Bulletin/Catalog Year 2017-2018
College of Arts and Letters
Department of Music
Location: Music/Mass Communication Bldg, Room 139
Phone: 931-221-7818
Website: www.apsu.edu/music
Accreditation
Programs in the Department of Music are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
Requirements
Audition is required for admission to the Department of Music, as well as for a music scholarship. Specific audition requirements can be found at the following URL: http://www.apsu.edu/music/auditions.
Theory Placement - All entering music majors are required to take a theory placement exam at a designated time. An unsatisfactory score will result in students being required to successfully pass Introduction to Music Theory I and II before beginning the theory sequence.
Ensembles - A student majoring in music is required to participate satisfactorily every semester (on campus) in the performing organization deemed appropriate to his or her major performing medium. For woodwind, brass, and percussion majors, this will be this will be Marching Band (two semesters required), Symphonic Band, or Wind Ensemble; for vocal majors, (normally) the University Choir; for string majors, the Orchestra or Guitar Ensemble. Keyboard majors may choose any performing organization appropriate to their experience in order to fulfill this requirement.
Recital Attendance - During the academic year, all music majors are required to attend a predetermined number of recitals and programs sponsored or approved by the department. Students who are deficient in this requirement at the end of the sophomore year will not be eligible to take their Junior Level Examination; those deficient at the end of their senior year will not graduate.
Junior Level Exam - Music majors must pass a Junior Level Examination, ordinarily scheduled at the end of the sophomore year, before enrolling in upper division (3xxx level) individual Instruction. All majors will have a maximum of three (3) attempts to pass the Junior Level Examination. A minimum of three (3) semesters of upper division (3xxx level) instruction are required prior to the Senior Recital. Students whose background in performance is deficient may be required to take more than the normal amount of credit at the lower division level. Upper division credit in performance is granted only after the student passes the Junior Level Examination. Each music major is required to appear at least once each year in a recital, either in solo or ensemble performance.
Piano Proficiency - The piano proficiency examination is required for majors whose primary Individual Instruction is not piano.
Music Education Majors - Music Education majors with instrumental specialization must pass the following proficiency examinations: Strings; Woodwinds; Brass; and Percussion.
Transfer Students - Students transferring from another institution must take a proficiency examination in music theory. Placement in music theory will depend upon the results of this examination. The transfer student’s placement in applied music must be approved during the jury examination at the end of the first semester at APSU.
Music Minor - Students who minor in music must belong to one performing organization for two years. A music minor must also pass a proficiency examination in his/her applied area.
For information of careers available to students with degrees in music, see our Careers in Music web resource at the following URL: http://www.apsu.edu/music/careers-music-home
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