Performance, B.M.
Percussion Concentration Admission Requirements
Undergraduate Percussion Performance Audition Requirements
Choose repertoire that highlights your skill, musicianship and preparation. Advanced selections played with a lack of technical and musical focus may not best represent your musical ability. Work closely with your percussion instructor or band director to select music that best showcases your talent.
Snare Drum
- Concert Solo or Etude. (Similar to Cirone Portraits in Rhythm or All-State audition etudes, etc.)
- Rudimental Solo or Etude. (Similar to Wilcoxon All American Drummer or All-State audition etudes, etc.)
Two-Mallet Keyboard
- Solo or Etude. (Transcriptions, ragtime xylophone, All-State audition etudes, etc.)
Four-Mallet Keyboard
- Solo or Etude. (Transcriptions; All-State audition etudes; Selected solo from Books by Justin Bunting, Mark Ford, Bart Quartier)
Timpani Solo or Etude
- No solos/etudes that require playing on the bowls, or with wood mallets/butt ends.
Optional Areas
- Drum Set (Demonstration of different styles and soloing)
- World Percussion (Example: Congas, traditional Frame Drum, Pandeiro, Riq)
If you are unable to access keyboard instruments, timpani, or drum set to record your audition materials, this is understandable. Please contact Dr. Eric Willie (ejwillie@uncg.edu) with any questions or concerns as you prepare.
Popular Music and Technology Concentration Admission Requirements
Incoming students must successfully pass an audition on an instrument or voice. Transfer students must also audition if they need to take classes in the Popular Music Performance sequence.
Overall Requirements
- 120 credit hourss, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level
- Performance majors must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher in Music courses.
Degree Program Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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University Requirements | ||
General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC) |
Major Requirements
Select one of the concentrations as detailed following the major requirements.
- Brass
- Composition
- Jazz
- Keyboard
- Percussion
- Popular Music and Technology
- Strings
- Voice
- Woodwinds
Electives
Electives sufficient to complete the 120 credit hours required for the degree.
Brass Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Principal Performance Area | 20 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 8 credits by placement audition from the following: | ||
University Symphony Orchestra | ||
Concert Band | ||
Wind Ensemble | ||
Symphonic Band | ||
Chamber Music | 6 | |
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
Casella Sinfonietta | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Trumpet Ensemble | ||
Horn Ensemble | ||
Trombone Ensemble | ||
Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble | ||
Percussion Ensemble | ||
Period Music Ensembles | ||
Old Time Ensemble | ||
Kinesthetics | 6 | |
VPA 454 | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | ||
Introduction to Art | ||
Fundamentals of Drawing | ||
Foundations in New Media and Design I | ||
Ceramics I | ||
Introduction to Contemporary Dance | ||
Jazz Dance I | ||
African Dance I | ||
The Hero's Journey | ||
Acting Fundamentals for Stage and Screen | ||
Musicianship for Musical Theatre I | ||
Keyboard * | 3 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Music Support Courses | 9 | |
Select 9 credits ** | ||
Music Technology | 1 | |
Technology for Musicians I | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Instrumental Conducting I | ||
Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Repertoire Class 1 | 8 | |
Repertoire Class 1 |
- *
Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.
- **
May not be Performance Studies or Ensemble.
- 1
MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters.
Composition Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Composition Study | 27 | |
Composition Studies | ||
Composition Studies | ||
Composition Studies | ||
Composition Studies | ||
Composition Studies | ||
Composition Studies Capstone | ||
Orchestration | ||
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
Composition Skills * | ||
Making Music with Computers | ||
Principal Performance Area | 10 | |
Select 10 credits from the following: | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 8 credits from courses in the ENS Prefix | ||
Music Support Courses | 6 | |
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
Audiovisual Demos For Musicians | ||
Modular Sound Synthesis | ||
Digital Music Composition I | ||
Digital Music Composition II | ||
Audio Recording I | ||
Music Technology in Performance | ||
Tonal Counterpoint | ||
Junior Recital | 0 | |
Recital | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
Select 3 courses from the following, at least two of which are at the 300 or 400 level: | ||
Topics in Pop Music | ||
Topics in Hip Hop | ||
History of Rock Music | ||
Music for Film | ||
Music and Fairy Tales | ||
Music Cultures of the World | ||
First Nights: Five Performance Premieres | ||
Music and Environment | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Modern Asia Through Its Music | ||
Music and the Grand Tour | ||
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology | ||
The Symphonic Tradition | ||
History of Jazz | ||
Music before 1600 | ||
Music from 1600 to 1800 | ||
History of Opera | ||
Music of the Nineteenth Century | ||
Music of the Twentieth Century | ||
Keyboard ** | 3 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Select 1 credit from the following: | ||
Choral Conducting I | ||
Instrumental Conducting I |
- *
May be repeated for credit. Students may take MUP 115 for two semesters, or they may take MUP 115 for one semester and MUP 220 for one semester.
- **
3 credits of coursework through MUP 133. Not required of keyboard principals.
