Vocal Performance (BM)
The purpose of the program in vocal performance is to provide rigorous vocal training combining vocal, technique, stage deportment, and opportunities to work with various repertories and performance genres to undergraduate vocal performance majors preparing them to enter graduate vocal study or the profession as singers and musical entrepreneurs to the glory of Christ and his kingdom.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
COURSES | CREDIT HOURS (BM) |
|---|---|
DBUE 1301 - Foundations for the DBU Experience | 3 |
Developing A Christian Mind DBUE 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9-10 |
ENGL 1301/1401 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II and ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
History HIST Lower Level (LL) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from HIST LL Course List. | |
Kinesiology | 1 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living | |
Mathematics (3-4 hour course) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Math LL Course List. | |
Natural Science (3-4 hour LL course) | 3 |
Choose one 3-hour course from Nat. Lab Science LL Course List. | |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey MUSI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service | |
Social Science | 3 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government | |
Total Core Experience | 40-41 |
Additional Program General Education Hours | 14 |
Choose two 4-hour courses in the same language from LANG/BL Language Course List. COMA 1302 - Speech and Interpersonal Communication MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I | |
Major Core: | 45 |
MUSI 1011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II MUSI 1012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II MUSI 1013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II MUSI 1206 - Diction I MUSI 1207 - Diction II MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II MUSI 2011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* MUSI 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV MUSI 2305 - Introduction to Music Literature and Fine Arts MUSI 2311 - Music Theory III MUSI 2312 - Music Theory IV MUSI 3089 - Junior Recital for Performance Majors MUSI 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure MUSI 3204 - Music History and Literature I MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting MUSI 3208 - Advanced Choral Conducting MUSI 4089B - Senior Recital for Performance Majors MUSI 4201 - Orchestration MUSI 4203 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint MUSI 4211 - Vocal Pedagogy MUSI 4212 - Vocal Literature and Performance Practice MUSI 4214 - Choral Literature and Advanced Choral Techniques MUSB 4310 - The Musician as Entrepreneur * (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses). | |
Applied Music | 22 |
Applied Voice Eighteen(18) hours: eight (8) lower-level, ten (10) upper-level, as listed below: Choose 4 hours: MUSI 1210 – Applied Voice MUSI 1213 – Applied Voice MUSI 1214 – Applied Voice Choose 4 hours: MUSI 2210 – Applied Voice MUSI 2213 – Applied Voice MUSI 2214 – Applied Voice Choose 4 hours: MUSI 3210 – Applied Voice MUSI 3213 – Applied Voice MUSI 3214 – Applied Voice Required: MUSI 4310 – Advanced Applied Voice MUSI 4313 – Advanced Applied Voice Applied Secondary for Vocal Concentration MUSI 1117 – Class Piano 1 (Taken only as needed per audition results as a requisite to MUSI 1118) MUSI 1118 – Class Piano II Choose 2 hours*: MUSI 2120 – Applied Piano MUSI 2121 – Applied Piano MUSI 2122 – Applied Piano *Requires concurrent enrollment with the following courses: MUSI 2023A Piano Proficiency Level III during one semester. MUSI 2023B Piano Proficiency Level IV during the following semester. Choose 1 course (Taken only if MUSI 1117 was not required): MUSI 3120 – Applied Piano MUSI 3121 – Applied Piano MUSI 3122 – Applied Piano | |
Ensembles | 9 |
MUSI 1135 and MUSI 1136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass) MUSI 2135 and MUSI 2136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass) MUSI 3135 and MUSI 3136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass) MUSI 4135 or MUSI 4136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass) OR MUSI 1186 and MUSI 1187 Liberty Chorus (Treble) MUSI 2186 and MUSI 2187 Liberty Chorus (Treble) MUSI 3186 and MUSI 3187 Liberty Chorus (Treble) MUSI 4186 or MUSI 4187 Liberty Chorus (Treble) AND MUSI 1261 - Opera Workshop | |
Seminar/Performance Lab MUSI 1000/1001 (S-L) | 8 sem. |
ELECTIVES | |
Upper-Level Lower or Upper-Level | 0 0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 130 |
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor’s degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
A minimum grade of C- is required for all music courses within a music major field of study.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
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