Program Overview

Performance: French Horn Emphasis

Overview

From one-on-one instruction and opportunities for live performances to an inspiring faculty that supports your passion for music, this degree sets you up for professional success. Students earning a Bachelor of Music in Performance with an emphasis in the French Horn learn from and interact with the Fred Fox School of Music's esteemed faculty. Dedicated to honing student talent, the faculty members are equally at home in the classroom, studio and on the stage. Along with individualized instruction and mentoring, performance faculty members regularly appear in solo recitals and as guest artists with major opera companies, symphony orchestras, chamber groups and other ensembles. The school offers students a variety of musical experiences from technical instruction to performing opportunities and presents hundreds of concerts a year.

Program Details

Sample Courses

• MUS 351A: Brass Techniques and Materials
• MUS 431: Music in the Baroque
• MUS 428: Entrepreneurship in the Arts

Career Fields

• Education
• Film
• Musicology
• Performance
• Sound engineering

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: French Horn Emphasis

• 4-Year Sample Plan
• Map Transfer Coursework

First Year

• 1st Semester
  • ENGL 101 First-Year Composition (3)
  • MATH (3)
  • MUS 200/400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • MUSI 182 or MUSI 185 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 110A Piano Class (1)
  • MUS 120A Musical Skills and Structure I (3)
  • MUS 130A Introduction to Music Literature (2)
  • 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)
  • MUSI 182 or MUSI 185 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 110B Piano Class (1)
  • MUS 120B Musical Skills and Structure I (3)
  • MUS 200/400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • MUS 130B Introduction to Music Literature (2)

Second Year

• 3rd Semester
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • MUS 210A Piano Class (1)
  • MUS 220A Musical Skills and Structure II (3)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • MUSI 282 or MUSI 285 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 200/400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • Second Language (4)
• 4th Semester
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • MUS 220B Musical Skills and Structure II (3)
  • MUS 200/400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • MUSI 282 or MUSI 285 Individual Studies (4)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • MUS 210B Piano Class (1)
  • Second Language (4)

Third Year

• 5th Semester
  • MUS 330A History of Western Music (3)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • MUS 400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • MUS 370 Introduction to Conducting (2)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • MUSI 382 or MUSI 385 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 427A Careers in Music (2)
• 6th Semester
  • MUS 330B History of Western Music (3)
  • MUSI 382 or MUSI 385 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • MUS 427B Careers in Music (2)

Fourth Year

• 7th Semester
  • GE Core: Exploring Perspectives or Building Connections (3)
  • MUS 410A OR 410B Pedagogy (2)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • MUSI 485 Individual Studies (4)
  • MUS 400 Large Ensemble (1)
  • Music Elective (3)
  • General Education Portfolio (Exit Course) (1)
• 8th Semester
  • Music Elective (2)
  • MUS 498 Senior Capstone: Recital (1)
  • MUS 421 Orchestration (3)
  • MUSI 485 Individual Studies (4)
  • Coached Ensemble (1)
  • MUS 400 Large Ensemble (1)