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The primary goal of the Music Area is to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life. The music curriculum at Milligan seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music consumers. Within the scope of the above goal are two main areas — performance and appreciation — expressed in the following objectives:
1. Performance
§ The student demonstrates evidence of an exposure to a variety of styles and performance media.
§ The student demonstrates a synthesis of musical learning.
§ The student demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively through music.
2. Appreciation
§ The student demonstrates an appreciation of a variety of musical tastes and styles.
§ The student demonstrates an understanding of the fundamental elements involved in the creative process of musical composition.
§ The student demonstrates the ability to listen with understanding.

The music education curriculum is designed as an interdisciplinary program for the student planning a career in teaching music. Students majoring in music education must choose either the instrumental or vocal emphasis. Licensure is K-12 vocal/general and instrumental. This degree requires nine semesters of study. Foreign language through the intermediate level is required.

The student is trained in voice or an orchestral instrument, piano, conducting, and in the materials and methods of elementary and secondary music education. The student is also trained in educational applications of computer and digital keyboard technology. Opportunities for field work in area schools, including directed teaching, broaden the student’s education.

Applied music study for the music education major may be in voice, piano, organ, guitar, brass, woodwinds, strings, or percussion. Voice must be the principal or secondary concentration for those students with a major in music education with the vocal emphasis. An instrument other than piano must be the principal or secondary concentration for those students with a major in music education with the instrumental emphasis. Piano must be the principal or secondary concentration for the music education major unless a proficiency (MUSC 207) in piano is completed. All music education majors whose principal instrument is piano must enroll in one semester of organ study.

Music majors must participate in an ensemble for six semester hours. Music majors fulfill their particular ensemble requirement with participation in an ensemble that uses their particular applied study skills for at least four of the required six semester hours. Ensemble participation cannot occur during Student Teaching: K-12 (EDUC 455).

Music education-instrumental majors with a principal applied area in percussion, brass, or woodwinds must satisfy their four-semester hours of ensemble requirements with two semester hours of Johnson City Community Concert Band (Civic Band). A maximum of two semester hours in Jazz Ensemble (if instrumentation appropriate) may count toward the ensemble credit. Students may use any combination of these ensembles to satisfy this requirement, as long as they fulfill minimum and maximum requirements.

For string majors, participation in Orchestra fulfills the ensemble requirement. Ensemble requirements for students whose principal applied area is guitar will be determined on an individual basis by the applied instructor and ensemble directors. Participation in choral or instrumental ensembles fulfills the ensemble requirement for students whose principal applied area is keyboard.

For voice majors, participation in Concert Choir or Milligan Women’s Chorale fulfills the ensemble requirement.

Concert and recital attendance is required of the music education major for eight semesters (attending six concerts per semester), except during Student Teaching: K-12 (EDUC 455). Failure to meet all recital attendance requirements results in a half a letter grade (5 points) reduction in every music class final average for the semester.

Music Education

MUSC 143 Basic Music Theory/Ear Training (3 hrs)
MUSC 144 Basic Music Theory/Ear Training (3 hrs)
MUSC 243 Advanced Music/Theory/Ear Training (3 hrs)
MUSC 244 Advanced Music/Theory/Ear Training (3 hrs)
MUSC 348 Orchestration and Arranging (2 hrs)
MUSC 363 Basic Conducting (3 hrs)
MUSC 367 Music History and Literature I (3 hrs)
MUSC 368 Music History and Literature II (3 hrs)
Ensemble (6 hrs - .5 to 1.5 hrs per semester)
Applied Music
Principal area of concentration (7 hrs minimum/7 semesters)
Secondary area of concentration (1.5 hrs/3 semesters minimum OR until a piano proficiency [MUSC 207] is completed)
Concert and recital attendance (8 semesters [6 concerts/semester] except during Student Teaching: K-12 [EDUC 455])

Music education students planning to enter the Master of Education program after completing their undergraduate degree should consider taking the following courses for graduate credit (EDUC 533, EDUC 535, EDUC 534, EDUC 536, and EDUC 537).

MUSC 450/EDUC 533: Curriculum and Methods for Secondary Instrumental Music (or)
MUSC 452/EDUC 535: Curriculum and Methods for Secondary Choral Music
MUSC 451/EDUC 534: Curriculum and Methods for Elementary Music
MUSC 436/EDUC 536: Instrumental Methods I
MUSC 437/EDUC 537: Instrumental Methods II

These courses will count toward both the undergraduate degree (beyond the 128 hour requirement) and for the Master of Education degree at Milligan College. If the courses are taken for graduate credit, there will be graduate level objectives and assignments.

These courses will replace the following required courses in the Master of Education degree program:

EDUC 520 Middle Grades and Secondary Curriculum and Methods (3 hrs)
EDUC 521 Middle Grades and Secondary Curriculum II (3 hrs)
Elective (3 hrs)
Elective (3 hrs)

Students seeking licensure in vocal music take only EDUC 534 and 535 and two electives in their graduate program. Taking these courses would permit music education students to complete a Master of Education program in 12 months beyond their undergraduate program. For additional information, contact the Director of Teacher Certification or Area Chair for Education.

