Piano Performance Option
This option is available within the Music Studies major at the following location:
- Corvallis
Option Code: 097
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Understand the characteristics that are central to the musics of different cultures and sub-cultures.
- Gain knowledge of the social and historical elements that have helped in the development and dissemination of music world-wide.
- Distinguish several sounds of music from different cultures, and gain an understanding of key concepts of the musics of different cultures.
- Differentiate instruments that are used in different cultures by sight and sound as well as the function of these instruments.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | ||
| MUS 111 | THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| MUS 251 | INTRO TO ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP | 3 |
| MUS 330 | (repeatable) | 3 |
| MUS 378 | 3 | |
| MUS 375 | 3 | |
| MUS 443 | THEORY AND COMPOSITION STUDIES | 3 |
| MUS 445 | PIANO PEDAGOGY I: BEGINNING AND ELEMENTARY STUDENTS | 3 |
| MUS 446 | 3 | |
| MUS 447 | 3 | |
| MUS 481 | PIANO LITERATURE I: 18TH THROUGH EARLY 19TH CENTURIES | 3 |
| MUS 482 | PIANO LITERATURE II: 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES | 3 |
| MUS 485 | 3 | |
| MUS 400 | ^STUDIES IN WRITING ABOUT MUSIC | 3 |
| Studio Instruction | ||
| MUP 190 | INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: KEYBOARD (3 terms, 2 credits each) | 6 |
| MUP 290 | INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: KEYBOARD (3 terms, 2 credits each) | 6 |
| MUP 390 | INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: KEYBOARD (3 terms, 2 credits each) | 6 |
| MUP 490 | INDIVIDUAL LESSONS: KEYBOARD (3 terms, 2 credits each) | 6 |
| MUP 398 | JUNIOR RECITAL | 1 |
| MUP 498 | SENIOR RECITAL | 1 |
| Ensembles/Chamber Music | ||
| MUS 163 | ACCOMPANYING (6 terms, 1 credit each) | 6 |
| Select eight credits from the following courses: | 8 | |
| ACCOMPANYING | ||
| CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| GROUP PIANO V | ||
| GROUP PIANO VI | ||
| Total Credits | 79 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Option Code: 097