College of Fine Arts and Communication
Music Education (BM)
Program Purpose
The School of Music will attract skilled, dedicated faculty; will admit students who have the potential to excel; will provide musical, creative, scholarly and educated outreach for the region.
The goal of the undergraduate Music Education program at ECU is to prepare, develop, and advance students to a professional level through an experiential program that emphasizes attainment of concert performance and basic and new knowledge taught in the core and teaching areas.
Learning Outcomes
Conducting
Students demonstrate leadership, rehearsal, and conducting skills as appropriate to the particular music concentration.
Music Analysis
Students analyze music of varying genres.
Musical Collaboration and Interpretation
Students will synthesize acquired musical knowledge and artistic skills sufficient to work as a leader and in collaboration on matters of musical interpretation.
Musical Creativity
Students demonstrate a rudimentary capacity to create original or derivative music.
Musical Creativity: Marching Band
Students demonstrate a capacity to create original drill for a marching band.
Musical Patterns in Aural Skills
Students demonstrate an ability to take aural dictation.
Piano Skills
Students demonstrate piano skills.
Sight Reading
Students demonstrate the ability to read at sight with fluency demonstrating both general musicianship and, in the major performance area, a level of skill relevant to professional standards appropriate for the particular music concentration.
Solo and Ensemble Performance
Students perform as a soloist and member of an ensemble in a variety of formal and informal settings, demonstrating growth in artistry, technical skills, collaborative competence and knowledge of repertory through regular ensemble experiences of varied size and nature.