Instrumental Concentration

Music Requirements

Ensembles (4 hours total- .5 hour each semester)

Students with band concentration: 8 semesters

Four must be:

course

Marching Band

0.5

Four remaining may be chosen from:

course	Wind Symphony	0.5
course	Symphonic Band	0.5
course	Jazz Ensemble	0.5

Students with orchestra concentration: 8 semesters

Students must enroll in course each regular semester.

course

Symphony Orchestra

0.5

Remaining credits may be chosen from:

course	Chamber Music	0.5
course	New Music Ensemble	0.5
course	Collegium Musicum	0.5

Studio Performance Lessons (14 hours)

Lower Division - 8 hours

Upper Division - 6 hours

Music Theory (20 hours)

course	Elementary Ear Training I	1
course	Elementary Theory I	3
course	Elementary Ear Training II	1
course	Elementary Theory II	3
course	Advanced Ear Training I	1
course	Advanced Theory I	3
course	Advanced Ear Training II	1
course	Advanced Theory II	3
course	Form and Analysis	2
course	Instrumentation	2

Music History (11 hours)

course	History of Western Music I	3
course	World Music for Music Majors	2
course	History of Western Music II	3
course	History of Western Music III	3

Instrumental Techniques (5 hours)

Students select 5 credits from the list below. Selections must be advisor and/or advising mentor-approved and must demonstrate functional proficiency across percussion, woodwind, brass, and string instruments appropriate to the student’s intended teaching specialization.

course	Class Guitar	1
course	String Instrument Technique I	1
course	String Technique II	1
course	Percussion Technique	1
course	Woodwind Technique I	1
course	Brass Technique I	1
course	Woodwind Technique II	1
course	Brass Technique II	1

Private lessons on an instrument (1 credit) may be substituted for an instrumental techniques credit in limited cases as approved by the advisor and/or advising mentor(s).

Class Voice (1 hour)

course

Class Voice

1

Methods (1 hour)

Choose 1 hour from:

course	Marching Band Techniques and Design	1
course	Instrumental Arranging Methods	1
course	Jazz Methods and Materials	1

Music Education (9 hours)

course	Introduction to Music Education	1
course	Music Learning and Assessment	1
course	Elementary Music	3
course	Instrumental Methods and Materials I	2
course	Instrumental Methods and Materials II	2

Conducting (4 hours)

course	Introduction to Conducting	2
course	Instrumental Conducting	2

Recital (1 hour)

course

Recital I

1

Music Elective (1-2 hours)

Wind and Percussion, 1 hour

Strings, 2 hours

Acoustics (2 hours)

course

Fundamentals of Digital Recording

2

Education Requirements

Communication Studies (3 hours)

Required for admission to the College of Education:

course

Communicating Effectively

3

ED Psych/Development (6 hours)

course	Educational Psychology	3
course	Child and Adolescent Development	3

Education Certification (10 hours)

course	Professional Practice Seminar	1
course	Study of Exceptional Students	3
course	Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas	3
course	Schools, Curriculum, and Society	3

Student Teaching (6 hours)

course

All Level Student Teaching

6

University Requirements

Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (36 hours minimum)
TCU Core Curriculum minimum requirements vary depending on the choice of courses. Some courses may count in more than one area. The maximum required is 63 hours.

Music Education, BME

Music Education, BME