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Dec 26, 2024
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2023-2024 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Composition BMus
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The Bachelor of Music in Composition (Composition BMus) degree is designed for students who are considering a future as a composer, orchestrator, arranger, copyist, producer, or academic. This degree prepares students to pursue a career in or related to music composition and/or to continue on to higher degree programs in music. Students ordinarily complete this program in 4 years.
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Ensemble - 8
All music majors must enroll in a large ensemble corresponding to their area of emphasis each semester of residence for a minimum of 8 credits. Students who require more than eight semesters to complete their degree must continue to participate in a large ensemble during each semester of residence. Varied ensemble experiences (size and type) are required to be documented on jury forms prior to graduation.
Additional Requirements
- A minimum of 6 credits in applied music must be taken as upper-division credits.
- Attendance at major area master classes
- Piano Proficiency
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will: - Compose and engage in the performance of new music.
- Develop a foundational proficiency in music production.
- Learn and apply pedagogical methods, techniques and tools related to their area of expertise as appropriate to their degree track.
- Demonstrate basic proficiency in the theoretical foundations of Western music through aural skills, analysis, composition, and improvisation.
- Demonstrate understanding of music history—including the development of musical styles and the contextual forces that shaped their development, primarily in the context of Western music, but also to a basic extent in American and world music.
- Students will demonstrate basic competencies in music technology (including digital notation and sequencing) and music research.
- Hone critical thinking skills by: consciously making informed interpretation choices, connecting theoretical and historical understanding to musical performance, developing a personal and discerning philosophy of music.
- Apprentice in a spirit of artistic community.
- Integrate faith and learning by hymnology/worship and music.
- Aapprentice in a spirit of service.
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