Voice Primary Track
| Bachelor of Music in Music Theater: Voice Primary Track (132 semester hours) | |
| Choirs and Conducting |
8 Credits |
| CR109 Chapel Choir (2 terms) | 2 |
| CR209 Schola Cantorum (2 terms) | 2 |
| CR309 Symphonic Choir1 (4 terms) | 4 |
| Applied Music and Diction | 27 Credits |
| VC101 Voice Primary (8 terms) | 16 |
|
PI103 Piano Secondary (4 terms) |
4 |
| VC115 English & Italian Diction | 2 |
| VC116 French & German Diction | 2 |
| MT207 Music Theater Vocal Coaching | 3 |
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| Theory and Music History | 33 Credits |
| TH141 Musicianship I | 4 |
| TH142 Musicianship II | 4 |
| TH241 Musicianship III | 4 |
| TH342 Contemporary Trends | 3 |
| Theory level I elective | 3 |
| Theory level II elective | 3 |
| MH247 Music Historiography I | 3 |
| MH248 Music Historiography II | 3 |
| MH345 Music History Since 1900 | 3 |
| Music History elective | 3 |
| Professional Studies | 35 Credits |
| MT101 Body Awareness | 2 |
| MT109 Ballet I | 2 |
| MT110 Ballet II | 2 |
| MT209 Tap Dance I | 2 |
| MT210 Tap Dance II | 2 |
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MT309 Jazz Dance I |
2 |
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MT310 Jazz Dance II |
2 |
| MT216 Acting for the Music Theater Major I | 3 |
| MT217 Acting for the Music Theater Major II | 3 |
| MT335 Speech for the Actor | 3 |
| MT480 Dance for the Performing Artist | 2 |
| MT492 Singing Actor: Music Theater | 3 |
| MT493 Music Theater Production2 | 2 |
| MT496 Workshop in Music Theater | 3 |
| Arts and Sciences | 24 Credits |
| AR315 History of American Music Theater | 3 |
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LL131 English Composition |
3 |
| LL227 Drama as Literature | 3 |
| Elementary Foreign Language I/II (2 courses) | 6 |
| Literature or Philosophy elective | 3 |
| Social/Behavioral/Natural Science elective | 3 |
| History elective | 3 |
| Free Electives | 6 Credits |
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Free electives |
6 |
Important Notes:
- For a student who undertakes a full-time, 12-credit internship, a semester of CR309, Symphonic Choir, may be waived.
- A student must earn credit for participation in the cast or chorus of a music theater or opera production, which carries two credits on the Westminster campus. This requirement may also be met by participation in a role when a student is cast in a Lawrenceville music theater production, which carries two credits for Westminster students.
- At the end of the second year, music theater majors must pass a sophomore portfolio review in order to demonstrate proficiency as singing actors. Students who do not pass this review may, at the sole discretion of the Music Theater Program Committee, be dismissed from the major or placed on probation for a semester or year, at the end of which period a comparable review must be passed.
- A senior recital must be authorized by the primary department and presented by each student.
- Program requirements must be met in weekly Music Theater Lab.
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