Degree Requirements - Keyboard - BM Piano Performance

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Degree Requirements

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BM • Piano 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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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 piano and organ students must perform 15-minute juries throughout their four years of study.

Jury Requirements, by year
YEARREQUIREMENTS
First Year15-minute juries required at the end of the fall and spring semesters.
Second Year15-minute juries required at the end of the fall and spring semesters.
The spring semester jury is a Full-Division Faculty Jury.
Third Year

15-minute jury required at the end of the fall semester.

Junior Recital performed in the spring semester.

Fourth Year

15-minute jury required at the end of the fall semester.

Senior Recital is normally performed in the spring semester;
students who opt to perform the recital in the fall may have their
 jury requirement 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. 

 


 

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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