Majoring & Minoring: Concentrations: Sacred Music

Intended for the student pursuing a career as a church musician, this program prepares the student in choral conducting along with a thorough academic background in church music literature and materials.

The program includes an internship with a practicing church musician, as well as the opportunity to organize and conduct a complete performance of a standard work for chorus and orchestra in a public concert.

Additional course requirements

25 semester hours, including Music Education 77-603 (core course requirement), 612; two additional hours of Ensemble; Music Literature 80-503, 513, 523, 943; Music Theory 76-343; two Religion courses in addition to the Area One religion requirement. The Capstone experience is fulfilled in one of the following ways: a junior or senior recital, a public lecture, or another project approved in advance by the Music Department.