Music: Performance (Piano) Specialization, B.M.

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About the Music Bachelor’s Program

The Bachelor of Music in Music has four fields of specialization: music (leading toward teacher certification), composition, performance, and theory. The performance field of specialization includes concentrations in piano, organ, voice, brass, woodwind, percussion, and stringed instruments. The field of specialization in music that leads toward teacher certification replaces the former Bachelor of Music Education.

For requirements in the fields of specialization in Music: Composition Specialization, B.M. , Music: Performance (Organ) Specialization, B.M. , Music: Performance (Piano) Specialization, B.M. , Music: Performance (Stringed Instrument) Specialization, B.M. , Music: Performance (Voice) Specialization, B.M. , Music: Performance (Wind Instrument or Percussion) Specialization, B.M. , and Music: Theory Specialization, B.M. , consult the curriculum cores that appear in the individual programs.

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

MUAP 1105 - Keyboard Skills 1 Semester Credit Hours
MUAP 1001 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 1203 - Elementary Music Theory I 2 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 1103 - Elementary Aural Skills I 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301
Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 17

Spring

MUAP 1106 - Keyboard Skills 1 Semester Credit Hours
MUAP 1002 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUHL 2301 - Music as Cultural History I 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 1204 - Elementary Music Theory II 2 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 1104 - Elementary Aural Skills II 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301
MUHL Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Second Year

Fall

MUAP 2001 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUHL 3302 - Music as Cultural History II 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 2203 - Intermediate Music Theory I 2 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 2103 - Intermediate Aural Skills I 1 Semester Credit Hours
Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours *
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301

Total: 13

Spring

MUAP 2002 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUHL 3303 - Music as Cultural History III 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 2204 - Intermediate Music Theory II 2 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 2104 - Intermediate Aural Skills II 1 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours *
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301

Total: 13

Third Year

Fall

MUAP 3001 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUSI 3341 - Introduction to Technology for Musicians 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 3303 - Form, Analysis, and Synthesis 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301

Total: 16

Spring

MUAP 3002 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (2 hours required)
MUAP 3190 - Junior Recital 1 Semester Credit Hours
MUAP 3206 - Conducting 2 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours *
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301

Total: 16

Fourth Year

Fall

MUAP 4001 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (3 hours required)
MUHL 4300 - Special Topics in Music History and Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301
Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 16

Spring

MUAP 4002 - Applied Music V1-4 Semester Credit Hours (2 hours required)
MUAP 4190 - Senior Recital 1 Semester Credit Hours
MUTH 4307 - Tonal Counterpoint and Fugue 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
MUTH 4305 - Modal Counterpoint 3 Semester Credit Hours
Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 Semester Credit Hours *
POLS 2302 - American Public Policy 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUEN 3106 - Small Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours -301
Life and Physical Sciences 4 Semester Credit Hours *

Total: 17

Total Hours: 125

* Choose from the university’s core curriculum .