Performance - Strings, B.M.
Requirements for a Major in Performance – Strings
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Harp
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Requirements | ||
| Fifty-four semester hours including: | ||
| MUS 2260 | Elementary Conducting (Music Education Elementary) | 2 |
| MUS 4334 | String Chamber Literature | 3 |
| MUS 4321 | Symphonic Literature | 3 |
| Performance | ||
| Twenty-four semester hours applied music. Credit earned for applied music study may not be used to satisfy degree requirements until candidate is officially admitted to the School of Music. | 24 | |
| Four semester hours secondary applied (Piano Level IIs). Must have a grade of “C” or above in all secondary piano courses. (Students may elect to substitute up to 2 credits of early music ensemble towards the secondary instrument requirement once the piano requirement has been met.) 1 | 4 | |
| A minimum of eight semesters of large ensemble; enrollment in ensemble in the major performing area required for every term in residence. | 8 | |
| Select four to six semester hours of chamber music from the following: | 4-6 | |
| Chamber Music (Strings) (Bowed Strings - four semesters) | ||
| Harp Ensemble (Harp Majors - six semesters) | ||
| Junior and senior recitals | ||
| Four semester hours of Orchestral Excerpts repertoire courses | 4 | |
| Select two semester hours from the following: | 2 | |
| Early Music Ensemble (Bowed Strings only) | ||
| Jazz Ensemble (Double Basses only) | ||
| Chamber Music (Strings) | ||
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Thirty-one semester hours music core | 31 | |
| Total Hours | 85-87 | |
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The s in Piano Levels indicates that the curriculum in these levels is designed for secondary piano students.