Apr 16, 2024

College Catalog 2023-2024

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College Catalog 2023-2024

Voice, BM

Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree program is the principal undergraduate program in music, and nearly all of the undergraduate musicians are enrolled in it. It requires students to supplement their music studies with a prescribed number of courses in the Liberal Arts Department.

The B.M. degree program normally requires four years to complete. The minimum residency is two years for qualified and approved transfer students (three years for Voice majors). All requirements for the degree must be completed within seven years of a student’s original enrollment in the B.M. program. The curriculum outlines give the required distribution of credits for the B.M. degree.

First Year

JUILL 101 — Discover Juilliard 1 credit
Required of all first-year Dance, Drama, and Music students.
JUILL 102 — Essentials of Entrepreneurship in the Arts 1 credit
Required of all first-year Music students.

Major Studies

VOVMU 100 — Voice 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit

Music Departmental Studies

ETMUS 111-112 — Ear Training I 2 credits per semester
KSMUS 141 — Piano Class I 1 credit
THMUS 111 — Theory I: Diatonic Harmony 3 credits
THMUS 211 — Theory II: Principles of Form 3 credits
MHMUS 111 — From Antiquity to 1700 3 credits

Lyric Diction

VAMUS 161 — Phonics 1 credit
VAMUS 591-592 — Italian Diction 2 credits per semester

Musical Studies for Singers*

Dramatic Studies for Singers

OPMUS 101-102 — Acting I for Singers 1 credit per semester
VAMUS 101-102 — Movement I 0 credits
OPMUS 500 — Opera Chorus 0 credit

Liberal Arts

LARTS 111 — Foundations of Knowledge 3 credits
LARTS 112 — Society, Politics, and Culture 3 credits
LARTS 192 — Italian II 3 credits
(Upon approval by Vocal Arts, Italian may be substituted by 6 credits of a different language.)

Total Credits 1st Year: 47

Second Year

Major Studies

VOVMU 100 — Voice 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit

Music Departmental Studies

ETMUS 211-212 — Ear Training II 2 credits per semester
KSMUS 241 — Piano Class III 1 credit
THMUS 311 — Theory III: Chromatic Harmony and Analysis 3 credits
THMUS 411 — Theory IV: At Tonality’s Edge 3 credits
MHMUS 211 — From 1700 to 1850 3 credits
MHMUS 311 — From 1850 to the Present 3 credits

Lyric Diction

VAMUS 561 — English Diction 2 credits
VAMUS 581-582 — German Diction 2 credits per semester

Musical Studies for Singers*

MLMUS 562 — British and American Song Literature 2 credits

Dramatic Studies for Singers

OPMUS 201-202 — Acting II for Singers 1 credit per semester
OPMUS 211-212 — Opera Studies 1 credit per semester
VAMUS 103-104 — Movement II 0 credits
OPMUS 500 — Opera Chorus 0 credit

Liberal Arts

Total Credits 2nd Year: 46

Third Year

Major Studies

VOVMU 100 — Voice 10 credits
Annual Jury 0 credit
Shared Recital 0 credit

Music Departmental Studies

ETMUS 311-312 — Ear Training III 4 credits
THMUS 511 — Theory V: 20th Century and Beyond 3 credits
Music Theory Elective (THMUS E500) 3 credits

Lyric Diction

VAMUS 571-572 — French Diction 4 credits

Musical Studies for Singers*

MLMUS 391-392 — Italian Vocal Literature 2 credits per semester

Dramatic Studies for Singers

OPMUS 301-302 — Acting III for Singers 1 credit per semester
OPMUS 311-312 — Opera Studies 2 credits per semester
OPMUS 500 — Opera Chorus 0 credit

Liberal Arts

Language II or Elective (LARTS 000-0) 6 credits

Total Credits 3rd Year: 40

Fourth Year

Major Studies

VOVMU 100 — Voice 10 credits
VAMUS 501 — Vocal Arts Seminar 0-2 credits
Graduation Jury 0 credit
Recital 1 credit

Music Departmental Studies

Music History Electives (MHMUS 000-0) 6 credits

Musical Studies for Singers*

MLMUS 481-482 — German Vocal Literature 2 credits per semester
MLMUS 471-472 — French Vocal Literature 2 credits per semester
VAMUS 400 — Recital Practicum 2 credits
VAMUS 510 — A History of Singing 1 credit

Dramatic Studies for Singers

OPMUS 401-402 — Acting IV for Singers 1 credit per semester
OPMUS 411-412 — Opera Studies 2 credits per semester
OPMUS 500 — Opera Chorus 0 credit

Total Credits 4th Year: 36

TOTAL CREDITS 170

*Note:

Alexander Technique (MSMUS 100S ) available by request and assigned by the department.