Music Performance, Vocal (MUSVA.BM)

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MUSVA.BM 21-22

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 41-47

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This program requires a minimum 3 hours of foreign language at the intermediate level or higher.

In the EXPLORING THE HUMANITIES category, students must complete a total of 6 hours: HUMN-201 and EITHER ENGL-221 OR ENGL-222.

Vocal Performance Applied Study

MUSA-101VO Applied Voice Credit Hours: 3/3
MUSA-201VO Applied Voice Credit Hours: 3/3
MUSA-301VO Applied Voice Credit Hours: 3/3
MUSA-401VO Applied Voice Credit Hours: 3/3
MUSA-100VOL Voice Seminar 8 semesters Credit Hours: 0

Performance Requirements

Ensemble Requirement Credit Hours: 10

Required - 6 semesters

MUSE-101CU Choral Union OR 101LC Chorale

Elective - 4 semesters

MUSE-102xx Any other vocal or instrumental ensemble(s)

^{NOTE: Two (2) credits of the 10 total ensemble credis must be with Opera Theatre (MUSE-102OT) and/or Chamber Music (MUSE-102CM). These two credits may count toward degree completion as either Required or Elective ensembles.}

MUSG 185 - Performance Seminar Credit Hours: 0 7 semesters
MUSA 288 - Upper Division Admission Examination Credit Hours: 0
^{[Must pass before enrolling in MUSA-301VO]}
MUSA 395 - Junior Recital Credit Hours: 1
MUSA 495 - Senior Recital Credit Hours: 0 - 1, depending on student’s degree program.
MUSG 286 - Piano Proficiency Examination Credit Hours: 0
^{Requires enrollment in piano according to placement unless waived by initial exam. Must enroll in piano every semester until passing all proficiency exams.}

Subtotal Performance: 36

Supportive Courses in Music

MUCO 330 - Fundamentals of Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUHL 212 - Music History: 1700 - 1850 Credit Hours: 3
MUHL 311 - Music History: Antiquity to 1700 Credit Hours: 3 ^F
MUHL 312 - Music History: 1850 - Present Credit Hours: 3 ^S
MUHL 391 - Vocal Literature Credit Hours: 2 ^F
MUSG 230 - Diction for Singers I Credit Hours: 2 ^F
MUSG 231 - Diction for Singers II Credit Hours: 2 ^S
MUSB 135 - Music Technology Credit Hours: 1
MUSB 251 - Improvisation Credit Hours: 2
and MUSB 251L Improvisation Lab (0)
MUSP 470 - Vocal Pedagogy Credit Hours: 2 ^S
MUST 111 - Materials of Music Credit Hours: 3
MUST 112 - Aural Skills I Credit Hours: 1
MUST 121 - Music Theory II Credit Hours: 3
MUST 122 - Aural Skills II Credit Hours: 1
MUST 231 - Music Theory III: Chromaticism and Elements of Form Credit Hours: 3
MUST 232 - Aural Skills III Credit Hours: 1
MUST 241 - Music Theory IV Credit Hours: 3
MUST 242 - Aural Skills IV Credit Hours: 1
MUST 311 - Form and Analysis Credit Hours: 2 ^F
MUST 341 - Orchestration and Arranging Credit Hours: 2 ^FOR MUST 351 - Techniques of Composition ^F
MUSW 495 - Senior Seminar in Music (Capstone) Credit Hours: 2
Music Elective Credit Hours: 1

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