Degree Requiremnets

Voice

BM • Choral 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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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

Voice & Opera Faculty

Donnie Ray Albert

Senior Lecturer in Voice
Steven Brennfleck

Lecturer in Voice
Garnett Bruce

Resident Stage Director, Butler Opera Center
J.D. Burnett

Director of Choral Activities
Director, Concert Chorale
Division Head, Voice & Opera
Carlos Capra

Lecturer in Opera
Leah Crocetto

Lecturer in Vocal Arts
Liliana Verónica Guerrero

Assistant Professor of Voice
Douglas Kinney Frost

Principal Conductor, Butler Opera Center
William Lewis

Professor of Voice
James Maverick

Lecturer in Collaborative Piano
Cynthia Morrow

Assistant Professor of Practice in Voice
Suzanne Pence

Director, Treble Chamber Choir
Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning, Choral Conducting
Rick Rowley

Associate Professor of Practice
Vocal Coaching & Collaborative Piano
Tamar Sanikidze

Director, Butler Opera Center
Professor of Opera
Principal Opera Coach
Mikhail Smigelski

Lecturer in Voice

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 students must perform juries throughout the first three years of study. All jury repertoire must be memorized. No juries are required in the same semester that students perform a Community Recital or a Recognition in Music Performance Recital.

Jury Requirements
	Fall	Spring
First Year	6 minutes Prepare six songs which include French, German, Italian and English Languages	Same requirements as fall semester
Second Year	6 minutes Prepare six songs which include French, German, Italian and English Languages	10 minutes (Full-Division Faculty Jury) Same repertoire requirements as fall semester
Third Year	6 minutes Prepare repertoire that includes four languages and diverse styles	Same requirements as fall semester

Students should provide a “jury sheet” for all of the faculty with the repertoire they have prepared. Students are required to give minute synopsis for each selection from the stage.

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.

Jury comments from faculty will be shared with students.

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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