MUSIC, APPLIED (MUA)
Office: 175 Moody Music Building
Enrollment in any applied music course requires permission of the instructor.
The music ensembles (one credit hour each semester) are regular University courses, open to all University students by audition. All attendance rules apply and grades are given. Only performance majors in the B.M. program who have completed the sophomore qualifying examinations may register for ensembles at the 300 level. All other students must register at the 100 level. The ensembles may be taken for credit more than once, subject to the restrictions noted below. Where the number of enrollments is limited, the stated limit refers to the total allowable number of semesters including both 100- and 300-level courses.
MUA 150:350 Symphony Orchestra
MUA 156:356 Percussion Ensemble
MUA 158:358 Contemporary Music Ensemble (maximum four semesters)
MUA 160:360 Opera Workshop (fall)
MUA 161:361 Opera Production (spring)
MUA 163:363 University Singers
MUA 165:365 Piano Accompanying (maximum two semesters)
MUA 166 Piano Ensemble I (maximum two semesters)
*This ensemble meets from 4–5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday throughout the fall. Students may miss one meeting per week due to class or lab conflict.
Weekly meeting times for studio instruction must be arranged with the instructor at 3:00 p.m. on the first day of classes of a semester. The course numbers MUA 129 through MUA 149 denote private study of an instrument or voice for non-music majors; each course carries 1 hour of credit and may be repeated for credit.
MUA 131 Piano
Prerequisite: Three years of previous study.
Course numbers MUA 170 through MUA 189 and MUA 370 through MUA 389 denote private study of the principal instrument or voice for music majors; each course carries 1–4 hours of credit and may be repeated for credit. Music majors should register for the principal applied instrument at the MUA 170–MUA 189 level during the first four semesters at the University. Following successful completion of the sophomore qualifying examination (MUA 199), students should register for the principal applied instrument at the MUA 370–MUA 389 level. Weekly meeting times for studio instruction must be arranged with the instructor at 3:00 p.m. on the first day of classes of a semester.
MUA 178 and MUA 378 String Bass
MUA 189 and MUA 389 Percussion
Course numbers MUA 270 through MUA 289 denote private study of a secondary instrument or voice for music majors; each course carries .5–1 hour of credit and may be repeated for credit. Weekly meeting times for studio instruction must be arranged with the instructor at 3:00 p.m. on the first day of classes of a semester.
Course numbers MUA 100 through MUA 125 and MUA 220 denote group instruction in piano, guitar, or voice. Each course carries 1 hour of credit.
MUA 220 Class Guitar (prerequisite: MUS 115)
MUA 010 Music Convocation. No credit.
Required for all music majors and music minors.
MUA 199 Sophomore Qualifying Exam. No credit.
MUA 299 Piano Proficiency Exam. No credit.
Required for all music majors.
MUA 399 Junior Recital. 1 hour.
MUA 499 Senior Recital. 1 hour.