Programs of Study: Concentrations

Music History and Theory

The requirements for a 33-credit major with a concentration in Theory and History are:

  • Harmony and Voice Leading (Theory I): 0 credits for major
    (Prerequisite course; 3 credits count as University elective)*

  • Harmony and Voice Leading (Theory II) 3 credits

  • Chromatic Harmony (Theory III) 3 credits

  • Twentieth-Century Music: Structure and Style (Theory/History IV): 3 credits

  • Musicianship Labs (to be taken concurrently with Theory I-III)

  • History I-III: 9

  • Four 3-credit electives: 12

Honors in Music History and Theory (optional) require 6 additional credits:

  • One additional upper-level 3-credit course in Music
  • Senior Project, to be determined with adviser

*Students who have had previous music education may place out of the prerequisite, Harmony and Voice Leading (Theory I), by examination.

Applied lessons and ensembles are encouraged, but not required. Students intending to continue the study of music after graduation should maintain a rigorous program of lessons and applied music.

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Performance

The requirements for a 36-credit major with a concentration in Performance are:

  • Studio Lessons (1 credit each for 2 semesters): 0 credits toward major (Prerequisite course; 2 credits count as an “activity” elective)

  • Harmony and Voice Leading (Theory I): 0 credits toward major (Prerequisite course; 3 credits count as University elective)

  • Harmony and Voice Leading (Theory II): 3 credits

  • Chromatic Harmony (Theory III): 3 credis

  • Twentieth-Century Music: Structure and Style (Theory/History IV): 3 credits

  • History I-III: 9 credits

  • One 3-credit upper-level Music course: 3 credits

  • Three additional elective credits in Music: 3 credits

  • Advanced Performance Studio (2-credits each semester): 12 credits

Honors in Music Performance (optional) require 6 additional credits.

  • One additional upper-level 3-credit course in Music and/or additional credits of Advanced Performance Studio
  • Senior Project or Recital to be determined with adviser)

Six semesters of departmental ensemble participation.

Performance concentrators must present a Senior Recital. (Honors majors must present an additional Recital.

 

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