Music B. Mus.

The B.Mus. in performance is a professional degree in which music courses make up approximately 75 percent of the program. The performance major is a professional degree program for musicians wishing to pursue in-depth study and practice in one of six sub-plans: classical guitar; harp; organ; piano; strings; woodwind, brass, percussion; and voice.

Students study one-on-one with studio faculty on a weekly basis developing both solo and group performance expertise on their individual instruments, which is further provided in chamber coaching and group ensemble work. Performance majors supplement their applied music study with courses that develop their comprehensive musicianship through theory and ear training, musicology, conducting, and upper-division writing.

Program Advising
Due the nuances unique to the discipline and study of music, students must work in close consultation on a semesterly basis with the department advisor to ensure adequate and timely degree progress. Music programs involve careful sequencing of core courses and applied music study to progressively build musical competencies and techniques. Introductory courses support not only the key concepts needed for success in the next course in the sequence but also the adjacent core course sequences as well. For example, the music history sequence is highly dependent on the concepts addressed in the accompanying courses in music theory, ear-training, sight-singing, and keyboarding.