BME: Voice
Vocal Music Education majors are required, upon successful audition, to enroll in and participate in all activities of the Concert Choir. Students with an unsuccessful audition for Concert Choir enroll in the University Chorus.
Private Applied (14-16 credit hours)
MUSP 240 — Private Applied Voice+ |
8 |
MUSP 200, 400 — Performance Class+ (taken concurrently with Private Applied Voice each semester) |
0 |
MUSM 200, 400 — Student Recital (complete seven semesters with a grade of "K") |
0 |
MUSP 440 — Private Applied Voice+ |
6 |
MUSP 499C — Senior Recital* |
0-3 |
Ensemble (Seven credit hours)
MUSM 191 — University Chorus, or |
|
MUSM 192 — Concert Choir+ |
4 |
MUSM 391 — University Chorus, or |
|
MUSM 392 — Concert Choir+ |
3 |
Class Applied (Six credit hours)
MUSG 135 — Class Guitar I |
1 |
MUSG 211 — Class Woodwinds* |
1 |
MUSG 213 — Class Brasswinds* |
1 |
MUSG 217 — Class Percussion* |
1 |
MUSG 226 — Class Strings |
1 |
MUSG 240 — Diction for Singers I** |
1 |
Conducting (Four credit hours)
MUSC 271 — Basic Conducting |
2 |
MUSC 471 — Choral Conducting |
2 |
MUSE 375 — Vocal Materials & Methods) |
2 |
Music Education and Technology (Seven-10 credit hours)
MUSE 215 — Microcomputers and Music** |
0-3 |
MUSE 230 — Introduction to Music Education |
1 |
MUSE 325 — Elementary Methods and Materials |
3 |
MUSE 335 — Field Experience |
1 |
MUSE 375 — Vocal Materials and Methods (taken concurrently with MUSC 471 — Choral Conducting) |
2 |
Total |
38 |
+Enroll each semester in residence (except the semester of Clinical Practice) in the course appropriate to the results of the placement audition, Private Applied area, upper-division assessment and class standing. Students who are in residence for more than four full academic years are required to enroll for additional credit hours beyond those listed. Private Applied in the principal instrument requires a performance examination before a jury of faculty members in their principal applied area at the end of each semester.
#Successful completion of MUSP 499C — Senior Recital satisfies the integrative component in General Education curriculum as the capstone course for the BME degree. The Senior Recital also requires an accompanying research paper and oral presentation covering the works and composers to be performed.
*Students are exempt from these courses if in their major instrument family or by examination.
**Fulfills General Education and Professional Education technology requirement.