Music - Marygrove College

Music from Marygrove College is a Campus Bachelor Music degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. General Information The Department of Music offers undergraduate programs designed to prepare students for professional careers in the field of music. It also provides service courses for students majoring in other disciplines. As a student in the music department, you will have access to courses which emphasize intensive study in specific concentrations, as well as general musical study. Classes are offered in the areas of music theory, MIDI, composition, music history and literature, ensemble, music education methods and techniques, applied music , sacred music, piano pedagogy, and guided field experience. Specific Information The Bachelor of Music degree is a highly specialized program requiring approximately 74-80 credit hours in music. In this program, classes stress the skills, discipline, and understanding essential for a professional musician. As a Bachelor of Music student, you may select from these areas of concentration: performance in voice, piano, or organ; music education; music theory/composition; music theory/composition specializing in MIDI; sacred music with a choral emphasis, organ emphasis or piano emphasis; and piano pedagogy. Due to the integrated nature of the disciplines studied for the degree, a minor is not required for Bachelor of Music students. You may, however, choose to complete a minor in another field if you wish. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music is designed for students who wish to have a major in music which is less specialized and allows for a broader experience in the liberal arts. In the B.A. program, you will take approximately 52 required music credits. Due to the integrated nature of the disciplines studied for the degree, a minor is not required for Bachelor of Arts students with a music major. You may, however, choose to complete a minor in another field if you wish. Career Information Careers open to the music major are increasing steadily. Among those of greatest interest are: teacher/conductor at all levels and in all types of schools; studio teacher; vocalist in church choir, concert chorale, and opera; church musician as organist and/or choir director; composer; arranger; orchestrator. View more details on Marygrove College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music courses.