School of Music Overview

The School of Music offers the Bachelor of Music degree (BM) with majors in performance, piano pedagogy, theory/composition, and church music; the Bachelor of Music Education degree (BME) with a concentration in vocal or instrumental music in preparation for all-level certification; and the Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) with either a major or minor in music.

Admission

Acceptance to the School of Music requires passing an audition in the primary performance and scholarly area. Before an audition can be scheduled, applicants must submit a completed School of Music Audition Request Application, a résumé highlighting musical activities and an essay discussing a musical topic or experience. An additional requirement for admission includes two separate letters of recommendation attesting to the candidate's musical accomplishments and ability sent directly to the School of Music office. Applicants unable to visit the campus may submit a video DVD recording and/or copies of original scores and papers. Detailed audition information is available from the School of Music. After satisfying all of the above requirements, final acceptance to the School of Music is contingent on being admitted to TCU.

Pre-Major Status

All incoming music students are designated as music pre-majors (MUPM). A student must complete the above application requirements and pass an audition in the primary performance and scholarly area in order to be eligible for music major status. Once eligible, the student completes and submits a signed Change of Major form to the School of Music office. This form is then sent to the College of Fine Arts where it is processed and the new major is in effect once it appears on the student's my.tcu.edu account. Forms are available in the School of Music office or online at www.music.tcu.edu/Major_Authorization.pdf.

Honors College

Music majors who plan to pursue Departmental Honors must be members of the Honors College and should enroll in the Honors sections of MUSI 30613 and 30623 prior to their senior year. They should enroll in MUSI 40003 the fall semester of their senior year.

School Facilities

The School of Music is housed in historic Ed Landreth Hall, the Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Center for Performing Arts, Music Building South and Jarvis Hall. The Ed Landreth building includes the music offices and conference room; teaching studios; classrooms, a computer lab; practice and rehearsal facilities; and a 1,200-seat auditorium, once home to the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Instrumental resources include numerous upright and grand pianos, four pipe organs, two harpsichords, a clavichord and a collection of authentic Baroque instruments.

The Walsh Center is home to the unique 325-seat PepsiCo Recital Hall, which is well known for its unprecedented acoustical design. The Walsh Center also contains an instrumental rehearsal hall, a choral rehearsal hall, an electronic piano laboratory, piano teaching studios and piano practice rooms all furnished exclusively with Steinway pianos.

Located on the south side of the TCU campus, Music Building South serves the TCU Opera Studio and contains a 100-seat rehearsal studio theater and the John Large Vocal Arts Laboratory.

The third floor of the newly renovated Jarvis Hall contains teaching studios, two classrooms, the Upchurch Studio for Electro-Acoustic Music, the Music Education Resource Library and the School of Music student lounge.

In addition to these four buildings, practice rooms and teaching studios are located in Waits and Foster residence halls; and a large, comprehensive music library complete with recordings, reference books, texts, scores, and a listening room is housed in the Mary Couts Burnett Library.





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