Bachelor of Music in Performance - Orchestral Instruments

The bachelor of music in performance is a pre-professional degree designed to prepare students who wish to pursue a future in the professional music world as a performing artist or studio teacher. This degree requires an emphasis in orchestral instruments, jazz, piano or voice. Extensive applied instruction and classes on technique, coaching and various performance styles, as well as ensemble experience, constitute the core of the curriculum. For the emphasis in orchestral instruments, students may choose classical guitar, or any orchestral wind, brass, or string instrument, or percussion as their performance area. Private instruction is provided by outstanding artists/teachers on the faculty. Music majors with an orchestral instruments emphasis will perform in Webster University ensembles, and may be assigned to assist with choral concerts, musical theatre performances, or Opera Studio as designated by the faculty. Students whose performance area is organ follow the curriculum for the bachelor of music in performance with an emphasis in orchestral instruments except that MUSC 4030 and 3 credit hours of music electives replace the 6 credit hours of piano. The bachelor of music in performance conforms to the guidelines specified by the National Association of Schools of Music for accreditation. Webster University is a full member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

Students must completed high school or from a home school program.

Freshman applicants are expected to complete a college preparatory secondary school program with at least 19 units of academic credit. The University strongly recommends the following distribution:

English: 4 units

History/Social studies: 3 units

Mathematics: 3 units

Foreign Language: 2 units

Science (two laboratory): 3 units

Fine Arts: 1 unit

Academic electives: 3 units

Applicants most likely to be admitted will have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and a class rank in the top 50 percent of their high school class, if applicable.

English language proficiency requirement:

TOEFL: iBT: 80

TOEFL: ITP: 550

IELTS: Academic: 6.0

Duolingo: 110

Pearson: 53

Cambridge Academic English: 169

Password: 6.0

GTEC: 1201

iTEP: 3.7

SAT's English-based Reading and Writing Score: 450

ACT composite score: 23