Bachelor of Music - Music Performance

Program Description The Bachelor of Music in performance degree prepares students for careers in music, combining applied lessons on one's instrument with a variety of ensemble and performing experiences. Students also study literature, pedagogy, and other areas related to musical performance. The faculty is comprised of highly celebrated performers, who are committed to teaching excellence. ​​​​​​ Learning Outcomes Core Outcomes Students will be able to: Perform with an acceptable tone quality, pitch and rhythmic accuracy, dynamic control, articulation, and expressiveness. Participate in a musical ensemble, with appropriate technique and musicality. Identify and analyze the elements of music in a given piece, including an understanding of its compositional processes, aesthetic properties, and artistic, social, and historical context. Identify significant composers and works in the Western music tradition, and trace the evolution of musical styles through the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods, as well as in jazz and select world music cultures. Hear, notate, analyze, and perform music through aural skills, sight-singing, and keyboard skills. Demonstrate basic conducting knowledge and skills for both instrumental and vocal settings. Develop an expanded global awareness and cultural understanding through musical study Describe basic information about health and safety within the contexts of practice, performing, teaching, and listening; topics will include hearing, vocal, and musculoskeletal health and injury prevention. ​Students will be able to: Demonstrate a growing competence in technical aspects of performance, such as tone quality, pitch, consistency, dynamic control, technical agility, accurate rhythmic concepts, and other skills particular to the area of specialization. Identify and analyze the elements of music in a given piece, including an understanding of its compositional process, aesthetic properties, and artistic, social, and historical contexts for works in the Western music tradition, Contemporary periods, Jazz, and World Music Cultures. Demonstrate an appropriate level of aural, keyboard, and conducting skills. Develop an understanding of the pedagogical processes and theories that are foundational to performance practices and instruction on one's primary instrument. Demonstrate a growing maturity in musical concepts using tools to performance to create artistic products. Demonstrate increasing knowledge of repertoire and growing musical competence through participation in solo, chamber, and large ensemble performances.