At the end of two semesters a committee will determine the student's acceptance or rejection for further pursuit of the applied degree by means of an audition. In all cases, the audition committee will consist of at least four music faculty to be selected by the chair in consultation with the applied instructor. Any student wishing to change from a Bachelor of Music degree with a music education major to a Bachelor of Music degree with an applied music major must perform before an audition committee since a higher level of performance is required for the applied music major. A 3-hour college level class in Italian may be substituted for either language. The Bachelor of Arts in music is comprised of a basic core of courses that provides a solid foundation in music.
Emphasis is on four-part writing and compositional procedures found in the Common Practice Period.
A continuation of Theory I including inversions of triads and the formation of seventh chords, emphasizing the uses of the dominant seventh, and touching on secondary dominants and modulation. Emphasis in on four-part writing and analysis of music from the Common Practice Period. A graded course in the fundamentals of sightsinging, sight-reading, and ear training. Exercises in rhythm, meter, clef-reading, scales, intervals, error correction, singing of single melodies, duets and simple harmonic patterns, drills in rhythmic and melodic coordination, rhythmic, melodic, and elementary harmonic dictation. Basic Musicianship II 1 hour Continuation of Music 3.