Center for Music Majors

Music Majors beginning of year checklist!

Students playing musical instruments

1. Advising Every Music Major is assigned a Faculty Advisor. You will begin to interact with your advisor at orientation in August. Until then please contact the MTD Dean's Office.

2. View Audition Excerpts and Schedule Ensemble Audition : All Music majors will need to audition for an ensemble placement. These auditions will occur once you are on campus. 

3. Sign out a locker: Students in music spend a lot of time in the Whalen Center for Music, and so we encourage you to sign out a locker where you can store your instrument, materials, and belongings safely. 

4. Visit IC Bookstore: Once you are registered for classes, you can select and purchase required textbooks online. 

5. Visit Hickey's Music Center : This local Music store has been a partner with the Center for Music for many years. Students may order music and materials and have them delivered directly to the Whalen Center for Music. 

Program Specific Information: Courses of the First Semester

CoursesCredits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 2
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
*Music Electives (Non Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
*LA Electives3
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS16
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
Courses Credits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 2
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
*Perspective (HM, SC, SO)/Electives3
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS15-16
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
CoursesCredits
MUTH 14100 First-Year Composition3
PFMJ 1xxx2 Secondary I Lessons (emphasis major only)(1)
     lessons for emphasis major only 
MUEN xxxxx1
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Major ONLY)(1)
Music Electives (All Composition tracks except Non-Performance take 1, Non-performance takes 2)(1-2)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
  
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS15-16
  
CoursesCredits
JAZZ 17000/PFMJ 1xxxx2
JAZZ 19900 Jazz Repertoire & Pedagogy0.5
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
     This course only taken with classical lessons 
MUEN xxxxx1.5-2
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Major ONLY)(1)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
*Perspective (HM, SC, SO)/Electives3
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS16-17
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
CoursesCredits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 2
      JAZZ 17000 (Jazz lessons optional for SRT, Jazz majors ONLY) 
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Vocal Majors Only)(1)
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
       Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MSRT 14200 Audio Recording Systems I2
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS14-15
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
CoursesCredits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 3-4
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
MUPS 15000 Reed Making Lab (Bassoon and Oboe Majors ONLY)(1)
     Bassoon and Oboe majors take 3 credit lessons instead of 4 
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1-2
     Keyboard Majors take MUEN 11700 
MUEN 13100 fundamentals of String Chamber Music(1)
MUTH 111000 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
MUPS 12000 The Singing Performance (Voice Major ONLY)(1)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
*Perspective (HM, SC, SO)/Electives(3)
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS15-17
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
CoursesCredits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 2
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
PFMJ 10102 Voice I - Secondary (Guitar, Keyboard Majors ONLY)(1)
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1
     Keyboard Majors take MUEN 11700 
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Guitar, Keyboard, Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
MUED 10100 Introduction to Music Education1

Methods/Techniques 

Percussion and Wind Major take MUED 12700 or 14100 
Vocal Major take MUED 21100 
(1)
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS15
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY 
CoursesCredits
PFMJ 1xxxx Private lessons 2-4
PFMJ 10000 Private Studio Performance Class0
PFMJ 10102 Voice I - Secondary (Guitar, Keyboard, Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
MUPS 15000 Reed Making Lab (Bassoon and Oboe Majors ONLY)(1)
     Bassoon and Oboe majors take 3 credit lessons instead of 4 
MUEN xxxxx (ensemble auditions required)1-2
     Keyboard Majors take MUEN 11700 
MUEN 13100 fundamentals of String Chamber Music(1)
MUTH 11100 Intro to Music Studies4
PFMJ 17100 Keyboard Musicianship 1
            Keyboard Majors take PFMJ 17500 
MUPS 17100 Diction I (Voice Majors ONLY)(1)
Performance Pedagogy (Percussion Majors ONLY)(1)
MUED 10100 Introducation to Music Education(1)
Methods/Techniques1-2
MUMC 10100 Required Recital Attendance0
*ICSM 1xxxx Ithaca Seminar4
Perspective (HM/SO/SC)3
EDUC 19210 (Education Workshop)0
TOTAL SEMESTER CREDITS14.5-17.5
  
*YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED VIA THE ACADEMIC INTERESTS SURVEY