Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in music are expected to:

• Possess a repertoire of musical skills and knowledge;
• Demonstrate independence of thought and action in music performance and scholarship;
• Make informed aesthetic judgments about music compositions and performances, including evaluation of musical knowledge;
• Understand the styles and structures of music and relate this knowledge to performance;
• Understand relationships among multiple traditions, histories and styles of music, art and other disciplines;
• Apply technical vocabulary to communicate with a community of other professionals and to instruct novices;
• Apply musical knowledge to novel situations in performance, teaching, scholarship and composition, including personal interpretations of the repertoire;
• Participate in associations and organizations for the improvement of music in our society and articulate complex professional issues to audiences and community constituencies in ways that make these concepts understandable;
• Lead musical performances and discussions.