Music, Instrumental Performance, B.M.

Major Requirements (81 credit hours)

• MUS 100 - Recital and Concert Attendance (8 semesters)
• MUS 111 - Principles of Theory I
• MUS 113 - Principles of Theory II
• MUS 211 - Principles of Theory III
• MUS 213 - Principles of Theory IV
• MUS 228 - Music Technology
• MUS 250 - World Music
• MUS 252 - Music History, Medieval/Renaissance
• MUS 341 - Music History, Baroque/Classical
• MUS 342 - Music History, 19th Century to Present
• MUS 495 - Basic Conducting
• MUS 497 - Instrumental Conducting

Applied Studies

Primary instrument study (admission by audition only) (16 credit hours)

• MUP 1xx (2 credit hours x 2 semesters)
• MUP 2xx (2 credit hours x 2 semesters)
• MUP 3xx (2 credit hours x 2 semesters)
• MUP 4xx (2 credit hours x 2 semesters)
• MUP 1xx - 8 semesters Instrumental Ensemble (choose based on Primary) (8 credit hours)
• MUP 1xx - Chamber Ensemble (choose based on Primary) (4 credit hours)
• MUP 390 - Junior Recital
• MUP 490 - Senior Recital
• Applied Secondary Instrument (4 credit hours)
• MUP 129 - Class Piano I
• MUP 130 - Class Piano II
• MUP 229 - Class Piano III
• MUP 230 - Class Piano IV

Advanced Studies

• MUS 420 - Music Analysis
• MUS-Elective (8 credit hours)

Area Studies

• MUS 441 - Orchestration
• MUS 4xx - Literature (choose based on Primary) (2 credit hours)
• MUS 4xx - Pedagogy I, II (choose based on Primary) (3 credit hours)

General Education

The General Education core curriculum, described in the Undergraduate Academic Policies  section of this Bulletin, applies to all students pursuing the B.M. in Music-Instrumental Performance with the following exceptions. Students must also complete sufficient general electives to reach 124 or more total semester hours.

• Humanities & Fine Arts: MUS 211  and MUS 342  
• Personal Development: MUS 228