UWM Undergraduate Catalog 2009-10 Peck School of the Arts Music

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• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs
• Music for the Nonmajor
• Admission, Audition, and Scholarship Procedures
• Music Degree Requirements
• Music Performance Major
• Music Education (Bachelor of Fine Arts with Teacher Certification)
• Music Education - Instrumental (Wind and Percussion) K-12 Program Requirements
• Music Education - Instrumental (Wind and Percussion) K-12 Curriculum
• Music Education - Instrumental (Strings) K-12 Program Requirements
• Music Education - Instrumental (Strings) K-12 Curriculum
• Music Education - Choral 6-12 Program Requirements
• Music Education - Choral 6-12 Curriculum
• Music Education - General Music K-12 Program Requirements
• Music Education - General Music K-12 Curriculum
• Music History and Literature
• Music Composition and Technology
• Bachelor of Arts in Music
• Courses: Music
• Courses: Music Performance
• Courses: Music Education

Undergraduate Programs

The various undergraduate curricula lead to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Education, or Bachelor of Arts in Music degree. The following courses of study are available:

Music Performance. A curriculum in voice, keyboard, or another instrument that prepares the student for both professional performance and studio teaching.

Jazz Studies. A curriculum that prepares the student for professional jazz performance and studio teaching in jazz.

Music Education. A curriculum in music performance, history, theory and education, and certification by the State Department of Public Instruction, that prepares the student to teach and supervise music in the public schools.

Music History and Literature. A curriculum that focuses on the historical and critical study of music and prepares the student for specialization and graduate work in musicology, music librarianship and music criticism.

Music Composition and Technology. A curriculum that prepares the student for specialization in creative musical writing and related analytical skills and concepts, in conjunction with specific courses of study in microcomputers, electronic music-based software applications, MIDI, sound synthesis, and pedagogy.

Bachelor of Arts in Music. A general music degree designed specifically for students with talent and interest in music that allows them the flexibility to take a minor in another subject (such as Business) or a second major.

Graduate Programs

The various graduate curricula lead to the Master of Music or Master of Fine Arts degree with concentrations in Music Performance, Conducting, Music Theory, Music History and Literature, and Music Education. (See the Graduate School Bulletin for details.)

The Leonard Sorkin International Institute of Chamber Music is a two-year program leading to a Certificate in Chamber Music Performance.

Music for the Nonmajor

While professional training is the main thrust of the UWM music curricula, the department offers many personal enrichment courses for the nonmusic major. UWM students have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of performing organizations such as the Concert Chorale, Jazz Band, Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, University Band, University Choir, Wind Ensemble, Women's Choir, Men's Glee Club, Gospel Choir, and University Community Orchestra.

Private or class music lessons are also offered to the nonmusic major under the following conditions:

Admission, Audition, and Scholarship Procedures

Throughout the year, the Music Department schedules new student audition days. In addition to meeting the general University admission requirements, a prospective music degree candidate must successfully complete an audition in his or her primary performance area (Principal Instrument), and take a theory placement examination. Composition majors must submit original works to the Composition faculty for consideration. In certain degree programs, students also must successfully complete an audition at the 100 level in a secondary performance area (Secondary Instrument) as required.

Prospective students who lack basic aural, theory, and fundamental keyboard skills must register for Music 001, Theory Fundamentals, and MusPerf 001, Keyboard Fundamentals, in their first semester of study. Students who receive a final grade of "B" or better in these courses may subsequently enroll in Music 123, 125, and 127 with the approval of the theory faculty.

Admission to the music major is considered provisional, pending progress in music theory and Principal Instrument (and Secondary Instrument, if appropriate) during the freshman year. Students who are not enrolled in Principal Instrument and Music 123, 125, 127 or higher in their third semester cannot be considered music majors.

If you wish to be considered for a music scholarship, you are encouraged to audition no later than March of the school year preceding your intended matriculation. Lists of suggested repertoire, which can serve as a helpful guideline for your audition, can be obtained from the Music Department. For further information or to schedule an audition, contact the Music Department at (414) 229-4393.

Music Degree Requirements

All music curricula for the B.F.A. require 125-130 credits, distributed as follows: Music courses as specified in each curriculum: 75-80 credits; core curriculum: 45 credits; general electives: 0-5 credits. The B.A. in music requires 120 credits, distributed as follows: Music courses, 48 credits; core curriculum, 45 credits; general electives, 27 credits.

Performance Organization Requirement. All music majors are required to participate in performing organizations during the course of their study. All Performance and Music Education majors must be registered in an approved major performing organization concurrent with each semester of private study. The director of bands, the director of choral activities, and the director of orchestras make ensemble assignments at the beginning of each semester. For the purpose of fulfilling the Performance Organization requirement, the Department of Music recognizes the following approved major performing organizations: Concert Chorale, Symphony Band, Symphony Orchestra, University Band, University Choir, and Wind Ensemble.

