- Applications are processed in the fall and spring semesters of the sophomore year. Fall Entrance is available only to those second yearstudents who are recommended both by their studio teacher and the music education program leaders. Second year students may wait and apply for Entrance during semester four. If you have questions about this process, and the best timing for your application, consultDr. Leigh Ann Garner or your adviser.
- Applicants must also complete separate paperwork for the Education Department as part of the process. Consult with Dr. Leigh Ann Garner, Music Education, prior to applying.
- An entrance application is due in HOM 245 by 5 p.m. on October 15th or February 15th of the sophomore year.
- Music office staff will assemble a file containing the student’s academic record of all completed music courses and written comments from all music faculty with whom the student has worked.
- Additional entrance requirements: 1. A performance on the principal instrument/voice on a Music Education Entrance/Continuance Recital. Repertoire should not exceed 8 minutes. (See Student Recital schedule and fill out the recital application, which is due by 8 a.m. on the due date.) A student whose principal instrument is the piano must perform only on the instrument of certification (voice or band/orchestral instrument.) 2. A successful mid-term examination in Music 251: Conducting.
- An interview with members of the music faculty may be required.
- The music faculty must approve all entrance applications.
- Students will be informed in writing the faculty’s decision.
3. If a successful entrance into the B.M. Music Education program was in the Fall semester of the sophomore year, this is a “provisional” acceptance into the B.M. Music Education major.
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- The student will be officially entered into the B.M. Music Education degree program at the end of their fourth semester after a successful checkpoint administered by the Music Education committee focusing on academic benchmarks and dispositional qualities.
- Hour lessons (.50 credit) would begin in the fall semester of the student’s junior year.
- A continuance recital will still typically happen in the fall semester of the student’s junior year.