Department
of Fine Arts
THE MUSIC PROGRAM
THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY MAJOR: PROGRAM HANDBOOK
The Music Industry major provides training for
students seeking an alternative to traditional performance and/or
education paths in music. Courses include studies in basic theory and
music history, music commerce, music technology/recording, music
internships and specific individual performance skills. A minor in
Business is recommended by the Department of Fine Arts. Any minor has
to be approved by the department.
Career opportunities within the music business arena might include:
music publicity, marketing, and artist management; music publishing,
merchandising, and physical or online retail/distribution; recording
and media development; entertainment law; venue management. The program
also allows the student to expanding their personal tools to succeed in
a career as a performer, composer, and/or educator.
Graduation requirements for this degree are 51 semester hours of
General Education requirements, 53 semester hours of music industry
courses, and 18 semester hours of an approved minor.
It will be difficult for a student to enter this degree program without
prerequisite vocal and/or instrumental skills. You must be as capable
vocally or on your major instrument as you would be if you were
auditioning to be a music performance major. The curriculum is not for
persons specifically seeking an audio engineering degree, or seeking a
music business designation of any kind. The B.S. degree in Music
Industry develops a well-rounded understanding of the music and music
industry arts.
| Music Performance Courses Music Theory Aural Skills Music History Applied Lessons Ensembles Conducting |
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Music Industry Courses Music Commerce Intro to Technology Sound Recording Internship |
THE
HYMAN FINE ARTS CENTER FACILITIES
Designed by the Boston architectural firm of Perry, Dean, Stahl and Rogers and constructed in 1980, the Fine Arts Center is a Post-Modern building housing educational and performance spaces for the music program.
The John W. Baker Art and Music Wing of the Hyman Fine Arts Center, which includes faculty offices for the department, also houses practice rooms and studios for individual vocal and instrumental instruction. A class piano lab allows beginning piano students to learn as a group, and the electronic music lab is a classroom with midi keyboards interfaced to computers with software to assist students in composition, transcription, music theory and ear training. The south wing of the Fine Arts Center includes the 350 seat University Theatre and the Adele Kassab Recital Hall, an intimate 150 seat performance space with infinitely variable acoustics.
Other campus performance venues are Chapman Auditorium in the McNair Science Building, Lawrimore Lecture Hall in the Cauthen Educational Media Center, Thompson Auditorium in the Lee Nursing Building and Smith University Center Commons and Gymnasium. And of course, there are also the less formal "coffee house" settings which provide an outlet for local musical talent in both invitational and "open mic" formats.