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.
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 198, 196. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 193. |
| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193, 197. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Writing and analysis in diatonic harmony. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193, 195, 197; concurrent enrollment in Music 194, 196. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 197. |
| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194, 196, and 198; concurrent enrollment in Music 295, 297. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 194. |
| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 296, 298. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 293. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | W, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295, 297; concurrent enrollment in Music 294, 296. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 297. |
| 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 an instrumental performance ensemble. |
| 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 choral performance ensemble. |
| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; Music 294, 296, 298; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from antiquity through the baroque. |
| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp, Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; Music 294, 296, 298; Music 201, 202, or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the classic through the present. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | F, W; Sp or Su |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; Music 194, 196, 198; Music 201, 202, or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Exploration of music making from a global perspective. |
| OFFERED: | F, W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; Music 194, 196, 198; 201, 202, or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of jazz history, emphasizing periods, styles, and artists through the analysis of published transcriptions and arrangements. |
| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Concurrent private or group instruction in organ or instructor's consent |
| DESCRIPTION: | Organ stops and their application to various performance styles. |
| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 194, 196, 198, 260R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Sight-reading, harmonization, improvisation, and technique at the keyboard. |
| OFFERED: | W, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 264. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 264. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | W even years |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 364. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Preparation for supervised private or group teaching. |
| OFFERED: | F odd years |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 306; acceptance into 360R or 460R, or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Survey of literature. Research in area of concentration. |
| OFFERED: | W even years |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 306; acceptance into 360R or 460R, or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Music 404A. |
| 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. |
| OFFERED: | F, W |
| PREREQUISITE: | completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applying pedagogical principles to teaching. |
| OFFERED: | W |
| PREREQUISITE: | completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applying learning theory and secondary education methods to studio teaching. |
| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 294, 296, 298. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Scoring for standard orchestral instruments. |
| OFFERED: | F |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 294, 296, 298. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Eighteenth-century contrapuntal styles and techniques, emphasizing those of J. S. Bach. |