Degree Requirements

Keyboard

BM • Instrumental Music Studies

Overview

The 4-year undergraduate Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Music Studies degree leads to all-level music teacher certification in public schools. In addition to extensive training in music teaching and learning, students take lessons in their primary instrument, participate in ensembles and receive comprehensive instruction in music theory and music history. Music Studies majors also complete the university’s core curriculum.

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Contacts

Administrative Contacts

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Stephen Page

Scholarships & Assistantships

Lynda Oh

Academic Advisor for Music

Joseph Reese

Registrar

Phaedra White Abbott

Assistant Director for Admissions

Rachel Butler

Operations & Scheduling

Page Stephens

College of Fine Arts Student Affairs

Keyboard Faculty

Gregory Allen

Professor of Piano
Andrew Brownell

Assistant Professor of Piano
Margarita Denenburg

Associate Professor of Practice in Piano Pedagogy
Director, Piano Project
Gregory Eaton

Lecturer in Organ and Harpsichord
Anton Nel

Professor of Piano and Chamber Music
Division Head, Keyboard Studies

Music & Human Learning Faculty

Greg Cavazos

Assistant Professor of Practice in Music and Human Learning
Robert A. Duke

Director, Center for Human Learning
Suzanne Pence

Director, Treble Chamber Choir
Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning, Choral Conducting
Laurie Scott

Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning
Director, The University of Texas String Project
Director, Musical Lives
Amy Simmons

Senior Lecturer in Music and Human Learning
Justin J. West

Assistant Professor of Music and Human Learning
Marjorie Yankeelov

Lecturer in Music and Human Learning

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Degree Requirements

Degree plans provide you with a list of all the courses that are required to earn a specific degree. You can use them to decide on a major, compare the differences in degrees, and to make informed decisions in choosing which courses to take each semester.

Undergraduate degree plans are available on the College of Fine Arts website.

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Recitals

Students in a Music Studies degree are required to do a Community Recital, in which the student arranges for a space off-campus independently. The recital must be at least 30 minutes in length. To schedule a Community Recital, please contact Prof. Amy Simmons for paperwork.

Alternatively, Music Studies students may apply to perform a Recognition in Music Performance Recital, provided they are enrolled in principal instrument course 260. This petition may be submitted during any semester in which the student is enrolled in principal instrument course 260. Students will then perform a Full Division Faculty Jury (FDFJ). After successfully passing the FDFJ, the student must present a recognition recital during the following academic year. The student may also enroll in Music 420R rather than principal instrument course 260 for the semester in which the Recognition Recital is to be given.

Find recital scheduling procedures for the Recognition in Music Performance Recital on the Butler School Operations website.

Juries

Bachelor of Music Studies piano and organ students must perform 10-minute juries in both fall and spring for the first three years of study. If a student performs a Recognition in Music Performance or Community Recital in the third year, the jury requirement for that semester will be waived. Students should provide a “jury sheet” for the faculty with repertory they have prepared.

Postponements are allowed for extenuating circumstances (injury, death in the family, etc.). No-shows are considered a failure. If a jury is postponed, the student must perform the jury within the first twelve class days of the following semester and pass in order to advance to the next level.

Semester grades for applied lessons are comprised of the following:

50% grade from studio teacher

50% jury grade from keyboard faculty other than studio teacher

Find more information about this semester's juries, including FDFJ forms and deadlines.

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