Minor Contact
Minor Code - U133
This minor in Performance is intended for the student who has a particular interest in preparing for performing or teaching a particular instrument or voice. The minor focuses on making music with special emphasis on applied lessons and ensemble experiences. The increased interest of society today in the arts is creating many new opportunities for the professional musician and for the private music teacher. Performance areas include: band or orchestra instrument, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and voice.
A successful audition with the School of Music is required for entrance into the program.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Music 8 hours from the following (audition or consent required for placement) | 8 | |
| Applied Lessons for Minors | ||
| Music Ensembles 4 hours from the following courses: (audition or consent required for placement) | 4 | |
| Band: Wind Symphony | ||
| Band: Symphonic | ||
| University Community Choir | ||
| Orchestra | ||
| Introduction To Opera Theatre | ||
| Chamber Singers | ||
| University Mountaineer Chorus | ||
| Chamber Music: Brass | ||
| Chamber Music: Guitar | ||
| Chamber Music: Piano-4 Hand | ||
| Chamber Music: Strings | ||
| Chamber Music: Woodwind | ||
| Chamber Music: Vocal | ||
| Chamber Music: Mixed Ensemble | ||
| Chamber Music: Mountaineer Singers | ||
| Chamber Music: New Music | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Brass Choir | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other-Vocal Accompaniment | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Other | ||
| Collegium Musicum | ||
| Jazz Ensemble 2 | ||
| Chamber Music: Percussion 1 | ||
| Chamber Music: Percussion 2 | ||
| Jazz Ensemble 1 | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz Small Group | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz Small Group 2 | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz and Ethnic | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz Vocal Ensemble | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz Other | ||
| Chamber Music: Jazz Vocal Ensemble | ||
| Gamelan | ||
| Steel Band | ||
| African Music Ensemble | ||
| Brazilian Music Ensemble | ||
| Experiential Music Ensemble | ||
| Taiko Ensemble | ||
| Music Theory and/or Music History/Literature 4 hours from the following courses: | 4 | |
| Fundamentals of Music | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
| Great Composers in Performance | ||
| American Popular Music | ||
| Music and the Immigrant Experience | ||
| Introduction to History of Jazz | ||
| Music in World Cultures | ||
| Music in Appalachia | ||
| Hip Hop Nation: Musical and Conceptual Foundations of a Cultural Revolution | ||
| Aural Theory 1 | ||
| Written Theory 1 | ||
| Aural Theory 2 | ||
| Written Theory 2 | ||
| History of Western Musical Traditions 1 | ||
| Introduction to Jazz and Commercial Music Improvisation | ||
| Advanced Jazz and Commercial Music Improvisation | ||
| Music of Africa | ||
| Total Hours | 16 | |