Vocal Performance Advising Template


Please see the current course catalogue for official requirements.  This is meant to be a draft/starting-point.

Click here to download this sample schedule as a PDF. 

 

1st year

   

Fall Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUTH 201

Music Theory & Analysis 1

4

TBD, MWF

MUTH 211

Aural Skills 1

1

TBD, TH

MUTH 221

Sight-Singing 1

1

TBD

FRST 100

Freshmen Studies 1

6

11:10-12:20, MWF

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MURP 271

Introduction to Vocal Studies

1

4:30-5:40, M

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

MURP 201

Basic Keyboard Skills 1

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

20*

 

Winter Term

   

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUTH 202

Music Theory & Analysis 2

4

TBD, MWF

MUTH 212

Aural Skills 2

1

TBD, TH

MUTH 222

Sight-Singing 2

1

TBD

FRST 101

Freshmen Studies 2

6

11:10-12:20, MWF

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MURP 272

English Singing Diction

1

4:30-5:40, M

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

MURP 202

Basic Keyboard Skills 2

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

20*

 
       

Spring Term

     

MUTH 251

Music Theory & Analysis 3

4

TBD, MWF

MUTH 261

Aural Skills 3

1

TBD, TH

MUTH 271

Sight-Singing 3

1

TBD

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MURP 371

Acting for Singers 1

3

MWF 11:10-12:20, + lab

MURP 273

Italian Singing Diction

1

4:30-5:40, M

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

MURP 203

Basic Keyboard Skills 3

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

17*

 

Consider a 3-unit or 6-unit class this term

1st year performance review is at the end of spring term.

 

 

 

 

2nd Year

   

Fall Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUTH 252

Music Theory & Analysis 4

4

TBD, MWF

MUTH 262

Aural Skills 4

1

TBD, TH

MUTH 272

Sight-Singing 4

1

TBD

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MURP 275

French Singing Diction

1

4:30-5:40, M

MURP 362

Acting for Singers II

3

MWF 11:10-12:20

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

16*

 
 

 Consider a 3-unit or 6-unit class this term

 
       

Winter Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUTH 301

Music Theory & Analysis 5

4

TBD, MWF

MUTH 311

Aural Skills 5

1

TBD, TH

MUTH 321

Sight-Singing 5

1

TBD

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MURP 274

German Singing Diction

1

4:30-5:40, M

 

Elective

6

TBD

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

19*

 
 

 

   
       

Spring Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

TBD

MURP 276

Recitative

1

F, 3:10-4:20

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

19*

 

Sophomore qualifying exam is at the end of spring term.

 

 

 

3rd Year

 

 

Fall Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUCO 201

Introduction to Musicologies 1✣

6

MWF

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MUEP 371

Vocal Pedagogy 1✧

3

1:50-3:00, TR

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1, Term 1

6

Typically MWF morning

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

21*

 
 

 

   
       

Winter Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUCO 202

Introduction to Musicologies 2✣

6

MWF

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

MUEP 372

Vocal Pedagogy 2✧

1

1:50-3:00, R

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1, Term 2

6

Typically MWF morning

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

19*

 
       

Spring Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

 

 

Elective

6

 

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

18*

 

The half-recital is usually performed in the spring term.

 

✣ - MUCO 201-202 have a pre-requisite of having completed the first year of Music Theory.

✧ - Vocal Literature requires Junior Standing or consent of the instructor

 

 

 

4th Year

 

 

Fall Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

TBD

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2, Term 1

6

Typically MWF morning

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

18*

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MURP 455

Vocal Literature✧ 

3

T/R 3:10-4:20

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2, Term 2

6

Typically MWF morning

 

Elective

6

 

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

21*

 
       

Spring Term

     

Course

Name

Units

Time

MUIN 303

Voice

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

TBD

 

Elective

6

TBD

MUEN 270/272/275

Choir

1

TBD

 

TOTAL

18*

 
 

 

Consider adding:

   

MUEP 373

Brain, Music, and Optimal Performance

3

T/R 12:30-1:30

 

The full recital is usually completed in the spring term of senior year.

 

✧ - Vocal Literature requires Junior Standing or consent of the instructor

Stage Performance Options

 

Every vocal performance major needs to complete 2 units of stage performance, and 1 unit of theatre production credit (working in the shop, costumes, lights/sound, stage management, for example).

Fall Term

 

 

MUEN 280

Fall Scenes

 

MUEN 237

Micro-Operas

 

MUEN 282

Mainstage Opera Prep

 

THAR 357

Musical Theatre Production

 

   

 

Winter Term

 

MUEN 283

Mainstage Opera

 

   

 

Spring Term

 

 

MUEN 284

Spring Opera Scenes

 

 

NOTES:

*Ensembles do not count toward overload

Two of the available six-unit elective spaces need to be Musicology 400-level courses, which require the completion of the MUCO 201-202 sequence.

One six-unit elective space needs to be Conducting Principles, which can be taken any term:

MUEP 380

Conducting Principles

6

Offered MWF 12:30-1:40

Every voice major needs to complete 60 units in classes from the College (i.e. not with MU** as the course prefix). 

W, D, and G requirements will need to be completed, and are often found in upper-level musicology courses.  Note that the voice performance degree’s requirement of two terms of two languages can satisfy the G requirement, but will not satisfy the G requirement for students who double-major in Choral Music Education and Vocal Performance (who will need an explicitly nonwestern class, e.g. a MUCO 400s course in ethnomusicological perspectives).

Ensembles, such as choir or opera, do not count toward overload, are typically 1 unit, may be repeated, and are not registered for in advance.