Dec 17, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Performance, B.M.

Admission to the Bachelor of Music program in music performance is granted only after the successful completion of an audition in the student’s performance area.

To earn a Bachelor of Music degree in music performance, a student must complete 120 credit hours and have at least a 2.0 grade-point standing. At the conclusion of the sophomore year and before continuing in music performance at the upper division level, each student must perform before the music performance faculty for approval. Each student must also present a full recital during the senior year.

Students in music performance must complete the following:

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Bulletin for the complete UK Core requirements. The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

MUS 304 - MUSIC COMMUNICATION I: ORAL COMMUNICATION OF MUSIC Credit(s): 1
MUS 305 - MUSIC COMMUNICATION II: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION OF MUSIC Credit(s): 1

Subtotal: GCCR hours: 2

Major Requirements

Music Theory,

MUS 170 , MUS 171 , MUS 172 , MUS 173 , MUS 270 , MUS 271 , MUS 272 , MUS 273 Credit(s): 16

Major Instrument Study

Choose option from Instrument, Piano, Organ or Voice (see below) Credit(s): 24

Recital Attendance

MUS 1 - RECITAL ATTENDANCE (four courses - zero credit - completed satisfactorily) Credit(s): 0

Music History

MUS 203 , MUS 302 , MUS 303 , plus one course elected from MUS 500 , MUS 501 , MUS 502 , MUS 503 , MUS 504 , MUS 505 , MUS 506 or MUS 507 Credit(s): 12

Appropriate Music Ensemble

Each semester Credit(s): 8

Subtotal: Major hours: 60

Students in music performance must choose one of the following concentrations:

Concentration in an Instrument

All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination and should schedule, in consultation with their advisor, a suitable course each semester until this requirement is completed. Students with little or no prior piano study should normally expect to complete the piano proficiency examination by the end of four semesters of study Credit(s): 0-4
Music Theory: MUS 370 , MUS 371 , MUS 372 , and choice of MUS 572 or MUS 573 Credit(s): 9
Conducting: MUS 358 Credit(s): 2
Electives Credit(s): 13
Senior Recital (MUP 440 ): the successful completion of a solo recital must be completed for graduation.

Subtotal: Instrument Concentration: 24-28

Concentration in Piano

All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination. Piano majors work toward this goal as part of their keyboard study Credit(s): 0
Music Theory: MUS 370 , MUS 372 , and choice of MUS 572 or MUS 573 Credit(s): 7
Piano Literature: MUS 522 Credit(s): 3
Piano Pedagogy: MUS 566 Credit(s): 3
Conducting: MUS 358 Credit(s): 2
Electives Credit(s): 15
Senior Recital (MUP 440 ): the successful completion of a solo recital must be completed for graduation.

Subtotal: Piano Concentration: 30

Concentration in Organ

All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination. Organ majors work toward this goal as part of their keyboard study Credit(s) 0
Piano - one credit course MUP 101 , MUP 201 , each repeated once Credit(s): 4
Music Theory: MUS 370 , MUS 372 , and choice of MUS 572 or MUS 573 Credit(s): 7
Organ Literature: MUS 521 Credit(s): 3
Conducting: MUS 358 Credit(s): 2
Electives Credit(s): 14
Senior Recital (MUP 440 ): the successful completion of a solo recital must be completed for graduation.

Subtotal: Organ Concentration: 30

Concentration in Voice

All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination and should schedule, in consultation with their advisor, a suitable course each semester until this requirement is completed. Students with little or no prior piano study should normally expect to complete the piano proficiency examination by the end of four semesters of study Credit(s): 0-4
Music Theory: MUS 370 , MUS 372 , and choice of MUS 572 or MUS 573 Credit(s): 7
Foreign Language - Select two languages from Italian, French, or German and pass the third semester course of one language (or demonstrate equivalent competence) and the second semester course of another language (or demonstrate equivalent competence); or from these same three languages, pass the second semester course of one language (or demonstrate equivalent competence), the second semester course of a second language (or demonstrate equivalent competence) and the first semester of a third language (or demonstrate equivalent competence) Credit(s): 0-19
Foreign Language Vocal Diction: MUS 120 (four semesters) Credit(s): 4
Vocal Solo Literature: MUS 520 Credit(s): 3
Conducting: MUS 358 Credit(s): 2
Opera Workshop: MUC 196 (two semesters) Credit(s): 2
Movement for Singers: MUC 197 Credit(s): 1
Opera Practicum: MUC 198 (two semesters) Credit(s): 2
Electives Credit(s): 6-8
Senior Recital (MUP 440 ): the successful completion of a solo recital must be completed for graduation.

Music Performance, B.M.

UK Core Requirements

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

V. Composition and Communication I

VI. Composition and Communication II

VII. Quantitative Foundations

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

X. Global Dynamics