Degree Requirements

Strings & Harp

BM • Performance

Overview

The 4-year undergraduate Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Performance degree provides extensive applied training, ensemble participation and chamber music experiences, in addition to comprehensive instruction in music theory and music history. Performance majors also complete the university’s core curriculum.

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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

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Page Stephens

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Faculty

Joel Braun

Associate Professor of Double Bass
Daniel Ching

Associate Professor of Practice in Violin
William Fedkenheuer

Associate Professor of Practice in Violin and Chamber Music
Miro Quartet, Violin
Joshua Gindele

Associate Professor of Practice in Violoncello
Adam Holzman

Professor of Guitar
Farkhad Khudyev

Music Director, Symphony Orchestra
Douglas Kinney Frost

Principal Conductor, Butler Opera Center
John Largess

Associate Professor of Practice in Viola
Brian Lewis

Professor of Violin
Wilhelm Magner

Assistant Professor of Viola
Mallory McHenry

Lecturer in Harp
Laurie Scott

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

Professor of Cello
Division Head, Strings
Sandy Yamamoto

Associate Professor of Practice in Violin Performance

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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

Bachelor of Music students in performance or composition degrees are required to perform a Senior Recital in the final year of study, after successfully passing the Full Division Faculty Jury (FDFJ).

Jazz students and performance students with a focus in pedagogy are also required to perform a Junior Recital in the third year of study. Junior recitals are typically shorter and should never extend beyond an hour.

Find recital scheduling procedures on the Butler School Operations website.

Juries

Bachelor of Music in Performance students must perform a jury every semester except when performing their Junior and Senior recitals. All undergraduate juries are 10 minutes in length except the Full-Division Faculty Jury (FDFJ), which is 15 minutes. Admission to Junior standing in performance requires the successful performance of a 15-minute FDFJ, typically after successfully advancing to the fourth semester of study in the program.

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.

Students should fill out a jury form and provide it to their instructor for every semester of study until the jury sequence for a degree program is fulfilled.

Jury Requirements
Instrument	Short Jury Repertoire (10 minutes \| 312a, 312b, 312c, 362a, and 362b) All concerto and unaccompanied works must be memorized*	Long Jury Repertoire (15 minutes \| 312d) All concerto and unaccompanied works must be memorized*
Violin	1. One complete movement from J.S. Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (the doubles for each movement must be prepared as a pair) 2. One complete movement of a concerto for violin and orchestra	1. Short jury requirements 2. Additional repertoire may be added at the discretion of the teacher for a total of 20 minutes of music
Viola	1. One movement of solo Bach 2. One movement of a sonata or concerto	1. One movement of solo Bach 2. Two or more contrasting pieces drawn from the sonata or concerto repertoire for a total of 15 minutes of music
Cello	1. One movement of solo Bach 2. One movement from a standard concerto 3. All of the orchestral excerpts from the UT Symphony Orchestra audition	1. One movement of solo Bach 2. One movement from a standard concerto 3. One other contrasting work or movement of a work for a total of 15 minutes of music
Double Bass	1. One movement from the Bach Cello Suites OR two contrasting movements of a Baroque sonata 2. One contrasting piece or movement selected from the standard solo literature 3. Two contrasting orchestral excerpts selected from the standard repertoire	1. One movement from the Bach Cello Suites 2. One movement from a standard concerto 3. One other contrasting work or movement of a work 4. At least three contrasting orchestral excerpts selected from the standard repertoire for a total of 15 minutes of music
Guitar	At least two contrasting works from different periods	1. One movement of Bach (or equivalent Baroque composer, i.e. Scarlatti, Weiss etc.) 2. Two other contrasting works from different periods for a total of 15 minutes of music
Harp	All 312 Juries: One etude or orchestral excerpt and two additional works of contrasting style All 362 Juries: Three works of contrasting style. This may include: a single movement of a concerto or multiple movements of a sonata, an original 16th to 18th-Century harp composition (or a published transcription from that time period), and one work by a major harpist composer. *Orchestral excerpts and etudes (excepting concert etudes) may be performed with printed music; all other solo repertoire should be memorized	Three works of contrasting style for a total of 15 minutes. This may include: a single movement of a concerto or multiple movements of a sonata, an original 16th to 18th-Century harp composition (or a published transcription from that time period), and one work by a major harpist composer. Orchestral excerpts, chamber works and duos (harp or otherwise) are an acceptable alternative for the third category.

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

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ADVISING & REGISTRATION

For information about course registration, academic deadlines, adding and dropping courses, applying to graduate and other policies, visit the College of Fine Arts Student Affairs website.

Non-music majors should contact their home college’s advising office. Prospective students may contact the Music Admissions Office for assistance.

Music majors who wish to take a restricted individual instruction course need to fill out a Consent Form. Once the faculty member has approved your request, the bar to register for the course will be lifted. This form is available at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters and summer session registration periods, through the 12th class day (4th class day for summer sessions).

Music majors who wish to take an independent study course need to complete a Request Form. The request will be reviewed by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. If approved, the Academic Advisor for Music will add the independent study course for the student. This form is available every semester.

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