BM: Voice (Area of Concentration)
Voice 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.
General Education
*+MUSP 499C - Senior Recital (Capstone) |
3 |
General Education Total |
36 |
Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University.
* Successful completion of Private Applied Upper-Division Assessment required to register for MUSP 400 level courses.
+ Appropriate area performance faculty approval required in the form of a recital hearing. The Senior Recital also requires an accompanying research paper and oral presentation covering the works and composers to be performed. Prior to scheduling a recital, the proposed program must be presented for approval by a committee of applied faculty. Students receive approval by successfully completing a recital hearing.
Program Requirements
MUSC 271 — Basic Conducting |
2 |
MUSE 215 — Microcomputers and Music |
3 |
MUSP 480 — Private Applied Pedagogy |
1 |
**MUSG 123 — Class Piano I |
1 |
**MUSG 124 — Class Piano II |
1 |
**MUSG 223 — Class Piano III |
1 |
**MUSG 224 — Class Piano IV |
1 |
MUSG 240 — Diction for Singers I |
1 |
MUSG 241— Diction for Singers II |
1 |
MUSH 171 — Global Perspectives in Music |
3 |
MUSH 361 — History of Western Music I |
3 |
MUSH 362 — History of Western Music II |
3 |
MUSM 392 — Concert Choir |
8 |
MUSM 383 — Jazz Vocal Ensemble, MUSM 393 — Chamber Singers, or MUSM 394 — Opera Works |
4 |
MUSM 200 — Student Recital (four semesters with a passing grade of "K" required) |
0 |
MUSM 400 — Student Recital (four semesters with a passing graduate of "K" required) |
0 |
MUSP 200 — Performance Class (4 semesters with passing grade of "K" required) |
0 |
*MUSP 400 — Performance Class (4 semesters with a passing grade of "K" required) |
0 |
MUSP 2XX — Private Applied (2 credit hours each of first semesters) |
4 |
MUSP 2XX — Private Applied (3 credit hours each third and fourth semesters) |
6
|
*MUSP 400 — Private Voice (three credit hours each with two semesters) |
6 |
*+MUSP 360 — Junior Recital |
3 |
MUST 131 — Music Theory I |
3 |
MUST 132 — Music Theory II |
3 |
MUST 133 — Music Reading I |
1 |
MUST 135 — Music Reading II |
1 |
MUST 233 — Music Reading III |
1 |
MUST 234 — Music Reading IV |
1 |
MUST 236 — Music Theory III |
2 |
MUST 237 — Music Theory IV |
2 |
MUST 465 — Form and Analysis |
2 |
Music Electives (300 level and above) MUSC 471, MUSC 473, MUSE 377, MUSE 416, MUSE 479, MUSG 183, MUSH 490, MUSM 3XX (any ensemble) |
4 |
FRN 101 — Beginning French I |
3 |
FRN 102 — Beginning French II |
3 |
GER 101 — Beginning German I |
3 |
GER 102 — Beginning German II |
3 |
Program Requirements Total |
84 |
* Successful completion of Private Applied Upper-Division Assessment required to register for MUSP 400 level courses.
** All students take Class Piano Proficiency Exam upon entering in this program. A recommendation for Class Piano placement is given by the screening faculty. If any student is recommended for placement in any section of Class Piano other than MUSG 123 Class Piano I, they must complete the Examination(s) for Credit coordinated by the MSU Testing Center. Students successfully completing the exam will be given a passing grade of "K" for each level that they test out of. The completion of the courses by exam will also appear on the student's official check sheet and transcripts.
+ Appropriate area performance faculty approval required in the form of a recital hearing. The Senior Recital also requires an accompanying research paper and oral presentation covering the works and composers to be performed. Prior to scheduling a recital, the proposed program must be presented for approval by a committee of applied faculty. Students receive approval by successfully completing a recital hearing.
Components of Degree Requirement
General Education Requirements |
36 |
Program Requirements |
84 |
Degree Requirements Total |
120 |