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B.A. degree with a Major in Music (Applied Emphasis) - 131 semester hours

Vocal or Piano Major (60 hours)
Required: MU 1001-4002 (taken each semester). 1321, 1322, 1121, 1122, 2230, 2331W, 3323, 3324, 3224, 3245, 3125, 3332W, 3333W, 4110(strings), 4125, 4249, 4340, 4342, minimum of 16 hours in major instrument, to be taken every semester (8 must be advanced), 4 hours in piano (or other secondary instrument if the student’s major instrument is piano) to be taken in 4 semesters, participation in Concert Choir every semester.

Instrumental Major (60 hours)
Required: MU 1001-4002 (taken each semester), 1321, 1322, 1121, 1122, 2230, 2331W, 3324, 3323, 3224, 3125, 3332W, 3333W, 4125, 4341, 5 semesters of 4110 and 3 semesters of 4111 (or suitable alternative hours approved by advisor and/or Registrar), minimum of 16 hours in major instrument, to be taken every semester, (8 must be advanced), 4 hours in piano, to be taken in 4 semesters, participation in Concert Band every semester.

All Music majors only
Students who earn less than a grade of “C”in Basic Musicianship I and II, 1321 and 1322, or Aural Skills I and II, 1121 and 1122, or Harmony I and II will be required to retake the course until a grade of “C” or better is earned. When the course involved is a prerequisite course, a grade of “C” or better must be earned BEFORE the follow-up course may be taken. Basic piano proficiency must be attained by passing the jury.

Minor (23 hours)
Required: MU 1321, 1322, 1121, 1122, 2230, 2331W, 3332W, minimum of 7 hours in applied music. Ensemble participation required every semester.

B.A. degree with All Level Teaching Certification (Choral) (54 hours)
Broad Teaching Field: Required: MU 1001-4002 (taken each semester), 1321, 1322, 1121, 1122, 2230, 2331W, 3245, 3323, 3324, 3224, 3125, 3332W, 3333W, 3445, 4110 (strings), 4125, 4249, 4340, 4342, 7 hours in major instrument, to be taken every semester, (3 must be advanced), 4 hours in piano (or other secondary instrument if the student’s major instrument is piano), to be taken in 4 semesters, participation in Concert Choir every semester, with the exception of the student teaching semester.

B.A. degree with All Level Teaching Certification (Instrumental) (56 hours)
Broad Teaching Field: Required: MU 1001-4002 (taken each semester), 1321, 1322, 1121, 1122, 2230, 2331W, 3323, 3324, 3224, 3245, 3125, 3332W, 3333W, 3445, 4125, 4341, 4110 (5 semesters), 4111 (3 semesters) 7 hours in major instrument, to be taken every semester, (3 must be advanced), 4 hours in piano , to be taken in 4 semesters, participation in Concert Band every semester, with the exception of the student teaching semester.

Concerning special requirements in piano proficiency, applied music, student recitals, applied jury exams, senior recital and program attendance, see the Chairperson of the Music Department. Concerning state education requirements, see Teacher Education section and consult with your Music and Education advisers.

Students of Applied Music
See Financial Information. Any choir or band ensemble may be taken by Free Audit. This means that it will appear on transcript as “AU”, but does not count toward graduation. Sign up for Free Audit in the Music Department. An ensemble may be taken for credit by paying for the 1-hour of tuition.

*Courses may be counted toward the Fine Arts requirement in the Core Curriculum.

Applied Music may be taken only on a P/NP basis unless student is a music major or music minor.

FA 1101, 1102, 1103 (formerly 1300) Introduction to the Fine Arts (3 hours)
An interdisciplinary course taught by the faculty of the Music, Art, and Drama Departments. This course is designed to teach one to comprehend and appreciate the unique values and contributions to life of the arts. Special attention will be given to enhancing the student’s ability to perceive the fine and performing arts with a discriminating eye, ear, and aesthetic sensibility.

MU 1001, 1002, 2001, 2002, 3001, 3002, 4001, 4002 Concert Music
The study and practice of performance through required concert attendance, performance opportunities, forums, and discussions. This noncredit course is required of all music majors every semester.

*MU 1111, 1112, 2113, 2114, 3115, 3116, 4117, 4118 Private Lessons (Applied Music) (1 hour)
Preparatory and advanced work in technique and literature of piano, voice, guitar,strings, and band instruments. Individual and/or group instruction on major or secondary instrument hour a week (practice 6 hours). Additional work for credit at any level may be requested by the Music faculty. Applied work may also be taken in conducting, composition, computer/synthesizer music, and other skill areas, with consent of the Music faculty. Unless student is a music major or music minor, applied music courses may be taken only on a P/NP basis. All piano and guitar majors must have lab experience in accompanying.

