Music Minor

Students will develop technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in at least one major performance area at a level appropriate for the particular music concentration. 

Students will gain an overview understanding of the repertory in their performance area and the ability to perform from a cross-section of that repertory.

Students will have the ability to read at sight with fluency demonstrating both general musicianship and, in the performance area, a level of skill relevant to professional standards appropriate for the particular music concentration. 

Students will gain keyboard competency.

Students have the ability to respect, understand, and evaluate work in a variety of disciplines. 

Students have the capacity to explain and defend views effectively and rationally. 

Students have an understanding of and experience in one or more art forms other than music

Students have the ability to hear, identify, and work conceptually with the elements of music such as rhythm, melody, harmony, structure, timbre, texture. 

Students have an understanding of and the ability to read and realize musical notation. 

Students have an understanding of compositional processes, aesthetic properties of style, and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces. 

Students have an acquaintance with a wide selection of musical literature, the principal eras, genres, and cultural sources. 

Students have the ability to develop and defend musical judgments.