Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music degree is given upon completion of a minimum of 133 semester hours (s.h.), as outlined below. Students must fulfill a minimum three-year residency, pass all required courses, and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in Musical Studies and Liberal Arts courses.

General requirements

• Performance
• Musical Studies
• Career Studies
• Liberal Arts

Additional departmental requirements

• Composition Majors
• Conducting Majors
• Keyboard Majors
• Guitar Majors
• Orchestral Instrument Majors
• Voice Majors

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General Requirements

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Performance	51 s.h.
Major lesson	32 s.h.
Elements of Conducting	3 s.h.
Additional departmental requirements (listed below)	16 s.h.
Musical Studies	51 s.h.
Fundamentals	2 s.h.
Harmony I, II	7 s.h.
Harmony III	4 s.h.
Counterpoint I, II	6 s.h.
Form	2 s.h.
Analysis	4 s.h.
Solfège I, II	8 s.h.
Solfège III	4 s.h.
Music History I, II	10 s.h.
Music History Seminars	4 s.h.
(Some majors require additional performance and musical studies courses: See Additional Departmental Requirements below.)
Career Studies	1 s.h.
The Twenty-First-Century Musician	1 s.h.
Liberal Arts	30 s.h.
History of Western Civilization	6 s.h.
Language and Literature	6 s.h.
Literature	6 s.h.
Electives	12 s.h.
(Some majors require additional liberal arts courses: See Additional Departmental Requirements below.)

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Additional Departmental Requirements

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Composition Majors

Performance	16 s.h.
Composition Seminar	8 s.h.
Supplementary Piano	8 s.h.
Graduation Recital – Required

Bachelor’s candidates: a Student Recital Series concert at least forty-five minutes long of their own music, the majority written while a Curtis student; recommended to occur in the fall of the student’s graduating year.

Diploma candidates: a concert at least one hour long of their own music, the majority written while a Curtis student; may take place in an alternate venue with the approval of the student’s major teacher and the dean; recommended to occur in the fall of the student’s graduating year.

Musical Studies	8 s.h.
Applied Orchestration	4 s.h.
Counterpoint III	2 s.h.
Score-Reading	2 s.h.

Private Instruction

Undergraduate composition majors (bachelor’s candidates) are expected to study with all composition faculty over the course of their four years at Curtis. Typically students work with their “intake” teacher for the first two years. During the third and fourth years, they are expected to study with other composition faculty members for a minimum of one semester apiece. Students are welcome to take additional semesters with the other faculty members (based on teacher availability), or they may return to their initial instructor.

Students consult with their intake teacher to determine when best to take a rotation semester; it is recommended that at least one be taken by the end of the third year.

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Conducting Majors

Performance	24 s.h.
Lab Orchestra	8 s.h.
Score Analysis	8 s.h.
Supplementary Piano	8 s.h.
Musical Studies	8 s.h.
Applied Orchestration	4 s.h.
Counterpoint III	2 s.h.
Score-Reading	2 s.h.
Career Studies	8 s.h.
Conductors' Forum	8 s.h.

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Keyboard Majors

(Major Requirements: P=Piano, H=Harpsichord, O=Organ)

Performance	16–24 s.h.
Chamber Music	8 s.h. (P, H)
Piano Repertoire Seminar	8 s.h. (P)
Supplementary Piano	8 s.h. (O, H)
Graduation Recital - Required	(P)
Organ Class	8 s.h. (O)
Early Music Performance	8 s.h. (H)
Musical Studies	8 s.h.
Keyboard Studies I, II	4 s.h.
Keyboard Studies III	2 s.h.
Counterpoint III	2 s.h.
Career Studies	4 s.h.
Sacred Music Seminar	4 s.h. (O)

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GUITAR Majors

Performance	18 s.h.
Chamber Music	8 s.h.
Guitar Seminar	8 s.h.
Supplementary Piano	2 s.h.
Graduation Recital - Required

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Orchestral Instrument Majors

(Major Requirements: T=Timpani/Percussion, Va.=Viola, Clo.=Cello, Vn.=Violin)

Performance	42 s.h.
Chamber Music	8 s.h.
Orchestra	24 s.h. (age sixteen and older)
Orchestral Repertoire Class/Sectionals	8 s.h. (string, woodwind, brass, or percussion)
Supplementary Piano	2 s.h.
Performance - Required	(T)
Graduation Recital - Required	(Vn., Va., Clo., T)

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Voice Majors

Performance	46 s.h.
Acting Seminar	8 s.h.
English, French, German, and Italian diction classes and coachings	16 s.h.
Supplementary Piano	2 s.h.
Voice Performance Seminar	8 s.h.
Voice Repertoire Coaching	12 s.h.
Musical Studies	8 s.h.
History of Singing	8 s.h.