2006-2008 Catalog of Courses

School of Music

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

www.uni.edu/music

Staff:

J. Vallentine, Director. H. Aibel, B. Barrett, T. Barry, S. Botkin, D. Buch, R. Burkhardt, J. Chenoweth, R. Chesnutt, A. Floyd, J. Funderburk, R. Grabowski, R. Guy, F. Halgedahl, R. Hogancamp, R. Johnson, N. Lamartine, K. Lee, J. McDonald, C. Merz, L. Morgan, M. Pinto, D. Rachor, A. Schmitz, J. Schwabe, W. Shepherd, J. Trahan, S. Walden, R. Washut.

The School of Music offers the following undergraduate programs and graduate program certificates.  Specific requirements for these programs are listed within this School of Music section in the following order:

Undergraduate Majors (B.A.)

Music

Minors

Jazz Studies

Music

Undergraduate Majors (B.M.)

Composition-Theory

Music Education

Performance

The Music major under the Bachelor of Arts degree is a liberal arts program for the student interested in combining the discipline of music training with the breadth offered by a liberal arts curriculum.

The Composition-Theory and Performance majors are professional degrees designed to prepare the student for

1. a career as a composer or an artist-performer, or

2. entrance to graduate schools where further excellence in composition or in a performance area might be pursued.

The Music Education major prepares the student for a teaching career and provides licensure in music for grades K-6 and 7-12.

General Requirements for Undergraduate Majors

Music majors on all degree programs must choose an area of applied music (540:xxx) for specialization and must meet the proficiency standards of the School of Music. The total required applied hours indicated for each major must be completed on one of the specialization instruments or voice on which the student auditioned. Dividing the required applied hours among various instruments, or voice and instrument(s), will not satisfy the applied music portion of any of the degree programs.

Auditions

Admission to the School of Music requires successful completion of an audition in the main performance area.

Piano Proficiency

Required of all majors. All freshmen will enroll in group piano class or applied piano continuously (semester by semester) until piano proficiency has been passed. For Music Education majors, requirements must be completed prior to student teaching.

Vocal and Instrumental Competency

Required of all Music Education Majors.

Vocal/choral students (Specialization A) will complete one semester of Introduction to Instrumental Techniques (570:015); instrumental students (Specialization B) will attend special sections of Instrumental Techniques (570:010) taught by vocal/choral faculty. Keyboard majors enrolling for Specialization A must also satisfy vocal proficiency as determined by the voice faculty.

Foreign Language

Bachelor of Music Performance voice majors are required to complete one semester (5 credits-UNI) at the college/university level in each of two of the following foreign languages, listed in order of preference: Italian, German, French. Ten (10) semester hours of credit in a foreign language are strongly recommended for students whose applied concentration is voice (Music Education Major) and for all non-voice majors on the Bachelor of Music Performance program.

Large Ensembles

In addition to applied music, all music majors must participate in at least one of the designated large ensembles for a minimum of 8 semesters (7 semesters for students in the music education program). Participation in large ensembles will be continuous from the first semester of residence until completion of the requirement. Participation in ensemble (530:012; 530:112) does not satisfy the large ensemble requirement. Auditions are required for all ensembles in the School of Music, and students will be assigned to ensembles according to audition results.

1. Wind and percussion students will be assigned to an appropriate instrumental ensemble. All wind and percussion students who are pursuing the degree of Bachelor of Music in Music Education are required to participate in marching band for a minimum of two semesters. (It is strongly recommended that this requirement be fulfilled during the freshman and sophomore years.)

   
   

2. In the fall semester, participation in either Concert Band or Jazz Band II may satisfy the large ensemble requirement for those students who have completed their respective marching band requirements and have met audition requirements for the two above ensembles.

   
   

3. String players will participate in the orchestra.

   
   

4. The initial choral ensemble for all freshmen voice students will be either UNI Singers or Women's Chorus. Freshmen are limited to participation in only one vocal ensemble. Students performing targeted roles in UNI Lyric Theatre main stage productions are exempt from ensemble participation for four (4) weeks preceding the final performance of the production.

