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2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Roadmap: B.M. in Music, Piano Performance Concentration for Transfers

The Bachelor of Music in Music is an intensive curriculum designed for students wishing to prepare for graduate study in music and for specific professional purposes. Degree majors include instrumental and choral music education (credential preparation), instrumental, vocal, and piano performance, composition, and jazz studies. This roadmap is intended for students interested in the Piano Performance concentration.

This Roadmap is a recommended advising map to complete the degree program in two years. Please consult your academic advisor as you develop your academic plan.

***NOTE FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS ***

If you have completed requirements and have gained a proficiency level to enter as a Junior student, you may follow the roadmap of the third and fourth year. Please consult with an academic advisor to determine if you are eligible to transfer as a Junior level BM in Music student.

Third Year
Fall Semester
Course
Units
MUS 3100 Music History and Literature II   3
MUS 3260 Form and Analysis (WP)   2
MUS 3620 Collaborative Piano and Accompanying I   2
MUS 3610 Junior Level Keyboard   1
MUS 3611 Junior Keybrd Major Repertoire   1
MUS 4450 Piano Pedagogy I   2
MUS 4480 Jazz Ensemble   1
MUS-XXXX Major Performance Ensemble 1
General Education Course 3
Total Units 16
Cumulative Total 16
Spring Semester
Course
Units
MUS 3200 Music History III: Music in the United States 1945-Present (WP)   3
MUS 3250 18th Century Counterpoint   2
MUS 3621 Collaborative Piano and Accompanying II   2
MUS 3610 Junior Level Keyboard   1
MUS 3611 Junior Keybrd Major Repertoire   1
MUS 4451 Piano Pedagogy II   2
MUS 4880 Directed Listening   1
MUS-XXXX Major Performance Ensemble 1
General Education Course 3
Total Units 16
Cumulative Total 32

Before advancing to senior-level applied study, all Bachelor of Music majors with an emphasis in piano, instrumental, or vocal performance must present a public solo recital consisting of approximately thirty minutes of literature. A faculty hearing of the recital material must occur no later than one month before the recital is to be presented. Students must have completed all the prerequisites to the major before presenting the junior recital or be currently enrolled in all remaining prerequisites during the semester in which the recital is presented.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

Fourth Year

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Fall Semester
Course
Units
MUS 3270 Basic Conducting   2
MUS 4610 Advanced Keyboard   1
MUS 4611 Senior Keybrd Major Repertoire   1
MUS 4880 Directed Listening   1
MUS-XXXX Major Performance Ensemble 1
Upper Division GE Course (UD-B, UD-C, UD-D) 3
Upper Division GE Course (UD-B, UD-C, UD-D) 3
General Education Course 3
Total Units 15
Cumulative Total 47
Spring Semester
Course
Units
MUS 2000 Music of World Cultures   3
MUS 4610 Advanced Keyboard   1
MUS 4611 Senior Keybrd Major Repertoire   1
MUS 4880 Directed Listening   1
MUS 4900 Senior Recital or Project   1
MUS-XXXX Major Performance Ensemble 1
MUS-XXXX Upper Division Music Elective 1
Upper Division GE Course (UD-B, UD-C, UD-D) 3
General Education Course 1
Total Units 13
Cumulative Total 60

For additional dates and details to apply for graduation, visit the Graduation Website.