The undergraduate degrees in music emphasize knowledge and awareness of:

• solo performance and technique, including the various musical styles used in compositions for students' musical instruments or voice;
• each composition performed, notation and symbols used in the compositions performed, and repertoire for the students' performance medium;
• ensemble performance, including familiarity with major composers in the student's performance medium and the techniques necessary to blend a number of individual musicians into an ensemble;
• concert and recital opportunities, including literature composed for different performance forces;
• theoretical studies, including tonal harmony, counterpoint, voice-leading and notation; formal principles and analytical techniques for tonal music; and scoring, including the concert pitch of transposing instruments and nomenclature used in scores; and
• historical studies, including representative works in the canon of musical literature from chant to the present, the general outlines of the history of music from the Middle Ages to the present, music in the United States and musical cultures other than those of Europe.

In addition, students completing any of the degrees in music are expected to acquire the ability to:

• perform solo and ensemble repertoire demonstrating musical artistry, technical proficiency and stylistic understanding;
• demonstrate an understanding of theoretical studies, including sight-reading and ear training; and
• demonstrate an understanding of historical studies including the analysis of stylistic periods and music of non-Western cultures.