School of Music – Undergraduate
Change a degree-major-concentration of an existing program
Bachelor of Music - Music Performance Major
Concentration: Music-Woodwinds, Brass, Percus
Summary of the changes:
As a musician who is a percussionist, it is expected that each individual has skills on many different types of percussion instruments. Within this musical area, there are specialists who are experts on specific genres and instruments, who hold valuable knowledge and skills as educators and are often professionals from the community. As is typical for any music school in North America, many applied lessons are taught by professionals in the area as adjuncts. In order to provide a multi-faceted education opportunity for UNF percussion students, to better achieve a cumulative synthesis of different percussion instruments needed daily in the school of music, and to provide consistency for registration and load purposes for tenure-track and adjunct faculty, this package will allow percussion performance music majors to study with professionals from the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra simultaneously with the main full-time percussion professor.
The involvement of these professionals supports a well-rounded percussion curriculum and enhances a diverse and competitive percussion program within the School of Music. Rather than diminishing the applied teaching load of the main full-time professor, this allows a greater number of students the opportunity to study directly with the full-time professor per semester (rather than being with an adjunct faculty for an entire semester at a time). The full-time professor sets the curriculum and long-term goals with students at the beginning of their degree, and continues to help shape this path with each student through graduation.
While offering students very focused, high-level study on topics with the professionals from the Jacksonville Symphony, this also helps to provide increased consistency between the full-time professor and students that they oversee on a broad scale.
At the discretion of the full-time professor, instead of one 2-credit MVP course, students would register for 2 different courses that would include the 1-credit Applied Percussion course (MVP2321, MVP3331, or MVP4341) and one of the two newly created MVP2xxx, MVP3xxx, or MVP4xxx courses (Applied Timpani or Applied Orchestral Percussion) to fulfill the 2-credit requirement. This alternate applied lesson option would not be necessary every semester, and would be assigned at the discretion of the percussion director based on individual student needs.
In the attached program of study, we are adding the following text underneath the applied music requirement for each semester of the sophomore, junior, and senior years.
“For the 2-credit Applied Music requirement each semester, students (with the permission of their applied instructor) may take 2 approved 1-credit applied courses instead of one 2-credit applied course.”
No other changes are being made to the program of study. This change does not affect the total credit hours of the degree.
As part of this package the following 9 course action requests are included:
Modifying MVP2321 applied to make it a variable 1-2 course rather than a 2 credit course.
Modifying MVP3331 applied to make it a variable 1-2 course rather than a 2 credit course.
Modifying MVP4341 applied to make it a variable 1-2 course rather than a 2 credit course.
Creating a new course MVP2xxx Applied Timpani (1 credit hour)
Creating a new course MVP2xxx Applied Orchestral Percussion (1 credit hour)
Creating a new course MVP3xxx Applied Timpani (1 credit hour)
Creating a new course MVP3xxx Applied Orchestral Percussion (1 credit hour)
Creating a new course MVP4xxx Applied Timpani (1 credit hour)
Creating a new course MVP4xxx Applied Orchestral Percussion (1 credit hour)
(Click here for the program of study)
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Change an existing course
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Applied Percussion
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MVP
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Sophomore (3xxx)
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321
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In this course action request, we are changing MVP2321 Applied Percussion, from a fixed 2-credit course to a variable 1-2 credit course. As explained in the summary and rationale for the package as a whole, this will give students the option to take a 1-credit section of Applied Percussion together with a 1-credit section of a more specific applied percussion course (either Applied Timpani or Applied Orchestral Percussion) in order to fulfill the 2-credit applied lesson requirement each semester. No other changes are being made to this course. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
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Change an existing course
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Applied Percussion
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MVP
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Junior (3xxx)
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331
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In this course action request, we are changing MVP3331 Applied Percussion, from a fixed 2-credit course to a variable 1-2 credit course. As explained in the summary and rationale for the package as a whole, this will give students the option to take a 1-credit section of Applied Percussion together with a 1-credit section of a more specific applied percussion course (either Applied Timpani or Applied Orchestral Percussion) in order to fulfill the 2-credit applied lesson requirement each semester. No other changes are being made to this course. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
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Change an existing course
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Applied Percussion
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MVP
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Senior (4xxx)
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341
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In this course action request, we are changing MVP4341 Applied Percussion, from a fixed 2-credit course to a variable 1-2 credit course. As explained in the summary and rationale for the package as a whole, this will give students the option to take a 1-credit section of Applied Percussion together with a 1-credit section of a more specific applied percussion course (either Applied Timpani or Applied Orchestral Percussion) in order to fulfill the 2-credit applied lesson requirement each semester. No other changes are being made to this course. This course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 credits.
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Add a new course
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Applied Timpani (2c)
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MVP
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Sophomore (2xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course involves applied lessons for timpani. Topics include fundamentals in technique, sound production, music reading, performance practice, and etude-based repertoire in orchestral and solo timpani genres. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission are required.
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Add a new course
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Applied Timpani (2c)
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MVP
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Junior (3xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course involves applied lessons for timpani. Topics include developing skills built in technique, sound production, performance practice considerations, etude-based repertoire, solo repertoire, and orchestral repertoire. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission required.
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Add a new course
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Applied Timpani (2c)
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MVP
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Senior (4xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course involves applied lessons for timpani. Topics include mastering advanced skills in timpani technique, sound production, performance practice considerations in 18th-21st centuries, solo timpani repertoire, orchestral timpani repertoire, and audition repertoire. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission required.
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Add a new course
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Applied Orchestral Percussion (2c)
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MVP
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Sophomore (2xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course is focused on the study of orchestral percussion repertoire and concepts for instruments that may include, but are not limited to, xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, and accessories. Performance practice techniques and historical considerations will be presented within orchestral music works from the 17th century to present. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission required.
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Add a new course
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Applied Orchestral Percussion (2c)
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MVP
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Junior (3xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course is focused on the study of orchestral percussion repertoire and concepts for instruments that may include, but are not limited to, xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, and accessories. Performance practice techniques and historical considerations will be presented within orchestral music works from the 17th century to present. In addition, standard orchestral audition repertoire, and professional audition practices will be covered. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission required.
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Add a new course
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Applied Orchestral Percussion (2c)
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MVP
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Senior (4xxx)
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XXX
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Pre-requisite Courses:
None
Co-requisite Courses:
None
Course Description:
This course is focused on the study of advanced orchestral percussion repertoire and concepts for instruments that include xylophone, glockenspiel, snare drum, tambourine, and cymbals. Performance practice techniques and historical considerations will be addressed within orchestral music works from the 17th century to present. In addition, standard orchestral audition repertoire, and contemporary professional audition practices for the competitive circuit will be covered. Departmental, instructor, and main applied professor permission required.
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