The B.A. degree in Music provides a course of study for students interested in a liberal arts degree with a major in music. This degree, with its foreign language component, offers an appropriate background for prospective advanced-degree candidates who are preparing for careers in composition, technology, music history, music theory, jazz studies, library science, or independent studio teaching. It also works well for students who want to study music but are aiming at careers in other fields, and for students with double majors. There B内部是否有足够的灵活性.A. 提供一个机会 for acquisition of those skills that are necessary in the current 技术环境. B.A. is a senior project planned and carried out with the help of a faculty advisor. 选B的学生.A. 在音乐上必须完成最少的 41 credit hours in music, planned with the approval of a faculty 部门顾问.

大峡谷州立大学 is an accredited institutional member of the 全国音乐学校协会.

Admission

除了…之外 formal admission to Grand Valley, each applicant wanting to major or minor in music is required to arrange for a 音乐系的个人试镜. 当可观的 geographical distance or extreme hardship prevents a personal audition, the applicant may, with the permission of the department, submit an audio recording of an appropriate performance. Entering first-year students and transfer students will be required to take a 试听日理论分班考试.  有两个或两个以上的学生 years of piano experience will also be required to take a keyboard 音乐专业入学考试. 面试预约时间为 至少提前一个月. 推荐的试听曲目和曲目 申请可在以下网址找到 432qtpm2.extreme-sys.com/music/.

Course Catalog: B.A. in Music Student 学习成果:音乐，B.A. Apply

The Bachelor of Music degree in Performance is a professional degree program. Although GVSU's required general education curriculum (for all degree programs) forms part of the BM in Performance curriculum and provides a sound liberal arts context for professional study, the 主要的重点是音乐表演. 专为以下学生设计: demonstrate exceptional ability and a particular interest in concentrating on performance at the undergraduate level, it is chosen often as preparation for graduate-level performance study in a 硕士或博士学位. 专业表现和/或 大学水平的教学可能是主要目标.

钢琴教学; harpsichord, organ, voice, guitar, harp, string, woodwind, brass, and 打击乐器 is normally available. Students admitted to this program must complete a minimum of 84 credit hours in music, depending on track (vocal or 乐器)和初始键盘位置. BM学生必须完成 department concert attendance expectations, attend music major meetings, complete keyboard musicianship requirements, and perform a faculty-approved half-recital during the junior year and a full 大四的独奏会. 大三之前，同学们在这 degree program also take appropriate literature and pedagogy courses. While students interested in composition or jazz often elect the BA degree course of study, BM students with abilities in composition and/or jazz studies have the opportunity to develop these skills as a 也是BM项目的次要区域.

大峡谷州立大学 is an accredited institutional member of the 全国音乐学校协会.

Admission

除了…之外 formal admission to Grand Valley, each applicant wanting to major or minor in music is required to arrange for a 音乐系的个人试镜. 当可观的 geographical distance or extreme hardship prevents a personal audition, the applicant may, with the permission of the department, submit an audio recording of an appropriate performance. Entering first-year students and transfer students will be required to take a 试听日理论分班考试.  有两个或两个以上的学生 years of piano experience will also be required to take a keyboard 音乐专业入学考试. 面试预约时间为 至少提前一个月. 推荐的试听曲目和曲目 申请可在以下网址找到 432qtpm2.extreme-sys.com/music/.

Course 目录:音乐学士 Student 学习成果:音乐，B.M. Apply

综合方案
The 音乐教育学士 degree is a professional degree program. Substantial training in music combines with professional music education study and collaboration with the GVSU College of Education. The program enables students to meet certification requirements for teaching music in Michigan elementary and public schools. The program has two tracks, vocal/choral and instrumental, both of which result in K-12 Music Certification.

核心音乐节目
Musical training at GVSU emphasizes solo and ensemble performance 所有学生. The core program also includes music theory, aural perception, music history, and keyboard musicianship courses.

音乐的方法
Choral teaching method experiences are acquired in class and in observation and tutoring of public school students. 除了…之外 basic methods, students in the vocal/choral emphasis are afforded the unusual opportunity to work with developing singers from local public schools as part of a newly created course, "Teaching the 发展中国家的声音."

Instrumental music education students are given extensive training in an eight-semester sequence of voice and brass, woodwind, string, 打击乐器. 指挥技巧得到了进一步的发展 班级实验室乐队/管弦乐队.

除了一般的教学方法，B.M.E. 器乐学生学习 the tenets of marching band techniques both in the classroom and on the field.

