The Certificate Theory Program is equal to the theory requirements of the first two years of a Bachelor of Music curriculum.
Students attend weekly three-hour classes that are arranged into four sequentially linked semesters.
Instructor A sequential continuation of Certificate Theory I, the emphasis here will be placed on a study of representative music from the 19th and early 20th centuries and the acquisition of the practical and theoretical skills needed to comprehend and perform that music. The study of modulation and chromatic harmony will be reinforced with dictation using seventh chords, rhythms with changing time signatures and complex subdivisions, and sightreading using soprano, alto, and tenor clefs.