Jazz Concentration Requirements
- 120 credit hours
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 22 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Ensemble or Chamber Music | 10 | |
Select 8 credits by placement audition from the following: * | ||
Chamber Music ** | ||
Jazz Ensemble I | ||
Jazz Ensemble II | ||
Choose 2 credits from the following (many require audition): * | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Steelpan Ensemble | ||
Old Time Ensemble | ||
Indian Music | ||
Middle Eastern Ensemble | ||
Spartan Voices | ||
University Chorale | ||
Chamber Singers | ||
Sinfonia | ||
University Symphony Orchestra | ||
Concert Band | ||
Wind Ensemble | ||
Symphonic Band | ||
Jazz Ensemble I | ||
Jazz Ensemble II | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 14 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
History and Repertory | 15 | |
Introduction to African American Studies | ||
History of Jazz | ||
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
Music Support Courses | 24 | |
Introduction to Jazz Listening | ||
Principles of Jazz Theory | ||
Jazz Improvisation I | ||
Instrumental Conducting I | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Jazz Pedagogy | ||
Jazz Arranging I | ||
Technology for Musicians I | ||
Select two courses from the following: 1 | ||
Jazz Improvisation II | ||
Jazz Arranging II | ||
Audio Recording I | ||
Recital | 1 | |
Recital |
- *
Placement by audition in one, two, or all three of the courses listed.
- **
Must take ENS 348-02
- 1
Students may take ENT 135 Recording Engineering I, offered at Guilford Technical Community College, through the consortium, as part of this requirement. (This would be transcripted as credit with no grade assigned. Students should fill in the consortium request form found at the registrar’s office).
Keyboard Concentration Requirements
- 120 credit hours
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 22 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Chamber Music | 4 | |
Select 4 credits of the following: | ||
Casella Sinfonietta | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Period Music Ensembles | ||
Old Time Ensemble | ||
Keyboard Accompanying | 4 | |
Select 4 credits of the following: | ||
Fundamentals of Keyboard Accompanying I | ||
Fundamentals of Keyboard Accompanying II | ||
Keyboard Accompanying | ||
Service Playing Skills for Organists and Pianists | ||
Pedagogy | 3 | |
Piano Pedagogy I | ||
or MUP 425 | Organ Pedagogy | |
or MUP 417 | Piano Pedagogy II | |
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Music Support Courses | 9 | |
Select 9 credits * | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Choral Conducting I | ||
or MUP 372 | Instrumental Conducting I | |
Piano Literature | 3 | |
Piano Literature I | ||
or MUP 414 | Piano Literature II | |
Keyboard Harmony | 2 | |
Keyboard Harmony I | ||
Keyboard Harmony II | ||
Orchestration/Counterpoint | 3 | |
Orchestration | ||
or MUS 439 | Tonal Counterpoint | |
Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Repertoire Class | ||
Repertoire Class ** |
- *
May not be Performance or Ensemble.
- **
Taken for 8 semesters.
Percussion Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 16 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Secondary Performance Area - Drum Set | 2 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Jazz Improvisation | 3 | |
Jazz Improvisation I | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
University Symphony Orchestra | ||
Wind Ensemble | ||
Symphonic Band | ||
Select 2 credits from the following: | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Present-Continuous New Music Ensemble | ||
Chamber Ensemble | 8 | |
Percussion Ensemble * | ||
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Theory and Ear Training | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
Musicology | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
Anthropology of Music, Sound, and Power | ||
American Music | ||
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology | ||
Technology | 1 | |
Technology for Musicians I | ||
Piano | 2 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Instrumental Conducting I | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Repertoire Class ** | 0-8 | |
Repertoire Class ** | ||
Music Support Courses | 5-6 | |
Introduction to Dance | ||
Steelpan Ensemble | ||
Indian Music |
- *
ENS 370 is taken for 8 semesters.
- **
MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters at 0 or 1 credits. At minimum 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.
Popular Music and Technology Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 16 | |
Popular Music Performance | ||
Popular Music Performance | ||
Popular Music Performance | ||
Popular Music Performance | ||
Singer Songwriting | ||
Capstone Project | ||
Select 2 additional Performance Studies credits from the following: | ||
Class Voice | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Beginning Guitar | ||
Beginning Piano | ||
Beginning Ukulele | ||
Popular Music Performance * | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 8 credits from courses in the ENS Prefix | ||
Composition and Improvisation | 6 | |
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
Composition Skills * | ||
Popular Music Composition and Arranging | ||
Performance Studies ** | ||
Jazz Improvisation I | ||
Jazz Improvisation II | ||
Free Improvisation | ||
Jazz Arranging I | ||
Jazz Arranging II | ||
Technology | 12 | |
Select 12 credits from the following: | ||
Making Music with Computers | ||
Audiovisual Demos For Musicians | ||
Modular Sound Synthesis | ||
Digital Music Composition I | ||
Digital Music Composition II | ||
Audio Recording I | ||
Music Technology in Performance | ||
Western European Music Theory 1 | 6-8 | |
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory | ||
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Jazz Theory | 5 | |
Introduction to Jazz Listening | ||
Principles of Jazz Theory | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | ||
Topics in Pop Music | ||
Topics in Hip Hop | ||
Jazz Appreciation | ||
History of Rock Music | ||
Music for Film | ||
Music Cultures of the World | ||
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
History of Jazz | ||
History of Digital Media | ||
Media Law and Ethics | ||
History of Film to 1938 | ||
History of Film since 1938 | ||
Support Courses | 6 | |
Writing of Poetry: Introductory | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Music Electives | 6-8 | |
Select 6-8 credits of ENS, MUE, MUP, MUS electives not already required by the major and concentration. |
- *
May be repeated for credit.
