Mar 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music: Composition 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


Total: 17

Spring


Total: 14

Second Year


Fall


Total: 14

Spring


Total: 17

Third Year


Continuance in music composition requires a formal review and approval of all freshman and sophomore work. The principal criteria are completion of all academic requirements through the sophomore year and a grade average in music theory courses of no less than a B.

Fall


Total: 15

Spring


Total: 15

Fourth Year


Fall


Total: 15

Spring


Total: 14

Total Hours: 121


* Choose from the university’s core curriculum .
** Candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree with a field of specialization in music composition are required to present a recital of their original compositions during the senior year. Permission to present the recital must be obtained from the composition faculty one semester prior to the recital.

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