Music

Website: www.iup.edu/music
Matthew Baumer, Chair

The mission of the IUP Department of Music is the professional preparation of music students as teachers, performers, composers, and scholars. We are committed to providing the highest level of creative, intellectual, and cultural experiences through curricular offerings, recitals, concerts, productions, and workshops for both the student body and the university community. The Department of Music recognizes its responsibility to serve a local and global community and to promote diversity/multiculturalism, as well as embrace and encourage lifelong advocacy for the musical arts. Degrees offered are Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science in Education.

Admission to the Music Department requires satisfactory completion of an audition, in addition to the university general requirements. Detailed information will be sent to the applicant upon request.

The Bachelor of Arts degree is for students who desire a broad-based education while developing their musicianship, scholarship, and performance skills. This program combines a core curriculum of music studies with both general education and liberal arts courses and is ideal for students who wish to pursue a double major or minor in another academic field.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (equivalent to the Bachelor of Music degree) emphasizes the application of musical knowledge and skill. The student in this program prepares to pursue a career as a professional performing musician or composer.

The Bachelor of Science in Education—Music Education is an educator preparatory program that leads to K-12 certification to teach in the schools of Pennsylvania.

Special Requirements for All Music Majors

Each student must declare a primary performing medium. Those who elect voice as their primary instrument normally elect piano as a secondary instrument. Performance juries are held at the end of each semester. Students are expected to complete the requirements for their performing area and level. Piano proficiency is required in all degree programs. Students who matriculate with keyboard skills beyond those covered in class piano must substitute, at the discretion of the keyboard area, APMU 101 and/or APMU 151 for a total of 2cr.
Each semester, students must participate in at least one large ensemble on their primary instrument. They must also participate in at least one small ensemble each semester, to be selected by their advisor. The large ensembles includeMUSC 122 , MUSC 123 , MUSC 124 , MUSC 125 , MUSC 129 , MUSC 131 , MUSC 132 , and MUSC 134 . For pianists, guitarists, and other students whose primary instrument does not regularly feature in large ensembles, the department chair will assign suitable alternatives. Students may satisfy the ensemble requirement by enrolling in either 1cr or 0cr ensembles so long as they accrue the total number of ensemble credits required by their degree program.
Students must register for MUSC 475 and attend four departmental meetings and eight campus performances each semester, as required by their degree program (seven semesters for the BSEd program and eight semesters for the BA and BFA programs). Campus performances may include recitals, concerts, art exhibitions, theater productions, and so on.
In addition to a successful audition for entrance into the Department of Music, prospective students are required to complete a diagnostic music theory exam. Those who score below 70 percent on the exam must take MUSC 113 concurrently with MUSC 115 . Students may attempt the diagnostic exam twice.