Students in the music program at Trinity receive a solid, broad-based foundation in the understanding, teaching, and performance of music. With nine emphases available, students have a variety of specialties to choose from. Plenty of extracurricular musical opportunities alongside a rigorous course of study leave Trinity graduates fully prepared for careers in private teaching, performance, music business or management, music ministry, and for graduate study.
What courses will I take?
Requirements total 54-55 hours. This includes 39 hours from the music core and 15-16 hours of emphasis-related courses. Six hours of the major requirements meet general education requirements.
Graduation Requirements
In addition to fulfilling all college graduation requirements, BA degree requirements, and major course requirements, in order to graduate with a major in Music, a student must meet the following requirements:
1. Perform a solo entrance audition in his or her intended primary performance medium (i.e., voice, piano, organ, guitar, harp, percussion, or an orchestral string, brass, or woodwind instrument) and gain acceptance into the major
2. Achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or more in applied study (i.e., private lessons) in that primary performance medium, completing at least 8 hours of credit in lessons at the 25x, 35x, or 45x level in that medium and enrolling in lessons in that medium during every semester of full-time enrollment in the program
[Note: This requirement cannot be met by combining lesson credits in two or more performance media (e.g., voice and piano).]
3. Achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or more in all courses with the prefixes MUE, MUH, MUT, or
MUW (whether required or elective)
4. Achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or more in the large ensemble appropriate to the primary performance medium, as assigned by the Music Department—typically MUZ 270 Concert Choir for vocalists and some pianists, organists, and guitarists; MUZ 280 Symphonic Band for brass and woodwind players, percussionists, and some pianists, organists, and guitarists; or MUZ 290 Orchestra for string players (including harpists, but not guitarists)—enrolling in that ensemble during every semester of full-time enrollment in the program
A. In addition to regular on-campus rehearsals and performances and participation in the fall performing ensembles retreat:
i. Enrollment in the Concert Choir requires participation in local church concerts throughout the year, tours during the college spring break and/or the month of May, and in oratorio and music theater rehearsals and performances
ii. Enrollment in the Orchestra requires participation in oratorio and music theater rehearsals and performances
iii. Enrollment in the Symphonic Band requires participation in local church concerts throughout the year, tours during the college spring break and/or the month of May, and in pep band rehearsals and performances
B. This requirement cannot be met by combining credits in two or more ensembles (e.g., choir and band).
5. Demonstrate keyboard proficiency appropriate to the major, emphasis area, and primary performance medium (as stipulated by the Music Department) in a practical examination administered by members of the piano faculty (at times scheduled during finals week each semester), enrolling in keyboard skills classes and/or private piano lessons (i.e., MUZ 156, 161, 162, 256, 261, 262, 356, or 456) each semester until all proficiency requirements have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the examiners (or to the satisfaction of the private lesson teacher, for students whose primary performance medium is piano or organ)
6. Declare at least one emphasis area (see below), and fulfill all requirements of that emphasis
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Required Courses (39 hrs): |
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MUH 111 Introduction to Music History and Literature |
3 hrs |
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MUT 101 Fundamentals of Music |
3 hrs |
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MUT 121 Music Theory I |
3 hrs |
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MUT 122 Aural Skills I |
1 hr |
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MUT 221 Music Theory II |
3 hrs |
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MUT 222 Aural Skills II |
1 hr |
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MUT 223 Music Theory III |
3 hrs |
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MUT 224 Aural Skills III |
1 hr |
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MUT 322 Aural Skills IV |
1 hr |
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MUE 331 Basic Conducting |
3 hrs |
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MUH 341 Music History I |
3 hrs |
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MUH 342 Music History II |
3 hrs |
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MUT 360 Computers in Music |
3 hrs |
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MUZ 250-259, 350-359, 450-459 Advanced Level Private Lessons |
8 hrs |
Emphases
Each music major must choose at least one of the following eight emphases:
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Arts Administration Emphasis (15 hrs): |
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BUS 113 Principles of Marketing |
3 hrs |
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BUS 115 Human Resources Management |
3 hrs |
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BUS 353 Management of Change and Strategic Planning |
3 hrs |
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MUS 372X Nonprofit Management |
3 hrs |
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BUS 373X Nonprofit Financial Management |
3 hrs |
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Strongly recommended: |
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BUS 392 Social Entrepreneurship |
3 hrs |
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Church Music Emphasis (15 hrs): |
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MUE 432X Choral Conducting Methods and Literature |
3 hrs |
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MUW 437X Music in Worship |
3 hrs |
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MUW 438 Worship Resources |
3 hrs |
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MUW 450 Church Music Internship |
3 hrs |
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MUH -or- MUT elective |
3 hrs |
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Significant work in biblical studies strongly recommended |
