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Oct 06, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2023-24 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music Performance: Instrumental Major (MUIJ)
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The Bachelor of Music - Music Performance: Instrumental Major is a professional degree for performers of Brass, Percussion, String, or Woodwind instruments. Admission to this program is by audition. No minor is required.
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I. WMU Essential Studies (37 hours)
II. Major Area of Concentration (34 hours)
Includes Applied Music and Performance Ensembles
Applied Music (24 hours)
A total of 24 credit hours of Applied Music on your major instrument. Sections designated for performance majors are three credits each semester and include juries.
Lower level (minimum of 4 hours); must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.25 in MUS 2000. - MUS 2000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Upper level (minimum of 10 hours); must pass sophomore hearing for entrance, and must include a senior recital. - MUS 3000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Performance Ensembles (10 hours)
Major Ensemble (4 hours)
Students are required to complete four semesters of a major ensemble on their primary instrument (placement by audition):
Chamber Music (2 hours)
A total of two credits hours selected from the following. Must be on the student’s major instrument.
Ensemble Electives (4 hours)
Remaining ensembles electives may be selected from the following:
III. General Music Studies (40 hours)
Keyboard Fundamentals (2 hours)
Upper-level History/Theory (4 hours)
A minimum of 4 hours total, with at least 2 hours selected from the following list of Music History/Literature electives:
Music Cognate Electives (5 hours)
Selected from any MUS course for which the student meets the course prerequisites. MUS 1000:5999 (excluding MUS 1500, MUS 1590, MUS 4500)
Music Clearance (0 hours)
Verification of completion of juries, sophomore hearing, senior recital, and attendance at 84 Music Convocation events.
IV. Free Electives to make a minimum of 122 semester credit hours
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