The Curtis Institute of Music

Curtis Holds
75th Annual Commencement
This weekend, The Curtis Institute of Music will hold its seventy-fifth annual Commencement exercises. Robert Capanna, executive director of Settlement Music School, will deliver the commencement address to the thirty-four graduating students.

At the ceremony, Mr. Capanna and Joseph M. Field, a longtime supporter of Curtis, will receive honorary Doctor of Music degrees.

Renowned pianists Seymour Lipkin ('47) and Abba Bogin ('49) will receive the Curtis Alumni Award, the highest honor the school confers on its alumni. Established in 2000, the award recognizes outstanding and long-term contribution to Curtis and exceptional contribution to the music world.

Program Requirements:
Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music degree is given upon completion of a minimum of 135 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.

Transfer process from Diploma to Bachelor of Music

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
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 52 s.h.
Fundamentals 2 s.h.
Harmony I, II, III 12 s.h.
Counterpoint I, II 4 s.h.
Form 2 s.h.
Analysis 4 s.h.
Keyboard Harmony 2 s.h.
Solfège I, II, III 12 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.)

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 listed below.)

Career Studies 2 s.h.
Foudations of Engagement 1 s.h.
The Twenty-First-Century Musician 1 s.h.

ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
Composition Majors
Performance
• Chamber Chorus
• Composition Seminar
• Supplementary Piano
• Graduation Recital
Musical Studies
• Applied Orchestration I, II
• Counterpoint III
• Score-Reading

Conducting Majors
Performance
• Chamber Chorus
• Score Analysis
• Supplementary Piano
Musical Studies
• Analysis of Orchestration
• Counterpoint III
• Score-Reading
Career Studies
• Conductors' Forum

Keyboard Instrument Majors
Performance
Piano majors
• Chamber Chorus
• Chamber Music
• Piano Repertoire Seminar
• Graduation Recital
Harpsichord majors
• Chamber Chorus
• Chamber Music
• Early Music Performance
• Supplementary Piano
Organ majors
• Chamber Chorus
• Chamber Music
• Organ Class
• Supplementary Piano
Musical Studies
• Counterpoint III
• Keyboard Studies I, II, III
Career Studies
Organ majors
• Sacred Music Seminar

Orchestral Instrument Majors
Performance for all orchestral instrument majors
• Chamber music
• Orchestra (required for age sixteen and older)
• Orchestral Repertoire Class/Sectionals (string, woodwind, brass, or percussion)
• Supplementary Piano
Special performance requirements by department
Percussion majors
• Orchestral Repertoire Classes (both brass and percussion)
• Performance, at least once a semester, of solo or chamber music on a regularly scheduled student recital
• Full ninety-minute recital including representative solo and chamber music, including chamber works with nonpercussion instruments
Violin, viola, and violoncello majors
• Graduation Recital

Voice Majors
Performance
• Acting Seminar
• English, French, German, and Italian diction classes and coachings
• Supplementary Piano
• Voice Performance Seminar
• Voice Repertoire Coaching
Musical Studies
• History of Singing
• For singers with a limited background in musical studies, Curtis
offers a separate two-year course in place of the required sequence of Harmony, Counterpoint, and Solfège.
Liberal Arts
• French, German, or Italian language

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