The Honors Music Program offers degree certificates for students who satisfy certain requirements. Not all students will choose to work towards a degree.
There are three levels of certificate in the program:
• Graduate
• Graduate with Honors
• Graduate with High Honors
Graduation Requirements for Instrumental Performance Majors
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:
• 2 years of Music History
• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4
• 1 Year of Jazz
• 2 years of Chamber Music
• 2 years of Aural Skills
• A half-hour recital
Graduate with Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:
• 21st Century Music
• Jazz 2
• 1 academic elective
• A forty-five minute recital
Graduate with High Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:
• 21st Century Music
• Jazz 2
• 2 academic electives
• 1 Jazz or Chamber Class
• A one-hour recital
Graduation Requirements for Composition Majors
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:
• 2 years of Music History, including 21st Century Music
• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4
• 2 years of Composition
• Orchestration and Arranging
• 2 years of Aural Skills
• 1 academic elective
• A half-hour recital featuring at least 2 original compositions
Graduate with Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:
• 1 year of Jazz
• 20th Century Theory
• 2 academic electives
• A forty-five minute recital featuring at least 3 original compositions
Graduate with High Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:
• 1 year of Jazz
• 20th Century Theory
• Counterpoint
• 1 academic elective
• 1 performance class
• A one-hour recital featuring at least 3 original compositions
Graduation Requirements for Vocal Majors
Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA and complete:
• 2 years of Music History
• 2 years of Music Theory, including Theory 4
• 2 years of Aural Skills
• 2 years of Diction
• 2 years of vocal repertoire
• A half-hour recital
Graduate with Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 2.5 GPA and complete:
• 21st Century Music
• 1 academic elective
• A forty-five minute recital
Graduate with High Honors
In addition to finishing the requirements for graduation, students must obtain a 3.0 GPA and complete:
• 21st Century Music
• 2 academic electives
• A one-hour recital