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Contemporary Music Emphasis (16 hrs): |
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This emphasis area consists in its entirety of one semester’s study at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Contemporary Music Center (CMC) in Nashville, Tennessee. The CMC program concerns the origination, performance, production, and distribution of music intended to make a profit in the today’s entertainment marketplace, i.e., ―commercial‖ music. (Thus, while ―Christian contemporary music‖ [―CCM‖] might fit this focus, contemporary art music does not.) The CMC curriculum includes two core seminars—‖Faith, Music and Culture‖ and ―Introduction to the Music Industry‖—and two elective tracks (an artist track and an executive track). Each student’s course work is supported with individual and group practicums and an industry internship. Prerequisites: MUH 111, MUT 223, MUT 322, MUE 331, MUT 360, and at least 6 hours of applied music lessons (MUZ 181-494); admission to the CMC; and approval of the Associate Dean. (For more about this option, see the description under ―Special Programs: Off Campus.‖) Please note: Admission to this off-campus study program is highly competitive; there are enrollment limits at the CMC itself and quotas at Trinity for approval of involvement in off- campus programs. Thus, the Music Department cannot guarantee that all students wanting to pursue this emphasis will be able to do so, and students would be well advised to consider other emphasis areas as well, in case they are not approved or admitted to the CMC program in either the fall or spring semester of their junior year or the fall semester of their senior year. |
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Music and Missions Emphasis (18 hrs): |
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BRS 335 Survey of World Religions |
3 hrs |
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BRS 360X Foundations of Intercultural Ministry |
3 hrs |
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CM 260 Introduction to Intercultural Ministry |
3 hrs |
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MUH 211 Survey of World Music |
3 hrs |
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MUW 437X Music in Worship |
3 hrs |
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Suggested: |
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Accelerated MA Intercultural Studies (double degree) |
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Performance Emphasis (15 hrs): |
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MUT 361 Music Analysis |
3 hrs |
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Additional credit hours (not used to satisfy music core requirement) of MUZ 250-259, 350-359, 450-459 Advanced Level Private Lessons |
3 hrs |
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MUH elective |
3 hrs |
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Half recital (MUZ 350-359) and full recital (MUZ 450-459) required |
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Choose 6 hours: |
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Instrumentalists: |
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MUT 363 Instrumentation and Orchestration |
3 hrs |
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MUZ 210 B, C, E, F, S, or W Music Ensemble (3 semesters) |
3 hrs |
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Vocalists: |
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MUE 349 Diction for Singers |
2 hrs |
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MUZ 295 Vocal Performance Workshop (4 semesters) -or- |
4 hrs |
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MUZ 210V 210M or additional hour lessons |
4 hrs |
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Piano Pedagogy Emphasis (15 hrs): |
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MUE 323 Piano Pedagogy and Literature |
3 hrs |
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MUE 445 Internship in Piano Pedagogy |
2 hrs |
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MUT 361 Music Analysis |
3 hrs |
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MUZ 210C Chamber Music |
1 hr |
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MUH elective |
3 hrs |
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MUT elective |
3 hrs |
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Half recital required (MUZ 350-359) |
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Highly recommended: |
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ED 260X Educational Psychology/Human Development 3 hrs
Full recital recommended (MUZ 450-459)
Psychology Emphasis (18 hrs):
Note: For this emphasis area, students must demonstrate guitar proficiency, and must choose the following courses to fill General Education Requirements: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning:
BIO 140 Survey of Anatomy and Physiology 3 hrs
PSY 285X* Statistics 3 hrs
Personal Growth, Health and Wellness
PSY 140* Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
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MUW 437X Choose 1: |
Music in Worship |
3 hrs 3 hrs |
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PSY 220 |
Interpersonal Skills Training |
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PSY 230 |
Crisis Intervention |
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PSY 255 Choose 2: |
The Psychology of Addiction |
6 hrs |
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PSY 300 PSY 310 |
Personality Theories Abnormal Psychology |
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PSY 320 Choose 2: |
Learning and Motivation |
6 hrs |
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PSY 372 |
Cognitive/Behavioral Psychology |
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PSY 374 |
Physiological Psychology |
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PSY 400 |
Therapeutic Psychology (Prerequisite: PSY 300) |
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Theory/Composition Emphasis (15 hrs): |
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MUT 363 |
Instrumentation and Orchestration |
3 hrs |
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MUT 445 |
Senior Project in Music Theory/Composition |
2 hrs |
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MUT 462 |
Stylistic Composition |
3 hrs |
MUZ 250-259, 350-359, 450-459 Advanced Level Private Lessons–Composition 4 hrs
Choose one:
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MUT 361 |
Music Analysis |
3 hrs |
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MUT 461 |
Modal Counterpoint |
3 hrs |