Concentration in Performance

Performance students pursue a curriculum which provides graduates with the skills and resources necessary for functioning as professionals in the field, and for matriculation into graduate programs. Evidence for this is the fine record of success of many of our graduates who have established careers as teachers and performers and who pursue and receive advanced degrees.

Students in the Performance concentration receive applied lessons on their individual instrument or voice each semester. In the final year of study, each student in the concentration presents a senior recital. In addition, all students taking applied lessons are involved in chamber ensembles and a larger performing ensemble, and perform at least once a year in a recital or chamber music performance. Students are encouraged to find or create ensembles to perform on campus.

There are many fine performers and teachers on the faculty who perform throughout the region. The Mid-Hudson Valley is rich with a variety of cultural events and many opportunities for performance. The Music Department sponsors an on-campus concert series featuring faculty artists and department ensembles, as well as visiting artists. Many of the instrumental faculty have an association with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the regional professional orchestra. The Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Quartet is in residence at the college.

MAJOR PLAN

Core Courses (30 credits, required for all Music Majors):

MUS141-MUS145 Participation in Music Ensemble (6 semesters or every semester in attendance for transfer students)
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance (6 semesters or every semester in attendance for transfer students)
MUS201 Piano 1
MUS202 Piano 2
MUS301 Piano 3
MUS231 Sight Singing & Ear Training 1
MUS232 Sight Singing & Ear Training 2
MUS203 Theory 1
MUS204 Theory 2
MUS220-MUS227 Applied Music Classical (2 semesters)
MUS331 Music to 1750
MUS333 Music since 1750

Requirements for Concentration in Performance (22 credits):

MUS303 Theory 3
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony
MUS364 Form & Analysis
MUS220-MUS227 Applied Music Classical (2 additional semesters)
MUS420-MUS427 Applied Music Classical (4 semesters)
MUS483 Senior Recital

Electives in Music (8 credits)