BACHELOR OF MUSIC: VOCAL PERFORMANCE

Faculty: Birdwell, Christensen, Crouse, Holleman, Holst, Keller, Love, Ragsdale

General Education Requirements: 40 credit hrs
Music Major Requirements: 84 credit hrs

FIRST YEAR
First semester: 11 hrs
MUS 1112 Theory I 2
MUS 1122 Aural Skills I 2
AMV 1372 Voice 2
AMA 1571 Class Piano I 1
MUEN Major ensemble* 1
DICT 1152 English Diction 2
OMT 1381 Opera Music Theatre Performer's Lab 1
Second semester: 13 hrs
MUS 1233 Music and the Human Experience 3
MUS 1212 Theory II 2
MUS 1222 Aural Skills II 2
AMV 1472 Voice 2
AMA 1671 Class Piano II 1
DICT 1252 Italian Diction 2
MUEN Major ensemble 1

SECOND YEAR
First semester: 11 hrs
MUS 2112 Theory III 2
MUS 2122 Aural Skills III 2
AMV 1372 Voice 2
AMA 1771 Class Piano II 1
MUEN Major ensemble 1
THRE 1403 Acting I 3
Second semester: 13 hrs
MUS 2212 Theory IV 2
MUS 2222 Aural Skills IV 2
AMV 1472 Voice 2
AMA 1871 Class Piano IV 1
DICT 2352 German Diction or
DICT 2252 French Diction 2
MUEN Major ensemble 1
THRE 1503 Acting II 3

THIRD YEAR
First semester: 11 hrs
MUS 3123 History of Music I 3
MUS 3142 Conducting Fundamentals 2
MUED 3302 Vocal Pedagogy 2
AMV 1372 Voice 2
DANC Dance 1
MUEN Major ensemble 1
Second semester: 9 hrs
MUS 3223 History of Music II 3
MUS 3442 Conducting—Vocal 2
AMV 1472 Voice 2
MUEN Major ensemble 1
Junior recital 1

FOURTH YEAR
First semester: 9 hrs
MUS 4113 Form and Analysis 3
MUS 4123 History of Twentieth-Century Music 3
AMV 1372 Voice 2
MUEN Major ensemble 1
Second Semester: 7 hrs
AMV 1472 Voice 2
MUS 4423 Vocal Literature Seminar 3
MUEN Major ensemble 1
Senior recital 1

Piano proficiency—Required
Junior recital level—7A
Graduation level—8B

*The ensembles for vocal performance majors are Ad Astra Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Chamber Singers, University Singers, or Surrey Singers. 

All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours.