College of Fine Arts and Humanities

Department of
MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS

 

Ron Crocker, Chair

Professors: Bauer, Cook, Crocker, Davis, Payne, Schaaf
Associate Professors: Cisler, Foradori, Garrison, Nabb, A. Zikmund
Assistant Professors: Branch, Buckner, Fronczak, Mitchell, Schnoor
Visiting Assistant Professor: Edwards, Miller
Professional Staff: Deiger, Sound Production Coordinator; Engler, Technical Director; D. Jones, Costume Coordinator

The Department of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music.

Department Objectives:

• To provide professional training in music education, music business, musical theatre, performance, pedagogy, dance and music technology and to provide pre-professional training in music therapy;
• To develop in the students a basis for aesthetic judgment and an understanding and appreciation for music and performing arts;
• To assure an opportunity for the musical development of each student to the highest degree of artistic capability;
• To help members of the university community acquire greater musical understanding and critical judgment through enrollment in music courses and private lessons, participation in music ensembles and attendance at various musical functions;
• To offer leadership in the musical life of the area by providing participative, collaborative and advisory services;
• To present concerts, recitals, musicals, operas and music for special events;

  (Speech Theatre Objectives)

• To prepare students for graduate work and advanced study.
• To acquaint the student with organized knowledge in various areas within the field of communication arts and sciences;
• To train the student as a practitioner of the art and science of speech and theatre, able to assume leadership roles in his or her profession, his or her community, and his or her day-by-day social relationships with others;
• To train students in the development and performance of the original drama;
• To prepare well-qualified students to become teachers of speech and theatre;
• To foster research in speech/theatre and cognate fields.

Requirements

1. All students planning to major or minor in music must complete admission requirements as determined by the Department of Music and Performing Arts. Application for admission including audition must be submitted prior to enrollment. Music majors and minors must choose an area of applied music and meet the proficiency standards of the Department for admission and graduation. All new students will audition to determine their performance level. Students should be able to perform with adequate technique, tone quality and musicianship selections corresponding to the following minimum levels:

   Instrumental--Level 4 of the MENC Selective Music List;
   Vocal--any material in the MENC Selective Music List;
   Piano--repertoire comparable difficulty to the Two-Part Inventions of J.S. Bach;
   Organ--same as piano but comparable organ literature may be substituted. In any event organ students must display adequate piano facility but need not have previous organ training.

   All incoming students including transfer students will also take placement tests in the areas of theory, ear training, sight singing, piano skills, and performance.
   Students who do not meet admission requirements may be admitted provisionally. Once students have been accepted into a program they must receive departmental approval to change their applied music area or academic program.

2. All music majors and minors are required to complete piano requirements as determined by the Department of Music and Performing Arts. The placement level in the piano techniques classes will be made at the time of the entrance audition. Proficiency examinations are scheduled each semester. Students must complete piano proficiency requirements before registering for student teaching or internship.
3. Every full-time music major or minor must participate in a large ensemble every semester until the large ensemble degree requirement is satisfied. Wind and percussion students will elect band (Flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon students may elect the orchestra once the two semester marching band requirements have been met); string students will elect the orchestra; voice students will elect an appropriate vocal ensemble; guitar students will elect any ensemble; keyboard students will elect any ensemble or appropriate accompaniment/chamber music assignment for their participation (except the semester enrolled in Senior Recital). After the large ensemble requirement is met, all full-time music majors must participate in at least one ensemble each semester, except the semester enrolled in Internship or Student Teaching.
4. Students completing requirements for a major or minor in music must earn the total number of credits listed for their specific program. Completion of a course through proficiency examination does not reduce the total number of program credits required.
5. Candidates for degrees must satisfactorily complete an exit assessment including a portfolio before graduation. Specific requirements should be obtained from the advisor in the student's first semester as a music major.

MUSIC MAJOR

Five options are available in this major:

1. Music Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
2. Music Performance Option - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree

   Instrumental Emphasis

   Piano Emphasis
   Piano with Pedagogy Emphasis
   Vocal Emphasis

3. Musical Theatre Option - Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
4. Music Business Option - Bachelor of Science Degree
5. Music K-12 Teaching Field Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education

THEATRE MAJOR

Two Options are available in this major:

1. Theatre Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
2. Theatre 7-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education Degree

A Pre-Professional Program in Music Therapy is available.

Minors in Music, Dance, Performance Studies, Theatre, and Theatre Design and Technology are available for students pursuing majors in other disciplines. The Elementary Education major has specially defined minors in Music.

Courses with the prefixes MUS, DANC and THEA are offered by the department.

A semester by semester outline of suggested courses for each degree option is available in the Music and Performing Arts Office.

11 May 2006
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