SCHOOL OF MUSIC

C. H. MILLS, DIRECTOR, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC

The School of Music offers a four-year course leading to the degree
of Bachelor of Music; this course provides training in the fields of applied
music, history and theory of music, and public school music.

Individual instruction in vocal or instrumental music may be taken by
students not otherwise connected with the University, and such students
are not required to pay the incidental fee, but they must be able to satisfy
the usual entrance requirements as stated below.

Students enrolled in other schools and colleges of the University are
allowed to take courses in the School of Music, subject to the approval of
their adviser and the Director of the School of Music, under the following
special regulations. Credits, not to exceed twenty, may be selected by soph-
omores, juniors, and seniors in theoretical music courses. A maximum of
ten credits in applied music may be taken by juniors and seniors. The
maximum number of credits in theoretical and applied music may not ex-
ceed twenty. Any student may take courses in applied music without credit
provided he satisfies the entrance requirements. In the case of organ, piano,
and violin, students wiil be expected to satisfy the entrance requirements
for majors in these subjects, whether or not the subjects are taken for
credit.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

The general requirements, other than those for admission to the Uni-
versity, include (1) sufficient natural musical ability, as determined by a
series of tests, (2) the ability to sing at sight songs of the difficulty of the
average hymn tune, and (3) knowledge of such fundamental facts of musi-
cal theory as key signatures, major and minor scales, note values, etc.
A sub-freshman course, without credit, is offered for those unable to meet
these requirements.

The special requirements for majors in applied music are:

ORGAN. No previous knowledge of organ playing is required, but a
student will not be enrolled until he has acquired a satisfactory pianoforte
technique and some skill in polyphonic playing.

PIANO. Applicants for admission, whether enrolled for credit or not,
will be required to play music of the following grade or its equivalent;
easier sonatas by Haydn and Mozart, Czerny, Op. 299, Books I and II,
Heller, Op. 47, easier Songs Without Words by Mendelssohn. Knowledge
of the formation, signatures, and fingering of major and minor scales is
necessary; also the ability to read at sight hymn tunes and simple accom-
paniments.

Voice. The student must be able to read simple music and must have
had an amount of training equal to the first half of Concone, with the usual
technical study for the same period.

VIOLIN. Candidates must be well grounded in correct position, into-
nation, tone, and bowing, and must have mastered the equivalent of David’s
Violin School, Part 1, and the easier pieces of Dancla, Alard, and others.

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