Major in Music (B.M.), Performance Concentration

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Music with a Performance Concentration prepares students for professional careers as performers, entrepreneurs, or music teachers. The program provides a solid background in music theory, history, and performance, with numerous chances for students to perform in ensembles and solo recitals.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Music, Performance Concentration is a professional degree that prepares students for potential professional careers in the music and creative industries as performers, entrepreneurs, and private music teachers. It also prepares students for continued study at the graduate level. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in music history, music theory, and performance, with many opportunities for performance, including large and small ensemble participation as well as solo recitals.

Assessment:

Performance skills are tested at the end of the sophomore year and in a graduation recital if required by the degree option. Some programs require the satisfactory completion of supervised student teaching, an internship, or a senior project.

Careers:

The Bachelor of Music, Performance Concentration prepares students for potential professional careers in the music and creative industries as performers, entrepreneurs, and private music teachers.

Other:

In order to complete the Performance Concentration, students must select one of the following options:

• Jazz Studies Option
• Orchestral Instrument Option
• Organ Option
• Piano Option
• Voice Option
Program-level Learning Outcomes:
• Ability to perform music from a variety of historical/style periods and exhibit the appropriate skills for musical self-expression in juried performances.
These skills include technique, musicianship, tone, diction/articulation, style, interpretation, sight-reading, rhythm, and artistry.
• Keyboard skills.
• The capacity to create original or derivative music.
• Understanding of the common elements and organizational patterns of music, including musical forms, processes, and structures.
• Knowledge of music history and repertory, including representative composers and works according to the area of specialization, as well as study and experiences with music in addition to that of the primary culture encompassing the area of specialization.
• Students are also expected to learn music literature from all periods through aural and score analysis.