Performance Study

Permission for Instrumental/Voice Lessons and Applied Major Lessons are by audition only. Bachelor of music (B.M.) students, depending on the area of concentration and their class year, receive 1, 2, or 3 credits per semester. Bachelor of arts (B.A.) students receive 1 or 2 credits per semester.

First Year

07:701:100  Music Assembly (N1) Required of all bachelor of music students during each semester of full-time enrollment. Grade based on attendance.

07:701:103  Instrumental/Voice Lesson (1)

07:701:159  Classroom Piano I (1)
    Beginners only. Priority given to music majors.

07:701:160  Classroom Piano II (1)
Priority given to music majors.

07:701:175,176  Applied Major Lesson: first-year-level

07:701:204 Secondary Lesson, Alternate (1)
Intended for composition majors.

Second Year

07:701:100  Music Assembly (N1) Required of all bachelor of music students during each semester of full-time enrollment. Grade based on attendance.

07:701:201-202  Diction for Singers (1,1)
The study of pronunciation of Italian, French, German, and English as applied to singing, utilizing the International Phonetic Alphabet. 07:700:201 is a prerequisite of 07:701:202.

07:701:203  Music Education Secondary Lesson (1)
Intended for music education majors.

07:701:204  Secondary Lesson, Alternate (1)
Intended for composition or music education majors.

07:701:259  Classroom Piano III (1)
Priority given to music education majors.

07:701:260  Classroom Piano IV (1)
Priority given to music education majors.

07:701:275,276  Applied Major Lesson: second-year-level

Third Year

07:701:302  Vocal Coaching (1) Required for third-year undergraduate vocal performance majors, this course supplements Applied Major Lessons and includes the exploration and coaching of vocal repertory involving interpretation of music and text, historical context, and diction.

07:701:351-352  Art of Accompanying (1,1) Study of ensemble techniques for pianists. Performance with singers and instrumentalists.

07:701:357  Acting for Singers (2) Improvisation and exercises to free the body and imagination, to develop acting skills. Basic stage technique, terminology, tools for determining circumstance, action, and intention using monologues, arias, and scene work.

07:701:358  Stage Movement for Singers (1) Focus on the study of rhythm, coordination, movement vocabulary, dance positions, partner work and stage representation while incorporating Opera dance forms such as the Minuet, Waltz, Gavotte, Pas de Basque, Polonaise, etc. Readings from texts will reinforce studio class work, as well as historical background of movement.

Fourth Year

07:701:100  Music Assembly (N1) Required of all bachelor of music students during each semester of full-time enrollment. Grade based on attendance.

07:701:400  Senior Recital (0)

07:701:401  Woodwind Pedagogy (1)
Supervised by the appropriate faculty, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials and teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission.

07:701:402  Vocal Coaching (1) Required for fourth-year undergraduate vocal performance majors, this course supplements Applied Major Lessons and includes the exploration and coaching of vocal repertory involving interpretation of music and text, historical context, and diction.

07:701:403  String Pedagogy (1)
Supervised by the appropriate faculty, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials and teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission.

07:701:405  Brass Pedagogy (1)
Supervised by the appropriate faculty, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials and teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission.

07:701:407-408  20th- and 21st-Century Performance Seminar (1,1)
Study and performance of contemporary music.

07:701:413,414  Percussion Pedagogy (1,1)
Supervised by the appropriate faculty, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials and teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission. 07:701:413 is a prerequisite to 07:701:414.

07:701:415,416  Voice Pedagogy (2, 2)
In the first semester, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials; in the second semester, students review methods and materials and, supervised by the appropriate faculty, teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission. 07:701:415 is a prerequisite to 07:701:416.

07:701:451-452  Studio Accompaniment (1,1)
Piano accompaniment in a vocal or nonpiano instrumental studio studying the repertoire of the student with whom the accompanist is paired. Prerequisites: Four semesters of large ensemble and 07:701:351, 352.

07:701:459,460  Keyboard Pedagogy (1,1)
Supervised by the appropriate faculty, senior performance majors study pedagogical methods and materials and teach private lessons to nonmajors or music education students learning a secondary instrument. Open only to senior bachelor of music performance majors, except by special permission. 07:701:459 is a prerequisite to 07:701:460.

07:701:475,476  Applied Major Lesson: fourth-year-level

07:701:499  Individual Study (BA)