Voice, B.Mus.

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US 150 First Year Success Seminar

All incoming new students will be registered for US 150 - First Year Success Seminar during the first semester of the first year. The credit earned for this course does not count toward the completion of the degree.

Required Credits: 122

First Year

Semester 1 (15 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credit(s) required)
APC 114P - First-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
APC 122 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 110 - IPA & Italian Lyric Diction 1 credit(s)
TH 111 - Diatonic Harmony 2 credit(s)
TH 120P - Elementary Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
HLM 020 - Information Literacy in the Performing Arts 0 credit(s)
WRT 110W - Academic Writing I 3 credit(s)
OPR 160 - Movement for the Stage 1 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Semester 2 (15 credits)

VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
APC 115 - First-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
APC 123 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 111 - English & Latin Lyric Diction 1 credit(s)
OPR 161 - Acting for the Stage 1 credit(s)
TH 112 - Chromatic Harmony 2 credit(s)
TH 121P - Elementary Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
WRT 111W - Academic Writing II 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Second Year

Semester 1 (15 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
APC 214P - Second-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
APC 222 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 210 - German Lyric Diction 1 credit(s)
HLM 212 - Perspectives on Music History 3 credit(s)
OPR 260 - Stage Characterization 1 credit(s)
TH 210 - Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 220P - Intermediate Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Semester 2 (14 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
APC 215 - Second-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
APC 223 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 212 - French Lyric Diction 1 credit(s)
HLM 213 - Classicism to the Present 3 credit(s)
TH 211W - Post-Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 221P - Intermediate Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Third Year

Semester 1 (17.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 314 - Third-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
OPR 420 - Opera Workshop 2 credit(s)
TH 320 - Advanced Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
Language 3 credit(s)³
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Semester 2 (15.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 315 - Third-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
TH 321 - Advanced Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
Music history elective 3 credit(s)⁴
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Fourth Year

Semester 1 (15.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 416 - Fourth-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
HLM 422W - Survey of Vocal Literature 2 credit(s)
Mathematics elective 3 credit(s)
Language 3 credit(s) ³
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s) ²

Semester 2 (14.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-0.5 credit(s) (0.5 credits required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 410 - Vocal Pedagogy 2 credit(s)
APC 417 - Fourth-Year Vocal Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
REC 440P - Recital 0-2 credit(s) (1 credit required) ⁵
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)²

Note(s):

¹A total of 16 credits of applied voice lessons (AVO - 488) is required for a bachelor’s degree in voice.

²Students must participate in a CPO choral ensemble for eight semesters. Participation in multiple CPO choral ensembles in any given semester, beyond the required 1 credit, will count as elective credit.

³Students must take required credits in French, Italian, German or Spanish. Permission to substitute another language may be granted only by the Director of Vocal Studies.

⁴Students may choose HLM 200 or HLM 316 .

⁵Must be taken concurrently with private vocal study.

Voice majors are required to earn a B- or higher in all applied lessons.