The Bachelor of Arts in Music with an Emphasis in Voice program is designed for serious students who wish to devote themselves to developing musical skills, understanding composition and refining their performance skills. The program is a true liberal arts degree, allowing participation in varied performing ensembles and studies while simultaneously preparing students for a variety of careers both within and outside the field. Some students enter this program with aspirations of teaching private voice lessons or owning their own studio. Others wish to pursue their master‛s degree so they are able to teach voice or music at the collegiate level. Coursework for those wishing to earn a music degree with a voice major includes topics such as music theory and history, counterpoint, voice, piano and choral ensemble. Students also study the various organizational structures in music, from motive, phrase and period, through binary and ternary forms to the most complex, such as variation, rondo and sonata. In addition, students study the fundamentals and techniques of conducting. Special emphasis is placed on conducting choral and instrumental music and the special techniques required to conduct various ensembles. Voice major students are provided with a study on song literature through writing-intensive courses that study composers, their styles and literature from the beginning of solo song, through early and middle romantic periods as well as the contemporary period.

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