Objectives
The purpose of the Department of Music is to provide quality music instruction both for students who wish to pursue music as a career and for students who wish to enrich their lives through non-career oriented study and performance. Students and faculty work together to foster aesthetic involvement and creative and scholarly inquiry that support a vital community of music learning. Instruction emphasizes a personal approach. Through the presentation of diverse musical programs, the department also sustains and enriches the cultural vitality of the University and its surrounding communities. The work of the department further supports the goals of Jesuit and Marymount education by strengthening the socializing influence of music both within the University and the world at large.
The Department of Music offers the Bachelor of Arts in Music degree, the requirements of which can serve as an excellent foundation for students undertaking advanced studies in preparation for such careers as musicology, composition, ethnomusicology, music librarianship, and pedagogy-oriented teaching. In addition to meeting all general University admissions requirements, students who wish either to major or minor in Music must meet specific Department of Music entrance requirements.
Loyola Marymount University and the Department of Music are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Student Learning Outcomes
Students majoring in Music should be able to:
- Develop physical coordination and technical skills required for specific musical activities (conducting, singing, instrumental performance)
- Apply essential principles of music theory and form to the study and evaluation of musical scores (critical skills)
- Display familiarity with musical notation in performance and original composition (creative skills).
Students majoring in Music should know:
- The historical evolution of Western music as evidenced by style periods, performance practices, and representative composers and their works
- The varieties of music as a cultural phenomenon seen in its interrelationship with belief systems, life-ways, and language.
Students majoring in Music are presented with the opportunity to value:
- The power of music as an expression and reflection of human emotion and responsiveness
- The experience of aesthetic engagement that allows for deep identification with music
- The synthesis of perspectives—physical, technical, analytical, historical—that leads to a cultured musical sensibility and artistic performance.
Admission to the Major and Minor
An audition in the applied emphasis (Instrument or Voice) is required before admission to the major or minor. Audition requirements appropriate to each instrumental and voice emphasis are available from the Secretary of the Department of Music. A grade of C (2.0) or better is required in:
(Music Theory & Form II) A grade of B (3.0) or better is required in:
(Applied Lessons) - MUSC 181 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 280 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 281 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
Foreign Language Requirement
Two semesters of foreign language(s) through selection of one of the following options: Note:
The language options selected may be taken credit/no credit but require the approval of the Chairperson and the applied emphasis instructor. Music Major Curriculum (MUSC)
48 Semester Hours (plus Foreign Language Requirement) General Requirements
38 Semester Hours - MUSC 101 Studio Class 0 semester hours (4 semesters)*/**
- MUSC 121 Music Theory and Form I 3 semester hours *
- MUSC 122 Music Theory and Form II 3 semester hours **
- MUSC 133 Aural Skills I 1 semester hours **
- MUSC 134 Aural Skills II 1 semester hours **
- MUSC 180 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours *
- MUSC 181 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours **
- MUSC 221 Music Theory and Form III 3 semester hours
- MUSC 222 Music Theory and Form IV 3 semester hours
- MUSC 235 Instrumentation 2 semester hours
- MUSC 280 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 281 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 303 Introduction to World Music Cultures 3 semester hours
- MUSC 316 Music History: Antiquity to 1600 3 semester hours
- MUSC 317 Music History: 1600-1820 3 semester hours
- MUSC 318 Music History: 1820 to Present 3 semester hours
- MUSC 332 Choral Conducting 2 semester hours
- MUSC 333 Instrumental Conducting 2 semester hours
Applied Emphasis Ensemble(s)
Note:
* must be taken concurrently
** must be taken concurrently Concentration Requirements
10 Semester Hours/Upper Division
With the approval of the Director of the Concentration, every music major must declare and complete an upper division Concentration. It is possible to complete two Concentrations with the approval of the Advisor and the Department Chairperson. In order to fulfill the double Concentration, the student will take all classes required in each of the selected Concentrations. Music courses fulfilling one Concentration may not be used to satisfy the requirements of the second Concentration. Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC)
Note:
