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

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Whether they choose to play solo, accompany a choir, or play hymns for a church, the South Carolina School of the Arts piano performance grads are well tuned for a career in music.

The Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance trains students to become performing musicians. While graduates also are prepared to teach other keyboardists, their own skills are constantly challenged and nurtured in the classroom and onstage.

Within the Piano Performance program, students can add the Concentration in Piano Pedagogy, which prepares them in piano instruction and running a private music studio. Graduates could join an established music academy or start a new one.

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 (72 Cr. Hrs.)

MUH 310 - Piano Pedagogy Literature 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 370 - Music History I 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 371 - Music History II 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUH 410 - Piano Literature 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 215 - Introduction to Music Technology 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 314 - Advanced Piano Pedagogy 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 316 - Studio Pedagogy 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 320 - Conducting I: Technical Foundations 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 360 - Music Business and Entrepreneurship 3 Cr. Hrs.
MUS 495 - Music Internship 1 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.
Music Primary Applied (16 Cr. Hrs.):
MUA 211 - Piano 2 Cr. Hrs.
Music Primary Ensemble (8 Cr. Hrs.):
- MUP ***
Music Secondary Ensemble (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUP 124(1-8) - Piano Ensemble 1 Cr. Hrs.
Music Ensemble (2 Cr. Hrs.):
- MUP ***
Music Recital Course (2 Courses):
MUR 301 - Junior Recital without Accompanist 0 Cr. Hrs.
MUR 401 - Senior Recital without Accompanist 0 Cr. Hrs.
Music Student Recital (7 Courses):
MUS 090(1-8) - Recital Hour 0 Cr. Hrs.
Collaborative Piano Skills (2 Cr. Hrs.):
MUS 171(1-2) - Collaborative Piano Skills 1 Cr. Hrs.

General Electives (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

Eighth Semester (13 Cr. Hrs.)

MUA 211 - Piano 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUP *** 2 Cr. Hrs.
MUR 401 - Senior Recital without Accompanist 0 Cr. Hrs.
Electives 9 Cr. Hrs.

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

Degree Requirements (128 Cr. Hrs.)

University Core Requirements (41 Cr. Hrs.)

Major Core Requirements (72 Cr. Hrs.)

General Electives (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Suggested Eight Semester Sequence

First Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Second Semester (15 Cr. Hrs.)

Third Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Fourth Semester (18 Cr. Hrs.)

Fifth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Sixth Semester (17 Cr. Hrs.)

Seventh Semester (16 Cr. Hrs.)

Eighth Semester (13 Cr. Hrs.)