Performance, Wind or Percussion Performance Emphasis, B.M.

All music majors include:

• MUS-111 Basic Musicianship I
• MUS-112 Basic Musicianship II
• MUS-120 Introduction to Music Literature
• MUS-211 Basic Musicianship III
• MUS-212 Basic Musicianship IV
• MUS-220 World Music I
• MUS-221 Music History I
• MUS-320 Music History II
• MUS-321 Music History III
• MUS-352 Basic Conducting
• two credits of performance topics

Candidates for the B.M. degree enroll in additional courses consistent with their major.

All performance majors must include:

• a half recital in the junior year,
• a full recital in the senior year, and
• additional courses according to their performance field as outlined below.

All students performing recitals must receive approval from the faculty approximately one month before the recital date.

A wind or percussion performance major must include:

• MUS-312 Orchestration
• MUS-420 Literature of the Instrument
• MUS-505 Chamber Music for Winds and Percussion
• at least 23 credits of performance studies in the major field,
• two credits of methods,
• eight credits of music electives including at least six credits in courses numbered between 300 and 499.