About
The Bachelor of Music in Music Performance degree provides skilled musicians with opportunities to develop expertise as professional performers or composers of solo, chamber and large ensemble music; as directors and performers of church music; or as university-level faculty following graduate study.
Each concentration of the Music Performance degree has special courses or features. In Music Performance (BM) – Instrument, students have studio lessons focused toward solo performance recitals in the junior and senior year. A capstone experience is two recitals presented on campus.
Students also take the Hayes School of Music’s core curriculum: private instrument/voice study, ensemble participation, music theory and aural skills, music history, world music and other musicianship classes. Faculty members for this degree include experts in all individual conservatory instruments, including woodwinds, brass, strings (including guitar and harp), piano and organ, and percussion.
Students may choose from among the following instrument concentrations. The names are hyperlinked to the appropriate curriculum.
- Bassoon
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Euphonium
- Flute
- French Horn
- Guitar
- Harp
- Oboe
- Organ
- Percussion
- Piano
- Saxophone
- String Bass
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Viola
- Violin
After Graduation
Performance alumni typically pursue further study in some of the finest graduate schools in the United States, including the University of Maryland, Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory and Florida State University.
Minors
Engagement Outside the Classroom
- American String Teachers Association (student chapter)
- College Music Society (student chapter)
- Music service fraternities: Phi Mu Alpha, Sigma Alpha Iota, Kappa Kappa Psi
Global Learning
Appalachian is committed to introducing students to different cultures and teaching them how to live and interact in a global society.
Hayes School of Music students take MUS 2018 World Music as a requirement within their degree programs. Additionally, Music students are eligible to participate in international programs, including recent course-related activities in Ireland, South Africa and Cuba.
Admission Requirements
All students must audition to be accepted into the Hayes School of Music.
Why Appalachian?
- The Hayes School of Music prepares young musicians for professional lives as performers, composers, music educators, music therapists, conductors and music industry professionals, ensuring the next generation of musical leadership for the state, region and nation.
- With employment and graduate school placement record of nearly 100 percent, our students typically move into professional music careers, including performing, teaching, clinical work, research and business, as well as other career fields that value collaboration, logical reasoning and creative thinking.
- The Hayes School of Music engages the local and regional community with more than 190 concerts each year, giving students valuable performance experience.
Location
Boone campus only
Contacts
Dr. Scott Kallestad
Associate Professor of Saxophone, Degree Coordinator
Room 108, Broyhill Music Center
828-262-8025
kallestadsd@appstate.edu