Music Performance: Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, B.M.

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The Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with an Emphasis in Pedagogy is a professional degree that addresses vocal technique, musicianship, literature, pedagogical characteristics of vocal instruction and entrepreneurial aspects of conducting a private voice studio. Students in this degree will study vocal performance and technique in classical and contemporary commercial music (CCM) genres with the goal of becoming professional singers in the marketplace and developing a private voice studio.

Degree Requirements (128 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Curriculum (Traditional)

Specified Course Requirements:

Creative Inquiry: MUH 201

Major Core Requirements (74 Cr. Hrs.)

MUH 325 - Song Literature 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 328 - Vocal Pedagogy Literature 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 370 - Music History I 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 371 - Music History II 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUP 121(1-8) - Contemporary Vocal Lab 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 118 - Vocal Diction 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 215 - Introduction to Music Technology 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 241 - Vocal Pedagogy I 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 242 - Vocal Pedagogy II 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 318 - Vocal Diction II 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 320 - Conducting I: Technical Foundations 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 360 - Music Business and Entrepreneurship 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUT 101 - Theory and Musicianship I 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUT 103 - Theory and Musicianship II 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUT 201 - Theory and Musicianship III 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUT 203 - Theory and Musicianship IV 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUT 301 - Theory and Musicianship V 3 Cr. Hrs.
Opera Workshop (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUS 136 - Opera Workshop 1 Cr. Hrs.
Vocal Pedagogy Internship (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUS 495 - Music Internship 1 Cr. Hrs.
Primary Applied (16 Cr. Hrs.):
MUA 210 - Voice 2 Cr. Hrs.
Recital Courses (2 Courses):
MUR 300 - Junior Recital with Accompanist 0 Cr. Hrs.
MUR 400 - Senior Recital with Accompanist 0 Cr. Hrs.
Primary Ensemble (8 Cr. Hrs.):
MUP 120(1-8) - Anderson University Choir 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUP 220 (1-8) - Women’s Choir 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUP 320(1-8) - Anderson University Concert Choir 1 Cr. Hrs.
Secondary Ensemble (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUP ** - Secondary Music Ensemble 1 Cr. Hrs.
Student Recital (7 Courses):
MUS 090(1-8) - Recital Hour 0 Cr. Hrs.
Piano Courses (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUA 111 - Piano 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUA 211 - Piano 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 175 - Class Piano for Music Majors I 1 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 176 - Class Piano for Music Majors II 1 Cr. Hrs.

General Electives (13 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

Music Performance: Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, B.M.

Degree Requirements (128 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

Major Core Requirements (74 Cr. Hrs.)

General Electives (13 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

First Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Second Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Third Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Fourth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Fifth Semester (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Sixth Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Seventh Semester (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Eighth Semester (14 Cr. Hrs.)