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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music (B.M.)


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Bulletin/Catalog Year 2018-2019

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 particiate satisfactorily every semester in residence in the performing organization deemed appropriate to his or her major performing medium.

Area

Appropriate Large Ensemble

Woodwind, Brass & Percussion

Determined by Audition

  • Wind Ensemble [or]
  • Symphonic Band

Orchestral Strings

Orchestra

Guitar

Guitar Ensemble

Keyboard

Choose the performing organization that most closely matches career interests and/or previous ensemble experience

Voice

Determined by Audition

  • University Choir (Soprano / Alto)
  • Governor’s Singers (Tenor / Bass) [or]
  • Chamber Singers (SATB)

Marching Band Requirements - Music Education majors (woodwind, percussion & brass) are required to participate in two fall semesters of 0-credit Marching Band (usually in the freshman and sophomore years). Additional (elective) semesters of marching band for music education majors will be 1-credit, and the student will receive an athletic band scholarship for participation. Students in all other music majors, as well as non-music majors, must always enroll in 1-credit marching band, and will receive an athletic band scholarship for participation.

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) Applied 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.

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

General Education Core


 

  Credit Hours
see Common Core 41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement 1

Music Education (Instrumental / K-12 General Music)


Specific General Education Requirement


  • 3
  • For music majors, this course will count as part of the General Education Requirement consisting of 41 credit hours

Total Hours 3

Lower Division Courses


Total Hours 27

Total Hours 38

Total Hours 12

Clinical Teaching Requirements


Total Hours 12

Total Concentration Hours 92


Music Education (Choral / K-12 General Music)


Specific General Education Requirement


  • 3
  • For music majors, this course will count as part of the General Education Requirement consisting of 41 credits

Total Hours 3

Lower Division Courses


Total Hours 27

Total Hours 37

Total Hours 12

Clinical Teaching Requirements


Total Hours 12

Total Concentration Hours 92


Music Performance


Requirements that Satisfy General Education Core


  • 3  – This course will substitute for a Humanities core course for music majors.  Therefore, for music majors, this course will count as part of the General Education Requirements (consisting of 41 credits).

Total Hours 3


Total Hours 19


Total Hours 19


Music Major with concentration in Guitar Performance


Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 15

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 30

Music Major with concentration in Instrutmental Performance


Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 17

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 25

Music Major with concentration in Keyboard Performance


Lower Division Courses

  • MUS 1xxx - Applied Music-Individual Instruction in Piano or Organ  8 (4 semesters of 2-credit lessons)
  • MUS 1xxx - Ensemble (appropriate)  4 (4 semesters of 1-credit major ensemble)
  • 1 (Must be taken for 3 semesters, making a total of 3 lower division credits in accompanying)
Total Hours 15

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 30

Music Major with concentration in Vocal Performance


Lower Division Courses

Total Hours 22

Total Hours 23

Composition Concentration


All students must take MUS 1060  for eight semesters to meet program requirements

Lower Division Courses


Total Program Hours 120-129


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