Voice Performance Bachelor of Music
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What will I study?
The Voice Performance major will prepare students for a career as studio instructor, a ministry in church music, graduate study, or a career in performance. It offers breadth and specialization in music courses including diction, pedagogy, and literature combined with a solid liberal arts core. It requires piano proficiency, platform tests, and three public recitals. Voice Performance majors must participate in a university choral group or opera every semester. This program prescribes 66 credits in the major and provides students with opportunities for cultural enrichment in accordance with the University' s character and heritage for the glory of God.
Program Learning Outcomes
The student will ...
-- Apply knowledge of standard vocal literature to performance.
-- Acquire an advanced skill level of German, Italian, French and English diction.
-- Exhibit a working knowledge of healthy vocal function.
-- Perform with artistry, drama and proper stage deportment.
Entrance Requirements
All students studying in the Division of Music are required to audition. This audition is used to evaluate your background and determine your potential as a music student. The audition is taken when you arrive for your first semester.
What classes will I take?
First Year +
- Freshman Seminar
- Old Testament Messages
- Introduction to the Arts
- Theory I
- Fundamentals of Speech
- English Composition (3 credits)
- Applied Secondary - Piano (1 credits)
- Freshman Voice (1 credits)
- History of Civilization since 1650
- New Testament Messages
- Introduction to Music Literature
- Theory II
- English Composition (3 credits)
- Freshman Voice (2 credits)
- Applied Secondary - Piano (1 credits)
Second Year +
- History of Civilization c. 3500 BC to AD 1650
- Foundations of Economics
- Theory III
- 200-level Bible Elective (1 credits)
- German (3 credits)
- Applied Secondary - Piano (1 credits)
- Sophomore Voice (2 credits)
- Hermeneutics
- Introduction to Music Technology
- Theory IV
- Elements of Conducting
- English Literature or Writing Elec (3 credits)
- French (3 credits)
- Sophomore Voice (2 credits)
- Applied Secondary - Piano (1 credits)
- Secondary Piano Proficiency - Required (0 credits)
- Sophomore Platform Required (0 credits)
Third Year +
- Bible Doctrines
- History of Music I
- Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
- Drama in Singing I
- Music Elective (1 credits)
- Junior Voice (2 credits)
- Science, Mathematics or Computer Science (3 credits)
- Themes in Western Thought
- Essential Science
- Bible Doctrines
- History of Music II
- Diction for Singers
- Junior Voice (2 credits)
Fourth Year +
- The Christian Musician
- Form & Analysis
- Voice Pedagogy II
- Upper-Level Bible Elective (2 credits)
- Senior Voice (3 credits)
- Philosophy or Psychology (3 credits)
- Senior Recital - Required (0 credits)
Future Careers
Our alumni are serving in church music ministries throughout the country. In addition, our graduates are teaching in Christian schools in every part of the U.S. and are on the faculties of most of the major Fundamental Bible colleges and universities. A number of our graduates also have successful careers as private studio teachers.
Students can network with a variety of employers through our online placement service, CareerCentral. A multitude of employment opportunities are posted annually. In addition, over 60 businesses and 150 Christian schools/mission boards/Christian organizations come on campus to recruit students in a variety of majors through on-campus interviews and job/ministry fairs. The Career Services office also helps students by holding seminars on resume preparation and interview techniques.
Career Services can help you prepare for job hunting and networking with employers.
