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The music major offers three possible areas of study leading to the baccalaureate degree: the Bachelor of Arts in Music, Bachelor of Arts in Music: Music Administration, and the Bachelor of Arts in Music-Education. Students majoring in music have the option of either a performance or music history concentration. Students wishing to pursue the music history concentration will substitute a bachelor’s thesis for the full senior recital.
The music major prepares the student to continue music studies at the graduate level and to become a studio teacher and performer. The offerings in music education are designed for teacher certification at the elementary and secondary school level (grades K-12). Students majoring in music have two concentration options: 1) Performance, which requires a half recital (30 minutes) during the junior year and a full recital (60 minutes) during the senior year, or 2) Music History, which requires a half recital during the junior or senior years and a substantial research project culminating in a thesis during the senior year. Students with a concentration in music history must enroll for Music Independent Study during at least one semester of their senior year. An interview and musical audition with the music faculty is required so proper placement and advice may be given.
The Music: Music Administration major prepares music and business advocates with excellent leadership, managerial, administrative, and music skills. Students take required courses from the Music and Business Departments, and elective classes from Art and Communications Departments.
As part of their applied music experience, all Music, Music: Music Administration, and Music-Education majors are required to attend student, faculty, and guest recitals and perform at least once each semester in the weekly music seminar.
All music majors and minors enrolled full-time must register for Mount Mercy University Choir or University Band.
Objectives established for students in this major include, among others: write 4-part chorales using proper voice leading techniques of the 18th century; critically analyze large-scale musical forms; and distinguish among the major genres of Western art music (e.g. symphony, opera, choral works).
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Teaching in schools, performing or teaching privately are the areas in which most music majors are employed. Many opportunities are also available in fields of music publishing and commercial music.
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