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Piano Performance (BM)

The Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance program at Dallas Baptist University will provide the piano student with a thorough musical foundation of historical and practical knowledge that acknowledges God as Creator while pursuing excellence in every dimension of performance, including skillful musical interpretation and sensitivity to ministerial potential.  

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

courses

credit hours (bM)

Developing A Christian Mind
DCM 2301 - Developing a Christian Mind

3

English

9

ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I

ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II

ENGL 2301 - World Literature I

or

ENGL 2302 - World Literature II

Foreign Language
BM students with a major in Performance are required to take eight hours of 1000 level Spanish, French, or German.

8

Foundations for Excellence

1

FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence

is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.)

History

6

Choose two:

HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865

HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865

HIST 2301 - World Civilization I

HIST 2302 - World Civilization II

Kinesiology

2

KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living

and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived.

Mathematics

3

Choose one:

MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts

MATH 1303 - College Algebra

MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis

MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Natural Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only)

4

One laboratory science from Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geology, Physical Science, or Physics

Religion

9

RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey

RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey

RELI 4342/MUSI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service

Social Science
POLS 2301 - American National Government

3

TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS

48

ACADEMIC MAJOR: 

50

CONTENT

MUSI 1011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II

MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I

MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II

MUSI 1206 - Diction I

MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I

MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II

MUSI 2011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV*

MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III

MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV

MUSI 2305 - Introduction to Music Literature and Fine Arts

MUSI 2311 - Music Theory III

MUSI 2312 - Music Theory IV

MUSI 3089 - Junior Recital for Performance Majors

MUSI 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure

MUSI 3203 - Keyboard Skills

MUSI 3204 - Music History and Literature I

MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II

MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III

MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting

MUSI 3215 - Collaborative Piano in Performance and Worship

MUSI 3311 - Elementary Music Methods

MUSI 4088 - Interdisciplinary Performance Project

or

MUSI 4089B - Senior Recital for Performance Majors

MUSI 4100 - Piano Pedagogy Practicum

MUSI 4203 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

MUSI 4217 - Piano Pedagogy and Literature I

MUSI 4218 - Piano Pedagogy and Literature II

MUSI 4228 - Piano Literature and Performance Practice

MUSB 4310 - The Musician as Entrepreneur

* (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses).

APPLIED MUSIC

Applied Piano (18 credit hours: 8 lower level, 10 upper level).

18

Applied Secondary (3 lower level).

3

MUSI 1130 Applied Organ

1

PIANO PROFICIENCY

MUSI 2023C Sophomore Barrier for Piano Majors/Concentrations

MUSI 3023 Piano Proficiency Level V

CR

CR

ENSEMBLES

MUSI 1135 and MUSI 1136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass)

OR

MUSI 1186 and MUSI 1187 Liberty Chorus (Treble)

2

MUSI 2135 and MUSI 2136 Patriot Chorus (Tenor/Bass)

OR

MUSI 2186 and MUSI 2187 Liberty Chorus (Treble)

2

MUSI 3167 and MUSI 3168 Piano Ensemble

2

MUSI 3103 Collaborative Piano Practicum I

1

MUSI 4103 Collaborative Piano Practicum II

1

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (8 semesters) 

MUSI 1000 (S-L) 

MUSI 1001

CR/NC

CR/NC

Total Academic Major Requirement

80

ELECTIVES

Upper-Level Electives

Lower or Upper-Level Electives

0

0

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED

128

A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 36 upper-level credit hours.

At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.

Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.

A minimum grade of C- is required for all music courses within a music major field of study.

(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.

Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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