Advanced Music Concepts. Philosophy, content organization, and discussion of the modern performance concepts of music. Emphasis placed on evaluation of musical concepts with analysis of consequent problems. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 semester hours when problem changes. The courses in applied music are designed to meet the requirements and desires of the students who wish to major in performance, to major in music with teacher certification or take applied music as an elective or minor, or to begin study in applied music to use as a teaching tool or as an area of enrichment where public performance is not the goal.
Students normally progress to the next higher level each year.
Occasionally it may require more than one year of study to accomplish this progress. The progress of a student from one level of applied music to another is dependent on the jury held at the conclusion of each semester. Class Instruction Classes are designed for the beginner in the various areas of performance. A minimum of two hours individual practice weekly is required. Beginning study of piano with emphasis on functional aspects, e.g. basic techniques, scales, chords, and simple transpositions.