Music Performance Minor
Nurture your lifelong passion for performing music and enhance the study of your instrument or voice.
Perhaps you studied music in high school and want to continue to exercise your talents or want to balance your demanding major with a creative outlet. Our minor in Music Performance prepares you with a performing proficiency in organ, piano, voice, or any of the orchestral instruments (brass, winds, strings, percussion).
Our coursework allows you to hone your skills as it focuses on the important fundamentals of music. Courses also include an emphasis on classical music, allowing you to fully appreciate the traditional art form.
A minor in Music Performance prepares students with a performing proficiency in organ, piano, voice, or any of the orchestral instruments (brass, winds, strings, percussion). Coursework focuses on the fundamentals of music, including classical music.
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Minor Requirements
A minor in Music Performance requires a minimum of 19 credits consisting of the following:
- MUS 105 - Keyboard Harmony I
- MUS 160 - Fundamentals of Music Theory I
- MUS 165 - Fundamentals of Music Theory II
- MUS 112 - Understanding Concert Music
- MUS 131 - Applied Music-lower Division(repeat for a total of 4 credits.)
- MUS 151A - A Cappella Choir or MUS 151L - Wind Symphony Hours: 1 (repeat for a total of 4 credits.)
- MUS 214 - Vocal Techniques(Voice principals only)