Music Performance (B.Mus.)

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Music Performance 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) ) at a level appropriate to a student entering graduate school with a major in music performance.

4. Demonstrate an awareness of options for employment and/or graduate level education in the field of music performance and reflect on suitability for a career in music performance.

5. 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:

One of the following:

Supportive Courses in Music

One of the following:

All music majors will register for Keyboard I in order to prepare for the Piano Proficiency Exam. Students who successfully pass the 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 exam in the fall will register for Keyboard II in the Spring Semester. Students who do not pass the exam at the end of the Spring Semester will register for MUAP Piano lessons until the exam is passed. Students are allowed three attempts to pass the exam

General Education Requirements