Music Education, B.Mus.

Admission Requirements and Academic Standing

Students must have a GPA of 2.70 or higher based on a minimum of 30 credits in liberal arts and sciences to take Secondary Education 2001 and 2002.

Students must have a B- in both Secondary Education 2001 and 2002 and a GPA of 2.75 or higher based on a minimum of 30 credits in liberal arts and sciences to continue to Secondary Education 3401, and/or Secondary Education 3402, and/or Secondary Education 3456.

To take Secondary Education 4413 students must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher and permission of the head of the program.

To take Secondary Education 4401-4406, students must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher, a B- or better in both Secondary Education 3401 and 3402, and/or permission of the head of the program.

To take Secondary Education 4407-4412, students must earn a B- or higher in Secondary Education 4401-4406, a GPA of 2.75 or higher in their major, and the permission of the head of the program.

All music courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in music must be completed with a grade of C or higher.

All students accepted to the School of Education are required to submit fingerprint verification before signing up for most education classes. Fingerprint verification is required for work in New York City Department of Education schools if you already have fingerprint records or not. Follow these instructions.

Major Recommendations

Music majors should complete Music 3211 and 3221 in the lower-freshman term. Students planning to obtain New York State music teacher certification (all grades) should consult a Conservatory of Music counselor in their first term.

Student Learning Outcomes

Performance and Creative Skills

• Ability to sing or play an instrument that evidences interpretative understanding and technical accomplishment at a level appropriate to the student’s degree program and professional goals.
• Excellence in solo and ensemble performance.
• Experience in composition, both original and based on models.
• Experience improvising.

Basic Musicianship

• Ability to read at sight.
• Ability to identify and notate aurally experienced musical events.
• Functional keyboard skills.
• Functional knowledge of the terminology, and grammar of music.
• Understanding of musical elements (rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, texture, dynamics, form) and their application in aural and score analysis.

Knowledge of Repertory and its Cultural Context

• Exposure to extensive and varied repertory through performance, analysis, and concert attendance.
• Knowledge of the major periods, composers, genres, and theories of Western art music.
• Acquaintance with music of other traditions—non-Western art music, vernacular ethnic styles, jazz, popular music, folk music.
• Understanding of the relationship of music to other arts and to technology.
• Knowledge of the historical and cultural contexts in which music has been created and performed in different periods and places.

Effective Communication

• Ability to write and speak about music with precision and clarity.
• Ability to articulate and defend critical judgments.
• Ability to apply knowledge and skills in a teaching situation.
• Demonstrated fluency with technologies required for student’s program.

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Contact

Riki Braunstein, Program Coordinator

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E: rbraunstein@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5000, ext. 1176

Lyn-Donna George

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E: lyn-donna.george62@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5000, ext. 3771

Or contact:

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