键盘音乐才能
An intensive keyboard musicianship curriculum and state-of-the-art piano lab enable students with all entering keyboard backgrounds to develop functional keyboard skills essential for music 教学的成功. Private study is encouraged and offered beyond the 四个学期的小组学习顺序.

职业准备
Students receive extensive field experience in a one-year practicum, consisting of one semester of half-day teacher assisting 还有一个学期的全日制学生教学. 课程及研讨会 taken concurrently with the practicum allow students to continually identify and address issues crucial to effective music teaching.

NAfME
A collegiate chapter of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) is an active student organization in the Music Department. Service work, professional development, and music education advocacy are the group's primary missions.

Questions about the Music Education program at Grand Valley State University can be directed to: Charles Norris, Coordinator of Music 教育，电话:(616)331-3385或电子邮件 (电子邮件保护) 还有贝丝·吉布斯 Associate Professor of Music Education, at (616) 331-2837 or e-mail (电子邮件保护).

可教的小
Students interested in a second area of certification are 鼓励与 CLAS 咨询中心 (616-331-8585). 额外的辅修课程 would require up to one year of extra course work in that area. College of Education requirements would count for both teachable areas, with pre-service teaching distributed between certification areas.

大峡谷州立大学 is an accredited institutional member of the 全国音乐学校协会.

Admission

除了…之外 formal admission to Grand Valley, each applicant wanting to major or minor in music is required to arrange for a 音乐系的个人试镜. 当可观的 geographical distance or extreme hardship prevents a personal audition, the applicant may, with the permission of the department, submit an audio recording of an appropriate performance. Entering first-year students and transfer students will be required to take a 试听日理论分班考试.  有两个或两个以上的学生 years of piano experience will also be required to take a keyboard 音乐专业入学考试. 面试预约时间为 至少提前一个月. 推荐的试听曲目和曲目 申请可在以下网址找到 432qtpm2.extreme-sys.com/music/.

Course 目录:音乐教育学士学位 Student 学习成果:音乐，B.M.E. Apply

The music minor program is designed for students with previous training in music seeking non-music degrees who desire to increase their knowledge of music or further develop their skills in music. Students study music theory, aural perception, music history, keyboard 音乐修养和音乐选修课. 此外，学生可以申请 上课并参加主要乐团. 钢琴教学; harpsichord, organ, voice, guitar, harp, strings, woodwinds, brass, and 打击乐器 is normally available. Students are admitted to this program through audition and must complete a minimum 音乐课程的27个学分.

大峡谷州立大学 is an accredited institutional member of the 全国音乐学校协会.

Admission

除了…之外 formal admission to Grand Valley, each applicant wanting to major or minor in music is required to arrange for a 音乐系的个人试镜. 当可观的 geographical distance or extreme hardship prevents a personal audition, the applicant may, with the permission of the department, submit an audio recording of an appropriate performance. Entering first-year students and transfer students will be required to take a 试听日理论分班考试.  有两个或两个以上的学生 years of piano experience will also be required to take a keyboard 音乐专业入学考试.*试镜预约时间为 至少提前一个月. 推荐的试听曲目和曲目 申请可在以下网址找到 432qtpm2.extreme-sys.com/music/.

Course 目录:音乐辅修 Apply

The 钢琴教学证书 (in the Department of Music and Dance at 大峡谷州立大学) will enable undergraduate piano majors and area piano teachers to focus on the skills necessary 成功的钢琴教学. 学生们学习如何教初学者， 中级和早期高级学生.  他们学习如何教书 pre-college students as well as music majors who take keyboard as 他们的第二工具.  他们学习如何正确地教学 technique, how to develop musicianship and good sight-reading skills, how to select, level, perform, and teach repertoire, how to practice 效率，以及如何激励.  学生学的最多 important competitions and festivals in the state as well as in the nation.   The requirements for National Certification are covered in 钢琴教学的最后一个学期.

This certification provides teachers with theoretical knowledge and practical experiences in accordance with state and national piano 教学指南. 钢琴教育学课程包括导论 教学经验. 完成钢琴教学法的学生 Certification will have a record of this accomplishment appear on their academic transcript, and a certificate for their piano studio.

To gain entrance into the program, an interview with the Piano Pedagogy professor and the performance of one memorized 中级水平的钢琴作品.

Course 目录:钢琴教育学证书 Student 学习成果:钢琴教学证书