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Music Theater

The Bachelor of Music in Music Theater is focused on training students with a high proficiency in singing for a career in Broadway-style performance. The degree is one of the most music intensive in the country and couples rigorous music training with equally rigorous courses in dance, acting, performance techniques, stagecraft, and general studies. The faculty is committed to training musical theater majors as professional musicians as well as highly skilled dancers and actors. Our graduates have experienced great success due, in large part, to the music training we provide.

Students in the musical theater program audition for all six of the Bass School of Music annual productions and are cast in musicals and operas alike. Our productions integrate the skills of the curriculum: music and text analysis and preparation, character analysis, acting skills, movement, dance, and diction. Students gain performance skills in not only musical theater but also classical and operatic repertoire. Each student must complete a junior recital consisting entirely of classical repertoire and a senior recital focused on music theater repertoire and related styles. This vocal cross training makes our graduates competitive and versatile.

In addition to the rigorous training our musical theater students receive, graduating seniors audition for a New York City Showcase and have the opportunity to work with professionals in the field and audition for agents and casting directors.

The degree plan below shows the courses required for completion of a Bachelor of Music in Music Theater. The course sequence is a suggestion only, and each student will meet with his or her advisor to discuss the most appropriate sequence for that student.

All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours. Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours to be considered a full-time student. Students must receive credit for six semesters of Music Assembly. Students must attain the required proficiency and performance levels as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog.

Freshman Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 1112Theory I2
MUS 1122Aural Skills I2
AMA 1571Class Piano I1
OMT 1381Opera Music Theater Performer's Lab1
THRE 1413Acting Company I3
DANCDance Technique1
ENGL 1113Composition I3
 Total Credits16

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 1212Theory II2
MUS 1222Aural Skills II2
AMA 1671Class Piano II1
THRE 1513Acting Company II3
DANCDance Technique2
ENGL 1213Composition II3
 Total Credits16

Sophomore Year

First Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1372Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 2112Theory III2
MUS 2122Aural Skills III2
AMA 1771Class Piano III1
MUS 1123Music and the Human Experience3
OMT 2382Acting in Music Theater2
DANCDance Technique1
 General Education Course3
 Total Credits17

Second Semester

COURSE NUMBERCOURSE TITLECREDIT HOURS
AMV 1472Applied Voice2
MUENMajor Ensemble1
MUS 35XXTheory Topics Course2
AMA 1871Class Piano IV1
MUS 3133Writing About Music3
DICT 1152English Diction2
THRE 1402Stagecraft2
THRE 1441Stagecraft Lab1
DANCDance Technique2
 Total Credits16