Organ Performance

Combining aspects of organ performance and liturgical studies, the undergraduate program in organ prepares students for both a career in performance and a career in church music. Students take a core curriculum of music courses in music theory, history, ear training, score reading, and conducting. Additionally, they take a variety of liturgical electives including organ performance, church service playing, liturgies, organ literature and history, and design of the organ.

Program Mission Statement

Major in Organ (135.5 credits)

First Year
Subject Code	Course Description	Credits	Credits
Subject Code	Course Description	Sem. 1	Sem.1
AOR 499	Instrumental Study	4	4
	Piano	2	2
CHU 112, 113	Organ Performance Class	.5	.5
TH 111 - 112	Diatonic-Chromatic Harmony	2	2
TH 120 - 121	Elementary Ear Training I-II	2	2
RPW 110 - 111	Rhetoric and Writing I, II	3	3
AUC	All-University Curriculum	3	3
HLM 020	Information Literacy in the Performing Arts	0	-
MUS 110, 111	Paranov Performance Hour	.5	.5
CPO	Choral Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		18	18
Second Year
AOR 499	Instrumental Study	4	4
CHU 112, 113	Organ Performance Class	.5	.5
TH 210 - 211	Tonal Form — Post-Tonal Form	2	2
TH 220 - 221	Intermediate Ear Training I-II	2	2
HLM 212	Music History - Perspectives on Music History	3	-
HLM 213	Music History - Classicism to the Present	-	3
MEA 101	Voice Class	1	-
GER 110 - 111	Elementary German I-II	3	3
MUS 110, 111	Paranov Performance Hour	.5	.5
CPO	Choral Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		17	16
Third Year
AOR 499	Instrumental Study	4	4
APC 420	Communicating with an Audience	-	1
CHU 112, 113	Organ Performance Class	.5	.5
CON 314	Conducting Fundamentals	-	2
HLM 316	Music History: Medieval through Baroque	3	-
	Music History elective	-	3
COM 340	Orchestration	3	-
TH 330	Keyboard Harmony	2	-
TH 331	Keyboard Improvisation	-	1.5
CHU	Liturgical Music Courses	2	2
AUC	All-University Curriculum	-	3
APC 423	Building a Music Career	1	-
CPO	Choral Performing Organization	1	1
Total Credits		16.5	18
Fourth Year
AOR 499	Instrumental Study	4	4
CHU 112-113	Organ Performance Class	.5	.5
TH 333	Score Reading	2	-
CHU	Liturgical Music courses	2	2
AUC	All-University Curriculum	-	3
	Academic electives (including philosophy or religion course)	6	3
	Mathematics elective	-	3
CPO	Choral Performing Organization	1	1
REC 440	Recital	-	0
Total Credits		15.5	16.5

Organ Performance

Major in Organ (135.5 credits)

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

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