Music Minor

Music Minor

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Pursue your passion for music

With the Minor in Music, you will get a strong understanding of music fundamentals such as chords, sight singing, and aural skills, and the history of Western music, from the medieval period to the 20th century. You will also take three semesters of lessons in voice or the instrument of your choice and three semesters of performances with an ensemble, choosing from chorus, chorale, African drumming, chamber orchestra, or small instrumental groups. You will audition for individual instrumental or vocal lessons.

Check out the different music courses waiting for you at Worcester State!
MU-101 Fundamentals of Music and Aural Skills
An introduction to reading and writing conventional music notation, the fundamentals of music theory, and basic aural skills. Emphasis will be placed on intervals, scales, chords, rhythmic values, sight-singing, melodic dictation, and aural recognition of intervals and chords.
3 credits
MU-205 Music Theory I
Analysis and application of harmonization techniques using diatonic chords. Further emphasis is placed on voice-leading, figured bass, melodic construction, and embellishing tones.
3 credits
MU-280 History of Music
A general survey of western art music covering the historical periods of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century.
3 credits
MU-102 Applied Music
Audition required. Private instruction in an instrument or voice. Thirteen weekly one-hour lessons. May be repeated. Studio fee required. Instruments offered: brass, guitar, piano, percussion, strings, and winds.
1 credit
MU-220 Chorus
Mixed Chorus repertoire. May be repeated.
.5 to 1 credits
MU-222 African Drumming
An exploration of African music and drumming techniques from the culture of Ghana. Students will develop performance skills and present a public performance during the course of the semester.
.5 to 3 credits
MU-321 Small Ensemble
The performance of musical works by a small ensemble. By permission of instructor or audition.
.5 to 1 credits
MU-326 Chamber Orchestra
In this class the students will rehearse and perform music from the orchestral repertoire in a variety of styles and genres and from varied periods. All woodwind, string, brass, keyboard and percussion instruments are eligible to participate. 1 credit section for those repeating the class in another semester and those in proposed revised music minor; .5 credit section for VPA music concentrators Pre-requisite: Audition for Instructor
.5 to 3 credits

Why study music at Worcester State?

As a music student, you will experience the joy of belonging to a tight-knit, collaborative creative community–and witness your own practice evolve
  • Costume Design for Theatre
  • Design
  • Cross-Media
  • Driftwood to Dumpsters
  • Modern Art
  • Directing
  • Music of the Cinema
  • Sculpture 
  • Animation
  • Gallery and Museum Studies
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Music Theory
  • Computers and Music
  • African Drumming
  • Visual Arts in the Schools
  • Printmaking

At Worcester State, there's a whole world of creative spaces and resources at your fingertips. Some examples include:

Worcester Center for the Crafts
Sullivan Auditorium
Fuller Theater
Costume Design Studio
Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery