Senior Project and Music Major Forms
Senior Project in Music
Senior Project (one unit total)
By the middle of their junior year, students, in consultation with the music faculty, declare their area of concentration (composition, performance, research). By the end of their junior year, students propose a senior project based on these guidelines:
1. Performance: A public recital of no less than 60 minutes in length, with at least three style periods represented (including 20th century). Students will typically enroll in the appropriate applied music instruction course (one-quarter unit) during Fall of their senior year; and, in the Spring of their senior year, enroll in two course, a second one-quarter unit of applied music instruction and MUSC 420 (one half unit). The one-half unit of applied instruction earned for Senior Project is above and beyond the five one-quarter units required for graduation in the major.
2. Composition: Creation of an original work or works presented to the public and introduced by the composer. Students will typically enroll in MUSA 104 (one-quarter unit) during Fall of their senior year; and, in the Spring of the senior year, enroll in two courses, a second one-quarter unit of MUSA 104 and MUSC 420 (one-half unit). The one-half unit of applied instruction earned for Senior Project is above and beyond the five one-quarter units required for graduation in the major.
3. Research: An original thesis tailored to the student's special interests, pursued in consultation with a music faculty member, and culminating in a public lecture. Students will enroll in either MUSC 420 and 422 (two one-half unit courses) or MUSC 421 (a one unit course) during their senior year.
Students may, in consultation with the faculty, propose a senior project combining more than one area of concentration (e.g., performance and composition, performance and research, composition and research).
Music Senior Project Guidelines