Music with Performance Option (B.Music)
Total Semester Hours required for the Degree: 121-127 semester hours
Semester Hours required for the Music with Performance Option: 81-87 semester hours
In order to graduate with an option in performance, students must earn a "C" or better in all music courses except those that are taken as electives.
This option comprises:
Music Performance Core (Total Hours: 32)
Music Theory Courses (16 credit hours)
Music History Courses (9 credit hours)
or MUS 3593G - Survey of Western Musical Masterworks, Honors. Credits: 3
or MUS 3594 - Music History and Literature I, Honors. Credits: 3
or MUS 3595 - Music History and Literature II, Honors. Credits: 3
Additional Music Courses (6 credit hours)
Recital (Audit Only)
(four semesters)
1. Instrumental Concentration (Total Hours: 52)
Instrumental Applied Study (28 credit hours)
· MUS 1120R, 1121R, 1122R, 1123R, 1124R, 1130R, 1131R, 1132R, 1133R, 1134R, 1140R, 1150R, 1151R, 1152R, 1153R
· MUS 3320R, 3321R, 3322R, 3323R, 3324R, 3330R, 3331R, 3332R, 3333R, 3334R, 3340R, 3350R, 3351R, 3352R, 3353R
All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study. By the end of the sixth semester, students must pass the Advanced Study Jury. Applied study then continues at the advanced level.
Ensemble (12 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
4 credit hours selected from:
4 credit hours selected from:
4 credit hours selected from:
Additional Course Work (12 credit hours)
- Music Electives. Credits: 3
2. Keyboard Concentration (Total Hours: 55)
Keyboard Applied Study (28 credit hours)
· MUS 1160R or MUS 1161R
· MUS 3360R or MUS 3361R
All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study. By the end of the sixth semester students must pass the Advanced Study Jury. Applied study then continues at the advanced level.
Ensemble (8 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
Selected from:
Chamber Music (4 credit hours, taken over 4 semesters)
Additional Course Work (15 credit hours)
- Music Electives. Credits: 3
(twice)
3. Vocal Concentration (Total Hours: 55)
Vocal Applied Study (28 credit hours)
- MUS 1110R
- MUS 3310R
All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study. By the end of the sixth semester students must pass the Advanced Study Jury. Applied study then continues at the advanced level.
Ensemble (8 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
Selected from:
Additional Course Work (19 credit hours)
- Foreign Language (8 credit hours 1101 or above)
4. Composition Concentration (Total Hours: 49)
Instrumental, Keyboard, or Vocal Applied Study (8 credit hours)
· MUS 1110R, 1120R, 1121R, 1122R, 1123R, 1124R, 1130R, 1131R, 1132R, 1133R, 1134R, 1140R, 1150R, 1151R, 1152R, 1153R, 1154R, 1160R, 1161R
· MUS 3310R, 3320R, 3321R, 3322R, 3323R, 3324R, 3330R, 3331R, 3332R, 3333R, 3334R, 3340R, 3350R, 3351R, 3352R, 3353R, 3354R, 3360R, 3361R
All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study. By the end of the sixth semester students must pass the Advanced Study Jury. Applied study then continues at the advanced level.
Ensemble (8 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
Ensemble (8 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
Selected from:
Additional Course Work (33 credit hours)
- Music Electives. Credits: 5
(4 credit hours)
or MUS 3156 - Instrumental Conducting and Literature. Credits: 1
(8 credit hours)
or MUS 4840 - Band Arranging. Credits: 2
or MUS 4850 - Jazz Band Arranging. Credits: 2
5. Jazz Studies Concentration (Total Hours: 54)
Applied Study (24 credit hours)
Applied Study, Primary Instrument (18 credits)
- MUS 1110R, 1120R, 1121R, 1123R, 1124R, 1130R, 1131R, 1132R, 1133R, 1134R, 1140R, 1150R, 1151R, 1152R, 1153R, 1154R, 1160R, 1161R
- MUS 3310R, 3320R, 3321R, 3322R, 3323R, 3324R, 3330R, 3331R, 3332R, 3333R, 3334R, 3340R, 3350R, 3351R, 3352R, 3353R, 3354R, 3360R, 3361R
All majors must enroll in Intermediate Applied Study. By the end of the sixth semester students must pass the Advanced Study Jury. Applied study then continues at the advanced level.
And Applied Study, Secondary Instrument (2 credits)
- MUS 0010R, 0020R, 0021R, 0022R, 0023R, 0024R, 0030R, 0031R, 0032R, 0033R, 0034R, 0040R, 0050R, 0051R, 0052R, 0053R, 0054R, 0060R, 0061R
- Saxophonists are required to take one semester of clarinet and one semester of flute.
And MUS 3363R – Advanced Jazz I (total of 4 credits over two semesters.)
Ensemble (14 credit hours, taken over 8 semesters)
Must include 4 credit hours from:
(Upon departmental approval, keyboard and guitar students may substitute MUS 0220R, MUS 0221R, or MUS 0222R, or MUS 3622R)
And 4 credit hours from:
And 6 credit hours from:
(Minimum of 2 credits of MUS 3622R)
Additional Course Work (16 credit hours)
(8 semesters required)
Information sourced from the 2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.