B.M. in Instrumental Performance

University of Tulsa

TU’s School of Music upholds a prolific tradition of musical excellence that enriches the cultural and intellectual campus life. Whether turning your passion into a profession or simply having music an integral part of your education, we present a wide range of programs to explore: performance, composition, music education, and studies in music with a strong liberal arts component.Suiting individual talents and leading to notable professional careers, you are offered a flexible, high-quality curriculum led by a distinguished faculty of active scholars, while our close-knit classes allow a breadth of foundational knowledge and a thorough grounding in teaching practices. Learning by doing, you may join a myriad of vocal and instrumental performance ensembles emphasizing jazz, classical, and film music.Learning OutcomesStudents graduating with a bachelor’s degree from the School of Music will:1. Develop technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in at least one major performance area. Students must acquire an understanding of repertory in their major performance area, the ability to read music at sight, rehearsal and conducting skills necessary to work as a leader, keyboard competency and collaborative competence and knowledge of repertory through regular and varied ensemble experiences. (Performance)2. Develop an understanding of compositional processes, an ability to work conceptually with musical structures, and the ability to defend musical judgements. Demonstrate the ability to hear, identify and work conceptually with rhythm, melody and harmony. (Musicianship Skills, Music Theory, Ear Training and Analysis)

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