Piano Pedagogy, BM
The BM with a major in performance-piano pedagogy 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)
Choral Ensemble- 1 semester
Choose from:
Concert Chorale | 0.5 | |
University Singers | 0.5 | |
Cantiamo | 0.5 |
Undergraduate Collaborative Piano- 4 semesters
Undergraduate Collaborative Piano | 0.5 |
Chamber Music- 3 semesters
Chamber Music | 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
Studio Performance Lessons (18 hours)
Lower Division -8 hours
Upper Division-10 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 (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 (8 hours)
Beginning Piano Pedagogy | 2 | |
Intermediate Piano Pedagogy | 2 | |
Group Piano Pedagogy | 2 | |
Piano Teaching Internship | 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)
Must include three hours of Advanced Music Theory or Advanced Music History
Education (6 hours)
Educational Psychology | 3 | |
Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
Acoustics and Natural Science (10-11 hours)
Fundamentals of Electro-Acoustic Music | 3 | |
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Fundamentals of Digital Recording | 2 | |
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Fundamentals of Voice Pedagogy for Music Educators | 2 | |
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Principles of Behavior I | 4 | |
Principles of Behavior II | 4 |
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.