Minor in Music

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The minor in Music is a great opportunity to practice and expand your artistic skills. The EWU Music minor allows you to explore music through a flexible program of study. The minor can focus on Performance, Composition, History, Jazz, or Commercial music.

Notes:

  • Music Minors must audition on their applied instrument with the appropriate faculty and be accepted into a studio;
  • Music Minors must declare their minor with the music office, and meet with the Chair for approval and to arrange advising with the appropriate faculty. (This will allow the intended minor to show in Banner, and will assist with graduation advising.)
  • Student files will be maintained in the music office as they are for the music majors;
  • MUSC 212 and MUSC 213 also count as BACRs.

Grade requirement for all courses offered by the Music Department: ≥C is the minimum acceptable grade for any music course required for graduation (including transferred music courses).

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Curriculum & Requirements

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What You'll Learn

The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.

Music Minor

Required Courses
MUSC 101MUSIC THEORY I3
MUSC 102MUSIC THEORY II3
MUSC 103MUSIC THEORY III3
MUSC 104AURAL SKILLS1
MUSC 105AURAL SKILLS II1
MUSC 106AURAL SKILLS III1
Applied Instruction5
INSTRUCTION ON VOICE OR INSTRUMENT (must be repeated)
INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE
Appropriate Major Ensemble must be taken concurrently with applied lessons8
MARCHING BAND
WIND ENSEMBLE
ORCHESTRA
SYMPHONIC CHOIR
CONCERT CHOIR
CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES
Total Credits25

Sample Courses

MUSC 101. MUSIC THEORY I. 3 Credits.

Pre-requisites: concurrent enrollment in MUSC 104.
Involves the study of basic theory devoted to notation, scales, intervals, keys, and elementary harmony.

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MUSC 104. AURAL SKILLS. 1 Credit.

Pre-requisites: concurrent enrollment in MUSC 101.
Involves developing aural acuity in understanding the basic concepts of music. Includes singing and dictation of scales, chords, melodic lines to develop awareness of harmonic and melodic functions and the study of basic rhythms. Ear training to identify intervals, scales, chords, and rhythms.

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MUSC 213. AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC: 1920 AND BEYOND. 5 Credits.

Satisfies: a BACR for humanities and arts.
MUSC 213 investigates the musical and cultural melting pot of American popular music from the early 20th Century to the present. Significant portions of the class will address the political, cultural and social impact of popular music’s evolution through the 20th and 21st centuries.

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