruction: Voice.
                : Performance Instruction: Woodwinds.
   
   
4. Complete four hours of the following:
   MUSIC 360R : Performance Instruction. (.5-2:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   Performance Instruction.
   MUSIC 360R : Performance Instruction. (.5-2:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   Performance Instruction.

   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Music major status; jury approval.
   DESCRIPTION:	Private instruction and studio class.
   NOTE:	From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee.

5. Complete six hours of the following:
   MUSIC 460R : Performance Instruction. (1.5-3:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 460R : Performance Instruction. (1.5-3:1:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Major in performance; jury approval.
   DESCRIPTION:	Advanced private instruction and studio class.
   NOTE:	From three to five hours of daily practice. Fee.
   
                : Performance Instruction: Trombone.
                : Performance Instruction: Bassoon.
                : Performance Instruction: Brass and Percussion.
                : Performance Instruction: Cello.
                : Performance Instruction: Clarinet.
                : Performance Instruction: Conducting.
                : Performance Instruction: Euphonium.
                : Performance Instruction: Flute.
                : Performance Instruction: Guitar.
                : Performance Instruction: Harp.
                : Performance Instruction: Harpsichord.
                : Performance Instruction: Horn.
                : Performance Instruction: Oboe.
                : Performance Instruction: Organ.
                : Performance Instruction: Percussion.
                : Performance Instruction: Piano.
                : Performance Instruction: Recorder.
                : Performance Instruction: Saxophone.
                : Performance Instruction: String Bass.
                : Performance Instruction: Strings.
                : Performance Instruction: Trumpet.
                : Performance Instruction: Tuba.
                : Performance Instruction: Viola.
                : Performance Instruction: Violin.
                : Performance Instruction: Voice.
                : Performance Instruction: Woodwinds.
   
   
6. Complete one hour of Category 1: Approved Large Ensembles (see General Information) each semester for four semesters. The Category 2 ensemble Music 344R may substitute for two of these four hours, but the two hours must be in consecutive fall and winter semesters.
7. Complete the following upper-division music core courses:
   MUSIC 301 : Survey of Music Literature 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 301 : Survey of Music Literature 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 194, 196, 198; 201, 202, or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from antiquity through the sixteenth century.
   
   
   MUSIC 302 : Survey of Music Literature 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 302 : Survey of Music Literature 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 194, 196, 198; 201, 202, or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the baroque through the early classic.
   
   
   MUSIC 303 : Survey of Music Literature 3. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 303 : Survey of Music Literature 3. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 294, 296, 298; 201, 202, or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of music genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the high classic through the romantic.
   
   
   MUSIC 304 : Survey of Music Literature 4. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 304 : Survey of Music Literature 4. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 294, 296, 298; 201, 202, or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices of the twentieth century.
   
   
   MUSIC 395 : Form and Analysis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 395 : Form and Analysis. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297.
   DESCRIPTION:	Analytical study of forms from the common-practice period, including baroque contrapuntal structures and instrumental forms, classical sonata cycle, and romantic part forms.
   
   
8. Complete the following:
   MUSIC 166 : Organ Registration. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 166 : Organ Registration. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Concurrent private or group instruction in organ or instructor's consent
   DESCRIPTION:	Organ stops and their application to various performance styles.
   
   
   MUSIC 264 : Keyboard Foundations 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 264 : Keyboard Foundations 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 194, 196, 198, 260R.
   DESCRIPTION:	Sight-reading, harmonization, improvisation, and technique at the keyboard.
   
   
   MUSIC 265 : Keyboard Foundations 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 265 : Keyboard Foundations 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 264.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 264.
   
   
   MUSIC 364 : Keyboard Pedagogy. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 364 : Keyboard Pedagogy. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior standing as vocal performance or choral music education major or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Basic pedagogical principles as applied to keyboard instruments.
   
   
   MUSIC 366 : Organ Pedagogy. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 366 : Organ Pedagogy. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 364.
   DESCRIPTION:	Preparation for supervised private or group teaching.
   
   
   MUSIC 404A : Organ Literature. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 404A : Organ Literature. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F odd years
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 304; acceptance into 360R or 460R, or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of literature. Research in area of concentration.
   
   
   MUSIC 404B : Organ Literature. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 404B : Organ Literature. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W even years
   PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 304; acceptance into 360R or 460R, or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 404A.
   
   
   MUSIC 466R : Organ Practicum. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 466R : Organ Practicum. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W odd year, F odd year
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 166 or organ performance major status. Must be taken in consecutive winter and fall semesters.
   DESCRIPTION:	Developing various practical skills required of the organist.
   
   
   (twice).
   
   Note: Two semesters of Music 466R must be taken in consecutive winter and fall semesters.
9. Complete two hours of the following:
   MUSIC 470R : Studio Teaching Practicum. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 470R : Studio Teaching Practicum. (1:0:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Applying pedagogical principles to teaching.
   
                : Studio Teaching Bassoon.
                : Studio Teaching Cello.
                : Studio Teaching Clarinet.
                : Studio Teaching Flute.
                : Studio Teaching Guitar.
                : Studio Teaching Harp.
                : Studio Teaching Horn.
                : Studio Teaching Oboe.
                : Studio Teaching Organ.
                : Studio Teaching Percussion.
                : Studio Teaching Piano.
                : Studio Teaching Saxophone.
                : Studio Teaching String Bass.
                : Studio Teaching Trombone.
                : Studio Teaching Trumpet.
                : Studio Teaching Tuba.
                : Studio Teaching Viola.
                : Studio Teaching Violin.
   
   
10. Complete the following:
    MUSIC 469 : Theory and Methods of Studio Teaching. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    MUSIC 469 : Theory and Methods of Studio Teaching. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	W
    PREREQUISITE:	completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent.
    DESCRIPTION:	Applying learning theory and secondary education methods to studio teaching.
    
    
11. Complete one course from the following:
    MUSIC 481 : Orchestration. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    MUSIC 481 : Orchestration. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	F
    PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 294, 296, 298.
    DESCRIPTION:	Scoring for standard orchestral instruments.
    
    
    MUSIC 483 : Counterpoint. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    MUSIC 483 : Counterpoint. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    
    OFFERED:	F
    PREREQUISITE:	C- or higher in Music 294, 296, 298.
    DESCRIPTION:	Eighteenth-century contrapuntal styles and techniques, emphasizing those of J. S. Bach.
    
    
12. Present a juried recital (Music 249R) during the sophomore year. A juried senior recital (Music 449R) is also required.
    
    Recital: Enroll in 249R (0.0 credit hours) or 449R (1.0 credit hour) for the semester during which a recital is to be presented. Concurrent enrollment in appropriate performance instruction is required. A prerecital hearing is required at least three weeks before juried recitals. Contact the Harris Fine Arts Center Scheduling Office (C-358, south lobby of de Jong Concert Hall) for further information.

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