Fine Arts Learning Objectives:
- Students should know and be able to use discipline-based vocabulary.
- Students should be able to critique their own work as well as the work of others.
- Students should be able to identify stylistic characteristics.
- Students should have acquired basic facility in a broad range of media/instruments and/or research methods.
- Students should have acquired advanced facility in one medium/instrument.
- Students should have understanding of possible career paths.
Music Performance Major Requirements (67-69 credits)
Required each semester (32 credits):
MU 090 Recital Attendance - 0 credit
MU 425 Primary Instrument for Performance Majors (4 credits for eight semesters or a total of 32 credits)
Required courses (27 credits):
MU 108 Music History: Baroque and Classical Periods - 3 credits
MU 109 Music History: Romantic and Contemporary Periods - 3 credits
MU 115 Fundamentals of Music Theory - 3 credits
MU 205 Sight Singing, Ear Training and Solfeggio I - 3 credits
MU 206 Sight Singing, Ear Training and Solfeggio II - 3 credits
MU 208 Harmony I - 3 credits
MU 209 Harmony II - 3 credits
MU 220 Form and Analysis - 3 credits
MU 330 Junior Recital - 1 credit
MU 430 Senior Recital - 2 credits
Any combination of ensembles selected from (8 credits):
MU 170 Saint Vincent College Choir - 1 credit
MU 175 Instrumental Ensemble - 1 credit
MU 180 Saint Vincent College Singers - 1 credit
MU 181 Musical Theater Workshop - 1 credit
MU 182 Opera Workshop - 1 credit
MU 185 Saint Vincent Camerata - 1 credit
Additional requirements for voice majors (2 credits):
MU 317 Diction for Singers: Italian, Spanish and Latin - 1 credit
MU 318 Diction for Singers: English, German and French - 1 credit
Students must successfully pass an audition to be admitted to this major. Please contact the department chair to schedule an audition and receive audition guidelines. The Music Performance Major is a select major and is restricted to the following instruments: organ, piano, voice. Only the best students who are single-mindedly resolute to become a professional musician should audition for this major.