Music is—and always has been—a major cultural influence throughout the world. Music can speak to current trends and styles, or it can retell history. The performance/composition offers you core music principles, and training to develop a unique style based on these principles.
Highlights
- The performance/composition emphasis offers courses in lyric diction, music arrangement and scoring, conducting, voice and piano pedagogy.
Career opportunities
This emphasis will prepare you to pursue a career or hobby in music performance and/or composition.
Course listing
Required Courses
Select two of the following in consultation with the program director
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MUS 230 | Lyric Diction I * | 2 |
| MUS 231 | Lyric Diction II * | 2 |
| MUS 411 | Scoring and Arranging | 3 |
| MUS 450 | Conducting I | 3 |
| MUS 451 | Conducting II | 3 |
| MUS 460 | Vocal Pedagogy | 2 |
| MUS 461 | Piano Pedagogy | 2 |
* two semester course, required for voice majors
Voice performance majors are required to complete the equivalent of one year of study in a second language, particularly Italian, French or German. Participation in MUS 115 - Vocal Performance Workshop is required: four semesters for voice performance emphasis. Composition emphasis students must pass the Level 2 performance jury exam in composition, as well as the Level 1 exam on their primary instrument.