Course variations

Course summary

This program is designed for students who seek a cogent music curriculum as well as elective credits in other disciplines. Students go on to successful careers as music educators, orchestral players, Broadway pit musicians, professional singers, composers and arrangers, critics, college professors, music librarians, and in such fields as music technology, media arts, and music publishing and management. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies may apply to the master's and doctoral degree programs offered by or in conjunction with this department.

Program modules

The modules include Fundamentals of Music (MUSC 1400 / MUS 1.4), African American Music (MUSC 2101 / MUS 10.1), Music of the United States (MUSC 2102 / MUS 10.2), Music in New York City (MUSC 2103 / MUS 10.3), History of Jazz (MUSC 2104 / MUS 10.4), Opera (MUSC 2105 / MUS 10.5), Popular Music and Technology (MUSC 2106 / MUS 10.6), Special Topics (MUSC 2109 / MUS 10.9), Introductory Studies in Musicianship: Ear Training (MUSC 3211 / MUS 21.1), Eighteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training (MUSC 3212 / MUS 21.2), Nineteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training (MUSC 3213 / MUS 21.3), Twentieth-Century Studies: Ear Training (MUSC 3214 / MUS 21.4), Keyboard workshop I (MUSC 3221 / MUS 22.1), Keyboard Workshop II (MUSC 3222 / MUS 22.2), Keyboard Workshop III (MUSC 3223 / MUS 22.3), Keyboard Workshop IV (MUSC 3224 / MUS 22.4), Introductory Studies in Musicianship: Theory of Music (MUSC 3231 / MUS 23.1), Eighteenth-Century Studies: Theory of Music (MUSC 3232 / MUS 23.2), Nineteenth-Century Studies: Theory of Music (MUSC 3233 / MUS 23.3), Twentieth-Century Studies: Theory of Music (MUSC 3234 / MUS 23.4), Music History and Score Analysis I: Middle Ages through Late Baroque (MUSC 3241 / MUS 24.1), Music History and Score Analysis II: Pre-Classical through Romanticism (MUSC 3242 / MUS 24.2), Music History and Score Analysis III: Twentieth-Century to the Present (MUSC 3243 / MUS 24.3), Music History and Score Analysis I: Introductory Studies (MUSC 3247 / MUS 11.1), Music History and Score Analysis I: Introductory Studies (MUSC 3249W / MUS 11.1W), Composition I (MUSC 3251 / MUS 25.1), Composition II (MUSC 3252 / MUS 25.2), Composition III (MUSC 3253 / MUS 25.3), Composition IV (MUSC 3254 / MUS 25.4), Composition V (MUSC 3255 / MUS 25.5), Composition VI (MUSC 3256 / MUS 25.6), Introduction to Electro-Acoustic Music (MUSC 3261 / MUS 26.1), Electro-Acoustic Music (MUSC 3262 / MUS 26.2), Orchestration (MUSC 3315 / MUS 31.5), Techniques for Recording Music (MUSC 3322 / MUS 32.2), The Mechanism and Maintenance of the Piano (MUSC 3335 / MUS 33.5), Conducting I (MUSC 3350 / MUS 35), Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques (MUSC 3352 / MUS 35.2), Special Topics (MUSC 3491 / MUS 49.1), Special Topics (MUSC 3492 / MUS 49.2), Special Topics (MUSC 3493 / MUS 49.3), Voice Production (MUSC 3600 / MUS 60), String Class: Violin and Viola (MUSC 3611 / MUS 61.1), String Class: Violoncello and Bass Viol (MUSC 3621 / MUS 62.1), Woodwind Class (MUSC 3630 / MUS 63), Brass Class (MUSC 3640 / MUS 64), Percussion Class (MUSC 3650 / MUS 65), Fretted Instrument Workshop (MUSC 3661 / MUS 66.1), Piano Repertory Class (MUSC 3671 / MUS 67.1), String Repertory Class (MUSC 3672 / MUS 67.2), Accompanying at the Keyboard I (MUSC 3681 / MUS 68.1), Accompanying at the Keyboard II (MUSC 3682 / MUS 68.2), Opera Workshop (MUSC 3700 / MUS 70), Chorus (MUSC 3710 / MUS 71), Chamber Chorus (MUSC 3711 / MUS 71.1), Percussion Ensemble (MUSC 3720 / MUS 72), Collegium Musicum (MUSC 3730 / MUS 73), Chamber Music (MUSC 3740 / MUS 74), Contemporary Music Ensemble (MUSC 3741 / MUS 74.1), Brass Ensemble (MUSC 3742 / MUS 74.2), Woodwind Chamber Music (MUSC 3743 / MUS 74.3), Orchestra (MUSC 3750 / MUS 75), String Orchestra (MUSC 3751 / MUS 75.1), Wind Ensemble (MUSC 3760 / MUS 76), Ensemble in Non-Western Music (MUSC 3770 / MUS 77), Jazz Big Band (MUSC 3780 / MUS 78), Small Ensemble Jazz (MUSC 3781 / MUS 78.1), Performance I (MUSC 3791 / MUS 79.1), Performance II (MUSC 3792 / MUS 79.2), Performance III (MUSC 3793 / MUS 79.3), Performance IV (MUSC 3794 / MUS 79.4), Performance V (MUSC 3795 / MUS 79.5), Performance VI (MUSC 3796 / MUS 79.6), Advanced Ear Training (MUSC 4360 / MUS 36), American Music (MUSC 4430 / MUS 43), The Jazz Tradition (MUSC 4431 / MUS 43.1), Music of the World's People (MUSC 4440 / MUS 44), Linear Analysis of Tonal Music (MUSC 4450 / MUS 45), Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music (MUSC 4460 / MUS 46), Advanced Musicianship: Jazz (MUSC 4470 / MUS 47).

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants are considered for admission on the basis of high school academic average, SAT scores, GED scores. Students must have an official transcript from an accredited high school or a GED diploma with scores. A minimum CAA (College Admissions Average) of 81 and a minimum combined SAT score of 1,000 in reading and math is required. Students preparing for baccalaureate study include the following high school academic units English: four units, Social studies: four units, Foreign language: three units of one foreign language: French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish, or another acceptable foreign language, Mathematics: three units consisting of one unit of elementary algebra (9th-year mathematics), one unit of plane geometry (10th-year mathematics), and one unit of intermediate algebra and trigonometry (11th-year mathematics); or Courses I, II, and III of the New York State Sequential (integrated) Mathematics Curriculum, Science: Three units consisting of one unit of any of the following: general biology, general science, chemistry, physics, physiography or earth science, advanced biology, botany, or zoology. (It is recommended that students intending to major in a math- or science- related area have four units each of science and math.). Applicant whose native language is not English and whose secondary and postsecondary schooling was not in English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Brooklyn College Of The City University Of New York

Department name

Conservatory of Music