Principal Applied Music is a weekly hour-long individual lesson in piano, organ, voice, brass, percussion, and woodwind instruments required for music majors. Students will learn technical skills requisite for self-expression, the ability to perform a cross-section of major performance repertoire for their instrument, thereby building their general musicianship skills to a level sufficient to work in collaboration with other music professionals in their concentration. In addition to basic music skills, functional performance abilities in voice and keyboard appropriate to the candidate’s specialization is required. Students registered may also be required to attend performance and repertoire classes. Instructors will include opportunities for students to arrange and adapt music and create original music. Students are required to enroll in the applied lesson of their major instrument for 8 semesters. Admission is by audition and consent of instructor.
Recommended
Principal Applied Instrument courses should be taken in sequence (113, 114, 213, 214, 313, 314, 413, 414).
