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

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

Principal Performance Area20
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits by placement audition from the following:
University Symphony Orchestra
Concert Band
Wind Ensemble
Symphonic Band
Chamber Music6
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
Kinesthetics6
Select 6 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
Perspectives in the Theatre
Acting Fundamentals for Stage and Screen
Musicianship for Musical Theatre I
The Alexander Technique for Performers
Keyboard *3
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis15
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory **
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Select 3 credits from the following:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credits from the following: 1
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Music Support Courses9
Select 9 credits from MUE, MUP, MUS or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration. 2
Music Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Repertoire Class 30
Repertoire Class
*

Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.

**

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

1

MUS 305/MUS 306: Choose each course once or same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

2

May not be Performance Studies or Ensemble.

3

MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters. At a minimum, 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.

Composition Concentration Requirements

Composition Study27
Composition Studies
Composition Studies
Composition Studies
Composition Studies
Composition Studies
Composition Studies Capstone
Orchestration
Select 6 credits from the following:
Composition Studies
Composition Studies
Composition Skills *
Making Music with Computers
Principal Performance Area10
Select 10 credits from the following:
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits from courses in the ENS Prefix
Music Support Courses6
Select 6 credits from the following:
Audiovisual Demos For Musicians
Modular Sound Synthesis
Music Production I
Digital Music Composition I
Video Game Music Composition and Production
Digital Music Composition II
Audio Recording I
Music Technology in Performance
Tonal Counterpoint
Junior Recital0
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis13
Select 13 credits from the following, at least 3 credits at the 300 or 400 level:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory **
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
Advanced Analysis of Western European Tonal Music and Related Traditions
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
Select 3 courses from the following, at least two of which are at the 300 or 400 level:
History of Jazz
Topics in Pop Music
Topics in Hip Hop
History of Rock Music
Music for Film
Music and Fairy Tales
Music Cultures of the World
Popular Music and Society
First Nights: Five Performance Premieres
Music and Environment
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Modern Asia Through Its Music
Music and the Grand Tour
Music and Politics
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology
The Symphonic Tradition
Music before 1600
Music from 1600 to 1800
Music of the Nineteenth Century
Music of the Twentieth Century
History of Opera
Keyboard 13
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Conducting1
Select 1 credit from the following:
Choral Conducting I
Instrumental Conducting I
*

May be repeated for credit. 

**

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

1

3 credits of coursework through MUP 133. Not required of keyboard principals.

Jazz Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area22
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Ensemble or Chamber Music10
Select 8 credits hours by placement audition from the following: *
Chamber Music **
Jazz Ensemble I
Jazz Ensemble II
Choose 2 credit hours from the following (many require audition): *
Latin Jazz Ensemble
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 Analysis15
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory 1
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Select 3 credit hours from the following:
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credit hours from the following: 2
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
History and Repertory15
Introduction to African American Studies
History of Jazz
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
Select 1 course from the following:
Popular Music and Society
History of Western Music I
American Music
Music and the Grand Tour
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology
The Symphonic Tradition
Music of the Nineteenth Century
Music of the Twentieth Century
History of Opera
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: 3
Jazz Improvisation II
Audio Recording I
Jazz Arranging II
Recital1
Recital
*

Placement by audition in one, two, or all three of the courses listed.

**

Must take ENS 348-02.

1

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

2

MUS 305/MUS 306: May choose each course once or the same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

3

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 transcribed as credit with no grade assigned. Students should fill in the consortium request form found at the registrar’s office).

Keyboard Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area22
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Chamber Music4
Select 4 credits from the following:
Chamber Music
Historical Performance Consort
Present-Continuous New Music Ensemble
Keyboard Accompanying4
Select 4 credits from the following:
Fundamentals of Keyboard Accompanying I
Fundamentals of Keyboard Accompanying II
Keyboard Accompanying
Service Playing Skills for Organists and Pianists
Pedagogy3
Piano Pedagogy I
Organ Pedagogy
Piano Pedagogy II
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis15
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory *
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Select 1 course from the following:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credits from the following: **
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Music Support Courses12
Select 12 credits from MUE, MUP, MUS or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration. 1
Conducting1
Choral Conducting I
Instrumental Conducting I
Keyboard Literature/Organ Improvisation 3
Select 1 option from the following:
Piano Focus
Piano Literature I
Piano Literature II
Organ Focus
Group Keyboard Improvisation for Beginners
Organ Literature
Keyboard Harmony2
Keyboard Harmony I
Keyboard Harmony II
Orchestration/Counterpoint3
Orchestration
Tonal Counterpoint
Entrepreneurship3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Repertoire Class 20
Repertoire Class
*

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

**

MUS 305/MUS 306: May choose each course once or the same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

1

May not be Performance Studies or Ensemble.

2

Taken for 8 semesters.  At a minimum, 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.

Percussion Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area16
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Secondary Performance Area - Drum Set2
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Jazz Improvisation3
Jazz Improvisation I
Ensemble8
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 Ensemble8
Percussion Ensemble *
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Theory and Ear Training18
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory **
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Principles of Jazz Theory
Select 1 of the following:
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credit hours from the following: 1
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
Musicology12
Writing Through Music
Anthropology of Music, Sound, and Power
American Music
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology
Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Piano 2
Class Piano
Class Piano
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Repertoire Class 20
Repertoire Class
Music Support Courses5
Introduction to Dance
Steelpan Ensemble
Indian Music
*

ENS 370 is taken for 8 semesters.

