Music Performance - Mus.B. Degree
School of Music
Office: 2157 Mason Hall
(716) 673-3151
Dr. Sarah Hamilton, Program Coordinator
Email: Music@fredonia.edu
Website:https://www.fredonia.edu/academics/colleges-schools/school-music/music/undergrad
Through a study of solo, chamber and large ensemble literature, this program emphasizes the development of skills for a potential career as a performer.
Major Requirements:
Musicianship Core
The musicianship core is the set of required studies common to all music degree programs (Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Science in Music Therapy, Bachelor of Science in Music with an emphasis in Sound Recording Technology, all programs of the Bachelor of Music).
NOTE:
- MUS 118: waived for students whose principal instrument is piano;
- MUS 120: each semester of private applied lessons;
- MUS 107 and MUS 108 are required of all freshmen oboe and bassoon majors.
Plus the following:
NOTE:
- Ensembles: 1-credit hour ensemble using principal instrument each semester of residency/six (6) participations in .5 credit hour ensembles.
Each student is admitted to the program on a principal performing instrument, with additional requirements as follows:
Percussion
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 2 |
Piano
| MUS 201 | Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire I | 2 |
| MUS 202 | Collaborative Piano Skills and Repertoire II | 2 |
| MUS 340 | Piano Pedagogy I | 3 |
| MUS 420 | Piano Literature I | 3 |
| MUS 421 | Piano Literature II | 3 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 415 | Piano Class for Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| MUS 416 | Piano Class for Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
String Instruments
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| Electives in music theory, musicology, string literature or chamber music literature | 6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Voice
| MUS 137 | Diction for Singers-English | 0.5 |
| MUS 138 | Diction for Singers-Italian | 0.5 |
| MUS 139 | Diction for Singers-German | 0.5 |
| MUS 140 | Diction for Singers-French | 0.5 |
| MUS 213 | Opera Seminar I | 1 |
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 313 | Opera Seminar II | 1 |
| MUS 317 | Piano Class | 1 |
| MUS 318 | Piano Class | 1 |
| MUS 344 | Vocal Pedagogy | 3 |
| MUS 349 | Vocal Pedagogy Practicum | 1 |
| MUS 417 | Piano Class for Non-Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| MUS 418 | Vocal Accompaniment for Non-Keyboard Majors | 1 |
| | Music Theory elective | 3 |
| | Music History or Literature elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
NOTE:
- MUS 417-MUS 418: may be replaced by one semester of accompanying work under the supervision of the MUS 418 Class Piano Instructor.
- Recommended: four semesters of German French, Italian or Spanish by advisement.
- Voice performance majors are required to enroll for a minimum of four semesters of MUS 033 Opera Production Practicum as part of the ensemble requirements. The required freshman year participation in Practicum may count as one of the required semesters.
Wind Instruments
| MUS 217 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 218 | Piano Class, Intermediate | 1 |
| MUS 355 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| MUS 356 | Pedagogy Practicum | 0 |
| | Music Theory elective | 3 |
| | Music History elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
Oboe or Bassoon
| MUS 107 | Double Reed Class I | 0.5 |
| MUS 108 | Double Reed Class II | 0.5 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: 72-92