The Principal level is the primary performing level of B.M. candidates in Church Music, Commercial Music, Music Education, Musical Theatre, Piano Pedagogy, Theory, Composition, Music Major with an outside Minor, and B.A. candidates in Music. The Secondary level is the required second area of performance for B.M. candidates. Piano is the required secondary unless piano or organ is the principal. Elective study is available to all students of the university, if faculty loads permit. No audition or jury exam is required of elective students.
Minor study includes seminars and recital participation and attendance only.
Required each semester enrolled in Applied Principal. Specific requirements are announced at the opening School of Music Convocation of each semester and are available in the Music Office. Music majors and minors must perform for the faculty each semester in their applied principal performing area, the equivalent of a final examination in lecture courses. Students who are taking applied study for elective credit are not required to audition or to take a jury. Students who wish to apply elective credit toward major or minor requirements, to move from non-credit to credit sequence, from a B.A. to a B.M. program, or from principal to performance major status must audition at jury time.