Music Performance Program Outcomes

Students will acquire:

  • Body of knowledge and technical skills necessary to pursue music as a profession and/or post-graduate study. Discovering, analyzing, and creating music and the skills necessary to communicate effectively orally and in writing are key to developing mastery of this thread.
  • Body of knowledge and academic preparation sufficient to pursue music as a profession and/or post-graduate study. Discovering, analyzing, and creating music and the skills necessary to communicate effectively orally and in writing are key to achieving this thread.

Performance Skills

  • Instrument/voice skills sufficient for satisfactory small and large ensemble participation
  • Instrument/voice skills at a level sufficient for creditable public performance by one who professes music
  • Reference instruments proficient for demonstration and teaching

Conducting skills, understanding of psychology and pedagogy, sufficient synthesis of the knowledge and skills of music making to begin a teaching career or enter post-graduate study. Leading and teaching require effective communication, curiosity about the subject matter and pedagogy, and service, respect, and leadership of the community.