Music (B.A.) with Composition Concentration

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Music program can:

1. Analyze a significant work of music, employing relevant concepts of phrasal, harmonic and structural analysis.
2. Research a subject in the history of music by employing the major resources of music research, and engaging with those sources to create and support a scholarly argument.
3. Demonstrate proficiency on a major instrument (or voice).
4. Articulate an awareness of various career and graduate school options in music.
5. Articulate a post-graduation plan based on a demonstrated awareness of their own interests and gifts.
6. Demonstrate mature reflection on their own faith as it informs their work as musicians and their career choices.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

Eight credits of the following:

One or three credits from the following:

AND 7 or 5 credits of MUAP electives (7 or 5)

Composition Concentration (12)

All music majors, except those in the Music (Business) and Music (Music and Worship) degrees, will register for Keyboard I in order to prepare for the Piano Proficiency Exam. Students who successfully pass the Piano Proficiency Exam at the end of the Fall semester will fulfill the other keyboard credit with any music course. Students who do not pass (or attempt) the Piano Proficiency exam in the fall will register for Keyboard II in the Spring semester. Students who do not pass the Piano Proficiency Exam at the end of the Spring Semester, will register for MUAP Piano lessons until the exam is passed at the end of their Sophomore year or second year as a music major. Students are allowed three attempts to pass the Piano Proficiency Exam.

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