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Nov 21, 2025
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2025 -2027 Academic Catalog
Music - Voice Performance Concentration, B.A.
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Mission
The curriculum in Music equips students with a solid musical foundation, as well as skills and knowledge necessary to enter graduate school and professional programs. Students will be prepared for a career in entertainment industries, professional careers in church music ministry, and music performance. The program offers a learning-centered approach in two concentrations, Music Industry and Voice Performance, which allows graduates to excel in their professions. Music majors have the opportunity to perform on campus, to be a part of the renowned Dillard University Choir, collaborate with the Theatre Department and work in partnership with churches in the community and around the country.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Undertake entrepreneurial ventures in music, art and entertainment industries.
- Demonstrate preparedness for graduate study in music and function effectively in a global society.
- Demonstrate competence in ethical decision-making that contributes to community improvement and to the students’ own leadership development.
- Demonstrate competent analytical decision-making and undergraduate research, and use of technologies in music art and entertainment industries.
Programs/Opportunities
- Jazz Band
- University Concert Choir
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Requirements for Bachelor of Arts in Music - Voice Performance
Complete a total of 121 credit hours of coursework for graduation. General Education Core - xx credit hours
Major Requirements - xx credit hours
Additional Coursework - xx credit hours General Education Core
This is a shared core of general education courses. Financial & Digital Literacy
Menu Course Financial & Digital Literacy (Select One)
Critical Thinking in Humanities
Humanities Menu Courses (Select One)
Critical Thinking in Social Sciences
Social Science Menu Courses (Select One)
Quantitative Reasoning (Select One)
Scientific Reasoning Menu Course (Select One Lec and Lab) 4 cr.
Health & Fitness Menu Course (Select One)
World Language & Culture (Select Two) 6 cr.
Voice Performance majors must:
- A 15 minute Jury performance is required by the end of each semester.
- A 30 minute Junior Rectial is required by the end of the 3 year study.
- A 60 minute Senior Rectial is required as the exit examination for program.
- Music students meet on Wednesdays at 12-1 p.m. for performance activities.
Additional Coursework
Includes a minor in another discipline. Music - Voice Performance Curriculum
Total Required Hours: 121
**Community Service: Students must contact the Office of Student Affairs for pre-approved community service project to earn a total of 90 hours of community service by the end of their junior year. |
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