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Music Performance - Mus.B. Degree

School of Music

Office: 2157 Mason Hall

(716) 673-3151

Dr. Sarah Hamilton,Program Coordinator

Email: Music@fredonia.edu

Website://www.isobands.com/academics/colleges-schools/school-music/music/undergrad

Through a study of solo, chamber and large ensemble literature, this program emphasizes the development of skills for a potential career as a performer.

Major Requirements:

Musicianship Core

The musicianship core is the set of required studies common to all music degree programs (Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy, Bachelor of Science in Music with an emphasis in Sound Recording Technology, all programs of the Bachelor of Music).

MUS 115 Music Appreciation

3
MUS 263 Music History in Western Civilization I

3
MUS 264 Music History in Western Civilization II

3
MUS 231 Conducting I

2
MUS 121 Aural Skills I

2
MUS 122 Aural Skills II

2
MUS 123 Music Theory I

3
MUS 124 Music Theory II

3
MUS 221 Aural Skills III

2
MUS 222 Aural Skills IV

2
MUS 223 Music Theory III

3
MUS 224 Music Theory IV

3
MUS 118 Piano Class, Elementary

2
MUS 100 Recital-Seminar

0
MUS 120 Concert Attendance

0
MUS 125 Applied Music Major

2
MUS 126 Applied Music Major

2
Total Credit Hours: 37

NOTE:

  • MUS 118: waived for students whose principal instrument is piano;
  • MUS 120: each semester of private applied lessons;
  • MUS 107和MUS 108are required of all freshmen oboe and bassoon majors.

Plus the following:

MUS 200 Recital Seminar

0
MUS 245 Performance Major

3
MUS 246 Performance Major

3
MUS 300 Recital Seminar

0
MUS 345 Performance Major

3
MUS 346 Performance Major

3
400亩 Recital Seminar

0
MUS 445 Performance Major

3
MUS 446 Performance Major

3
MUS 347 Junior Recital

1
MUS 447 Senior Recital

1
MUED 291 Technology in Music I

2
乐团, by advisement

11
Total Credit Hours: 33

NOTE:

  • 乐团: 1-credit hour ensemble using principal instrument each semester of residency/six (6) participations in .5 credit hour ensembles.

Each student is admitted to the program on a principal performing instrument, with additional requirements as follows:

Percussion

MUS 217 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 218 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 355 Pedagogy Practicum

0
MUS 356 Pedagogy Practicum

0
Music History elective

3
Music Theory elective

3
Total Credit Hours: 8

Piano

MUS 201 Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire I

2
MUS 202 Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire II

2
MUS 340 Piano Pedagogy I

3
MUS 420 Piano Literature I

3
MUS 421 Piano Literature II

3
MUS 355 Pedagogy Practicum

0
MUS 356 Pedagogy Practicum

0
MUS 415 Piano Class for Keyboard Majors

1
MUS 416 Piano Class for Keyboard Majors

1
Total Credit Hours: 15

String Instruments

MUS 217 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 218 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 355 Pedagogy Practicum

0
MUS 356 Pedagogy Practicum

0
Electives in music theory, musicology, string literature or chamber music literature

6
Total Credit Hours: 8

Voice

MUS 137 Diction for Singers-English

0.5
MUS 138 Diction for Singers-Italian

0.5
MUS 139 Diction for Singers-German

0.5
MUS 140 Diction for Singers-French

0.5
MUS 213 Opera Seminar I

1
MUS 217 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 218 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 313 Opera Seminar II

1
MUS 317 Piano Class

1
MUS 318 Piano Class

1
MUS 344 Vocal Pedagogy

3
MUS 349 Vocal Pedagogy Practicum

1
MUS 417 Piano Class for Non-Keyboard Majors

1
MUS 418 Vocal Accompaniment for Non-Keyboard Majors

1
Music Theory elective

3
Music History or Literature elective

3
Total Credit Hours: 20

NOTE:

  • MUS 417-MUS 418: may be replaced by one semester of accompanying work under the supervision of theMUS 418Class Piano Instructor.
  • Recommended: four semesters of German French, Italian or Spanish by advisement.
  • Voice performance majors are required to enroll for a minimum of four semesters ofMUS 033Opera Production Practicum as part of the ensemble requirements. The required freshman year participation in Practicum may count as one of the required semesters.

Wind Instruments

MUS 217 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 218 Piano Class, Intermediate

1
MUS 355 Pedagogy Practicum

0
MUS 356 Pedagogy Practicum

0
Music Theory elective

3
Music History elective

3
Total Credit Hours: 8

Oboe or Bassoon

MUS 107 Double Reed Class I

0.5
MUS 108 Double Reed Class II

0.5
Total Credit Hours: 1

Total Credit Hours: 72-92