Academic Learning Compact - Music, Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music enables you to enter a professional career in music, to teach music privately and to achieve proficiency in a performance area such as composition, instrumental or voice. With study in theory, music literature, music history, piano and applied instruction, you learn the structure and expression of music and the historical context of musical genres. Through their applied study, you develop advanced skills and can apply this knowledge through singing, performing on a musical instrument or composing a musical work, and you can apply advanced critical thinking skills when hearing musical sounds.

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Before Graduating You Must

• Satisfactory faculty evaluation of a student portfolio.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Solo and ensemble performance at an advanced level.
2. Knowledge of common elements and organizational patterns of music.
3. Knowledge of music history from early practice to the present.
4. Independent, professional musicianship through high personal performance standards and expectations.
5. Ability to critically analyze and evaluate problems and issues in music and other disciplines.
6. Ability to consistently and accurately discriminate musical quality based on sound musical reasoning.
7. Effective verbal and written communication of musical judgments, criticisms and preferences.
8. Effective vebal and written communication of ideas, thoughts and feelings in music and other disciplines.
9. Demonstrated skills for effective collaboration.