Music Department Handbook 2019-2020
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Music Department Handbook 2019-2020 2019 - 2020 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC FACULTY AND STUDENT HANDBOOK THE WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY Phone: (973) 720-3128 Fax: (973) 720-2217 Website: http://www.wpunj.edu/coac/departments/music/ ii THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC MISSION STATEMENT The Department of Music at William Paterson University is a community of musician-educators committed to professionalism in performance, teaching, scholarship and creative activity, and community service. We collaborate to provide the foundations of comprehensive musicianship for all music majors at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to create a thriving cultural life on the campus and in the community through challenging academic offerings and performances of the highest artistic level. We provide the resources, guidance, and diverse environment that motivate our students to seek excellence as they build and maintain careers in music, including classical and jazz performance and composition, sound engineering arts, music education, and Music and Entertainment Industries. ComBining traditional teaching and learning with innovative approaches, the Department gives students the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of the contemporary musical environment. Approved By Faculty April 9, 1991 Revised FeBruary 15, 2005 Goal 1: A high level of musical and technical competency. Goal 2: An understanding of the elements and organization of music, and aBility to apply this knowledge to aural and visual analyses. Goal 3: A Broad knowledge of music history and literature Goal 4: The aesthetic sense and skill to organize and communicate sound Goal 5: An aBility to integrate technology into the study and practice of music. Goal 6: Specialization in an area of the profession. Goal 7: A successful career. iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Faculty and Staff .............................................................................................................................. vii Adjunct Faculty .............................................................................................................................. viii Faculty Department Responsibilities ................................................................................................ ix Department and College Committees ................................................................................................ x General Information .......................................................................................................................... 3 Academic Advisors ........................................................................................................................... 3 Change of Major/Readmission .......................................................................................................... 4 Health and Wellness .......................................................................................................................... 6 Instrument rentals .............................................................................................................................. 7 Lockers .............................................................................................................................................. 7 Applied lessons .................................................................................................................................. 9 Change of Applied Instrument ........................................................................................................ 10 Accompanists .................................................................................................................................. 11 Juries ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Performance Proficiency Exam ....................................................................................................... 12 Jury Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 13 Change of Applied Teacher/Form ................................................................................................... 36 EnsemBles ........................................................................................................................................ 37 Choral Program ............................................................................................................................... 37 ChamBer Music ............................................................................................................................... 38 Percussion Studio Guidelines .......................................................................................................... 38 Midday Recital Hour ....................................................................................................................... 40 Recital Regulations .......................................................................................................................... 41 Midday Recital Program Information Form .................................................................................... 43 Junior and Senior Recitals ............................................................................................................... 44 Evening Recital Information ........................................................................................................... 45 Recital Recording Policy ................................................................................................................. 45 Recital Receptions ........................................................................................................................... 46 Voice Area Program requirements .................................................................................................. 47 Evening Recital Audition Application ............................................................................................ 51 Recital Printed Program Application ............................................................................................... 52 Degree Programs ............................................................................................................................. 53 Music Education program ............................................................................................................... 54 NAfME ............................................................................................................................................ 60 Music Education Control Sheets (classical) .................................................................................... 62 Music Education Control Sheets (jazz) ........................................................................................... 71 MM in Music Education .................................................................................................................. 75 Music and Entertainment Industries Program ................................................................................. 76 Professional Enrichment Initiative .................................................................................................. 76 Minor in Music and Entertainment Industries ................................................................................. 77 Music and Entertainment Industries Control Sheets ....................................................................... 78 Classical Performance program ....................................................................................................... 85 Classical Performance Control Sheets ............................................................................................. 86 Sound Engineering Arts program .................................................................................................... 92 Official Audio Survival Guide ........................................................................................................ 93 Sound Engineering Arts Control Sheets .......................................................................................... 99 Music Studies program .................................................................................................................. 104 Music Studies Control Sheets ........................................................................................................ 106 Popular Music ................................................................................................................................ 108 Popular Music Control Sheets ....................................................................................................... 110 Jazz Program ................................................................................................................................. 112 Jazz Juries ...................................................................................................................................... 117 Jazz Recitals .................................................................................................................................. 118 v Jazz Program Forms ...................................................................................................................... 120 Jazz Program Control Sheets ......................................................................................................... 125 Jazz/Classical Performance Program