Bachelor of Music, Voice Option

The Bachelor of Music degree is designed for students preparing for graduate study or careers in performance. A student majoring in Music Performance may select to specialize in voice, piano, guitar, strings, winds, percussion, or commercial.

Program Admissions Requirements

All prospective music majors/minors and transfer students must contact the department office prior to their first semester’s registration to be assigned a departmental advisor and take diagnostic placement tests and performance auditions. Acceptance as a music major/minor is dependent upon auditions and these examinations. Examinations should be taken before or during the week preceding classwork.

Performance Auditions

These auditions will include technique demonstration and repertoire ­performance.

Theory Placement Exam

This exam will determine the specific semester of music theory to which a student will be assigned.

Piano Placement Exams

These tests serve to determine the specific semester and section of class piano or private instruction to which a student will be admitted. All music majors must successfully complete the department’s required piano proficiency to graduate. Credits in MUSC 1118, MUSC 1119, MUSC 2218, MUSC 2219, or MUSA 1000 may be used toward passing the piano proficiency. The student must register for piano or piano class each semester until passing the proficiency exam.

General Education

The listing below includes program requirements that also fulfill General Education requirements.

Objective 16
Objective 23
Objective 3 - MATH 1123 Recommended 13
Objective 4 - MUSI 1108, and either FREN 1101 or GERM 11018
Objective 57
Objective 66
Students must fulfill Objective 7 or Objective 83
Objective 7
Objective 8
Objective 93
Total Credits39
1

“P” courses are equivalent to the original course.

Major Requirements 

MUSC 1103Musicianship I4
MUSC 1104Musicianship II4
MUSC 1107Recital Attendance (7 semesters)0
MUSI 1108The World of Music (Partially satisfies General Education Objective 4)4
MUSC 2203Theory of Music III3
MUSC 2204Theory of Music IV3
MUSC 2213Aural Skills III1
MUSC 2214Aural Skills IV1
MUSC 3304Music History I3
MUSC 3305Music History II3
MUSC 3306Music History III3
MUSC 3311Form and Analysis2
MUSC 4495Senior Recital2
Piano Proficiency 14
Upper Division Music Theory/History Elective2-3
Other Music Electives 22
Total Credits41-42
1

Piano proficiency is required for all degree candidates. Applied music secondary credits (MUSC 1118-MUSC 1119, MUSC 2218-MUSC 2219, or MUSA 1000) may be used toward passing the piano proficiency. The student must register for piano each semester until able to pass the proficiency exam.

2

Music electives must be chosen from Music courses (MUSC) and Music General Education courses (MUSI), not from Applied Music courses (MUSA) or Music Ensemble courses (MUSP).

Voice Option Requirements

MUSC 2225Voice Diction2
MUSC 3319Conducting I2
MUSC 3325Advanced Voice Diction2
MUSC 4419Voice Literature3
MUSC 4420Voice Pedagogy3
Applied Music Lessons Voice: MUSA 1300, MUSA 2300, MUSA 3300, MUSA 430016
Four credits required of lower division Large Ensembles4
MUSP 1172
Treble Choir
MUSP 1173
Concert Choir
Four credits required of upper division Large Ensembles4
MUSP 4472
Treble Choir
MUSP 4473
Concert Choir
MUSP 1167Opera Workshop1
MUSP 4467Opera Workshop1
Foreign Language -Select one of the following language course sequences:(Partially satisfies General Education Objective 4)8
FREN 1101
& FREN 1102
Elementary French I
and Elementary French II
GERM 1101
& GERM 1102
Elementary German I
and Elementary German II
Total Credits46

Degree Totals

Program Admission Requirements0
General Education39
Major Requirements (Required General Education credits removed)37-38
Voice Option Requirements (Required General Education credits removed)42
Upper Division Free Electives0-6
Free Electives0-2
Total Credits120

ISU Degree Requirements

ISU General Education

Major Academic Plan (MAP)