BM in Music Performance: Vocal Emphasis (76 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 vocal performance degree program prepares students for professional work as performers and studio teachers. The degree includes a strong pedagogy emphasis, including supervised teaching. Many students in this program continue their studies on the graduate level to further prepare for a performing 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 221 : Functional Piano Skills 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 221 : Functional Piano Skills 1. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	Piano skills determined by entrance diagnostic exam; music major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Provides music majors with basic keyboarding ability in such areas as sight reading, technique, harmonization, and score reading.
   
   
   MUSIC 222 : Functional Piano Skills 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 222 : Functional Piano Skills 2. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 221; music major status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Music 221.
   
   
   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 the following:
   MUSIC 161 : Voice Technique. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 161 : Voice Technique. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   PREREQUISITE:	Acceptance by audition to the School of Music.
   DESCRIPTION:	Class instruction in voice technique.
   
   
   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.
   
   
   (six hours).
4. Complete eight 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 one hour of ensemble each semester for eight semesters, including 2-6 hours from Category 1: Approved Large Ensembles (see General Information) and 2-6 hours of the following Category 2 ensembles:
   MUSIC 316R : Opera Workshop. (1:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 316R : Opera Workshop. (1:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	audition; instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Training and experience in operatic choral music and stage movement.
   
   
   MUSIC 317R : Opera Ensemble. (.5-3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 317R : Opera Ensemble. (.5-3:6:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	audition; instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Training and experience in operatic excerpts, chamber opera, and full productions for operatic soloists.
   
   
   MUSIC 318R : Music Theatre Ensemble. (1:0:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 318R : Music Theatre Ensemble. (1:0:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
   PREREQUISITE:	audition and director's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Auditioned chorus or orchestra for opera or music dance theatre productions.
   
   

6. 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.
   
   
7. Complete the following:
   MUSIC 363 : Vocal Pedagogy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 363 : Vocal Pedagogy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior standing as vocal performance or choral music education major or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to physiology, acoustics, and pedagogy of singing.
   
   
   MUSIC 402A : Vocal Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 402A : Vocal Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	acceptance into 360R or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey of literature with emphasis on art song. Research in area of concentration.
   
   
   MUSIC 472 : Supervised Teaching in Voice. (2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MUSIC 472 : Supervised Teaching in Voice. (2:1:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	W
   PREREQUISITE:	Music 363.
   DESCRIPTION:	Lecture, discussion, and practicum in the methodology of studio voice instruction.
   
   
8. Complete eight hours from the following:
   FREN 101 : First-Year French, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   FREN 101 : First-Year French, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   DESCRIPTION:	Development of the four language skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing.
   
   
   FREN 102 : First-Year French, Part 2. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   FREN 102 : First-Year French, Part 2. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
   PREREQUISITE:	Fren 101 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of French 101.
   
   
   GERM 101 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GERM 101 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:	Listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and culture.
   NOTE:	For those who have had no German.
   
   
   GERM 102 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GERM 102 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	C grade or better in Germ 101 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and culture.
   
   
   ITAL 101 : First-Year Italian, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ITAL 101 : First-Year Italian, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F, W
   DESCRIPTION:	Daily development of the four language skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing.
   
   
   ITAL 102 : First-Year Italian, Part 2. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ITAL 102 : First-Year Italian, Part 2. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	F,W
   PREREQUISITE:	Ital 101 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Continuation of Ital 101.
   
   
9. Present a juried junior recital (Music 349R) and a juried senior recital (Music 449R).
   
   Recital: Enroll in 349R (0.0 credit hours) or 449R (1.0 credit hour) for the semester during which a recital is to be presented. Concurrent enrollment in Music 360R 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.

Recommended Electives

DANCE 164 : Movement for Musicians. (.5:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DANCE 164 : Movement for Musicians. (.5:0:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
DESCRIPTION:	Developing strength, flexibility, responsiveness, centering, breath, and freedom of movement through both fine and gross motor activities.


MUSIC 259 : Psychology of Performance. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

MUSIC 259 : Psychology of Performance. (2:2:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Psychological skills for performers. Topics include audition preparation, conquering stage fright, preventing overuse injury, attention control, creativity. Skills applicable to any performance situation.


MUSIC 261 : Contemporary Vocal Techniques. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

MUSIC 261 : Contemporary Vocal Techniques. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W
PREREQUISITE:	Music 161 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Contemporary vocal styles and techniques, including pop/belt, stage, and studio singing.


PHSCS 167 : Descriptive Acoustics of Music and Speech. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHSCS 167 : Descriptive Acoustics of Music and Speech. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp
PREREQUISITE:	Phy S 100 or equivalent.
DESCRIPTION:	Introductory acoustics course, emphasizing physical principles underlying production and perception of music and speech.

FREN 101 : First-Year French, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

FREN 101 : First-Year French, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
DESCRIPTION:	Development of the four language skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing.


GERM 101 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

GERM 101 : First-Year German. (4:5:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

DESCRIPTION:	Listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, and culture.
NOTE:	For those who have had no German.


ITAL 101 : First-Year Italian, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

ITAL 101 : First-Year Italian, Part 1. (4:5:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Daily development of the four language skills: understanding, speaking, reading, and writing.

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