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CNU: Music Handbook 2021-22 2021-2022 Department of Music HANDBOOK Accredited by THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF MUSIC THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS 2021-2022 Department of Music 1 AVENUE OF THE ARTS NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23606-3072 (757) 594-7089 · MUSIC.CNU.EDU COMMITTED TO transforming THE LIVES OF STUDENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC . 4 Vision and Mission Statements of the Department of Music . 4 Goals of the Department of Music . 4 Learning Outcomes ..............................................5 Music Program ..................................................5 Music Degrees ..................................................6 Music Research .................................................6 Music Major with Distinction .....................................6 Careers in Music ................................................7 CNU Excel .....................................................8 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS . 8 Liberal Learning Requirements ....................................8 Bachelor of Music Requirements ...................................9 Bachelor of Arts in Music Requirements . .10 Teacher Preparation .............................................12 Teaching Licensure Requirements.................................14 Sophomore Check-Point Requirements. 15 Applied Music Requirements.....................................16 Keyboard Skills/Piano Proficiency ................................41 Scales Proficiency Requirements ..................................43 Teacher Disposition Forms ...................................... 43 Thesis Requirements .............................................44 Sample Student Schedules .......................................48 Library Orientation Tour and Assignment. .58 APPLIED MUSIC AND ENSEMBLE PROCEDURES . 58 Applied Music Fees .............................................58 Applied Music Grading Rubric ...................................58 Applied Music Juries ............................................60 Applied Music Procedures .......................................60 Collaborative Artist .............................................62 Degree Recital Procedures .......................................62 Ensemble Grading Rubric .......................................64 Ensemble Procedures ...........................................66 Instrument Lockers .............................................68 Printed Programs Style Policies ...................................69 Student Recital Decorum ........................................73 Student Recital Procedures .......................................74 1 POLICIES ....................................... 75 Attendance Policy ..............................................75 Cell Phone Policy ..............................................75 Copyright Policy ...............................................76 Daily Communication ..........................................76 Failure Policy ..................................................76 Livestreaming Policy ............................................76 Proscribed University Conduct Policy .............................77 Student Concerns Policy ........................................77 Teaching Policy ................................................77 ASSESSMENT ...................................77 Academic Violations ............................................77 Academic Warning .............................................78 Advising ......................................................78 Assessment Procedures ..........................................78 Entrance Auditions .............................................83 First-Year Check-In .............................................84 Instructor Evaluations ...........................................84 Sophomore Check-Point ........................................84 Student Files ...................................................85 FACILITIES AND HOLDINGS . .85 American Music Archive ........................................85 Cary McMurran Music Library ...................................85 Charles Vogan Music Library .....................................85 Instruments and Equipment .....................................86 Music Facilities ................................................86 Music Technology Laboratory ....................................86 Opera Scores and Recordings .....................................86 Selected Aids to Musicological Research . 87 ORGANIZATIONS ...............................93 American Choral Directors Association ............................93 American String Teachers Association . 93 Friends of Music ...............................................93 Kappa Kappa Psi ...............................................93 Music Ambassadors .............................................94 Music Leadership Council .......................................94 National Association for Music Education ..........................94 Pep Band .....................................................94 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia ..........................................95 Pi Kappa Lambda ..............................................95 Sigma Alpha Iota ...............................................95 Society of Composers Inc . .......................................95 SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS . 96 Fraley-Hardy Award . ...........................................96 Loans and Grants . .............................................96 Scholarships . ..................................................96 SERIES AND FESTIVALS ..........................104 Band Day ...................................................104 Choral Invitational ............................................104 Composers Forum ............................................104 Contemporary Music Festival ...................................104 Earth Day at the Ferg .........................................104 Ensembles ...................................................105 Faculty Recital Series ...........................................105 Friends of Music Chamber Music Series ..........................105 Hampton Roads Guitar Festival .................................105 Harp Festival .................................................105 Honors Wind Ensemble .......................................106 International Tours and Artists ..................................106 LifeLong Learning Society In Concert Recital Series ................106 Music Institute ................................................106 Music Study Abroad ...........................................106 Music Theater................................................107 Music Theory Symposium ......................................107 Opera CNU .................................................107 Piano Day ...................................................107 Student Recitals ..............................................107 Torggler Vocal Institute ........................................108 Virginia Community Music Festival . 108 Vianne Webb Memorial Lectures in Musicology . 108 Wind Ensemble Invitational ....................................108 CURRICULUM .................................109 Undergraduate Curriculum .....................................109 Undergraduate Applied Music ..................................124 Graduate Curriculum ..........................................126 Graduate Applied Music .......................................130 THE FACULTY .................................133 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC VISION STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC To awaken and nurture highly talented composers, performers, and music educators committed to developing their abilities to their highest potential. To support study and celebration of music’s role in business, the arts, history, language, literature, math, science, and technology, unfolding music’s connection to all areas of human endeavor. To engage students of all disciplines in the study and performance of music, fostering a university culture of appreciation, curiosity, understanding, and joy. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC The music program encourages all students who have a passion for music to participate in ensembles, courses, and events that broaden and enrich the understanding of music and its functions in culture and society. The music faculty strives to uphold the highest standards of scholarship and performance while placing as their top priority the education of each student. The music program offers a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum immersed in an academic environment rich in liberal learning. Students learn to form critical opinions, think, speak, and write clearly, and understand the structure, development, and performance of music from around the globe. And most important, students learn to embrace the truth that musicianship and scholarship are lifetime pursuits. GOALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC To provide a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum in a university accredited and assessed by the National Association of Schools of Music and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. To provide music faculty and guest artists who are recognized experts in their field and who have a passion for teaching and scholarship. To accept high-achieving music majors who have the demonstrated skills, knowledge, and desire necessary to succeed in their chosen field. To provide all students a wide variety of musical ensembles, courses and events that enrich the cultural life of the University and the community. To provide students with additional opportunities for leadership, scholarship, and service
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