Vocal Performance Major, Bachelor of Music (BM)
Required: Students must audition with the appropriate faculty and be accepted into a studio. Review the Music website for audition requirements.
In programs leading to the Bachelor of Music, the program provides thoroughly professional and supportive training, in addition to the breadth requirements set for the liberally educated student. This course of study presupposes that the student will have a strong background in musical performance, demonstrated in the entrance audition. The curriculum for voice majors includes performance experiences with choral, pedagogy, performance, opera, and music theater genres. This program leads to lucrative pathways in music careers spanning from studio teaching, choral conducting, performance, and studio recording.
Grade Requirement for all majors offered by the Music Department: the minimum acceptable grade for any music course required for graduation (including transferred music courses) is ≥C.
| Required Non-Credit Music Components | ||
| CONVOCATION AND RECITAL ATTENDANCE (must be repeated each term) | ||
Junior Recital | ||
Piano Proficiency | ||
| Required Vocal Performance Courses | ||
| MUSC 101 & MUSC 102 & MUSC 103 | MUSIC THEORY I and MUSIC THEORY II and MUSIC THEORY III | 9 |
| MUSC 104 & MUSC 105 & MUSC 106 | SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS II and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS III | 3 |
| MUSC 121 & MUSC 122 | PIANO CLASS II FOR MAJORS and PIANO CLASS III FOR MAJORS | 2 |
| MUSC 201 & MUSC 202 & MUSC 203 | MUSIC THEORY IV and MUSIC THEORY V and MUSIC THEORY VI | 9 |
| MUSC 204 & MUSC 205 | SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS IV and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS V | 2 |
| MUSC 244 | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | 2 |
| MUSC 250 & MUSC 251 & MUSC 252 | MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I and MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II and MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE III | 12 |
| MUSC 310 | BASIC CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MUSC 312 | ADVANCED CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MUSC 320 & MUSC 321 & MUSC 322 | DICTION FOR SINGERS I and DICTION FOR SINGERS II and DICTION FOR SINGERS III | 3 |
| MUSC 323 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE READING AND COMPREHENSION | 1 |
| MUSC 324 & MUSC 325 | VOCAL LITERATURE I and VOCAL LITERATURE II | 4 |
| MUSC 388 | PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL MUSIC | 4 |
| MUSC 461 | VOCAL PEDAGOGY | 3 |
| MUSC 470 | SENIOR RECITAL | 2 |
| Applied Music Requirements–must be repeated | 24 | |
| APPLIED INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | ||
| APPLIED INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | ||
| APPLIED INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | ||
| APPLIED INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | ||
| Major Music Ensemble Requirement Options–must be repeated | 12 | |
| MARCHING BAND | ||
| WIND ENSEMBLE | ||
| SYMPHONIC BAND | ||
| ORCHESTRA | ||
| SYMPHONIC CHOIR | ||
| CONCERT CHOIR | ||
| Minor Music Ensemble Requirements –Choose from the following (may be repeated) | 2 | |
| COLLEGIANS | ||
| VOCAL JAZZ LAB | ||
| CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES | ||
| OPERA & THEATRE VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE | ||
| POP COMBO | ||
| Required Senior Capstone/Thesis | ||
| MUSC 490 | MUSIC SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
| Total Credits | 102 | |
University Competencies and Proficiencies
English
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning
Placement and Clearance
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB
General Education Requirements (GER)
- Minimum Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
- 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
- 45 credits in residence (attendance) at Eastern, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at Eastern
- Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0
Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)
Humanities and Arts
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
University Graduation Requirements (UGR)
Diversity Course List
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List
Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term you expect to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).
Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.
Requirements in Degree Works are based on these two catalog years:
- The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Credit Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
- The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.
Students who earn a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from EWU should be able to:
- perform music in public on the voice in a manner consistent with professional expectations through successful completion of juries, recitals, and vocal productions;
- demonstrate advanced competency in music theory through score analysis and compositional exercises;
- demonstrate advanced music aural skills through dictation and sight singing exercises;
- demonstrate advanced historical knowledge of music through writing research reports and exams;
- demonstrate fundamental music keyboard skills through successful completion of a piano proficiency exam;
- demonstrate competency in music conducting through successful completion of practical conducting assignments;
- apply music pedagogical principles to the primary instrument through successful completion of exams, research reports, and teaching demonstrations;
- demonstrate singing diction skills in target languages in a manner consistent with professional expectations through successful completion of diction performance assignments, translations, program notes, juries, recitals, and vocal productions.