Piano, BM
Some School of Music majors require more than 120 hours to complete. See individual music requirements for details.
The BM with a major in Piano Performance requires the following:
Ensembles (4 hours total, 0.5 hours each semester)
Choral Ensemble: 1 semester (0.5 hours)
Concert Chorale | 0.5 | |
University Singers | 0.5 | |
Vox Resonare | 0.5 | |
Frog Corps | 0.5 |
Undergraduate Collaborative Piano: 4 semesters (2 hours)
Undergraduate Collaborative Piano Techniques | 0.5 | |
In exceptional cases, a student may substitute course for course, but not more than two semesters and only by petition to the piano faculty) | ||
Chamber Music: 3 semesters (1.5 hours)
Chamber Music | 0.5 |
Studio Performance Lessons (24 hours)
Lower Division: 12 hours
Upper Division: 12 hours
Music Theory (22 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 | |
Tonal Counterpoint | 2 |
Music History (17 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 | |
Keyboard Literature II Romantic through Contemporary | 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 (3 hours)
Any MUSI, MUSP, or MUSN courses beyond those required in the major.
Acoustics (2 -3 hours)
Fundamentals of Electro-Acoustic Music | 3 | |
OR | ||
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 (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.