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Performance Major B.M.
Performance Major B.M.
What is a Bachelor of Music in performance?
The music performance degree program is designed for students who want to develop their skills as vocalists or instrumentalists in order to pursue a career or graduate degree in music. You’ll build a solid foundation in music history, theory and analysis, while also training in voice, piano or another instrument of your choice. The program places heavy emphasis on performance study and is great preparation for master and doctoral degree programs.
Why study music performance at UNH?
Performance opportunities abound at UNH, which is home to the intimate Bratton Recital Hall and the grand Johnson theatres, and just minutes from the arts-rich New Hampshire Seacoast region. Several vocal and instrumental performing ensembles exist on campus, including Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, jazz and marching bands, and the UNH Symphony Orchestra. Each spring, winners of our annual Concerto/Aria Competition solo with the UNH Orchestra or Wind Symphony, and the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference highlights student music performers. Our department also hosts dynamic artists and guest lecturers throughout the year.
Potential careers
- Artist management
- Arts administrator
- Music educator
- Music professor
- Nonprofit director
- Orchestra member
- Program director
- Vocalist
- Voice teacher
Department of Music
Paul Creative Arts Center
30 Academic Way
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603) 862-2404
Fax: (603) 862-3155
E-mail: music.info@unh.edu
Curriculum & Requirements
All bachelor of music students are required to give a public performance during their senior year, which fulfills the Discovery Program capstone requirement:
- For students in the performance option, a full recital is required. Students in the bachelor of music in performance degree program are required to perform a half junior recital.
Candidates for a degree must satisfy all of the University Discovery Program requirements in addition to satisfying the requirements of each individual major program. B.M. in music majors may use MUSI 502 History and Literature of Music (a required core course for the major) to satisfy the Inquiry Discovery category requirement, and MUSI 515 Music in World Cultures (a required core course for the major) to satisfy the World Cultures Discovery category requirement.
Bachelor of Music Core Curriculum
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSI 471 & MUSI 472 | Theory I and Theory I | 6 |
| MUSI 473 & MUSI 474 | Ear Training I and Ear Training I | 2 |
| MUSI 475 & MUSI 476 | Functional Piano I and Functional Piano I 1 | 2 |
| MUSI 571 & MUSI 572 | Theory II and Theory II | 6 |
| MUSI 573 & MUSI 574 | Ear Training II and Ear Training II | 2 |
| MUSI 575 & MUSI 576 | Functional Piano II and Functional Piano II 1 | 2 |
| MUSI 501 & MUSI 502 | History and Literature of Music and History and Literature of Music | 6 |
| MUSI 515 | Music in World Cultures | 4 |
| MUSI 731 | Conducting | 2 |
| Select any course between MUSI 715 | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Counterpoint | ||
| Analysis: Form and Structure | ||
| Analysis: Form and Structure | ||
| Select variable credits of MUSI 764 Performance Study (Applied Lessons) | Variable | |
| Select variable credits of MUSI 464 Performing Ensemble | Variable | |
| Total Credits | 38 | |
| 1 | Students will be given the opportunity to test out of MUSI 475 Functional Piano I-MUSI 476 Functional Piano I and MUSI 575 Functional Piano II-MUSI 576 Functional Piano II. |
Bachelor of Music in Performance (Voice)
Degree program has final approval from the National Association of Schools of Music.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUED 741 | Techniques and Methods in Choral Music | 2 |
| MUED 755 | Vocal Pedagogy | 2 |
| MUSI 520 & MUSI 521 | Diction for Singers I and Diction for Singers II | 4 |
| MUSI 713 | Art Song | 3 |
| or MUSI 715 | Survey of Opera | |
| MUSI 545/745 | Voice (voice lessons) 1 | 25 |
| Select 8 credits of the following: | 8 | |
| Concert Choir 2 | ||
| Chamber Singers | ||
| Opera Workshop | ||
| Select one of the following: | 8 | |
| Elementary Italian I and Elementary Italian II | ||
| Elementary German I and Elementary German II | ||
| Elementary French I and Elementary French II | ||
| Total Credits | 52 | |
| 1 | Three credits of lessons each semester until the student's senior recital semester; then it is 4 credits. |
| 2 | Four credits must be MUSI 441 Concert Choir; the remaining 4 credits must be MUSI 441 Concert Choir, MUSI 442 Chamber Singers, or MUSI 448 Opera Workshop. |
Bachelor of Music in Performance (Piano)
Degree program has final approval from the National Association of Schools of Music.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUED 743 | Materials and Methods in Piano Music | 2 |
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Counterpoint | ||
| Analysis: Form and Structure | ||
| Analysis: Form and Structure | ||
| Select 3 credits of the following: 2 | 3 | |
| Composition | ||
| Composition | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Orchestration | ||
| Any 700-level advanced music history or advanced music theory course 2 | 3 | |
| MUSI 795 | Special Studies (Topic V) advanced piano pedagogy) | 2 |
| MUSI 795 | Special Studies (Topic E) piano literature) | 1-2 |
| MUSI 455 | Piano Ensemble | 4 |
| MUSI 541/741 | Piano (piano lessons) 3 | 25 |
| Select 4 credits of MUSI 464 Performing Ensemble | 4 | |
| Total Credits | 47-48 | |
| 1 | A B.M. piano performance major must take a total of two of these three courses: MUSI 771 Counterpoint, MUSI 781W Analysis: Form and Structure, and MUSI 782W Analysis: Form and Structure. |
| 2 | A B.M. piano performance major must take an additional 700-level music history or music theory course. |
| 3 | Three credits of lessons each semester until the semester of the senior recital; then it is 4 credits. |
Bachelor of Music in Performance (All other Instruments)
Degree program has final approval from the National Association of Schools of Music.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 2-3 credits of MUED 751 Techniques & Methods 1 | 2-3 | |
| Select 3 credits of MUSI 700-level Advanced Music History or Advanced Music Theory 2 | 3 | |
| Select 25 credits of MUSI 764 Performance Study 3 | 25 | |
| Select 12 credits of MUSI 464 Performing Ensemble | 12 | |
| Total Credits | 42-43 | |
| 1 | B.M. instrumental performance majors take one methods class in the appropriate instrumental family, e.g., a trumpet player would take MUED 749 Techniques and Methods in Brass Instruments, to fulfill this requirement. |
| 2 | This is in addition to the advanced music history and advanced music theory class already required. |
| 3 | Three credits of lessons are taken each semester until the student's senior recital semester; then it is 4 credits. |
