Bachelor of Music in Performance
Bucknell Music Department
A candidate in performance shall demonstrate sufficient musical progress at the end of each semester through an examination by a jury composed of members of the department of music. By the end of the second year a student's progress will be judged by a committee of the department. Before the beginning of the senior year and usually at the end of the fourth semester, each candidate will appear before a committee of faculty to demonstrate keyboard proficiency. Admission to the senior year of study requires the approval of the entire department of music based upon recitals given by the student during the junior year. In the senior year the student will present a memorized public recital.
Voice majors in the bachelor of music-performance curriculum are required to demonstrate basic proficiency in at least two foreign languages (French, German, or Italian). Students coming to the university having taken at least the equivalent of one college semester (one year in secondary school) in one of the three specified languages should take a minimum of one semester in each of the other two. Students arriving with the specified background in two of the languages should undertake a minimum of one semester in the third. Students without the required experience in any of the three languages must take a minimum of one semester in two of the three languages. Students having had the required minimum in all three have no further language requirement. Continuing study beyond this elementary level is encouraged as part of the elective component of the students' curriculum, provided, of course, that the above requirement has been satisfied.
The following is a brief outline of required courses of study. Detailed information on this program will be supplied by the department of music. Course credit distribution is as shown:
Courses other than Music:
Common Learning Agenda courses and electives
14
Courses in Music:
MUSC 101, 102, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 259, 262*, 304*, plus two music electives
11
Courses in Solo Performance (Private Lessons):
7
Total Number of Credits:
32
*Half-credit course.