For additional information about the teacher licensure program, including a list of courses required for licensure, see the Education: Licensure Programs section of the Catalog.

Students seeking to complete a Master of Education program will complete the professional education courses below, except EDUC 455 Student Teaching and EDUC 460 Capstone Seminar. Instead, they will complete an internship in the master’s program.

Professional education courses (19-20 hrs)

EDUC 150 Introduction to Education (2 hrs)
EDUC 152 Technology in Education (1 hr) or MUSC 211 Introduction to Music Technology (2 hrs)
EDUC 231 Psychology and Education of Exceptional Students (3 hrs)
EDUC 455 Student Teaching: K-12 (12 hrs) OR 551 and 552 Internship (11 hrs)
EDUC 460 Capstone Seminar OR 560 Capstone Seminar (1 hr)
PSYC 252 Developmental Psychology OR 253 Child Development or 254 Adolescent Development (3 hrs)*

*Fulfills 3 hrs of social learning requirements in GER

Music at Milligan College provides students with opportunities to pursue music in a variety of degree programs or simply elect music courses to enrich their liberal arts education. Participating in music at Milligan also provides a Christian atmosphere that connects the arts with worship.
The Milligan music area offers a wide variety of experiences including choir, orchestra, strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), piano, organ, jazz, and much more.
The primary goal of music at Milligan is to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life. The music curriculum seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music consumers.

Music scholarships are available to new students who apply and are awarded according to talent, academic achievement, and need. Transfer students applying for scholarships must also submit a recommendation from the music department chair of the school from which he or she is transferring.
Acceptance of a scholarship will be a declaration of intent to attend Milligan College and complete all of the requirements outlined in the scholarship contracts. Final allocation of scholarship funds depends on a student’s acceptance to Milligan College.
If you have not yet applied to Milligan College, we encourage you to submit your application before your audition since any music scholarship awards cannot be officially offered until you have been accepted to Milligan College. We also encourage you to complete the early FAFSA estimate.

Music at Milligan College provides students with opportunities to pursue music in a variety of degree programs or simply elect music courses to enrich their liberal arts education. Participating in music at Milligan also provides a Christian atmosphere that connects the arts with worship.

The Milligan music area offers a wide variety of experiences including choir, orchestra, strings (violin, viola, cello, bass), piano, organ, jazz, and much more.

The primary goal of music at Milligan is to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life. The music curriculum seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music

We are happy to announce that violinist Ellen Flanagan ‘09 is the winner of the 2009 Alan and Joyce Beucher Concerto Competition. She will receive a $200 cash award, have her name engraved on a plaque in the Mahaney Center for the Arts, and appear as a featured soloist with the Middlebury College Orchestra on its spring concert on Friday, April 24, 2009, playing the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto.
In addition, violinist Sean Dennison ‘11 was awarded Honorable Mention. He will receive a $100 cash award and will be invited to be a featured performer on a spring chamber music recital (details TBA)

Courses in the Department of Speech and Theatre are designed to meet the General Education needs of all students; to develop a wide range of skills to promote effective communication; to foster and sustain the understanding of theatre and dance within artistic, cultural, social, and historical contexts; to diagnose and treat persons with communication disorders; and to prepare students for careers in both corporate and nonprofit organizations.
The department offers a major in Speech and Theatre with concentrations in Communication Studies, Theatre, and Communication Disorders. Speech and Theatre is also the home department for an interdisciplinary major in Organizational Communication. Departmental programs lead to either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree.
Minors in Speech and Theatre, Communication Disorders, Entertainment Arts Design, Dance, and Leadership Studies are available. The department also participates in four interdisciplinary minors—Aging Studies, Health Care Services, Linguistic Studies, and Entertainment Technology. In addition, the department offers four cocurricular programs— MTSU Debate, University Dance, University Theatre, and MTSU Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic.

Music scholarships for undergraduates are awarded on a competitive basis to outstanding musicians. Students must demonstrate musicianship and technique appropriate for study at a major university school of music. Scholarship awards are offered to those students that not only demonstrate a high level of musicianship, but also to those that show great musical potential and promise as an active and enthusiastic member of a fast growing department with high standards.

If you’re passionate about music and theatre production, then the audio production and technology degree at Michigan Tech is for you! The audio production and technology degree integrates studies in music and theatre production with comprehensive coursework in engineering technology and computer science. You’ll get to study in hands-on classes focusing on acoustics, electro-acoustics, electronics, computer applications, and mechanical operations. You’ll be a master of audio production in no time!
Before you get ready to plunge into your audio production and technology career, here are a few things you should know about the program…
You’ll get to design sound systems, produce albums of local bands, and mix films for national clients.
You can develop your skills with high tech training at performance venues such as the beautiful Rozsa Center and traditional McArdle Theatre.
There are a wide variety of opportunities in sound including live sound, recording, themed entertainment, and sound for picture.
The Visual and Performing Arts department is installing a new 7.1 sound for picture mixing studio and a small studio/band practice space with 24/7 access to the audio production studios.
Being an audio production and technology major means that you will graduate with significant technical skills—which can lead to fun jobs at companies like Disney. Start your career by working as a theatre technician, audio systems installer, or audio technician for tours, working in an audio rental shop, or pursuing graduate school opportunities.

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