**

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

1

MUS 305/MUS 306: May choose each course once or the same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

2

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

Principal Performance Area14
Popular Music Performance
Popular Music Performance
Popular Music Performance
Popular Music Performance *
Select 2 credits from the following:
Class Voice
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Beginning Guitar
Beginning Piano
Beginning Ukulele
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits from courses in the ENS Prefix
Technology 12
Select 12 credits from the following:
Making Music with Computers
Audiovisual Demos For Musicians
Modular Sound Synthesis
Music Production I
Digital Music Composition I
Digital Music Composition II
Video Game Music Composition and Production
Audio Recording I
Music Technology in Performance
Composition and Improvisation6
Singer Songwriting
Select 3 credits from the following:
Popular Music Composition and Arranging
Composition Skills
Performance Studies **
Jazz Improvisation I
Jazz Improvisation II
Free Improvisation
Jazz Arranging I
Jazz Arranging II
Western European Music Theory6
Select 6 credits from the following:
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
Popular Music and Jazz Theory5
Introduction to Jazz Listening
Select 3 credits from the following:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Principles of Popular Music Theory
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
Select 3 credits from the following:
Topics in Pop Music
Topics in Hip Hop
History of Rock Music
Music for Film
Music Cultures of the World
Select 6 credits from the following:
Popular Music and Society
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Music and Politics
History of Jazz
History of Digital Media
Media Law and Ethics
History of Film to 1938
History of Film since 1938
Support Courses6
Writing of Poetry: Introductory
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Capstone Experience3
Capstone Project
Music Electives6
Select 6 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.

Strings Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area22
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class0
Repertoire Class *
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits by placement audition from the following:
Sinfonia
University Symphony Orchestra
Chamber Music6
Select 6 credits from the following:
Casella Sinfonietta
Chamber Music
Period Music Ensembles
Old Time Ensemble
Musicianship Skills and Analysis15
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory **
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Select 3 credits from the following:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credits from the following: 1
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Music Support Courses8
Select 8 credits from MUS, MUE, MUP, or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration.
Keyboard 23
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Music Technology1
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.

**

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

1

MUS 305/MUS 306: May choose each course once or same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

2

Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.

Voice Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area16
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class8
Repertoire Class *
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits from the following:
Spartan Voices
University Chorale
Coro di Belle Voci
Chamber Singers
Diction3
Italian and Latin Diction for Singers
English and Spanish Diction for Singers
German and French Diction for Singers
Languages9
Beginning French I
Beginning German I
Select 1 of the following:
Beginning French II
Beginning German II
Piano Proficiency **3
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Secondary Piano Lessons 12
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Musicianship Skills and Analysis13
Select 13 credits from the following, at least 3 credits at the 300 or 400 level:
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory 2
Introduction to Music Theory
Principles of Jazz Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
Advanced Analysis of Western European Tonal Music and Related Traditions
History and Repertory 12
Speaking of Music
Writing Through Music
Select two of the following courses:
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Music Support Courses9
Choral Conducting I
Opera Performance Techniques
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Principles of Vocal Pedagogy
Recommended Electives
Non restricted electives and/or choose from the recommended electives below sufficient to complete the 120 credit-hour requirement
Opera Role
Opera Chorus
Performance Studies
Song Literature I
Song Literature II
Vocal Coaching
History of Opera
*

MUP 301 is taken for 8 semesters.

**

Coursework through MUP 133 or proficiency.

1

Beyond the Piano Proficiency requirement, take 2 credits of Secondary Piano Instruction (MUP 133 and/or MUP 253).

2

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

Woodwinds Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area20
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class *0
Repertoire Class *
Recitals1
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
Sinfonia
Jazz Ensemble I
Jazz Ensemble II
Piano Proficiency 13
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Musicianship Skills and Analysis15
Fundamentals of Western European Music Theory 2
Introduction to Music Theory
Introduction to Aural Skills
Select 1 of the following:
Principles of Jazz Theory
Principles of Popular Music Theory
Principles of Classical Music Theory
Select 6 credit hours from the following: 3
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Topics in Music Theory I
Topics in Music Theory II
History and Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music I
History of Western Music II
American Music
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Music Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Music Support Courses12
Select 12 credits from the following:
Introduction to Contemporary Dance
Jazz Dance I
African Dance I
Body Mapping: What Every Performer Needs to Know About the Body
The Alexander Technique for Performers
MUS or VPA courses not already required by the major and concentration.
*

MUP 301 is taken for eight semesters at 0 or 1 credit. At minimum 0 credit registrations are required for the degree.

**

Or other advisor approved ENS courses (excluding ENS 391, ENS 392, ENS 393, and ENS 394).

1

Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.

2

An optional exam is available for incoming students to test out of this required course. Students taking this course should enroll in MUS 100 concurrently with MUS 101.

3

MUS 305/MUS 306: May choose each course once or the same course may be repeated if the topic differs.

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.
Required9
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions *
History of Western Music II *
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: https://honorscollege.uncg.edu/disciplinary-honors/disciplinary-honors-admissions