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Conservatory of Music

as a major, a Music minor is available. The Music minor requires 23 credits. General Education Requirements The Music minor requires MUSC 101 - Music Appreciation for fine arts G.E. credit. Core Requirements

and worship bands. Open to vocal, keyboard and other instrumental students by audition. Piano accompanying is graded on a credit /no credit basis. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 003 - Symphony Orchestra Performance of standard orchestral music literature encompassing a wide variety of styles and periods. Note(s): Membership by audition. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 005 - Chamber Choir Performance of standard chamber choir literature representing styles ranging from the Renaissance through the 20th century. Note(s): Membership by audition. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 007 - Jazz Ensemble Provides music majors and other interested students experience in jazz techniques and literature. A large volume and wide variety of literature is played, discussed and evaluated as to its prospective use at the various levels of secondary and collegiate education. At least one public performance per semester is scheduled. Note(s): Membership by audition. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 008 - Symphonic Winds Performance of standard wind ensemble literature. For advanced wind and percussion players. Note(s): Membership by audition. Fee: $100. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 009 - Handbell Choir Performance of a wide spectrum of handbell literature as separate ensemble and in conjunction with other instrumental and vocal ensembles. Note(s): Membership by audition. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 010 - Vocal Jazz Ensemble Performance of standard vocal jazz music representing the broad range of jazz styles which have developed over the past century in this country. Note(s): Membership by audition. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 012 - Women’s Chorus Performance of a variety of literature and styles from Renaissance through the 20th Century. Note(s): Membership open to all women students by audition. Fee: $40. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 013 - Ensemble: Worship Band Performance of standard and original contemporary worship literature. Note(s): Membership by audition. Required for Worship Majors and Contemporary Worship Minors. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 098 - Remedial Music Theory An introductory course to acquaint incoming music students who possess little or no background in music theory with the fundamentals of that subject. These same fundamentals will be covered again in the first semester of Theory (MUSC 154), though at a much greater rate of speed. Topics for study include pitch names, clefs, scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Note(s): Available only online. Credit(s): 1. MUSC 100 - Keyboard I Designed to develop general keyboard facility. For the music major, as preparation for entrance to MUSC 118. Note(s): Graded on a credit/no credit basis (credits earned by the music

Credit(s): 2. * Credit(s): 2. * Credit(s): 2. Credit(s): 2.

Sight-Singing and Dictation I

MUSC 153

Music Theory I

MUSC 154 MUSC 163 MUSC 164 MUSC 141

Sight-Singing and Dictation II

Music Theory II Applied Music

Credit(s): 1. Must take 4 credits in principle instrument, composition or voice, through proficiency: level 224. ** MUSC 200 Concert Music Credit(s): 0. Must take 4 semesters. MUSC 323 Basic Conducting Credit(s): 2. MUSC 118 Keyboard II Credit(s): 1. for non-keyboard minors. *** OR MUSC 261 Keyboard Sight Reading I Credit(s): 1. for keyboard minors. * Entry-level standard required. ** Sophomore B.A. music degree proficiency required. See Conservatory Office for standards description. *** Prerequisite to MUSC 118 is MUSC 100 - Keyboard I, or proficiency. Ensemble Requirements Choose 4 credits of ensemble (MUSC 002-012) as appropriate to applied principal. Elective Requirements Choose 4-5 credits (two courses) from among the following, with instructor’s approval:

Music History and Literature: Medieval Through Early Baroque Music History and Literature: Mid-Baroque Through Classic

MUSC 307

Credit(s): 2.

MUSC 308

Credit(s): 2.

Music History and Literature: Late Romantic Through Early 20th Century Credit(s): 2.

MUSC 309

Music Theory/History and Literature of the 20th Century

MUSC 312

Credit(s): 3. Credit(s): 3.

Music Cultures of the World

MUSC 410

Courses Music (MUSC)

MUSC 001 - Biola Chorale Performance of standard choral literature representing a variety of styles and periods. Note(s): Membership by audition. Fee: $125. Credit(s): 0 - 1. MUSC 002 - Chamber Music Ensemble Encompasses a wide variety of chamber grouping and chamber music literature. The following ensemble combinations are commonly organized under this heading: brass quintet, woodwind quintet, flute ensemble, string quartet, percussion ensemble, piano chamber ensembles, small vocal ensembles,

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