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
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
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis16
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 Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Music Support Courses9
Select 9 credits **
Music Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Repertoire Class 18
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

Composition Study27
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 Area10
Select 10 credits from the following:
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
Digital Music Composition I
Digital Music Composition II
Audio Recording I
Music Technology in Performance
Tonal Counterpoint
Junior Recital0
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis16
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 Repertory12
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
Conducting1
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
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 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 Analysis14
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 Repertory15
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
Recital1
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
Principal Performance Area22
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Chamber Music4
Select 4 credits of the following:
Casella Sinfonietta
Chamber Music
Period Music Ensembles
Old Time Ensemble
Keyboard Accompanying4
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
Pedagogy3
Piano Pedagogy I
Organ Pedagogy
Piano Pedagogy II
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Musicianship Skills and Analysis16
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 Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Music Support Courses9
Select 9 credits *
Conducting1
Choral Conducting I
Instrumental Conducting I
Piano Literature3
Piano Literature I
Piano Literature II
Keyboard Harmony2
Keyboard Harmony I
Keyboard Harmony II
Orchestration/Counterpoint3
Orchestration
Tonal Counterpoint
Entrepreneurship3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Repertoire Class
Repertoire Class **
*

May not be Performance or Ensemble.

**

Taken for 8 semesters.

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 Training16
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
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 **0-8
Repertoire Class **
Music Support Courses5-6
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

Principal Performance Area16
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
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits from courses in the ENS Prefix
Composition and Improvisation6
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 16-8
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 Theory5
Introduction to Jazz Listening
Principles of Jazz Theory
History and Repertory12
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 Courses6
Writing of Poetry: Introductory
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Music Electives6-8
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

Principal Performance Area22
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class *0-8
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 Analysis16
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 Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Music Support Courses8
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
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.

**

Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency.

Voice Concentration Requirements

Principal Performance Area20
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class *0-8
Repertoire Class *
Recitals1
Recital
Recital
Ensemble8
Select 8 credits from the following:
Spartan Voices
University Chorale
Coro di Belle Voci
Chamber Singers
Diction4
Italian and Latin Diction for Singers
English and Spanish Diction for Singers
French Diction for Singers
German and French Diction for Singers
Languages10
Beginning French I
Beginning German I
Italian for Singers
Song Literature3
Song Literature I
Song Literature II
Piano Proficiency **3
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Secondary Piano Lessons3
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Musicianship Skills and Analysis16
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 Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Music Support Courses10
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

Principal Performance Area20
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Performance Studies
Repertoire Class *0-8
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
Jazz Ensemble I
Sinfonia
Jazz Ensemble II
Piano Proficiency 13
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Musicianship Skills and Analysis16
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 Repertory12
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Conducting1
Instrumental Conducting I
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts3
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Music Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Music Support Courses12-13
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
*

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

**

Or other ENS 3XX - Selected by advisement (excluding ENS 391, ENS 392, ENS 393, and ENS 394).

1

Course work through MUP 133 or proficiency

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 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