2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

MUS 326 Applied Lesson: Percussion

Applied lessons are available in brass, percussion, piano, voice, and woodwinds. Music education majors normally carry one credit of lessons per semester, which represents a one half-hour lesson per week. Music performance majors are required to carry two semester credits of lessons per semester, which represent a one-hour lesson per week. Students who are registered for applied lessons must perform a jury reviewed by the music faculty at the end of each semester. Students who present a recital before semester break are included in this requirement. Students who present a recital after semester break will consult with their studio lesson teacher as to their jury obligations.

Credits

1-2

Offered

By permission of instructors only

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. To provide each student with the opportunity to master basic and advanced techniques and develop a daily fundamental routine addressing areas of sound, articulation, and musicianship.
  2. To present new repertoire to challenge each student’s musical development and technical ability.
  3. To gain familiarity with standard musical and percussion terminology as related to percussion.
  4. To provide a greater understanding and application of historical issues and applied pedagogy related to percussion.
  5. To integrate technology to better assess musical development and performance.
  6. To explore world music through the works of composers from different cultures and cultural influences.
  7. To experience improvisation through the creation of technique exercises, etudes, and the study of repertoire that incorporate improvisation, including jazz vibraphone.