Bachelor's Degree in Music Performance with Concentration in Voice

Degree: Bachelor of Music
Major: Music Performance
Concentration: Voice
Hours: 128-131

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Music Performance Degree Overview

The Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at ��ý offers a Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Performance with a concentration in vocal, which is tailored for you if you like to show your talent in front of adoring crowds. The program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and fully immerses you in the cultural study of music, composition, performance techniques, education, history and more.

Here, you can sing in a chorus, go to a live performance, compose an original piece, enjoy music of various genres and play your instruments, all while refining your natural gifts and talents. Surrounded by artistic institutions throughout our area, we strongly encourage you to participate in Southeast Texas’ cultural life.

Some of our regional ensembles include the Symphony of Southeast Texas, Beaumont Interfaith Choral Society, Beaumont Community Players, Beaumont Ballet Theatre and the Beaumont Civic Ballet. Other opportunities lie in our rich variety of religious institutions, live music venues and community theatre companies, to name a few, that are always willing to have LU music students as performers – and some of those pay scholarships or stipends. Southeast Texas is an ideal place to study music in all its forms. Watch the faculty interview to learn more about this program and the Department of Music.

Courses You May Take

Voice: Lower division individual applied lessons. Enrollment is restricted to music majors who have successfully completed a departmental audition. Any student enrolled in this course will be concurrently enrolled in the appropriate major ensemble as described elsewhere in the university catalog. Any exception must be approved by the chair of the music department.

Vocal Literature: Survey of representative solo song literature, with emphasis on Italian, German, and French art songs.

Opera Literature: Study of the historical development of opera from Monteverdi to the present with emphasis on representative works and composers.

Vocal Pedagogy: A study of practice and technique associated with vocal instruction and a review of current teaching methods.

World Music: A study of music of the world cultures.

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Career Paths for Music Performance

As a performance major, you have many options open to you upon graduation, depending on the areas in which you network and perform during your studies. We highly recommend further graduate and even postgraduate study to take you to the heights of your career as a professional performer.