MU 4115 IM Applied Improvisation (1 hour)

*MU 1121, 1122 Aural Skills (1 hour)
Basic music theory lab to include ear-training, solfeggio, rhythm drill, keyboard harmony, transposition, and improvising accompaniments. This course is taken with Basic Musicianship (MU 1321, 1322).

*MU 1151, 1152 Concert Choir (1 hour)
Rehearses and performs sacred and secular choral literature from various periods and styles. Concerts and special Masses on and off campus. Open to all St. Mary’s students with permission of director. Required each semester for voice majors. May be taken by Free Audit.

*MU 1153, 1154 Concert Band (1 hour)
Band literature in music education. Rehearsal and performance of band music. Anyone may join, with permission of director. Required each semester for band instrument majors. May be taken by Free Audit.

*MU 1155, 1156 Jazz Laboratory (1 hour)
Membership by audition. Jazz ensembles, big band, combos, improvisation. Rehearsal and performance of jazz music. May be taken by Free Audit.

*MU 1157, 1158 Brass Ensembles (Quintets, etc.) (1 hour)

*MU 1163/1164 Chamber Choir/Vocal Ensembles (1 hour)
These ensembles perform choral chamber music and staged works from past centuries to contemporary. Admission by audition or consent of director only.

*MU 1165 Rattler Band (Pep Band) (1 hour)
By permission of instructor only. Performance. Sight reading. Literature. Performs at basketball games.

*MU 1167, 1168 Guitar Ensembles (1 hour)

*MU 1211, 1212, 2213, 2214, 3215, 3216, 4217, 4218 Private Lessons (Applied Music) (2 hours)
Same as MU 1111 through 4118, except credit is 2 semester hours and length of lesson is 45 minutes (practice 9 hours per week). Unless student is a music major or music minor, applied music courses may be taken only on a P/NP basis. All piano and guitar majors must have lab experience in accompanying.

MU 4210 SX Applied Techniques of Teaching Saxophone (2 hours)

MU 4219 AD Applied Diction (2 hours)

*MU 1311, 1312, 2313, 2314, 3315, 3316, 4317, 4318 Private Lessons (Applied Music) (3 hours)
Same as MU 1111 through 4118 and 1211 through 4218, except credit is three semester hours and length of lesson is 60 minutes (practice 12 hours per week). Unless student is a music major or music minor, applied music courses may only be taken on a P/NP basis. All piano and guitar majors must have lab experience in accompanying. (May be repeated for credit.)

MU 1111 AS Applied Aural Skills 1 hour

MU 4218 WW Woodwinds 2 hours

MU 4317 CD Applied Conducting 3 hours

MU 4319 Tl Applied Trumpet 9th semester 3 hours

*MU 1301 Class Guitar 3 hours
For beginners; must own guitar. Group instruction. Enrollment limited to maximum of 12 students. Unless student is a music major or music minor, applied music courses may only be taken on a P/NP basis. No additional fee.

*MU 1301 Class Piano 3 hours
For beginners. Enrollment limited to maximum of six students per section. Fee required in addition to tuition. Unless student is a music major or music minor, applied music courses may only be taken on a P/NP basis.

MU 1321, 1322 Basic Musicianship (MUSI 1311,1312) 6 hours
Basic music theory. Clefs. Key signatures. Scales. Elementary forms. Basic music vocabulary. Melody-writing. Multi-voice writing (Common Practice Period). Analysis. Lab will include ear-training, solfeggio, rhythm drill, keyboard harmony, transposition, and improvising accompaniments.For music majors and minors only.

MU 2230 The Living Symphony 3 hours
Students will study and explore a number of great musical works and encounter them as living art forms through concerts. Required attendance at five San Antonio Symphony performances.

MU 2331W Music History: Medieval through Classical 3 hours
The study of music history and literature of the Medieval through the Classical periods. Includes listening and score study, with emphasis on the development of form. Examination of social setting and function, historical importance, aesthetics, and composers’ biographies.

MU 3125 Arranging and Orchestration 1 hour
Composition, arrangement and orchestration for school performing groups, including band, jazz band, and choir.

MU 3142 or 3242 Music: Essential Elements 1 or 2 hours
Examination of the position and value of music in society. Emphasis on understanding the basic elements of music; appropriate skills for singing, playing, moving to, and listening to music; understanding and appreciation of music, of both Western and of non-Western cultures.

