Semester Requirements
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The music performance minor combines courses in music theory, history, and world music with practical application through ensemble participation and applied music study. This combination of the academic and practical strives to offer students a more profound understanding of the art of music and, in a broader sense, an introduction to cultural development and the communication of ideas. A total of 20 quarter credit hours, selected from the following areas of study, is required for the minor.
Required Course:
0505-499 Music Theory I
Required Ensembles and Applied Music*—Four credits must come from participation in one of these ensembles. Up to an additional four ensemble or applied music credits may be counted toward the minor:
0505-401 RIT Singers
0505-402 RIT Orchestra
0505-403 RIT Concert Band
0505-404 RIT World Music Ensemble
0505-405 RIT Jazz Ensemble
0505-420 Applied Music
Music History Elective—Choose at least one of the music history courses listed below. Up to an additional 8 credits of these courses may be counted toward the minor:
0505-442 Music in the United States
0505-447 The American Musical Theater
0505-448 20th Century American Music
0505-450 Music and the Stage
0505-454 Orchestra Repertoire and History
0505-455 Survey of Jazz
0505-456 Topics in Music History
0505-459 Era of Haydn and Mozart
0505-463 Survey of African-American Music
0505-464 Blues as Personal and Social Commentary
0505-465 Special Topics: Mozart's Opera
0505-466 Sounds of Protest
0505-470 American Popular Song
0505-471 American Popular and Rock Music
0505-482 Beethoven
0505-483 Bach and the Baroque
0505-484 Romanticism in Music
Music Theory and World Music Electives: Up to 8 credits may be counted toward the minor:
0505-461 World Music I
0505-462 World Music II
0505-485 Music Theory II
* Each of the required ensemble classes is one credit hour only. Four quarters of participation are required to complete one upper-level course equivalent.