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MUSIC
AT MILLIGAN
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The general music studies major supports the primary goal of the Music Area to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life. The music curriculum at Milligan seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music consumers. Within the scope of the above goal are two main areas - performance and appreciation - expressed in the following outcomes:
The general music studies curriculum requires a core of music courses and an emphasis in either jazz studies or applied study. Students who select this major may wish to teach music privately in a studio, pursue a college teaching career, or a performing career. Completion of a foreign language through the intermediate level is required. This degree is not a substitute for a music education degree. A student may declare a fine arts major with an emphasis in music. For further information on this major, refer to the information in the catalog under the listing of Fine Arts.
Applied music study for the general music studies major and minor may be in voice piano, organ, guitar, brass, woodwinds, strings, or percussion. Either the principal or the secondary applied area for the general music studies major and minor must be piano, unless a proficiency (MUSC 207) in piano is demonstrated (for the major). All general music studies majors whose principal instrument is piano must enroll in one semester of organ study. Each
semester of their applied study, general music studies majors and minors
take a jury in their principal applied area. Music majors not taking
MUSC 101, 102, 201 also take a jury in the secondary area each semester
of their applied study. Students enrolled Piano as a Secondary
Concentration take MUSC 207-Piano Proficiency when the professor deems
the student prepared. Note the following exemptions from juries: Music majors must participate in an ensemble for six semester hours. Music majors fulfill their particular ensemble requirement with participation in an ensemble that uses their particular applied study skills for at least four of the required six semester hours. General music studies majors-applied emphasis with a principal applied area in percussion, brass, or woodwinds must satisfy their ensemble requirements with at least one semester hour of Johnson City Community Concert Band (Civic Band). A maximum of two semester hours in Jazz Ensemble (if instrumentation appropriate) may count toward the ensemble credit. General music studies-jazz emphasis majors with a principal applied area in percussion, brass, or woodwinds must satisfy their ensemble requirements with at least four semester hours of Jazz Ensemble and/or Jazz Combo. For string majors, participation in Orchestra fulfills the ensemble requirement. Ensemble requirements for students whose principal applied area is guitar will be determined on an individual basis by the applied instructor and ensemble directors. Participation in choral or instrumental ensembles fulfills the ensemble requirement for students whose principal applied area is keyboard. For voice majors, participation in Milligan Women's Chorale or Concert Choir fulfills the ensemble requirement. Music Minors with a principal area in percussion, brass, or woodwinds must satisfy their ensemble requirements with Jazz Ensemble (if instrumentation appropriate) and/or Johnson City Community Concert Band (Civic Band). For all voice minors, participation in Concert Choir or Milligan Women's Chorale fulfills the ensemble requirement. For string minors, participation in Orchestra fulfills the ensemble requirement. Ensemble requirements for students whose principal applied area is guitar will be determined on an individual basis by the applied instructor and ensemble directors. Participation in choral or instrumental ensembles fulfills the ensemble requirement for all students whose principal applied area is keyboard. Concert and recital attendance is required of the general music studies major for eight semesters (attending six concerts per semester), and of the minor for four semesters (attending four concerts per semester). Failure to meet all recital attendance requirements results in a half a letter grade (5 points) reduction in every music class final average for the semester.
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What is your vocation? Students who select the General Music Studies major may wish to teach music privately in a studio, pursue a college teaching career, or a performing career. |