Conservatory Grids

The conservatory grids outline specific degree and credit requirements and the recommended distribution across years of study for completion. The grids are unique to each major and concentration offered within the Conservatory of Music. Students work closely with their advisor to create an individualized plan for progress through their degree based on the grids.

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• Undergraduate Majors
• Minors
• Interdivisional Minors
• Integrative Concentrations
• Performance Diplomas
• Bachelor of Music / Master of Music Joint Programs
• Master’s Degrees
• Artist Diplomas

Undergraduate Majors

• Composition Major  
• Historical Performance Major:
  • Baroque Cello Concentration  
  • Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba Concentration  
  • Baroque Flute Concentration  
  • Baroque Oboe Concentration  
  • Baroque Violin Concentration  
  • Harpsichord Concentration  
  • Recorder Concentration  
  • Viola da Gamba Concentration  
• Jazz Composition Major  
• Jazz Performance Major :
  • Jazz Bass Concentration
  • Jazz Flute Concentration
  • Jazz Guitar Concentration
  • Jazz Percussion Concentration
  • Jazz Piano Concentration
  • Jazz Saxophone Concentration
  • Jazz Trombone Concentration
  • Jazz Trumpet Concentration
  • Jazz Vibraphone Concentration
  • Jazz Violin Concentration
  • Jazz Voice Concentration
• Music Theater Major
• Musicology Major  
• Performance Major:
  • Brass Concentrations (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)  
  • Classical Guitar Concentration  ​
  • Harp Concentration  
  • Organ Concentration  
  • Percussion Concentration  
  • Piano Concentration  
  • Piano and Vocal Accompanying Concentration  
  • Strings Concentrations (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)  
  • Voice Concentration  
  • Woodwinds Concentrations (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon)  
• Recording Arts and Production Major  
• Technology in Music and Related Arts Major  

Minors

• Choral Conducting Minor
• Improvisation Minor
• Music Theory Minor
• Musicology Minor
• Orchestral Conducting Minor
• Performance: Baroque Cello Minor
• Performance: Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba Minor
• Performance: Baroque Flute Minor
• Performance: Baroque Viola Minor
• Performance: Baroque Violin Minor
• Performance: Early Oboes Minor
• Performance: Harpsichord Minor
• Performance: Organ Minor
• Performance: Piano Minor
• Performance: Recorder Minor
• Performance: Viola da Gamba Minor
• Performance: Voice Minor 
• Piano Pedagogy Minor 
• Technology in Music and Related Arts Minor 

Interdivisional Minors

• African American Music Minor
• Arts and Creative Technologies Minor
• Interdisciplinary Performance Minor
• Music and Cognition Minor
• Music and Popular Culture Minor

Integrative Concentrations

• Arts Administration and Leadership Integrative Concentration
• Pedagogy, Advocacy, and Community Engagement Integrative Concentration

Performance Diplomas

• Performance Diploma (all areas):   
  • Keyboard Studies
  • Strings
  • Vocal Studies
  • Winds, Brass, Percussion

Bachelor of Music / Master of Music Joint Programs

• Bachelor of Music combined with Master of Music in Choral Conducting  
• Bachelor of Music combined with Master of Music in Historical Performance  
  • Baroque Cello Concentration
  • Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba Concentration
  • Baroque Viola Concentration
  • Baroque Violin Concentration
  • Fortepiano Concentration
  • Harpsichord Concentration
  • Historical Flutes Concentration
  • Historical Keyboard Instruments Concentration
  • Historical Oboes Concentration
  • Organ Concentration
  • Recorder Concentration
  • Viola da Gamba Concentration
• Bachelor of Music combined with Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting  

Master’s Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Piano Technology
• Master of Music in Historical Performance:
  • Baroque Cello and Viola da Gamba Concentration  
  • Historical Instruments:  
    • Baroque Cello Concentration
    • Baroque Flute Concentration
    • Baroque Violin Concentration
    • Fortepiano Concentration
    • Harpsichord Concentration
    • Organ Concentration
    • Recorder Concentration
    • Viola da Gamba Concentration
  • Historical Keyboard Instruments Concentration​  
  • Historical Oboes Concentration  

Artist Diplomas

• Artist Diploma in Organ  
• Artist Diploma in Piano  
• Artist Diploma in Strings  
• Artist Diploma in Vocal Studies  
• Artist Diploma in Winds, Brass, Percussion