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 keyboard performance degree prepares students for professional work as performers and studio teachers. The degree includes a strong pedagogy emphasis, including supervised teaching. Many performance majors continue their studies on the graduate level to further prepare for a performance career or college teaching.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 195. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Development of aural skills through melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic dictation. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 193; concurrent enrollment in Music 196. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 193. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major; concurrent enrollment in Music 193. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 195; concurrent enrollment in 194. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Writing and analysis in diatonic and chromatic harmony. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Acceptance as a music major. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Rhythm and pitch-reading skills using two systems of counting and melodic solfeggio singing with hand signs. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 197. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 197. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 194; concurrent enrollment in Music 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 194. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293; concurrent enrollment in Music 296. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 293. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 196; concurrent enrollment in Music 293. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Extended chromatic techniques and introduction to twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 295; concurrent enrollment in Music 294. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Set theory, serialism, and late twentieth-century concepts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 198. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 198. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 297. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 297. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| 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. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| 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. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status; jury approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Major in performance; jury approval. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From three to five hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from antiquity through the baroque. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 294 & MUSIC 296 & MUSIC 298; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of musical genres, forms, styles, and performance practices from the classic through the present. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analytical study of forms from the common-practice period, including baroque contrapuntal structures and instrumental forms, classical sonata cycle, and romantic part forms. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring On Demand; Summer On Demand |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Exploration of music making from a global perspective. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198; Music major status; Music 201, 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Survey of jazz history, emphasizing periods, styles, and artists through the analysis of published transcriptions and arrangements. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 194 & MUSIC 196 & MUSIC 198 & MUSIC 260R |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Sight-reading, harmonization, improvisation, and technique at the keyboard. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 264 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 264. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 249; Junior standing and successful completion of Music 249. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic pedagogical principles as applied to keyboard instruments. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 364 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Preparation for supervised private or group teaching. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| 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. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 306; acceptance into 360R or 460R, or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 403A. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying pedagogical principles to teaching. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Completion of required pedagogy class or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Applying learning theory and secondary education methods to studio teaching. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Class instruction in organ for nonmusic majors. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 115 or instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Continuation of Music 115. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music major status. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Private instruction and studio class. |
| NOTE: | From one to four hours of daily practice. Fee. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall Even Yrs. |
| RECOMMENDED: | Music major status; instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | In-depth experience in recognizing and differentiating jazz styles, including analyzing and transcribing solo and ensemble jazz materials. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 293, 295. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Scoring for standard orchestral instruments. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | C- or higher in Music 294, 296. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Eighteenth-century contrapuntal styles and techniques, emphasizing those of J. S. Bach. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MUSIC 295 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Developing concepts and skills related to the orchestration, arranging, and composition of jazz and related contemporary styles of music. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Music 483 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Strict modal counterpoint in sixteenth- century style (Palestrina); includes species, text setting, and motet. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter Odd Yrs.; Summer Odd Yrs. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Analysis of representative choral and instrumental works from the Renaissance through contemporary styles. |