
Bachelor in Instrumental Performance
Murfreesboro, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 1,178 / per credit *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* in-state tuition per credit hour: $385 | out-of-state tuition per credit hour: $1,178
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Introduction
Instrumental Performance music majors at MTSU come from around the world and receive top-shelf teaching from high-performing faculty. Students focus on guitar, organ; piano; jazz studies; brass, orchestral strings, woodwinds, and percussion. Programs are strong in all areas. Numerous student ensembles provide performances in styles from the concert and marching band, orchestra, and chamber music to jazz, salsa, and steel drum. Groups have recently performed concert tours of China, Korea, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and Italy. Instrumentalists also are close to Music City's recording studios, Nashville Symphony, and a thriving live music market. Students regularly have masterclasses with world-renowned artists and can even study period instruments.
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Curriculum
General Education (41 hours)
General Education requirements include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Major Requirements (79 hours)
Music Core (27 hours)
All music majors must take class piano or private piano instruction until they pass the piano proficiency examination prescribed by their degree programs. Students should see their advisors for details.
Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in MUTH 1110, MUTH 1120, MUTH 2110, MUTH 2120 (music theory sequence), and MUHL 1610 MUHL 3010, MUHL 3020 (music history sequence).
- MUS 1010 - Recital Attendance 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
- MUS 3140 - Basic Conducting 2 credit hours
- MUHL 1610 - The World of Music 3 credit hours
- MUHL 3010 - History of Western Art Music I 3 credit hours
- MUHL 3020 - History of Western Art Music II 3 credit hours
- MUTH 4130 - Orchestration and Arranging 2 credit hours
- MUTH 1110 - Theory and Aural Skills I 4 credit hours
- MUTH 1120 - Theory and Aural Skills II 4 credit hours
- MUTH 2110 - Theory and Aural Skills III 3 credit hours
- MUTH 2120 - Theory and Aural Skills IV 3 credit hours
Instrumental Performance Concentration (52 hours)
- MUS 1530 - Class Piano I 1 credit hour
- MUS 1540 - Class Piano II 1 credit hour
- MUS 2530 - Class Piano III 1 credit hour
- MUS 2540 - Class Piano IV 1 credit hour (1 credit hour required)
- MUS 3150 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting 2 credit hours
- MUAP 3800 - Junior Recital 1 credit hour
- Music elective 3 credit hours (NOTE: MUS 1030 may not be counted as an elective.)
- MUTH 4110 - Form and Analysis 2 credit hours
- MUPD 41- - - Advanced Pedagogy 2 credit hours
- MUEN 3- - - - Ensembles 14 credit hours **
- MUAP 2- - - - Private Instruction 8 credit hours
- MUAP 4- - - - Private Instruction 12 credit hours
- MUHL 47- - - Instrumental Literature 2 credit hours OR MUHL 4870 2 credit hours (for harp)
- MUAP 4900 - Senior Recital 2 credit hours
**Ensembles
Note: Sixteen (16) hours of ensemble participation as approved by faculty are required, but only fourteen (14) of those hours may be counted toward degree requirements; the remaining hours may be taken for zero (0) credit. Ensembles may be based on auditions and are selected with guidance from the faculty.
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Career Opportunities
The School of Music mentors students to become articulate musicians, successful as performers, composers, scholars, and music-business persons, and in advanced degree programs. MTSU graduates are regularly accepted into prestigious schools of music such as Indiana, Manhattan School of Music, Michigan, Florida State, and Wisconsin. Possible career options in addition to performing professionally include:
- Arts manager
- Band director/leader
- Church musician/worship leader
- Composer/arranger/orchestrator
- Conductor
- Instrument salesperson/repair technician
- Instrumental performer
- Marketer
- Music critic/journalist
- Music editor and publisher
- Music educator
- Music librarian
- Musicologist
- Songwriter
- Studio/private teacher
- Talent agent
- University professor
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