Graduates from this programme will be both Certified and Specialist teachers. They will be qualified to teach either instrumental and/or choral music at the primary and secondary level. Students should note that because this is a professional degree it will require a minimum of 145 credits for completion. This programme is designed to be completed in five (5) years. It includes sixty-three (63) credits of Music core requirements, forty (40) credits of Professional Education and the requisite minimum credits of General Education courses. Students pursuing this major must pass the Theory Placement Entrance Exam and an audition on the instrument in which they intend to major. Further details for the entrance exam requirements are published in the Music Student Handbook.Career Opportunities Some career opportunities including: performance, teaching, music therapist, architectural acoustics consultant, arts management, music biographer, church musician, composer, conductor, musicologist, lyricist, music attorney, music industry (including radio, television, and publishing) and music librarian. Some of these will require graduate studies in their appropriate disciplines.

 

• Listing ID: 4138
• Field of Study: MUSIC AND FINE ARTS
• Institution Category: Universities
• Institution Type: Private
• Awarding Body: Northern Caribbean University
• Qualification Level:
• Education Sector: Higher Education
• ISCED Code: 02 Arts & Humanities- 021 Arts- 0215 Music & Performing Arts
• Qualification Developer: Northern Caribbean University
• Quality Assurance Body: UCJ
• Entry Requirements: MATRICULATION REQUIREMENTS
  In order to matriculate, applicants must satisfy University entry requirements as well as appear
  before the Music faculty for an audition in their performance medium and pass the Music Theory
  Placement Examination, before or during orientation week.
  These exams are designed to determine a student’s knowledge and competence in the areas of
  Theory, piano skills and their applied music area. The results of these exams are used to
  determine whether students are prepared to enter directly into one of the degree programmes
  or whether they need to take prerequisite courses in the area(s) in which a deficiency or
  deficiencies are present. These may include MUTH100(MUCT101/2) Fundamentals of Theory,
  MUPF056-57 Applied Music; and/or MUCL102(MUPF102) Class Piano I (See Music Student
  Handbook for further details.)
  GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  Music Student Handbook
  All music students will receive a copy of the Music Student Handbook upon entering any of the
  music programmes. Current students will also receive an updated version at the beginning of
  each successive school year. The Handbook contains all the requirements and procedures, as well
  as general information that students need to know about the music facilities and the music
  degree programmes offered by the Department. Students are responsible for and required to be
  informed about its contents.N o r t h e r n C a r i b b e a n U n i v e r s i t y
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  Ensembles
  All majors, associate degrees and minors must participate in a departmental ensemble each
  consecutive semester (except when a student is teaching or on internship) until the ensemble
  degree requirements are fulfilled. Students may enrol in no more than two ensembles in any
  given semester. Large and small ensembles include: The University Chorale, Chamber Ensemble
  and Concert Band.
  Forums
  Forums are seminars designed for majors, associate degrees and minors to perform in a friendly
  environment and participate in scholarly discussions and performance. Attendance is required
  for all music majors.
  Solo Recitals
  All majors are required to present both a Junior and a Senior recital as graduation requirements.
  Each of these must be preceded by a pre-recital four weeks prior to the proposed recital date.
  (See Music Student Handbook for further details.)
  Piano Proficiency
  Each major, including Teacher Education majors, is required to pass a Piano Proficiency
  Examination at the end of the sophomore year. Students who fail the exam will be required to
  register for Piano Proficiency courses until the examination is passed. (See Music Student
  Handbook for further details.)
  Jury Examinations
  All Music students who are registered for Applied Music for credit in any semester are required
  to appear before the music faculty for a jury examination at the end of that semester. At the jury
  examination, the student will present the compositions, in their principal instrument, studied
  during that semester, but which have not been presented at a previous jury. The length of the
  jury is determined by the number of credits for which the student is registered that semester.
  (See Music Student Handbook for further details.)
  Advancement to Candidacy
  This mid-matriculation interview occurs at the jury at the end of the sophomore year
  (Sophomore Evaluation). This Evaluation examination is designed to ensure that students will be
  able to continue in the programme for which they are enrolled based upon their current levels of
  academic and performance skills. (See Music Student Handbook for further details.)
  Concert and Recital Attendance
  Attendance at all major concerts, recitals, and forums sponsored by the Department is required
  of all music students.
  Applied Music
  All students enrolled in the Bachelor’s degree programmes in music are required to register for
  fourteen (14) 60-minute Applied Music Lessons per semester in their primary performing
  medium in order to obtain credit. Students enrolled in the Associate degree programmes as well
  as minors in music are required to register for fourteen (14) 30-minute lessons per semester in
  order to obtain credit.
• Number of Credits: 145