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Performance Concentration: Voice

Required Courses

Foundational Music Courses (18 credit hours)
Appreciation Courses (3 credit hours)
  • MUS 274 Western Music History: An Overview (3 credit hours)
    • No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
Basic Skills Courses (6 credit hours)
  • MUS 101 Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I (3 credit hours)
    • Pianists and guitarists are exempt
    • No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
  • MUS 277 - Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Performing Artist (3 credit hours)
    • No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
Music Theory Courses (9 credit hours)
  • MUS 129 Rudiments of composition (3 credit hours)
    • No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
  • MUS 107 Music Theory I (3 credit hours)
    • Prerequisite MUS 129; may not be repeated for credit
  • MUS 108 Music Theory II: Rotating Topic (3 credit hours)
    • This class may be repeated for credit; Prerequisite: MUS 129
Applied Music Courses (16 credit hours)

Additional Fee Applies

  • MUS 122 Private Instruction Voice (4 credit hours per year total)
    • No prerequisite
  • MUS 232 Private Voice Instruction (4 credit hours per year total)
    • Prerequisite: MUS 122 (4 credit hours)
  • MUS TBD (300 level) Private Voice Instruction (4 credit hours total)
    • Prerequisite: MUS 232 (4 credit hours)
  • MUS TBD (400 level) Private Voice Instruction (4 credit hours total)
    • Prerequisite: Private Voice Instruction 300 level (4 credit hours)
Ensemble Courses (1-6 credit hours)

Voice majors are required to take two of the following ensemble classes:

  • MUS 292 Liturgical Chamber Singers (3 credit hours)
    • May be repeated for credit
    • No prerequisite, but it is best that the course is taken after 4 credit hours of MUS 122
  • MUSE 3905 Women’s Chamber Choir (0.5 Credit Hours) at Concordia University Chicago
    • Audition required
    • May be repeated for credit
  • MUSE 3930 Schola Cantorum (0.5 Credit Hours) at Concordia University Chicago
    • Audition required
    • May be repeated for credit
  • MUSE 3925 Mannerchor (0.5 Credit Hours) at Concordia University Chicago
    • Audition required
    • May be repeated for credit
Targeted Skills Courses (4 Credit Hours)
  • MUS 272 Group Voice (3 credit hours-Best to be taken freshman year)
    • May not be repeated for credit
  • MUS TBD Diction Private Instruction (1 credit hour)
    • May not be repeated for credit

Additional Requirements

  • Juries, once annually
  • Performances bi-annually
  • Senior Recital
Recommended Coursework
  • MUSE 4452 Children’s Choir: Techniques and Materials (2 credit hours) at Concordia University Chicago