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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music, BM
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Program Coordinator: Chris Ulffers (102 AJ Fletcher Music Center; 252-328-4270; ulffersj@ecu.edu)
The bachelor of music in music degree has three concentrations - music therapy, music performance, and music theory-composition.
Minimum degree requirement is 120 s.h. as follows:
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I. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.
(For information about courses that carry general education credit see General Education Program .)
All concentrations:
A minimum of four semester hours (4 s.h.) and maximum of six semester hours (6 s.h.) of large ensemble may count toward the general education fine arts (GE:FA) requirement. MUSC 2248 - Introduction to World Music Cultures * counts as the 3 s.h. general education elective.
Notes:
- Approval of the student’s major applied instructor and ensemble directors is required for ensemble registration.
- Music majors may count only two semester hours of MUSC 1706 - Marching Band Field Experience for large ensemble credit.
- Music majors may not count MUSC 1705 - Marching Band toward large ensemble credit.
- Music majors taking more than 2 s.h. of MUSC 1706 or 1705 must sign a release form (available in the music office). The form will help clarify that hours above the required 2 s.h. of MUSC 1706 will not count as part of a music degree plan at ECU, and that these extra hours may lead to additional hours on a student’s transcript before graduation.
Music therapy concentration:
II. Common core - 28 s.h.
III. Concentrations - 52 s.h.
(Choose one.)
2. Professional studies - 5 s.h.
3. Additional ensembles - 2 s.h.
Minimum of 2 semesters of small ensemble (1 s.h. per semester)
4. Applied music - 22 s.h.
(guitar, keyboard, percussion, strings or wind, voice)
a. Applied major - 14 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 3 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students must present a half senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 8 s.h.
A student who is exempt from any applied minor courses specified must take other applied minor courses to complete the total required hours.
Choose a major instrument from the following:
Major instrument: keyboard
Major instrument: percussion
Major instrument: strings or wind
c. MUSC electives - 1 s.h.
B. Music performance concentration (52 s.h.)
Choose an area of study (jazz studies, instrumental or vocal; performance, percussion or piano; sacred music, organ or vocal; performance, string, voice or wind).
1. Jazz studies, instrumental (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 20 s.h.
- 8 s.h. applied major (traditional) required.
- 12 s.h. applied jazz major required.
- Students must present a half senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
c. Jazz studies - 17 s.h.
e. Additional ensembles - 4 s.h.
Choose 4 s.h. from the following:
f. MUSC electives - 4 s.h.
2. Jazz studies, vocal (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 17 s.h.
- 6 s.h. applied major (traditional) is required.
- 11 s.h. applied jazz major is required.
- Students must present a half senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
c. Jazz studies - 17 s.h.
e. Additional ensembles - 6 s.h.
Choose 6 s.h. from the following:
f. MUSC electives - 4 s.h.
3. Percussion performance (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 24 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
d. Additional ensembles - 6 s.h.
- A minimum of two semester hours (2 s.h.) of large ensemble (1 s.h. per semester) is required.
- A minimum of four semesters of small ensemble is required.
e. Music history and literature electives - 6 s.h
f. MUSC electives - 5 s.h.
g. Free electives - 6 s.h.
4. Piano performance (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 24 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students must present a full junior recital and full senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
d. Additional ensembles - 4-10 s.h.
A minimum of 2 semesters of accompanying, to be taken consecutively fall and spring, is required.
e. Piano literature and advanced pedagogy - 6 s.h.
f. MUSC electives - 7 s.h.
g. Free electives - 3 s.h.
5. Sacred music, organ (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 16 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students are required to present a full organ senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 9 s.h.
c. Organ literature and history - 4 s.h.
d. Additional ensembles - 2 s.h.
Select a minimum of 2 semesters of accompanying from the following:
e. Sacred music - 13 s.h.
f. Advanced conducting - 3 s.h.
g. MUSC electives - 2 s.h.
h. Free electives - 3 s.h.
6. Sacred music, vocal (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 16 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students are required to present a full voice senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 3 s.h.
A minimum of 3 s.h. is required from the following:
c. Advanced conducting - 3 s.h.
e. Additional ensembles - 2 s.h.
A minimum of 2 semesters of small ensemble is required.
f. Sacred music - 12 s.h.
g. MUSC electives - 4 s.h.
h. Free electives - 6 s.h.
7. String performance (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 24 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students must present at least a half junior recital and full senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 4 s.h.
- MUSC 1105 - Beginning Group Piano
- MUSC 1115 - Beginning Group Piano
- Bowed string majors select a 2 s.h. minor.
- Violin or viola majors select 2 s.h. of cello.
- Cello or string bass majors select 2 s.h. of violin or viola.
- Guitar majors select a 2 s.h. minor applied from bowed strings, piano, jazz guitar, early plucked strings; or other area with permission of the appropriate applied instructor.
d. Additional ensembles - 6 s.h.
- A minimum of 2 semesters of large ensemble is required.
- A minimum of 4 semesters of MUSC 1805 is required.
Performance groups for guitar majors:
- A minimum of 4 semesters of large ensemble and a minimum of 2 semesters of MUSC 1805 is required.
e. Music history and literature electives - 6 s.h.
f. MUSC electives - 3 s.h.
g. Free electives - 6 s.h.
8. Voice performance (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 16 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied are required.
- Students are required to present a half junior recital and a full senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
c. Additional ensembles - 4 s.h.
- A minimum of 2 semesters of large choral ensemble is required.
- A minimum of 2 semesters of MUSC 1605 - Opera Theatre is required.
d. Foreign language and diction - 21 s.h.
e. Voice pedagogy - 3 s.h.
f. Music history and literature - 4 s.h.
g. MUSC electives - 2 s.h.
9. Wind performance (52 s.h.)
a. Applied major - 24 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students are required to present a half junior recital and full senior recital.
b. Applied minor - 2 s.h.
d. Additional ensembles - 6 s.h.
- A minimum of 2 semesters of large ensemble is required.
- A minimum of 4 semesters of small ensemble is required.
e. Music history and literature electives - 6 s.h.
f. MUSC electives - 5 s.h.
c. Free electives - 6 s.h.
C. Music theory-composition concentration (52 s.h.)
1. Applied major - 14 s.h.
- No more than 6 semesters of 1000 level applied and 4 semesters of 3000 level applied.
- Students are required to present a half senior recital.
2. Applied minor - 2 or 6 s.h.
a. Non-keyboard majors (6 s.h.)
2 s.h. minor instrument and the following 4 s.h. of group piano are required.
b. Keyboard majors (2 s.h.)
2 s.h. minor instrument
3. Areas of emphasis - 32 or 36 s.h.
Choose one area.
(1.) Advanced theory - 11 s.h.
(2.) Composition - 4 s.h.
(3.) Music history and literature electives - 6 s.h.
(4.) MUSC electives - 5 or 9 s.h.
a. Non-keyboard majors (5 s.h.)
b. Keyboard majors (9 s.h.)
(5.) Free electives - 6 s.h.
b. Composition emphasis
A full recital of the student’s compositions, approved by the theory, composition, and musicology faculty, must be presented at the end of the senior year.
(1.) Composition options - 14 s.h.
A full recital of the student’s compositions, approved by the theory, composition, and musicology faculty, must be presented at the end of the senior year.
Choose one of the following options:
(2.) Music history and literature - 6 s.h.
(3.) Advanced theory - 8 s.h.
(4.) MUSC electives - 2 or 6 s.h.
a. Non-keyboard students take 2 s.h.
b. Keyboard students take 6 s.h.
(5.) Free electives - 2 s.h.
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