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. For detailed curricula, please review the Department of Music Course Sequence Guides.
Coordinator
Eric Laprade, DMA
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands
Music Building 
lapradee@tcnj.edu 
(609) 771-2570
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.