MU 3214 FA Applied Form and Analysis 2 hours

MU 3224 Form and Analysis 2 hours
Melody writing. Motif and development. Song forms. Classical forms.

MU 3227 Counterpoint 2 hours
Eighteenth century practice. Single melodic line. Two voice counterpoint. Motif development. Two-part invention.

MU 3215 AA Applied Accompanying 2 hours

MU 3245 Accompanying 2 hours
Sight reading, transposition, reducing operatic and orchestral scores, improvising simple chordal accompaniments, solo vocal and choral warmups, accompanying UIL vocal solo and choral literature. Prerequisite: four semesters of applied piano, passing the piano proficiency exmination.

MU 3323, 3324 Harmony 6 hours
Traditional harmony and ear training. Analysis of harmonic idioms as used into the 20th century. Continuation of melody writing. Elementary counterpoint. Prerequisite: MU 1321, 1322 or equivalent and piano proficiency. For music majors and minors only.

MU 3332W Beethoven to the 21st Century 3 hours
The study of music history and literature from Beethoven through the twenty-first century. Includes listening and score study with emphasis on the development of form. Examination of social setting and function, historical importance, aesthetics and composers’ biographies.

MU 3313 WM Applied World Music 3 hours

MU 3333W World Music 3 hours
Survey of music of cultures across the world, with emphasis on Africia, Asia, the Americas, and Eastern Europe. Emphasis on the listening experience. Reading materials focus on the cultural significance of music.

MU 3445 High School Music Methods 3 hours
Examination of the position and value of music in all levels of school curriculum. Emphasis on ability to organize; relations with administration; and effective methods of presenting material. Development of the ability to express a philosophy of music education, and knowledge of current methods and materials in all fields and levels of music education.

MU 4110 Applied Techniques of Teaching I 1 hour

MU 4110 will be taken in 5 different areas, earning 1 semester hour of credit in each: Percussion; Brass; Woodwinds; Strings; and Voice. In these 1-hour teaching technique courses, the lessons deal with meeting common problems found in secondary music classrooms/ensembles. For the instruments: methods of teaching all instruments in each family, based on the similarities of the instruments in each. The student is expected to reach the intermediate level of playing ability on one instrument in each family. For voice: the fundamentals of vocal technique are covered: posture, breathing, phonation, resonation, articulation, diction, common vocal problems, pedagogy, physiology of the vocal mechanism, and vocal literature.

MU 4111 Applied Techniques of Teaching II 1 hour
This course is a continuation of MU 4110, to be taken in three areas, earning 1 semester hour of credit in each: Percussion, Woodwinds, and Brass.

MU 4125 Improvisation 1 hour
Fundamental improvisation skills, style interpretatiion, theory, and common performance practices in the evolution of improvisation.

MU 4130 Advanced Conducting 1 hour

MU 4225 Jazz Literature 2 hours
Survey of jazz music from ragtime to modern jazz. Open to majors and non-majors.

MU 4245 Marching Band Techniques 2 hours
The study of basic marching routines. The parade band. The football band. The contest marching band. Materials

MU 4246 Concert Band Literature 2 hours
Standard and contest literature. Programming. Rehearsal techniques. Instrumentation. Use of available instrumentation. The contest. Materials.

MU 4248 Choral Literature 2 hours
Standard and contest literature. Programming. Rehearsal techniques. The balanced ensemble. Score study. Style analysis. Resource materials.

MU 4249 Diction: English, German, Italian, French 2 hours
Diction and pronunciation for singers. A study of the International Phonetic Alphabet and its practical application through actual preparation and performance of music literature in the language being studied.

MU 4340 Choral Conducting 3 hours
Basics of conducting technique, score reading, and interpretation. Rehearsal techniques, organization, and the study of appropriate literature. Problems and methods of conducting choral ensembles.

MU 4341 Instrumental Conducting 3 hours
Basics of conducting technique, score reading, and interpretation. Rehearsal techniques, organization, and the study of appropriate literature. Problems and methods of conducting instrumental ensembles.

MU 4342 Vocal Pedagogy 3 hours
Fundamentals of vocal technique: posture, breathing, phonation, resonation, articulation, common vocal problems, pedagogy, physiology of the vocal mechanism, and vocal literature.

MU 4181, 4281, 4381 Special Topics 1, 2, 3 hours
In-depth study of special topics in music history, music literature, music theory, composition, performance, etc. May be taken for a total of six hours as long as the topics are different.

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