BM in Performance

The Bachelor of Music in Performance (BM) degree provides an in-depth study of music with an emphasis on developing individual musicianship and technique in one performance area.

Students who graduate with this degree:

• perform music professionally
• teach privately or at the college/university level
• continue performance and/or pedagogy studies at the graduate level

Topics of Study

• studio music lessons
• music theory and musicianship
• music history
• pedagogy
• techniques courses
• large and small ensembles
• solo junior and senior recital

Audition Requirements for Bachelor of Music in Performance

• Piano: Two memorized pieces of contrasting styles, with matching scales (four octaves, hands together)
• Voice: Two contrasting art songs or arias (both memorized, one in a foreign language); Demonstration of sight singing ability. Pianist provided. CD player provided if recorded accompaniment is preferred.
• Strings: Three-octave major scales, Two contrasting movements of J.S. Bach solo sonata, One movement of a standard concerto
• Winds and Percussion: FBA Grade V, VI, or VII solo or first movement of a standard concerto, major scales (two octaves), and sight reading.
• Guitar: Two pieces in contrasting styles, major and minor scales, and sight reading