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2010-2011 EIU Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2010-2011 EIU Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Department of Music

Music with Performance Option (B.Music)



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In order to graduate with an option in performance, students must earn a “C” or better in all music courses except those that are taken as electives. A course may be repeated once to meet this requirement.

This option comprises:

And a least 2 credit hours from the following electives:


Footnotes:


*Independent study, workshops and experimental courses may fulfill music history or music theory requirements only with prior approval of the department chairperson and the history/theory/composition division director.

Additional Music Courses (4 credit hours)


And 2 credit hours from the following keyboard courses:


Recital (Audit Only)


Applied Study and Ensemble


(Each semester)

Performance majors must successfully complete applied study and a major ensemble in their area each semester in residence. Major instrumental ensembles include Concert Band, Wind Symphony, and Orchestra; major choral ensembles include Concert Choir and Mixed Chorus. Jazz Ensemble or Jazz Lab Band fulfills the major ensemble requirement for students with a jazz studies concentration after completion of the jazz studies junior standing jury.

1. Instrumental Concentration


Applied (30 credit hours)


All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study (MUS 1110-1163). In the fourth or fifth semester they must achieve junior standing. After achieving junior standing, applied study then continues at the advanced level.

Ensemble # (9 credit hours)


Students participate in a major ensemble each semester in residence. In addition, one credit hour from the following chamber ensembles is required:

Must include 4 credit hours from:


Additional Course Work (8 credit hours)


  • Music Electives. Credits: 3
  • Electives. Credits: 2

2. Keyboard Concentration


Applied (30 credit hours)


Ensemble # (8 credit hours)


Must include five credit hours from:

Additional Course Work (12 credit hours)


  • Music Electives. Credits: 3

3. Vocal Concentration


Applied (30 credit hours)


Ensemble (8 credit hours)


 Must include eight credit hours from:

Additional Course Work (13 credit hours)


  • Foreign Language (eight credit hours 1101 or above)

4. Composition Concentration


Applied (8 credit hours)


Applied study should be at the intermediate (MUS 1110-1163) or advanced (MUS 3310-3353) level.

Ensemble (8 credit hours)


Footnotes:


*MUS 3541 or MUS 3542 also counts toward the music theory requirement above.

5. Jazz Studies Concentration


Applied (22 credit hours)


In addition to 18 credit hours of applied study on their primary instrument, 4 credit hours (2 semesters at 2 credit hours each semester) of MUS 3363 Jazz Studies are required. For jazz keyboard majors, the applied study requirement is divided between traditional keyboard and jazz piano. The traditional keyboard requirement is four semesters (8 credit hours) or completion of the sophomore recital requirement. The remaining 14 credit hours of applied study is jazz piano.

Ensemble (8 credit hours)


Additional Course Work (27 credit hours)


MUS 0010-0063 Secondary Applied Study (2 credit hours)

In addition to applied study on their primary instrument, students in the jazz studies concentration are also required to take two semesters of Beginning Applied Study on a secondary instrument. Saxophonists are required to take one semester of clarinet and one semester of flute.

Six credit hours from:


(A minimum of two credit hours in each course listed below is required.)

And the Following Courses:


Note:


Students with an interest in teaching piano and/or certification by an organization such as Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) may be prepared through the fulfillment of the following courses:

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