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New Students Scholarships Admission Requirements Concerts Choir Keyboard Band Guard Band Camp Ensembles Faculty Music Catalog Music Degrees Music Minor Facilities Student Handbook Alumni News Links		Degrees 3.10 BM in Performance Degree Plan, 2004-2006, Vocal, Instrumental, and Keyboard March 9, 2005 BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN PERFORMANCE--INSTRUMENTAL, KEYBOARD OR VOCAL TRACK Academic Foundations (Core Courses) 39-41 Hours The core curriculum requirement (academic foundations) for the Bachelor of Music--Performance degree is the same for instrumental, vocal, or keyboard emphasis with the exception of the additional Foreign Language requirement for vocal performance and the Kinesiology (PE) requirement. Instrumental students will automatically be enrolled in University Marching Band each fall semester. Four semesters of Marching Band counts for the entire Kinesiology requirement. Vocal and keyboard students will need to complete two KNES activity courses or one KNES activity course and KNES 1011 Fundamentals of Physical Activity and Health. Vocal and keyboard students can still be a member of the University Marching Band and complete the KNES requirement with four semesters of marching band. However, vocal students must still use University Singers as their major ensemble and would need to be in both University Singers and University Marching Band to fulfill the KNES requirement in this way. ENGL 1113 Rhetoric and Composition ENGL 1123 Rhetoric and Composition HIST 1133 American History to 1865 HIST 1233 American History since 1865 POLS 1333 American Government POLS 1433 American Government PSYC 1103 General Psychology or SOCL 1133 Introductory Sociology One 3-hour math course from the following list: MATH 1233 College Algebra, MATH 1113 Concepts of Algebra, MATH 1053 Contemporary Mathematics, or MATH 1203 Mathematical Analysis for Business SPCH 1233 Voice and Diction or SPCH 1133 Fundamentals of Speech ECON 1333 General Economics or ECON 2333 Macroeconomic Principles CMPS 1023 Introduction to Computers or EDUC 1023 Computer Applications to Education or Proficiency Exam Natural Sciences 6-8 Hours BIOL 1144 General Zoology BIOL 1544 General Botany BIOL 2034 Human Biology BIOL 2144 Microbiology BIOL 1134 or 1234 Anatomy And Physiology GEOL 1134 Physical Geology GEOL 1233 Historical Geology CHEM 1101/1103 Introduction to Chemistry CHEM 1141/1143 General Chemistry PHYS 1144 & 1244 General Physics PHYS 1533 Descriptive Astronomy PHYS 2014 Electronics I PHYS 2114 Electronics II Kinesiology (PE) Instrumental -- Take Four Semesters of Marching Band; Vocal -- Take 2 activity courses or 1 activity course and KNES 1011. Humanities (6 hours of Music History counted in Music Courses) Foreign Language (for vocal performance students only. French or German, 8 hours-2 semesters) FREN 1134 Introduction to French and FREN 1234 Introduction to French or GERM 1134 Introduction to German and GERM 1234 Introduction to German Music Courses The music degree coursework is the same for instrumental, keyboard, or vocal emphasis unless notated below. Music Theory Courses (6 Semesters - 18 hours) MUSC 1601/1603 Music Theory I MUSC 1611/1613 Music Theory II MUSC 2603 Music Theory III MUSC 2613 Music Theory IV MUSC 3662 Orchestration MUSC 3632 Analysis of Musical Form Music Literature and History (3 Semesters-9 hours) MUSC 3723 Western and World Music Literature MUSC 3733 Music History I MUSC 3743 Music History 2 Conducting (2 Semesters-5 to 6 hours) MUSC 4843 Basic Conducting MUSC 4853 Instrumental Conducting for instrumental emphasis or MUSC 4862 Choral Conducting for vocal emphasis. Keyboard Performance students choose between Instrumental Conducting or Choral Conducting. Music Technology (1 semester-3 hours) MUSC 4893 Music Technology Primary Performing Area (24 hours) 8 semesters of private lessons of 1 hour each, 3 credit-hours each semester. Advanced Electives in Music (must be 3xxx level or above) 3 hours for vocal emphasis, 8 hours for keyboard emphasis, and 7 hours for instrumental emphasis. Major Ensemble (8 hours) 8 semesters of major ensemble. University Singers for vocal emphasis and Marching Band (fall) and Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble (spring) for instrumental emphasis. Keyboard students select from University Singers or Marching Band/Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble. Recital Attendance ( 8 semesters-0 hours) Recital Attendance is pass/fail. Student must enroll in and receive 'credit' for eight semesters. Piano Proficiency (0-4 hours, for vocal performance and instrumental performance only) The student must pass the piano proficiency before performing the senior recital preview. Junior and Senior Recital The student must perform a 30-minute junior recital and a one-hour senior recital. Additional Coursework by Emphasis--Vocal, Instrumental, or Keyboard Bachelor of Music in Keyboard Performance (14 hours) MUSC 3842 Keyboard Literature I MUSC 3852 Keyboard Literature II MUSC 3823 Piano Pedagogy I MUSC 3833 Piano Pedagogy II Secondary Performing Area (4 hours), 4 semesters of private lessons (one-hour each) in a secondary performing area. Two of these semesters must be on a secondary keyboard instrument. Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (23 hours) MUSC 1211 Diction I MUSC 1221 Diction II MUSC 3211 Diction III MUSC 3221 Diction IV MUSC 4833 Vocal Pedagogy MUSC 1101 Performance Class (2 semesters required) MUSC 3101 Performance Class (2 semesters required) Opera Workshop MUSC 1931 Opera Workshop (2 semesters required) MUSC 3931 Opera Workshop (2 semesters required) Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance (8 hours) Secondary Performing Area (4 semesters of one-hour private lessons on a secondary instrument) Secondary Ensemble (4 semesters of participation in a secondary ensemble) MSU Home MSUMusic.org Home Top of Page Department of Music, 3410 Taft, Wichita Falls TX 76308, (940) 397-4267 Contact: Webmaster

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