The music performance minor is designed for matriculated BM in Music Education majors who demonstrate a record of exemplary music performance and the potential for post-baccalaureate growth and success in performance. Through this highly selective program, students will engage in rigorous, performance-focused music study beyond their BM in Music Education degree program to prepare them for professional performance opportunities and graduate-level music performance study.
Music education majors must apply during the same semester as their sophomore review and will complete a music-performance minor audition for a faculty committee. To be accepted into the music performance minor, applicants must demonstrate a performance level commensurate with a second-year performance major. In addition, to be eligible to apply for the minor, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 at the end of the sophomore year (or the semester sophomore review is completed), and have successfully completed select required core courses including, Musicianship III, Keyboard Skills II, Music from 1750-1945, and Introduction to Music Education.
The music performance minor requires a total of five course units, taken from the list below in consultation with the assigned Department of Music advisor. Students may begin working towards requirements in their first year (e.g., secondary ensembles), but cannot declare the minor until completion of a successful application/audition as outlined above.
Coordinator
Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Performance
Music Building 
kanamaru@tcnj.edu 
(609) 771-2558
Music Performance Minor Requirements
MUS 400–424: applied 400-level studio (private) lessons (1 course unit)
- To be taken during a student’s final year of study, in tandem with their senior recital
- Note: .5 units (1 semester) will substitute for the 300-level music education lesson requirement and cross-count with the major requirements.
MUS 300–324: applied 300-level studio (private) lessons (0.5 course units)
- Note: will cross-count with the major requirements
MUS 200–224 or 300–-324: secondary studio (private) lessons (0.5 course units)
Chamber Music, secondary ensembles, or relevant music electives (2 course units)
- Note: At least .5 course units must be from chamber music and .5 course units from secondary ensembles.
MUS 455: Issues in Music Performance Studies (1 course unit)
MUS 497-02: Senior Recital Music Performance (0 course units)
- Note: Music performance minors will give a single, expanded senior recital of ca. 50 minutes. In addition to the standard MUS 495 requirement of ca. 25-minutes of repertoire, music performance minors will perform an additional ca. 25-minutes of repertoire as part of the 497-02 registration.
Notes
- Up to 1 course unit (four credits) from other institutions may be transferred upon appropriate accreditations.
- Up to 1 course unit may be earned via independent study.
- Total of 8 semesters of private lessons are required.
- Applied lessons during the summer semester may be available upon request and prior arrangement.