(Other performance ensembles may be approved in certain degree programs: see individual degree programs below for specific requirements in each area.)

Performance Organization Requirement for Transfer Students. Credits from an accredited college/university for performing organizations may be granted as follows

Recital and Convocation Attendance. All music majors, except transfer students and second degree candidates, must earn 80 recital attendance credits for graduation. This requirement may be met by attending campus recitals (one attendance credit per recital), the weekly departmental Convocation (five attendance credits per semester), and off-campus recitals (one attendance credit per recital to a maximum of three per semester).

All music majors, except transfer students and second degree candidates, must attend weekly Convocation meetings for a minimum of six semesters. A student receives five recital attendance credits for each satisfactorily completed semester of Convocation (at least 75% or more of the weekly meetings attended and recorded). Recital attendance records are kept by the Music Department.

Transfer students and second degree candidates must earn 10 recital credits (including weekly Convocation) for each semester on the UWM campus, to a total of 80, or until the completion of the degree.

Music Performance Course Enrollment Requirements. The study of music performance in private lessons, master classes, and seminars is governed by four special conditions:

Music Theory and History Requirements. All music majors are required to take a core of music theory and music history courses. The music theory core entails a three-semester sequence of Materials of Theory, accompanied by three semesters of Aural Theory and three of Keyboard Harmony. This is followed by a semester of Form and Analysis. All music degree programs require additional theory courses, but these requirements vary from program to program.

The Music History core comprises the three-semester sequence of the General History of Western Music. Additional music history courses are required by most programs.

Music Performance Major

A prospective student must demonstrate advanced technical and artistic skills at the admission audition for a performance degree.

Music Course Requirements: 65-80 credits with variable electives. See individual area requirements.

Principal Instrument or Voice. 16 cr. Includes four semesters of Music Performance at 3xx level (2 cr/sem totaling 8 cr.) and four semesters at 4xx level (2 cr/sem totaling 8 cr.). In addition, multiple woodwind majors are required to complete six semesters of Music Performance on a secondary instrument at the 1xx level (1cr/sem) and four semesters of Music Performance on a tertiary instrument at the 1xx level (1cr/sem).

Lab Master Class. Up to eight semesters at 0 cr. per semester may be required or recommended as part of your individual lesson obligation. See individual area requirements.

Piano Requirement. 2-8 cr. Depending on audition results, a student may be required to enroll in MusPerf 001, Piano Fundamentals, for up to two semesters or until the student receives a final grade of B or better. See individual area requirements.

Major Ensemble. 6-8 cr. (1 cr per sem.) Students taking individual lessons must concurrently be enrolled in an approved Performance Ensemble. See Performance Organization requirements.

Chamber Ensemble. 3-8 cr. Applies to Instrumental Curriculum only.

Music Theory and History. 32 cr. See individual area requirements or electives.

Conducting. 2-4 cr. See individual area requirements or electives.

Junior Recital. 0 cr. Supervised preparation towards full or one-half junior recital. See individual area requirements.

Senior Recital. 2 cr. Supervised preparation towards required full senior recital.

Convocation. 6 semesters. See Recital and Convocation Attendance.

Electives. 0-12 cr. See individual area requirements or electives.

Special Core Curriculum Requirements. Foreign language: 6-14 cr. See individual area requirements.

Music Performance Curriculum. Recommended curricular order.

Winds, Brass and Percussion

Principal Instrument: Strings

Principal Instrument: Piano and Organ⁴

Principal Instrument: Collaborative Piano - Vocal⁷

Principal Instrument: Voice

Principal Instrument: Guitar

Principal Instrument: Multiple Woodwinds

¹Winds, Brass, Percussion, Strings and Guitar: Depending upon audition results, students may enroll in MusPerf 001 (Piano Fundamentals) for up to 2 sem or until they can pass a satisfactory piano audition through the piano faculty. Credit toward degree will not be counted. Students must take 2 sem of MusPerf Piano at 101 level.

²Convocation credit does not count towards overall degree total. A 1 cr fee will be assessed by the University if course load is less than 12 or greater than 18 cr.

³Foreign Language: The four-semester foreign language requirement may be fulfilled by the study of one, two, or three different languages (6 cr must be at 200 level or above).

⁷Collaborative Piano-Vocal; Once accepted into this program, students become pre-majors until they successfully complete the first two years of required courses for the Collaborative Piano-Vocal track, and maintain a 3.00 GPA in those courses. At that point, their academic and artistic growth is reviewed for official entry into the track by the program faculty. The jury at the end of the fourth semester of study will determine whether the student meets the artistic standard necessary to officially enter the Collaborative Piano-Vocal Program. The Piano Faculty will listen to the jury and determine a letter grade based on the performance. The student must receive an average grade of B to continue in the program.

