"Applied Music" and "Applied Study" refer to individual lessons in voice or an instrument. An audition is required before registering for any level of applied music study. For information on scheduling an audition, please contact the Music Office at (423) 425-4601. Applied study at the 100-level is appropriate for non-majors and for those who wish to major in music but need remedial study. 100-level applied music may be taken for 1 or 2 credit hours as instructors are available. For 1 credit hour, the student receives a 30-minute individual lesson per week; for 2 credit hours, the lesson is 60 minutes. The latter is subject to instructor approval. 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level applied music study are reserved for music majors, qualified minors and advanced non-majors with instructor's approval. These levels may be registered for 1 - 4 credit hours. For 1 credit hour, the student receives a 30-minute lesson each week. For 2 - 4 credit hours, the lesson is 60 minutes. Please see the Music Student Handbook for further information.
Bachelor of Music Continuation Standards
In order to assure the professional competence of graduates in Bachelor of Music programs, students must demonstrate their mastery of both theoretical and applied aspects of music at the midpoint of their degree programs. Successful completion of these standards is prerequisite to enrollment in upper-division music courses.
Performance (Instrumental and Vocal):
- 2.0 grade point average in all music courses.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 404, 405, 406.
- Audition for admission to 400 level before Division Jury in the semester during which student is registered for his/her sixteenth hour of 200-level study.
- Audition requirements for continuation include 15 minutes of solo repertoire (memorized as required), demonstrating at least two distinct stylistic periods. Students must also demonstrate techniques as mandated by each applied area. See the Undergraduate Music Student Handbook for further details regarding this audition.
Theory and Composition:
- 2.0 GPA in all music courses.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 404, 405, 406.
- Audition on primary instrument for admission to 300 level before applied faculty in semester juries at the end of the fourth semester of 200-level study.
- Audition requirements for continuation include 10 minutes of solo repertoire (memorized as required), demonstrating at least two distinct stylistic periods. Students must also demonstrate techniques as mandated by each applied area. See the Undergraduate Music Student Handbook for further details regarding this audition.
- Written evaluation by theory/composition faculty of aptitude for career in theory/composition submitted to department head and the semester jury panel prior to the audition.
Music Education: Instrumental or Vocal
- For graduation, 2.0 grade point average in music courses and 2.0 average in College of Health, Education and Professional Studies courses. For licensure, 2.5 overall average, 2.5 average at UTC, 2.5 average in education courses with no grade lower than a C, and 2.5 average in content area courses with no grade lower than a C.
- Audition on primary instrument for admission to 300 level before applied faculty in semester juries at the end of the fourth semester of 200-level study.
- Audition requirements for continuation include 10 minutes of solo repertoire (memorized as required), demonstrating at least two distinct stylistic periods. Student must also demonstrate techniques as mandated by each applied area. See the Undergraduate Music Student Handbook for further details regarding this audition.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the standardized Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 404, 405, 406.
- Pass the Piano Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to Music 321.
- Evaluation by faculty of aptitude for a career in music education via the entrance interview for TEP.
Note: These requirements are in addition to those mandated by the College of Health, Education and Professional Studies.
Theory Proficiency Exam Requirements:
Demonstrate thorough grasp of basic concepts, symbols, and procedures taught in the music theory and ear training sequence. This will include:
- writing and identifying scales, key signatures, modes, intervals, triads, seventh chords, “borrowed” chords;
- correct division of beats/pulses and beaming in various meters;
- the ability to write tonal harmonic progressions in four parts, using good voice leading;
- The ability to recognize and describe with appropriate terminology the elements of musical form in a brief composition or portion thereof;
- The ability to accurately sing at sight a tonal melody, and to accurately perform a rhythmic passage at sight;
- The ability to complete brief melodic and harmonic dictations.
Conditional Provision for Theory Proficiency Exam and Performance Standards
If a student passes the Theory Proficiency Exam but does not meet the performance standards, he or she may enroll in upper-division courses on a provisional basis for one semester. At the end of that semester, the student must re-audition and pass the performance standards in order to continue in the degree program.
Conversely, if a student meets the performance standards but fails the Theory Proficiency Exam, he or she may enroll in upper-level applied study on a provisional basis for one semester. At the end of that semester, the student must retake and pass the theory exam in order to continue in the degree program.
1640 - Music (B.A.)
- General Education (see list of approved courses)
- Rhetoric and Composition: Two approved courses (6 hours)
- Mathematics: One approved mathematics course (3 hours)
- Statistics: One approved course in statistics (3 hours)
- Natural Sciences: Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component (7-8 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts: Music 111* and one approved humanities or fine arts course (6 hours). Note: Music 111 should be completed with the first four semesters of study.
- Cultures and Civilizations: Option A: Western Humanities I and II and Music 311* (9 hours)
- Behavioral and Social Sciences: Two approved behavioral or social science courses in two different disciplines (6 hours)
- Foreign Languages: Through second college year in one foreign language
- Completion of a minor with a minimum 2.0 grade point average
Major Requirements
Music 103, 104, 107, 108, 111#, 203, 204, 207, 208, 311#, 315, 316 (Note: Music 111 should be completed within the first four semesters of study.)
Large ensemble participation required each semester of residence, minimum 8 hours credit, with the exception of piano and guitar majors who may substitute up to 4 semesters of small ensemble participation.
