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   Undergraduate Catalog :: Conservatory of Music and Dance
 
  

Organ Emphasis Area

Prerequisites

  1. Students must show demonstrable knowledge of all major and minor scales and arpeggios at moderate tempo.
  2. Students should be able to perform Bach Two-Part Inventions or the Bach Little Preludes and Fugues for Organ and a contrasting work of comparable difficulty.

Required Courses

(See minimum foreign language and core requirements)


  Foreign Language French/German 110, 120         10
  Conservatory 101-402 Applied Study              32
  Ensemble (Eight Semesters)(a)                    8
  English 300-level Writing Intensive Course       3
  Conservatory 382 Choral Conducting               2
  Conservatory 427 18th Century Counterpoint       2
  Conservatory 437 Computer Literacy for
    Music Teachers                                 3
  Conservatory 460-469 Organ Literature I, II      4
  Conservatory 491C Pedagogical Practices I
    (Organ)                                        2
  Electives (Harpsichord)                          2
  Applied (Piano [2])(b)                           4
  Electives (Music)(c)                             4
  Electives                                        8
(a) Organ performance majors have the option of using a maximum of four semesters of Conservatory 305G, Collaborative Keyboard, in lieu of their major ensemble.
(b) Two semesters of applied piano are required. Piano 202 (two hours) and the piano proficiency examination must be passed prior to graduation; therefore, additional piano may be required.
(c) Successful completion of Conservatory 310, Keyboard Skills IV, with a grade of B- or better is required.

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