MINOR IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
MINOR IN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
The Minor in Music Performance offers a high level of training in instrumental or vocal performance.
Admission to the minor requires an application and audition before a faculty committee. These auditions are held concurrently with those for students seeking admission to the music major or during the ensemble auditions held immediately prior to each Fall semester.
The minor in Music Performance requires four semesters of individual study (the four semesters do not need to be completed consecutively). Applied lessons, taken under the Minor Series, are weekly half-hour sessions and carry an applied music fee. One credit of a major ensemble must be taken concurrently with each semester of applied lessons. Enrollment in ensembles is by audition. Students must audition for the ensemble appropriate to their applied instrument. Students seeking the minor in music performance are generally not assigned to adjunct studios and will instead study with either a full time member of the faculty or with a graduate teaching assistant.
Ensembles approved for satisfaction of program requirements are as follows:
Symphonic Orchestra MUSC229A
Repertoire Orchestra MUSC 229R
Wind Orchestra MUSC 229D
Wind Ensemble MUSC 229E
U of M Chorale MUSC 329A
Chamber Singers MUSC 329B
Tenor & Bass Choir MUSC 329M
Treble Chorus MUSC 329W
Two academic courses are also required for the minor in Music Performance: MUSC 140: Music Fundamentals I and one of the 100- or 200-level courses offered by the School of Music’s division of Musicology and Ethnomusicology (these courses also approved for General Education Distributive Studies). The following courses are approved to fulfill this requirement, but in consultation with the minor advisor, other courses may be substituted.
MUSC 130 Survey of Music Literature
MUSC 204 Popular Music of Black America
MUSC 210 The Impact of Music on Life
MUSC 215 Global Popular Music and Identity
MUSC 220 Selected Music Cultures of the World
MUSC 289I The Power of Performance in Social Engagement
No more than six credits (or two courses) may be applied to satisfy both the requirements of a minor and a major program. No course may be used to satisfy the requirements of more than one minor. All courses taken for a minor must be completed with a minimum grade of "C-". A minimum C (2.00) cumulative grade point average across all courses used to satisfy the minor is also required.