   
   

5.  Composition and Keyboard majors will audition for either an instrumental ensemble or a choral ensemble. Keyboard majors in the music education program shall participate in an ensemble appropriate to their specialization.

Bachelor of Arts Degree Programs

Music Major

The Music major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours. Liberal Arts Core courses included in major program requirements are distinguished by italics.

B.A. Music majors are not permitted to declare a double major within the School of Music.

Additional requirements: senior recital (half recital) -- (may take the form of a performance, composition, or an essay). Students who choose composition as their concentration will elect 580:110, 580:120, and 580:121 and will increase their hours in the major to 48. Up to two credit hours of large ensemble, 530:1XX, may be counted toward the 100-level music elective.

Minors

Jazz Studies Minor

Liberal Arts Core courses included in minor program requirements are distinguished by italics.

Jazz Studies minors are not permitted to declare the Jazz Specialization C within the Music Education Major.

Music Minor

Liberal Arts Core courses included in minor program requirements are distinguished by italics.

Departmental audition requirements apply to both of these minors.

Bachelor of Music Degree Programs

Composition-Theory Major

The B.M. Composition-Theory major requires a minimum of 130 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 130 hours. Liberal Arts Core courses included in major program requirements are distinguished by italics.

Additional requirements:

1. Senior Project: In the last semester before graduation, the student must have completed a large work for orchestra or wind symphony (or some other option with the consent of the composition faculty). The work will be given a reading, the date of which is to be determined by the director of the ensemble. The director shall also dictate the date of delivery for the score and parts. The student will prepare the score and parts using an industry standard computer notation/printing program such as Finale or Nightingale.

   
   

2. Majors are expected to present regular performances of their pieces on the Student Composers Concert series (minimum of six performances).

   
   

3. Majors must have a grade of B or better in Analysis 580:110 before they can take 18th Century Counterpoint 580:121.

Note: Prerequisites for 580:122 include Theory/AT/SS II (580:012, 580:016, 580:026).

Music Education Major (Extended Program)

The B.M. Music Education major requires a minimum of 136 total hours for Specialization A, minimum of 137 total hours for Specialization B, and a minimum of 147 total hours for Specialization C to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements, the Professional Education Requirements, the specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 136, 137 or 147 hours (depending on specialization). Liberal Arts Core courses included in major program requirements are distinguished by italics.

Specializations (choose A, B, or C below)--

Note: Music Education majors will meet the requirements of 250:150, Classroom Evaluation Instruments (Professional Education Requirements), by completing 570:141 (all majors), and 570:161, 570:162, 570:163, and 570:164 (instrumental and jazz majors); or 570:165 (Choral/General majors). They will meet the requirements of 240:020 Educational Media by completing 570:050, Introduction to Music Education. These options remain valid only for those students who complete their undergraduate degrees in music education.

Additional Major Requirements:

1. For all specializations: degree recital (half recital).

2. For specialization C (Jazz): two (2) semesters of jazz combo are required in addition to the large ensemble requirement (7 hours) of orchestra, chorus or band.

3. For all specializations: students must have a minimum grade of C in all music subjects in order to qualify for student teaching.

4. Large ensemble requirements for guitar majors can be fulfilled by participation in either Jazz I, II, III, or IV, or a jazz combo.

5. Guitar majors may not pursue the Music Education with Jazz specialization degree.

6. Students declaring the Jazz Specialization C cannot double major in Instrumental Specialization B within the Music Education Major.

Performance Major

The B.M. Performance major requires a minimum of 130 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 130 hours. Liberal Arts Core courses included in major program requirements are distinguished by italics.

Track A (Instrumental)

Track B (Vocal)

Additional Requirements (both tracks):

1. Junior recital (half recital).

2. Senior recital (full recital).

3. Voice majors are required to complete two Language and Culture I courses (3 hours each-UNI) and two Communication Practice I courses (2 hours each-UNI) from the following foreign languages listed in order of preference: Italian, German, French; and are strongly recommended to take Performance Literature for Voice II, 595:120.

Note: Performance majors who desire teaching licensure can complete the music methods requirements under the Music Education major and the Professional Education Requirements.