Undergraduate Division

Bachelor of Music Degrees

Bachelor of Music in Historical Performance

This degree is offered according to the available faculty for the following majors: voice (Y411), recorder (Y421), traverso (Y422), Baroque oboe (Y423), historical clarinet (Y424), Baroque bassoon (Y425), cornetto (Y431), Baroque trumpet (Y432), natural horn (Y433), sackbut (Y434), Baroque violin (Y441), Baroque viola (Y442), Baroque cello (Y443), viola da gamba (Y444), lute and theorbo (Y451), historical guitars (Y452), and harpsichord (Y453).

Admission Requirements

See "Admission Requirements" in the Undergraduate Division section of this bulletin.

Major Ensemble

X60 Historical Performance Ensembles (2 cr.) each fall and spring semester.

Chamber Ensemble

Y450 Historical Performance Chamber Ensembles (1-1-1-1 cr.)

Performance Study

See course numbers for performance areas as listed above.

Instrumental Emphasis: Minimum of 5 credit hours each semester until senior recital is passed (students who have completed a total of 40 credit hours and the senior recital and who wish to continue performance study may reduce credit hours to 3). Entrance audition, freshman jury, upper-division examination, junior recital, senior recital. I300 Studio Masterclass (0 cr.) and/or I301 Departmental Masterclass (0 cr.) may be required in connection with performance study (varies by studio).

Vocal Emphasis: Minimum of 3 credit hours each semester until senior recital is passed (students who have completed a total of 24 credit hours and the senior recital and who wish to continue performance study may reduce credit hours to 2). Entrance audition, freshman jury, upper-division examination, junior recital, senior recital. I300 Studio Masterclass (0 cr.) and/or I301 Departmental Masterclass (0 cr.) may be required in connection with performance study (varies by studio).

Secondary Piano and Keyboard Proficiency

All students must pass a departmental keyboard proficiency examination or an examination on an equivalent chordal instrument. Students (except harpsichord and lute majors) must take Y153 Harpsichord Elective/Secondary (2 cr.) or Y151 Lute/Theorbo Elective/Secondary (2 cr.) each semester until the keyboard proficiency examination is passed.

Core Music Courses

27 credit hours

  • Music Fundamentals Online or equivalent
  • T132 Musical Skills I (1 cr.)
  • T151 Music Theory and Literature I (3 cr.)
  • T152 Music Theory and Literature II (3 cr.)
  • T231 Musical Skills II (1 cr.)
  • T232 Musical Skills III (1 cr.)
  • T251 Music Theory and Literature III (3 cr.)
  • T252 Music Theory and Literature IV (3 cr.)
  • T331 Musical Skills IV (1 cr.)
  • T351 Music Theory and Literature V (3 cr.)
  • M401 History and Literature of Music I (4 cr.)
  • M402 History and Literature of Music II (4 cr.)
  • Or equivalent honors courses

A grade of C or higher is required in T132 Musical Skills I, T231 Musical Skills II, T232 Musical Skills III, and T331 Musical Skills IV.

Advanced Music Literature and Music Theory

3 credit hours selected from:

  • M410 Composer or Genre (3 cr.)
  • T410 Topics in Music Theory (3 cr.)
  • T418 Music and Ideas (3 cr.)
Other Music Courses

10-14 credit hours

Instrumental Emphasis (14 credit hours)

Required:

  • M435 Performance Practice Before 1750 (2 cr.)
  • F401 Accompaniment of Baroque Music (2 cr.)
  • M458 Topics in Historical Performance (1-1 cr.)
  • One of M415 Interpreting Unaccompanied Bach (2 cr.), M417-M418-M419-M420 Medieval/Renaissance/Baroque/Classical Performance Practice (2-2-2-2 cr.)
  • Lute majors: M408 Lute Sources and Repertoire (1 cr.) and M409 Lute Treatises and Instruction Manuals (1 cr.)
  • Non-lute majors: M458 Topics in Historical Performance (1-1 cr. or 2 cr.)

Electives: 6 credit hours, including a minimum of 2 credit hours in pedagogy courses such as E130 Introduction to Music Learning (2 cr.), E303 Violin/Viola Pedagogy (2 cr.), E306 Cello Pedagogy (2 cr.), or E493 Piano Pedagogy (2 cr.). Remaining electives to be chosen from undergraduate courses for music majors. Secondary performance study allowed on an instrument/voice other than one's major. Secondary piano (P100 Piano Elective/Secondary) allowed only after completion of the keyboard proficiency.

Vocal Emphasis (10 credit hours)

Required: M435 Performance Practice Before 1750 (2 cr.)

Electives: 8 credit hours including a minimum of 2 credit hours in pedagogy courses such as E130 Introduction to Music Learning (2 cr.) or E494 Vocal Pedagogy (3 cr.).

Remaining electives to be chosen from undergraduate courses for music majors. Secondary performance study allowed on an instrument other than one's major. Secondary piano (P100 Piano/Elective Secondary) allowed only after completion of the keyboard proficiency.

Recommended: V120 English Diction for Singers (1 cr.), V150 Italian Diction for Singers (1 cr.), V250 German Diction for Singers (1 cr.), and V350 French Diction for Singers (1 cr.).

General Education

See "General Education Requirements" under Curricula for Bachelor's Degrees in Music in this bulletin.

World Languages & Cultures fulfilled for vocalists by foreign language requirement:

Foreign Language 13-24 credit hours or proficiency, equivalent to two semesters of first-year language study.

  • Italian: FRIT M100 Elementary Italian I (4 cr.) and M150 Elementary Italian II (4 cr.), or M110 Italian Language Through Opera (4 cr.), or M115 Accelerated Elementary Italian (4 cr.).
  • French: FRIT F100 Elementary French I (4 cr.) and F150 Elementary French II: Language and Culture (4 cr.); or F115 Accelerated Elementary French (4 cr.).
  • German: GER G100 Beginning German I (4 cr.) and G150 Beginning German: Language and Culture II (4 cr.); or G105 Accelerated Elementary German I (5 cr.).
To Complete Degree

Music or non-music electives as needed to bring the total credit hours to 120, excluding I400 and major ensemble.

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