Composition and Performance - Degree

Catalog Year Fall 19 - Sum 20 BM5.COMP.PERF

COMP_PERF

REQUIRED
*Study Abroad - This grid indicates which semesters would be best for students in this
major to study abroad at Berklee's Valencia, Spain campus. Please note not all major
concentrate courses are available in Valencia. For specific program information please see
your major chair or contact the study abroad office at studyabroad@berklee.edu.
SEMESTERS
Course Number Course Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
COMPOSITION CONCENTRATE: 30 Credits Required 30
ISKB-211 & 212 Basic Keyboard Techniques 1 & 2 1 1
CM-221 Techniques of Tonal Writing 2
MLAN-311 Analysis of Classical and Romantic Music 2
CP-311 Advanced Counterpoint 2
CM-311 & 312 Contemporary Techniques in Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CM-231 Instrumentation & Score Preparation 2
MLAN-312 Analysis: 20th- and 21st-Century 2
CM-441 Scoring for Full Orchestra 2
CM-398, 497, & 498 Directed Study in Composition 1, 2, & 3 1 1 2
Major Electives* 2 2 4
Composition Portfolio As part of the Composition concentrate requirements, a portfolio must be satisfactorily completed. Information can be obtained from the
Completion Department Chair.
*Major Electives (select from the following): Any CM, CP, COND, MLAN, and MHIS course not already taken as part of the major, as well as CW-237, CW-247 and CW-257,
ENCL-406, PSVC-343, and SW-345

PERFORMANCE CONCENTRATE: 30 Credits Required 30

PIxx-311 - 412 Private Instruction 5 - 8 1 1 1 1
RPxx-211 - 412* Recital Preparation 3 - 8* 1 1 1 1 1 1
PSHR-321** Harmonic Considerations in Improvisation** 2
ILRE-375 Recital Workshop for Performance Majors 1
PFSS-xxx*** Approved Styles Survey*** 2
Enxx Ensembles 1 1 1 1
Ilxx or ASE**** Labs/Major Electives**** 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
PSH-xxx Health and Wellness Courses for Musicians 1
* Students who place beyond semester-level 3 and/or 4 private instruction must fulfill recital preparation credits (RPxx-211 and/or RPxx-212) by completing Major Electives.
See the appropriate department chair for more information.
** Not required of drum set and voice performance majors. Drum set performance majors must take PSPC-341. Voice performance majors must take PSVC-425.
*** Approved Styles Survey Course: Acoustic String: PFSS-362 , Bass: PFSS-311, Brass: PFSS-321, Drum set: PFSS-341, Guitar: PFSS-331, Hand Percussion: PFSS-345,
Marimba: PFSS–345, Piano: PFSS-351, Strings: PFSS-361, Orchestral Percussion: PFSS-345, Vibraphone: PFSS-351, Voice: PFSS-371, Woodwind: PFSS-381, Mediterannean
Styles PFSS–301.
**** Major Electives: MHIS-P325, PFET-361 - 377 (Performance Ear Training courses; specific courses depend on principal instrument), PS–495, PSEM-200, PSEM-300, PSIJ
courses, PSIM courses, PSIS-364, PSMT-341
CORE MUSIC: 43 Credits Required 43
PERF 1-4 Performance Core (12 credits)
Private Instruction (50 min lessons are 2 credits, 30 min lessons are 1 credit) 2 2 1 1
Lab (ILxx course) 1 1
Ensemble (ENxx course) 1 1 1 1
Total Credits per semester** 3 3 3 3
PW-111 Music Application and Theory 4
AR-111 Arranging 1 2
HR-112 - 212 Harmony 2 - 4 2 2 2
ET-111 & 112 Ear Training 1 & 2 2 2
ET 231 & 232 Solfege 1 & 2 2 2
CM-211 & 212 Tonal Harmony and Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CP-210 & 215 The Art of Counterpoint, Art of Counterpoint 2 3 2
COND-211/216 Conducting 1 1
COND-212/217 Conducting 2 1
*Students are required to enroll in an ensemble and private instruction during their first 4 full-time semesters. In semester 2 they may select either a 50 minute lesson (2 credits)
OR a 30 minute lesson (1 credit) with a co-requisite 1 hour lab (1 credit - ILxx course). Lab credits may replace ensemble credits and vice versa, and one performance studies
course (PSxx-) may replace 2 credits of ensembles or labs during the first four semesters. Additional PSxx courses may be taken as General Electives or ASE credits, depending
on major. Performance Major ASEs include ENxx, ILxx, PFET, PSxx. Performance Major ASEs do not include Performance Studies Health courses (PSH-xxx), PSHR–321,
PSVC–425, PSPC–341, or PSME–xxx.
LIBERAL ARTS: 39 Credits Required 39
MTEC-111 Introduction to Music Technology 2
LENS-10X Engaging Seminars 2
LHUM-400 Professional Development Seminar 2
LENG-111 & LENG-223 Introduction to College Writing/Literature Topics 3 3
LMSC-xxx Mathematics/Natural Sciences (200 level or above) 3
LHIS-xxx History 3
LSOC-xxx Social Sciences 3
MHIS-251 & 252 General Music History 1 & 2 2 2
MHIS-22x Music of the African Diaspora in the United States 2
LVIS-xxx Visual Studies 3
LMAS-xxx Music & Society 3
Lxxx-xxx* Liberal Arts Electives 3 3
*These courses choosen from any of the above three-credit categories. Additional options for electives include LFRN (French), LJPN (Japanese), LHUM (humanities), LPHL
(philosophy), and LSPN (Spanish). Liberal Arts elective courses must be three (3) credits and the course code must have a prefix from the above list. Please note that courses
with prefix LHAN are not liberal arts courses and cannot be used as liberal arts electives.
GENERAL ELECTIVES: 8 Credits Required 2 1 2 3 8
SEMESTER CREDIT TOTALS - - > 16 16 15 16 15 16 15 15 14 12
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 150