Goals

• To develop a working knowledge of American music and Western art music - their history, literature, and sources in art and vernacular traditions.
• To develop an understanding of diverse music traditions by examining their grammar, structure, and relationship to other arts within their cultural context.
• To encourage musical research beyond the classroom into areas of specific interest.
• To develop an ability to make music through analysis, composition, improvisation, and performance.
• To develop the ability to identify related concepts in the curriculum and apply them throughout the discipline, including historical, theoretical, pedagogical, and practical.
• To develop critical thinking and writing skills.
• To develop competency working with technology.

Objectives

• Demonstrate knowledge of music history in written and oral communication.
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse performance practices as applied to his/her major instrument.
• Perform at a high level on his/her major instrument.
• Demonstrate consistent preparation by keeping a practice journal each semester to track progress and results.
• Demonstrate knowledge of quality reference, research, and pedagogical materials.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current technology within the field.
• Demonstrate knowledge of musicianship skills through singing and playing the piano.