Music

• Certificate

  Students completing the Jazz Studies Certificate and the Music Entrepreneurship Certificate will:

  • Employ writing and research skills to examine and communicate ideas about music.
  • Demonstrate competency as performers through the preparation of repertoire and technical studies.
  • Synthesize skills of performance, aural analysis, score analysis, technology, musicology, improvisation and composition.
• Associate Degree (Not Applicable)

   

• Bachelor Degree

  Graduates completing the Bachelor of Arts in Music and Bachelor of Music will:

  • Employ writing and research skills to examine and communicate ideas about music.
  • Demonstrate competency as performers through the preparation of repertoire and technical studies.
  • Synthesize skills of performance, aural analysis, score analysis, technology, musicology, improvisation and composition

  
  Graduates completing the Bachelor of Music Education will:

  • Employ writing and research skills to examine and communicate ideas about music.
  • Demonstrate competency as performers through the preparation of repertoire and technical studies.
  • Synthesize skills of performance, aural analysis, score analysis, technology, musicology, improvisation and composition
  • Students will be able to use their knowledge of music history, world music, music theory, performance, composition and improvisation to design instructional strategies for K-12 students. 

Music offers opportunities for students to develop their creative and critical thinking skills.  As a discipline, it forces individuals to reconcile diverse ideas, and develop acute skills of cooperation and collaboration. Music opens doorways to careers in performance, music education, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, and other fields that value creativity, discipline and collaboration.
 
At Weber State University, students receive individualized attention and experience a wide variety of opportunities to perform, chances to travel to conferences and festivals as well as possibilities to tour nationally and internationally. Students experience a diversity of learning and practical experiences that help them develop as a musicians, teachers, and scholars.

Contact Information:

Daniel Jonas, D.M.A
Music Progra-m Director
Weber State University
danieljonas@weber.edu
(801) 626-6443

• Beginning in the Fall of 2014, data from Student Proficiency Exams are being systematically collected and recorded. Student Proficiency exams are always evaluated by a committee of faculty and each score reflects the average score for each exam. There are separate committees for Voice, Piano, Winds & Percussion, and Strings.
• Beginning in the Spring of 2015, the music faculty met frequently to discuss what data are being gathered and what data are reported. All music majors and minors complete a proficiency exam (also known as juries) at the end of Fall and Spring semesters except when they complete the Junior or Senior Recital. Since jury scores make up 25% of students final grade for the applied music lessons, the faculty has agreed to use a 25 point scale to report these findings. Poor performance on a jury, however, also keeps students from moving to the next level of lessons. In order to move to the 3000 level of lessons, students must also successfully complete the Piano Proficiency Exam.  After comparing data gathered during the 2014-2015 Academic Year, the faculty has agreed to use a 25 point scale and report the highest, lowest and mean scores for each level of lessons (1000, 2000, 3000 & 4,000). Faculty will also report the percentage of students that move to the next level of lessons.
• Beginning in the Fall semester of 2015, faculty teaching Music Theory, Sighting-Singing and Aural Skills are gathering data using pre-test/post-test design. This data will be reported in November of 2016.
• Beginning in the Fall semester of 2016, we will begin gathering data from Performing Ensembles, General Education Courses, Music History Classes, and World Music Classes. We will report this data in November of 2017.
• Beginning in the Fall semester of 2017, we will begin gathering data from music courses not in the Core curriculum. We plan to report this data in November of 2018.

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2014-15