- **
Only MUP 153 in Composition may be used for this requirement.
- 1
Students placing out of MUS 100 through the screening process will move into MUS 101/MUS 105 (4 credits), and complete the Western European Music Theory section with MUS 102/MUS 106 (4 credits). Students taking MUS 100 (2 credits) can complete this section by taking MUS 101/MUS 105 (4 credits).
Strings Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 22 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Repertoire Class * | 0-8 | |
Repertoire Class * | ||
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 8 credits by placement audition from the following: | ||
Sinfonia | ||
University Symphony Orchestra | ||
Chamber Music | 6 | |
Select 6 credits from the following: | ||
Casella Sinfonietta | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Period Music Ensembles | ||
Old Time Ensemble | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Music Support Courses | 8 | |
Select 8 credits from MUS, MUE, MUP, or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration. | ||
Keyboard ** | 3 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Instrumental Conducting I | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Music Technology | 1 | |
Technology for Musicians I |
- *
MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters at 0 or 1 credits. At minimum 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.
- **
Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.
Voice Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 20 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Repertoire Class * | 0-8 | |
Repertoire Class * | ||
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Ensemble | 8 | |
Select 8 credits from the following: | ||
Spartan Voices | ||
University Chorale | ||
Coro di Belle Voci | ||
Chamber Singers | ||
Diction | 4 | |
Italian and Latin Diction for Singers | ||
English and Spanish Diction for Singers | ||
French Diction for Singers | ||
German and French Diction for Singers | ||
Languages | 10 | |
Beginning French I | ||
Beginning German I | ||
Italian for Singers | ||
Song Literature | 3 | |
Song Literature I | ||
or MUP 427 | Song Literature II | |
Piano Proficiency ** | 3 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Secondary Piano Lessons | 3 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Music Support Courses | 10 | |
Technology for Musicians I | ||
Choral Conducting I | ||
Opera Performance Techniques | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Principles of Vocal Pedagogy |
- *
MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters at 0 or 1 credits. At minimum 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.
- **
Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.
Woodwinds Concentration Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Principal Performance Area | 20 | |
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Performance Studies | ||
Repertoire Class * | 0-8 | |
Repertoire Class * | ||
Recitals | 1 | |
Recital | ||
Recital | ||
Ensemble ** | 12 | |
Choose 8 credits from the following: | ||
University Symphony Orchestra | ||
Concert Band | ||
Wind Ensemble | ||
Symphonic Band | ||
Choose 4 credits from the following: | ||
Casella Sinfonietta | ||
Chamber Music | ||
Percussion Ensemble | ||
Steelpan Ensemble | ||
Period Music Ensembles | ||
Old Time Ensemble | ||
Indian Music | ||
Middle Eastern Ensemble | ||
Jazz Ensemble I | ||
Sinfonia | ||
Jazz Ensemble II | ||
Piano Proficiency 1 | 3 | |
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Class Piano | ||
Musicianship Skills and Analysis | 16 | |
Introduction to Music Theory | ||
Aural Skills I | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II | ||
Aural Skills II | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III | ||
Aural Skills III | ||
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV | ||
Aural Skills IV | ||
History and Repertory | 12 | |
Writing Through Music | ||
History of Western Music II | ||
History of Western Music III | ||
American Music | ||
Conducting | 1 | |
Instrumental Conducting I | ||
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | 3 | |
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts | ||
Music Technology | 1 | |
Technology for Musicians I | ||
Music Support Courses | 12-13 | |
At least 3 courses chosen from the following list. Other courses to reach 12-13 credits should be from MUS or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration. | ||
Body Mapping: What Every Performer Needs to Know About the Body | ||
VPA 454 | ||
Introduction to Contemporary Dance | ||
Jazz Dance I | ||
African Dance I |
Disciplinary Honors in Music
Requirements
- A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below.
- A grade of A or B in all course work used to satisfy the Honors requirements in Music.
- UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
---|---|---|
Required | 9 | |
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions * | ||
History of Western Music III * | ||
Senior Honors Project | ||
Select 3 credits from the following: | 3 | |
Any Contract Honors course in Music | ||
Any Honors course (whether or not in Music) |
- *
Under certain circumstances, the Music Honors Panel may permit a graduate-level course to be taken in place of the listed required courses.
Recognition
Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Music; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.
Honors Advisor
Contact Alex Ezerman at abezerman@uncg.edu for further information and guidance about Honors in Music. To apply: http://honorscollege.uncg.edu/forms/disc-application.pdf