B.M. in Instrumental Performance

Advanced Writing and Communication Skills

Courses

All students are required to successfully complete 3 Advanced Writing and Communication Skills (AWC) courses. Student degree requirements will include courses that meet the desired communication outcomes in evaluated and revised writing, speaking, stage presence, and audience engagement.

All Instrumental Performance students will successfully complete:

1. MCY 341 Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Periods, which will include substantial evaluated and revised writing components.
2. MIP XX3 Private Lesson Level 3/Senior Recital: Senior recital or culminating project, which will include evaluated communication skills in attracting an audience, engaging an audience during performance, and preparing program notes or similar media as appropriate to the medium/venue,
3. MIP 541-549 Pedagogy and Repertoire, which will include discipline specific communication skills.

Assessment

There will be at least 2 specific assessments in each Advanced Communication Skills course for communications or writing equivalent to 4000 words, evaluated and revised.

Curriculum Requirements

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EMC core courses require a grade of “C” or higher.  Lessons require a grade of "B-" or higher.

Suggested Plan of Study

Mission

The mission of the Bachelor of Music in Performance Degree is to

1. Provide the highest quality of education possible in the areas of musicianship that will lead toward a professional performance career or graduate study as a classical artist.
2. To provide performance opportunities that integrate the skills learned in music and other classes and to foster creativity and research.
3. To provide audition skills and repertoire as well as the skills for building and managing the non-performance aspects of a professional career.

Goals

• Students will develop musicianship skills and technique that will lead toward a professional career as a solo classical performer or graduate study.
• Students will be able to sight-read and prepare musical performances without assistance.
• Students will develop musicianship skills and technique for working within an ensemble leading towards a professional career or graduate study as a classical performer. Ensemble requirements will vary by applied area.
• Students will develop skills for fostering a professional career or graduate study as a classical performer.
• Students will have a broad knowledge of music literature in their applied area as well as an understanding of stylistic and theoretical principles of the various musical and historical periods.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Students will develop instrumental Technique necessary for acceptance into elite level graduate study institutions and for fostering a professional career as classical instrumentalists.
• Students will develop instrumental Expression necessary for acceptance into elite level graduate study institutions and for fostering a professional career as classical instrumentalists.
• Students will develop effective Communication skills related to performance and pedagogy through effective writing or presentation. These skills are necessary for acceptance into elite level graduate study institutions and for fostering a professional career as classical instrumentalists.