Classical Guitar
Performance Concentration: Classical Guitar (39.5-42 credit hours)
Required Courses
Foundational Music Courses (18 credit hours)
Appreciation Courses (3 credit hours)
- MUS 274 Western Music History: An Overview (3 credit hours)
- No prerequisite-May not be repeated for credit
Basic Skills Courses (6 credit hours)
- MUS 101 Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I (3 credit hours)
- Pianists and guitarists are exempt
- No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
- MUS 277 Entrepreneurship for the Creative and Performing Artist (3 credit hours)\
Music Theory Courses (9 credit hours)
- MUS 129 Rudiments of composition (3 credit hours)
- No prerequisite; may not be repeated for credit
- MUS 107 Music Theory I (3 credit hours)
- Prerequisite MUS 129; may not be repeated for credit
- MUS 108 Music Theory II: Rotating Topic (3 credit hours)
- May be repeated for credit; Prerequisite MUS 129
Applied Music Courses (16 credit hours)
Additional Fee Applies
- MUS 136 Private Instruction- Guitar (4 credit hours per year total)
- MUS 228 Private Guitar Instruction (4 credit hours per year total)
- Prerequisite in MUS 136, 4 credit hours
- MUS 326 Private Guitar Instruction (4 credit hours per year total)
- Prerequisite in MUS 228, 4 credit hours
- MUS TBD (400 level) Private Guitar Instruction (4 credit hours per year total)
- Prerequisite in MUS 326, 4 credit hours
Ensemble Courses (3.5-6 credit hours)
Students majoring in the classical guitar performance concentration are required to take the following courses (after completing MUS 136 and MUS 228):
- MUS 231 Group Guitar II – By Faculty approval (3 credit hours)
- Prerequisite in MUS 136, (4 credit hours); may be repeated for credit
And one of the following:
- MUS TBD (300 level) Chamber Music Private Instruction at Dominican (2 credit hours)
- Prerequisite in MUS 136 and 228, (8 credit hours); may be repeated for credit
- MUS 3985 Chamber Music at Concordia University Chicago (0.5 credit hours)
- May be repeated for credit
Targeted Skills: Pedagogy (2 credit hours)
- MUS TBD (300 level) Private Instruction: Guitar Pedagogy (2 credit hours)
- Prerequisite in MUS 228, 4 credit hours
Additional Requirements
- Annual juries
- Bi-annual performances
- Senior Recital
Recommended Coursework (2 credit hours)
- MUS 218 Private Instruction: Survey of Guitar Styles (2 credit hours)
- Prerequisite in MUS 136 (4 credit hours); may not be repeated for credit