The Department of Music aims to provide a flexible career-oriented education to accommodate students' career options within the broad field of music.The Department offers two major degree programs and two minor programs as follows:

• Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Music and a Performing Area in Piano, Vocal, or Instrumental Music.
• Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Music Education and a Performing Area in Piano, Vocal, or Instrumental Music.
• Minor in Music.
• Minor in Church Music.
  

Policies and Procedures for Admoission to the Department of Music

All students preparing for an audition for admissions into the Department of Music should observe the following:

1. Students must provide their own instrument, except for a concert piano
2. Any piece of music performed must generally be recognized to be an integral composition (arrangement or original), written for the instrument or voice part upon which it is to be executed and performed in its entirety; however, performers may play single movements of multi-movement compositions.
3. All solos written with piano accompaniments must be performed with that accompaniment or a recording of it. Exceptions will be considered prior to the audition date.
4. All performers are expected to demonstrate individual musical proficiency by selecting music of a grade level appropriate for potential university level music students.
   
   • Examples of & ldquo;appropriate” literature for winds, brass and percussion may be found in the most current Fall issue of the South Carolina Musician magazine.
   • Students auditioning as potential voice majors should present two songs by memory. At least one should be an art song or suitable aria (opera or operetta) sung in the original language.
   • Pianists should refer to the “Suggested Literature” chart of the “Guild Syllabus” distributed by the National Guild of Piano Teachers which is a division of the
     American College of Musicians.
     
5. At the request of the panel of judges, all performers will be required to sight-read an unfamiliar selection.  The selection will be chosen from the standard collections of hymns, folk songs or etudes.
6. At the request of the panel of judges, all performers will be required to play all major scales.
7. All performers will take a diagnostic test on music fundamentals.