An average grade of B+ (3.3) or better in the four semesters of Music Theory & Form (MUSC 121 , MUSC 122 , MUSC 221 , MUSC 222 ) is required to be eligible for admission to the Theory/Composition Concentration. Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH)
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A grade of A- (3.7) or above in MUSC 316 , MUSC 317 , and MUSC 318 is required to be eligible for admission to the Music History/Literature Concentration. World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)
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A grade of B+ of above in MUSC 303 is required to be eligible for admission to the World Music/Ethnomusicology Concentration. Instrumental Studies (INIS)
Instrumental Conducting (INIC)
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A grade of A- (3.7) or above in MUSC 333 is required to be eligible for admission to the Instrumental Conducting Concentration. Choral Conducting (INCC or VOCC)
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A grade of A- (3.7) or above in MUSC 332 is required to be eligible for admission to the Choral Conducting Concentration. Applied Music
Individual Instructions Music Major/Minor
Music majors are required to complete a minimum of four semesters, and Music minors two semesters, of individual instruction in the following emphasis areas: Individual instruction (Piano, Guitar, Percussion, Strings, or Voice)
Music majors are required to complete a minimum of four semesters, and Music minors two semesters, of individual instruction in the following emphasis areas: Major / 4 semester hours
- MUSC 180 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 181 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 280 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 281 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
Private applied lessons require
Each semester hour of earned credit in private applied lessons requires the following:
- One 50-minute private lesson weekly (total 14)
- Enrollment in MUSC 101 Studio Class
- Minimum of one (1) Studio Class performance per semester
Private applied lessons eligibility
Only students who have been officially accepted through audition and declared music majors or minors by the Department of Music may enroll in private applied lessons.
No applied music fee is required. - MUSC 180 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 181 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 280 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 281 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 380 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 381 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 480 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 481 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
Practice room facilities
Practice room facilities (free of charge) are available to all applied music students enrolled for credit. Applied music course repeatability
Applied music courses are repeatable for credit. Majors who wish to continue credit enrollment beyond minimum requirements may enroll in the subsequent offerings. - MUSC 380 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 381 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 480 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 481 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
Music Non-Major/Non-Minor
Individual instruction (Piano, Guitar, Drum Set, Strings, and Voice)
Individual instruction is available in Piano, Guitar, Drum Set, Strings, and Voice. Permission of professor required.
There is an applied music fee of $460.00 per semester for fourteen 30-minute weekly lessons. Applied music courses are repeatable for credit. - MUSC 182 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 282 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 382 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
- MUSC 482 Guitar, Percussion, Piano, String, Voice 1 semester hours
Class instruction (Piano, Guitar, and Voice)
Class instruction is available in Piano, Guitar, and Voice for students at the beginning level.
These classes meet once weekly, have a limited enrollment, and may only be repeated once for credit. There is a $50 lab fee for the piano classes. Ensembles
Music Major/Minor
Music majors are required to complete four semesters, and Music minors two semesters, of active participation in an ensemble appropriate to the area of individual instruction emphasis. Music Non-Major/Non-Minor
Membership is open to all students and the University community on audition-after-enrollment basis. Note:
* Includes guitar, string, piano, and percussion ensembles
These classes are repeatable for credit. Music Model Four-Year Plan
Fall Semester
- MUSC UD Concentration 4 semester hours
- University Core 3 semester hours
- Elective 3 semester hours
- UD Elective Non-Music 3 semester hours
- Elective 2 semester hours
Spring Semester
- MUSC UD Elective 4 semester hours
- University Core 3 semester hours
- Elective 3 semester hours
- Elective 3 semester hours
- Elective 2 semester hours
Note:
The above 4-Year Plan is only a model. Some music course scheduling will vary due to the departmental rotation of classes. |
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