Performance Emphasis: 35-37 Hours

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The Commercial Music Major provides a broad musical base for students who wish to pursue careers in the commercial music industry. The Performance Emphasis prepares students to be performers in a variety of commercial music styles.

Students must be confirmed in the Major in Commercial Music - Performance Emphasis at the end of the fourth semester applied jury.

Course Requirements

MUE 4250 Psychology of Music 3 Hours
MUT 3330 Commercial Music Analysis 3 Hours
MB_ 4000 50-minute recital 0 Hours

Take one of the following courses:

MBU 3720 Public Relations in the Music Industry 3 Hours
MBU 3730 Electronic Media in the Music Industry (3)
MBU 4800 Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry 3 Hours

Select one of the four following principal areas:

Voice Major: 28 Hours

MAA 1210, 1220, 2210, 2120, Classical Voice 7 Hours ⁽³⁾
MAA 1060 Diction & Song Literature I (English and Italian) 1 Hours
MAA 3070 Vocal Seminar 0 Hours (Required each semester enrolled in the MAA sequence)
MBA 2120, 3310, 3320, 4310, 4320, Commercial Voice 13 Hours ⁽³⁾
MBA 3030 Commercial Vocal Styles I - Jazz 1 Hours
MBA 3040 Commercial Vocal Styles II - Pop 1 Hours
MBA 3050 Commercial Vocal Styles III - Country 1 Hours
MBA 3060 Singers’ Reading Lab 1 Hours
MUC 3180 Studio Singers 3 Hours

Keyboard and Instrumental Majors: 26 Hours

(excluding Electric Bass and Saxophone)

(Percussion principals take MBI 2010 Improvisation I and MBI 2030 Ethnic Percussion )

MA_ 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Classical Applied 4 Hours ⁽³⁾
MA_ 3070, Classical Seminar (Required each semester enrolled in the MUA_ sequence) 0 Hours
MB_ 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Commercial Applied 4 Hours ⁽³⁾
MB_ 3310, 3320, 4310, 4320, Commercial Applied 12 Hours ⁽³⁾
MBI 2010 Improvisation I 1 Hours
MBI 2020 Improvisation II 1 Hours
MBI 3030 Commercial Instrumental Styles 1 Hours
MUC 3170 Studio Instrumentalist 3 Hours

Saxophone Majors: 28 Hours

MAF 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Classical Applied ⁽⁴⁾
MAI 3070 Instrumental Seminar 0 Hours (Required each semester enrolled in the MAF sequence)
MBF 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Commercial Applied 4 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MBF 3310, 3320, 4310, 4320, Commercial Applied 12 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MAF 3110 Applied Flute 1 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MAF 3120 Applied Clarinet ⁽⁴⁾
MBI 2010 Improvisation I 1 Hours
MBI 2020 Improvisation II 1 Hours
MBI 3030 Commercial Instrumental Styles 1 Hours
MUC 3170 Studio Instrumentalist 3 Hours

Electric Bass Majors: 28 Hours

MA_ 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Classical Applied 4 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MAI 3070 Instrumental Seminar 0 Hours (Required each semester enrolled in the MA_ sequence)
MBJ 1110, 1120, 2110, 2120, Commercial Applied 4 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MBJ 3310, 3320, 4310, 4320, Commercial Applied 12 Hours ⁽⁴⁾
MBG 3110, 3120, Applied String Commercial Acoustic Bass 2 Hours
MBI 2010 Improvisation I 1 Hours
MBI 2020 Improvisation II 1 Hours
MBI 3030 Commercial Instrumental Styles 1 Hours
MUC 3170 Studio Instrumentalist 3 Hours

General Electives: 13 Hours (minimum)

(with 38-hour BELL Core)

Students in this major and emphasis have 13 hours of free electives unless they are saxophone or electric bass principals, who have 11 hours of free electives.