Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Music History
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge related to the history of
music, including various time periods, historical figures, styles and genres in Western
and non-Western musical traditions.
Keyboard Skills
Students will demonstrate proficiency in keyboard techniques and fingerings through
the performance of scales, sight-reading, prepared musical pieces, harmonization,
and improvisation.
Entrepreneurship
Students will demonstrate an understanding of career options related to their area
of specialization and assemble career-appropriate portfolios including resume, photos,
video, audio, and/or other materials.
Music Technology
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge and abilities related to music
technology including digital audio workstation and music notation software.
Performance Pedagogy
Students will demonstrate knowledge and skills related to music pedagogy as it relates
to private lesson instruction, including various pedagogical methods, applicable literature,
and the ability to diagnose and correct musical and technical faults.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Music History
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge related to the history of
music, including various time periods, historical figures, styles and genres in Western
and non-Western musical traditions.
Keyboard Skills
Students will demonstrate proficiency in keyboard techniques and fingerings through
the performance of scales, sight-reading, prepared musical pieces, harmonization,
and improvisation.
Scoring and Arranging
Students will create coherent and artistic arrangements for instrumental and/or vocal
ensembles using industry standard music notation software.
Literature, Methods, and Teaching
Students will demonstrate an understanding of literature, methodology, and administration
of a school choral or instrumental program. Students will demonstrate proficiency
in teaching skills including classroom management, rehearsal techniques, creating
assessments for instruction to various ages and skill levels, and the ability to diagnose
and correct musical and technical faults.
Conducting
Students will demonstrate clarity and expressivity in conducting gesture (with and
without baton), proficiency in score reading, and communicating musical ideas to an
ensemble.
Post-Baccalaureate Music Education Certification
Music education certification is possible for individuals who have been awarded bachelor
degrees in music in areas other than music education. A minimum two-semester residency
is required for music coursework, which includes music-major lessons, ensembles, and
music education courses.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Music History
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge related to the history of
music, including various time periods, historical figures, styles and genres in Western
and non-Western musical traditions.
Keyboard Skills
Students will demonstrate proficiency in keyboard techniques and fingerings through
the performance of scales, sight-reading, prepared musical pieces, harmonization,
and improvisation.
Entrepreneurship
Students will demonstrate an understanding of career options related to their area
of specialization and assemble career-appropriate portfolios including resume, photos,
video, audio, and/or other materials.
Studio Production
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills related to studio
arranging and producing, including fluency with technology including digital audio
workstation (Pro Tools), editing, effects, and mixing techniques.
Scoring and Arranging
Students will create coherent and artistic arrangements for instrumental and/or vocal
ensembles using industry standard music notation software.
Contemporary Theory and Improvisation
Students will create coherent and artistic improvised melodies demonstrating an applied
understanding of jazz chord symbols and their function within major and minor keys,
modal chord progressions, and the blues.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Music History
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge related to the history of
music, including various time periods, historical figures, styles and genres in Western
and non-Western musical traditions.
Keyboard Skills
Students will demonstrate proficiency in keyboard techniques and fingerings through
the performance of scales, sight-reading, prepared musical pieces, harmonization,
and improvisation.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Keyboard Skills
Students will demonstrate proficiency in keyboard techniques and fingerings through
the performance of scales, sight-reading, prepared musical pieces, harmonization,
and improvisation.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Studio Production
Students will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills related to studio
arranging and producing, including fluency with technology including digital audio
workstation (Pro Tools), editing, effects, and mixing techniques.
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
Completion of the program requires students to demonstrate the following:
Performance
Students will perform music on a primary instrument or voice from a broad historical
and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity,
stage presence, and creativity
Aural and Visual Analysis
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural
and visual analysis
