Program Overview

Performance: Harpsichord Emphasis

Overview

Perfect your musicianship on the harpsichord under the guidance of our renowned faculty, plus learn practical professional skills for a rich and dynamic career. The pursuit of a Bachelor of Music in Performance with an emphasis in the Harpsichord provides students with a rigorous course of study. Classwork includes topics that range from the technical (piano, methodology, aural skills) to the cultural (history of music in the 20th century), all of which deepen students' understanding of music as a whole. The internationally recognized faculty at the Fred Fox School of Music offers highly individualized instruction as well as master classes where students are encouraged to collaborate. Students are presented with numerous performance opportunities in our two beautiful concert halls, and beyond.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• MUS 370: Introduction to Conducting
• MUS 400P: Philharmonic Orchestra
• MUS 453: String Methods

Career Fields

• Education
• Instrument design
• Performance
• Studio management
• Theater

Level of Math

• General Knowledge

This strand involves the general understanding and appreciation of how mathematics is used to solve problems in everyday life. The G-strand does not prepare a student for any further work grounded in mathematics and assumes the student will not proceed beyond the basic Foundations level noted above. Thus only those students whose major requires the most general knowledge of mathematics should take this strand.

Level of Second Language

• 2nd Semester Proficiency

Second-semester skill level in a second language is required. Non-B.A. degree students may fulfill this requirement with one of the following options: 1. Scoring the equivalent of second-semester skill level on an entrance or placement examination administered by The University of Arizona. 2. Completion with a C or better of a second semester course at the post-secondary level. 3. An AP (Advanced Placement), IB (International Baccalaureate) or CLEP (College Level Entrance Program) language score determined by the individual language department. 4. In the College of Engineering by a method determined within the College; however, all students in the college must also take a language placement examination on entrance to the University.

Pre-major Required?

• No

This Major's College

• College of Fine Arts

Degree

• Bachelor of Music

Sample Plans

2025, Performance: Harpsichord Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework

First Year

1st Semester

• ENGL 101 First-Year Composition (3)
• MATH (3)
• MUS 120A Musical Skills and Structure I (3)
• MUS 130A Introduction to Music Literature (2)
• Coached Ensemble (1)
• MUSI 182 or MUSI 185 Individual Studies (4)
• MUS 110A Piano Class I (1)
• Introduction to the General Education Experience (Entry Course) (1)

2nd Semester

• ENGL 102 First-Year Composition (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• MUS 120B Musical Skills and Structure I (3)
• MUS 130B Introduction to Music Literature (2)
• Coached Ensemble (1)
• MUS 110B Piano Class I (1)
• MUSI 182 or MUSI 185 Individual Studies (4)

Second Year

3rd Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• MUS 220A Musical Skills and Structure II (3)
• Coached Ensemble (1)
• MUSI 282 or MUSI 285 Individual Studies (4)
• Second Language (4)

4th Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• Music Elective (1)
• MUS 220B Musical Skills and Structure II (3)
• Coached Ensemble (1)
• MUSI 282 or MUSI 285 Individual Studies (4)
• Second Language (4)

Third Year

5th Semester

• MUS 330A History of Western Music (3)
• MUS 370 Introduction to Conducting (2)
• MUS 426A Piano Literature (3)
• MUS 427A Careers in Music (2)
• MUS 401 or 402 Ensemble (1)
• MUSI 382 or MUSI 385 Individual Studies (4)

6th Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• MUS 330B History of Western Music (3)
• MUS 426B Piano Literature (3)
• MUS 427B Careers in Music (2)
• MUSI 382 or MUSI 385 Individual Studies (4)
• MUS 401 or 402 Ensemble (1)

Fourth Year

7th Semester

• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
• MUS 410A Pedagogy (2)
• MUS 420A Counterpoint (3)
• MUSI 485 Individual Studies (4)
• General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1)

8th Semester

• MUS 410B Pedagogy (2)
• MUS 420B Counterpoint (3)
• MUS 421 Orchestration (3)
• MUS 498 Senior Capstone: Recital (1)
• MUSI 485 Individual Studies (4)