Major

The music major is designed for students with a wide range of interests, backgrounds, and career goals. It is intended to provide a broad and varied acquaintance with history, theory, and literature of music as well as to develop skills in performance, analysis and synthesis. The inclusiveness of the major derives from the philosophy that the integration of thinking about and performing music fosters musical awareness and critical perception. Students who elect the music major are prepared to go on to graduate school.

Credits
A minimum of 32 credits in classroom courses and 8 credits in ensemble and performance studies.

Classroom requirements:
Music 231, Theory I; 232, Theory II; 233, Theory III .

Music 281, History of Western Music I; 282 History of Western Music II.

Music 334, Music Analysis

Music 371 Topics in Music

A 4-credit 300-level elective in history, theory, ethnomusicology, performance or composition.

Performance Studies requirements:
Two semesters of individual performance study, one of which must be at the 200 level.

One additional semester at the 200 or 300-level in individual performance study, conducting, or composition.

2 credits in ensemble performance

Other
If a 4-credit course in ethnomusicology is not selected to fulfill the 300-level classroom elective or the third semester of individual performance study, then an additional ethnomusicology classroom course at the 200 level is required.

Demonstration of a level of keyboard proficiency that permits the reading of elementary keyboard repertory