Major in Music Performing at University of Saint Francis Illinois
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The universal language of music bridges cultural differences and touches our common humanity. Offering a wide variety of career options, the field of music promises a creative and joyful life work. The University of St. Francis Department of Music and Performing Arts provides a friendly and supportive environment with a multitude of performance opportunities for students
This degree is designed for a Type 10 certification in Music for all grades (K-12). Candidates for teacher certification in music must: Meet University of St. Francis requirements for Liberal Education and state certification. Music core requirements Vocal/Choral concentration requirements Meet professional education requirements Complete a minimum of 100 clock hours of pre-teaching experience in elementary and secondary classrooms for admission to student teaching.
The field of music promises a creative and joyful life work, and to prepare you, Music and Performing Arts at the University of St. Francis offers a friendly and supportive environment with a multitude of performance opportunities—recitals, concerts, theater and informal classes—in which students from all areas may excel. Transfer students are warmly welcomed to the USF program, particularly those from National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accredited programs.
Emphasis: Conducting majors will declare an emphasis for their studies in one of the following areas: literature and performance of (1) instrumental music or (2) choral music, and will concentrate on that specialization. A substantial portion of time also will be devoted to conducting in areas other than one's principal repertoire. A feature of the conducting program is regular tutorial sessions, given in conjunction with a significant amount of contact hours with the School's ensembles. Residency: For conducting majors, two years beyond the master's degree must be in full-time residence. Please see
The BA (non-teaching program) requires relatively few hours and may easily be combined with another degree program or minor (business or theology, for example). A graduate with these combined degrees might look at music business or church music as a career. The BA in Music (Certification in Music Education, Type 10, K-12) will prepare the musician to be a general music teacher or choral director in an elementary, middle, or high school. This program will be overseen jointly by the Fine Arts Department and the College of Education. State accreditation for this program is pending. The BM is a more professional and
This major is intended for students interested in combining theoretical studies of musical structure with most of the requirements of the BM in applied music or composition or, more rarely, the BA in another academic area. Music theory majors take required lessons in faculty studios and participate in student ensembles. • Preliminary requirement: Applicants must submit a written paper with their application forms by the application deadline. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the applicant’s writing ability. This paper need not be on a musical topic. (Note that this is not a prescreening requirement; all applicants to this
Conducting majors are offered on the master's and doctoral levels. MM students with a major in choral conducting study choral literature and rehearsal techniques. The MM in instrumental conducting gives the aspiring conductor insights into the professional conductor's workshop. Not only are advanced technical problems dissected and discussed, but emphasis is placed on rehearsal technique and the relationship between technique and rehearsing. DMA conducting majors, while concentrating on a specialization, also conduct in areas other than their principal repertory. A feature of the conducting program is regular tutorial sessions, given in conjunction with a significant amount of contact hours with