JAZZ STUDIES

Admittance to the Jazz Studies Program. Students wishing to pursue a Jazz Studies major should declare their intention at the time of application to the Music Department, indicating Jazz Studies. Students must pass an entrance audition, which will include both traditional and jazz material, in order to be admitted to the program. For the jazz portion of the audition, students will be asked to perform the following: (1) an improvisation based on the twelve-measure blues progression, (2) an improvisation based on a standard song form, (3) an improvisation on material of the student’s choosing, and (4) a notated melodic line to be played with jazz rhythmic inflections (this will be provided by the Jazz Studies faculty).

Required Theory/Composition Background. Jazz Studies majors are required to take all required core Music Theory courses. Students must begin with Music 123, 125 and 127 (Theory Level I), or they may be required to take the preparatory Music 1, Theory Fundamentals, as determined by the Theory Placement Exam. A grade of B- or better is required in Music 1 before a student may advance to Theory Level I courses. While enrolled in Theory Level II courses, students accepted into the program will take a written theory placement exam. This exam will determine if the student is required to take the preparatory Jazz Fundamentals, Music 206, course.

Required Piano Proficiency. Upon entry into the program, all Jazz Studies students must audition on piano. Piano Proficiency will be assessed at either the 100 or 200 level. Those placed at the 100 level must take a minimum of two semesters of piano at the MusPerf 100 level, or the equivalent, to meet the Piano Proficiency requirement. Depending on audition results, a student may be required to enroll in MusPerf 1, Fundamentals of Piano, for up to two semesters or until he/she receives a final grade of B or better, before advancing to piano at the MusPerf 100 level. Deficiencies are made up without credit.

Performance Organization Requirement. A minimum of four semesters of any approved music ensemble is required. In addition, all Jazz Studies majors are required to take four semesters of Jazz Ensemble.

Studio Instruction Requirements. All Jazz Studies majors are required to take four semesters of traditional studio instruction and four semesters of jazz studio instruction on their principal instrument. The traditional studio instruction will be at the 300 level; jazz studio instruction will be two semesters at the 300 level and two semesters at the 400 level.

Graduation Requirement -- Senior Recital. Completion of a B.F.A in Jazz Studies requires the student to register for Senior Recital in the semester he/she intends to graduate. Registering for Senior Recital stipulates a public recital lasting a minimum of one hour in duration. The program for this recital must include at least two original jazz compositions by the student.

Required Music Courses. The following music courses are required.

Music Performance Courses, 8 cr. See Performance Organization Requirement above.

Studio Instrument Lessons, 16 cr. See Studio Instruction Requirements above.

Piano, 2 cr. See Required Piano Proficiency above.

Music Theory, 20 cr.

Music History, 12 cr.

Jazz Studies, 20 cr.

Senior Recital, 2 cr. See Graduation Requirement - Senior Recital above.

General Music Electives, 5 cr.

Convocation, 6 semesters. See Recital and Convocation Attendance.

University Requirements, 30 cr.

Peck School of the Arts Courses, 12 cr.

University Electives, 3 cr.

Foreign Language Requirement. Six credits at the 200 level are required.

JAZZ STUDIES CURRICULUM

Recommended course order:

¹ Piano Requirements: Depending upon audition results, students may be required to enroll in MusPerf 001, Piano Fundamentals, for up to two semesters or until they can pass a satisfactory piano audition through the Piano faculty. Credit toward the degree will not be counted. Students must take two semesters of MusPerf Piano at the 101 level.

² Performing Organization. Four semesters minimum are required from an approved ensemble: University Band, Wind Ensemble, Choir, or Orchestra. In addition, all Jazz Studies majors are required to take four semesters of Jazz Ensemble.

³ Convocation: Credit does not count towards the overall degree total. A 1 credit fee will be assessed by the University if student’s course load is less than 12 or greater than 18 credits.

Cultural Diversity: This requirement may be met by any course which has been so designated and which has been approved for GER distribution in the humanities, social sciences, or arts.

MUSIC EDUCATION (BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS WITH TEACHER CERTIFICATION)

A student wishing to enroll in a Music Education course of study must demonstrate high music skills at the admission auditions. In addition, he or she must possess a strong desire to help students discover the joys and challenges of music. Five submajors are possible: instrumental, instrumental/general music, choral, choral/general music, and general music. Instrumentalists may major in the instrumental, instrumental/general music, or general music programs. Vocalists, pianists, and guitarists should follow the choral, choral/general music, or general music programs. During the first semester of enrollment, the student must schedule an interview with the Music Education advisor.

Human Relations Requirement. See School of Education, Curriculum for Teacher Education Programs.

Certification. The Music Department course of study prepares students for recommendation for certification by the State Department of Public Instruction to teach and supervise music Early Childhood - Adolescence (EC-A or Wide Range = Birth to Age 21).

