Music Minor

Students who minor in music performance must take courses in either Western theory, literature and performance or Arab theory, literature and performance. In order to complete the minor in music, a student will:

• Understand and sight-read music notation.
• Acquire fundamental listening skills.
• Learn the basic principles of music theory (either Western or Arab).
• Study representative great works of music literature and the composers who produced them (either Western or Arab).
• Make substantial progress in singing or playing an instrument; more advanced students may also present part of a solo recital, with the permission of their private teacher and the Music Program Director.
• Perform by singing and/or playing an instrument in an ensemble.

This will require that the student complete 17 credit hours of instruction, normally including the following: