Organ, BM
The BM with a major in performance-organ requires the following:
Some School of Music majors require more than 120 hours to complete. See individual music requirements for details.
Music Requirements
Ensembles (4 hours total-.5 hour each semester)
Chamber Music or Collaborative Piano - 4 semesters
Chamber Music | 0.5 | |
Undergraduate Collaborative Piano | 0.5 |
Choral Ensemble - 4 semesters
Concert Chorale | 0.5 | |
University Singers | 0.5 | |
Cantiamo | 0.5 |
Studio Performance Lessons (24 hours)
Lower Division-12 hours
Upper Division-12 hours
Music Theory (25 hours)
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Form and Analysis | 2 | |
Modal Counterpoint | 2 | |
Counterpoint | 2 | |
Musical Structure and Style | 3 |
Music History (14 hours)
History of Western Music I | 3 | |
World Music for Music Majors | 2 | |
History of Western Music II | 3 | |
History of Western Music III | 3 | |
Keyboard Literature I Pre-Baroque through Classical | 3 |
Performance Pedagogy (4 hours)
Beginning Piano Pedagogy | 2 | |
Intermediate Piano Pedagogy | 2 |
Functional Piano (2 hours)
Functional Piano | 1 | |
Functional Piano | 1 |
Conducting (2 hours)
Introduction to Conducting | 2 |
Recitals (2 hours)
Recital I | 1 | |
Recital II | 1 |
Music Electives (5 hours)
Must include three hours of Advanced Music Theory or Advanced Music History
Acoustics (2-3 hours)
Fundamentals of Electro-Acoustic Music | 3 | |
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Fundamentals of Digital Recording | 2 | |
OR | ||
Fundamentals of Voice Pedagogy for Music Educators | 2 |
University Requirements
Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (42 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.