A student wishing certification must successfully audition and apply for admission to the Peck School of the Arts Teacher Certification Program by the beginning of the junior year. Following admission to the Music Education Program (see admission requirements), and successful completion of the specified Music Education course of studies, a student seeking recommendation for teacher certification must successfully fulfill the following requirements:

Special Core Curriculum Requirements. The following requirements can be met with courses which apply to the Core Curriculum.

English Proficiency. See The Arts Core Curriculum for details.

Communication Competency. Students must satisfactorily complete Communication 101 or 103. The communication abilities of a student remain under constant review as a selective factor for retention in teacher certification programs.

Developmental Reading. Either CurrIns 343 or 545 will fulfill the developmental reading requirement.

Exceptional Education. State law requires 3 credits or the equivalent in study designed to inform the student of the special needs of physically and mentally handicapped children. This requirement can be met by the completion of ExcEduc 531, 3 credits; ExcEduc 605, 3 credits; or ExcEduc 300, 3 credits; combined with the required MusEd courses 350, 450, 477, 478, and 479; and one of the following: 460, 461, 462, 463.

Educational Psychology. Ed Psy 330 fulfills this requirement.

Music Education Core Courses Required of All Music Education Majors with the exception of Instrumental only and Choral only certification majors (see note below); 19 cr.: Student Teaching (MusEd 477 and 478), Seminar in Student Teaching (MusEd 479), Intro to Music Education (MusEd 350), Field Experience (MusEd 450), Teaching Elementary General Music (MusEd 460), Classroom Management (MusEd 455), E-Portfolio and Assessment (FineArts 450), and Teaching Secondary General Music (MusEd 461) are required.

Instrumental Music or Choral Music Certification Only (limited employment possibilities, not recommended). 5 cr. Music Electives required to replace MusEd 460 and MusEd 461.

Teaching Portfolio

The Music Education Area and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction require that students compile a teaching portfolio that demonstrates proficiency in their area of expertise. The portfolio will be compiled as a part of their major music methods and field experience requirements. Evidence of teaching proficiency must include:

1. Record of PPST passing scores.

2. Transcript demonstrating 2.75 GPA.

3. Copy of current resume.

4. Lesson plans written and taught in music methods courses and student teaching.

5. Statement of teaching and learning philosophy.

6. Examples of audio and video recordings from student performances as a conductor or performer.

7. Written evaluations from cooperating teachers, university supervising teachers, and methods class instructors.

8. Artifacts and self-evaluations based upon microteaching and student teaching experiences.

MUSIC EDUCATION - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (WIND AND PERCUSSION) EC-A PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Music Performance Courses, 7 cr. Seven semesters on principal instrument at 2xx (or higher) level. Master classes are available as electives but may not substitute for performance credit.

Orchestra or Band, 7 cr. One credit per semester maximum. For more information, see Performance Organization requirement.

Fundamentals of Instruments, 11 cr. Student takes every instrument listed except his or her principal performance instrument.

Instrumental Music Education, 5 cr. MusEd 451, 452, and 463 required. Admission into Teacher Certification Program, Peck School of the Arts, required.

Music Theory, 20 cr. Core plus Music 230, Form and Analysis; Music 323, Instrumentation; and Music 421, Materials of Twentieth Century Music.

Music History, 14 cr. Core plus Music 309, American Folk and Popular Music; and Music 310, Introduction to World Music.

Conducting, 4 cr. Music 353 and 354.

Convocation, 6 semesters. See Recital and Convocation attendance.

MUSIC EDUCATION - INSTRUMENTAL (WIND AND PERCUSSION) EC-A CURRICULUM

Recommended curricular order.

MUSIC EDUCATION - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (STRINGS) EC-A PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Music Performance Courses, 7 cr. Seven semesters on principal instrument at 2xx (or higher) level. Master classes are available as electives, but may not substitute for performance credit.

Orchestra, 7 cr. One credit per semester maximum. For more information, see Music, Performance Organization Requirement.

Fundamentals of Instruments, 11 cr. Student takes every instrument listed except his or her principal performance instrument.

Instrumental Music Education, 5 cr. MusEd 451, 452, and 463 required. Admission into Teacher Certification Program, Peck School of the Arts, required.

Music Theory, 20 cr. Core plus Music 230, Form and Analysis; Music 323, Instrumentation; and Music 421, Materials of Twentieth Century Music.

Music History, 14 cr. Core plus Music 309, American Folk and Popular Music; and Music 310, Introduction to World Music.

Conducting, 4 cr. Music 353 and 354.

Convocation, 6 sem. See Recital and Convocation attendance.

MUSIC EDUCATION - INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC (STRINGS) EC-A CURRICULUM

Recommended curricular order.