Bachelor of Music
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Performance- Prepares
students to enter the world of professional music. This concentration
is open to students on any band or orchestral instrument, piano,
voice, or guitar. UL graduates in this area are self-employed,
have joined service bands, performed with the New York City
Opera, Metropolitan Opera Company, or pursued graduate study
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Theory/Composition- Typically
prepares students for a career as a composer, but may also prepare
students for further study and an eventual career as a university
level music theory teacher. This concentration is open to students
on any band or orchestral instrument, piano, voice, or guitar.
UL graduates in this area typically have compositions published
even prior to graduation. Graduates' income may come from contracts
with publishing companies as well as commissions from various
musical groups.
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Piano Pedagogy- Prepares students
to become private piano teachers. This concentration is open
to pianists. Graduates in this area are typically self-employed
and have large studios with waiting lists teaching forty to
sixty students per week on a lesson-per-fee basis, or pursue
graduate study. |
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Jazz Studies- This is
actually a branch of the performance concentration in which
the performer specializes in the jazz idiom of performance.
This concentration is open to instrumentalist on any band instrument,
piano, or guitar. University of Louisiana at Lafayette
graduates in this area have gone on to perform with Army or
Air Force bands as well as perform on luxury cruise ships, and
the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Some graduates have pursued
graduate degrees in jazz or a related field. Still others are
self-employed. |
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Music Media- Prepares
students to enter the market place of the commercial music industry.
This concentration is also open to students on any band or orchestral
instrument, piano, voice, or guitar. Graduates in this area
have been employed at recording studios, in the music licensing
industry (BMI), and pursue graduate study. |
Vocal Concentration- Prepares
students for certification as school choral directors. This concentration
is open to vocalists. Graduates in this area typically have contracts
with public school systems, or return to graduate school to further
their training.
Instrumental Concentration- Prepares students
for certification as school band or orchestra directors. This concentration
is open to students on any band or orchestra instrument. Graduates
in this area typically have contracts with public school systems,
or return to graduate school to further their training.
Master
of Music
Performance- This concentration
is intended primarily for students wishing to specialize on a specific
instrument or voice. Students graduating with this concentration go
on to careers as professional performers in orchestras, service bands,
opera companies, or to further graduate study in preparation for teaching
at the university level.
Music Education- This concentration is intended primarily
for school band or choral directors who are already certified and
wish to enhance their credentials with a graduate degree. This degree
is offered exclusively through the School of Music.
Theory/Composition- This concentration is intended
primarily for students with strong backgrounds in music theory who
wish to pursue careers as composers, or university instructors. Students
graduating with this concentration go on to careers as professional
composers or to further graduate study in preparation for teaching
at the university level.
Conducting- This concentration is intended primarily
for students wishing to pursue careers in the field of orchestral,
band, or choral conducting. Students graduating with this concentration
normally pursue further graduate study in preparation for teaching
at the university level.
Performance Pedagogy- Students pursuing this concentration
typically are performers who are primarily interested in teaching
rather than a career as a professional performer.
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