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Music majors are required to participate each semester of full time residency in the Ensemble of Record appropriate both to their degree program and to their major instrument.

• Music Education
• Performance Option

Music Education

The Ensemble of Record requirements for Music Education (Licensure) and Composition majors are:

• Piano and Guitar:
  Vocal: University Choirs
  Instrumental: University Bands or University Orchestra
  
• Strings: University Orchestra
• Voice: Chorale or Concert Choir
• Wind/Percussion:
  Fall Semester: Marching Band
  Spring Semester: Symphony Band or Concert Band as assigned by audition
  

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Performance Option

The Ensemble of Record requirements for majors in the Performance Option (other than Composition) differ between Lower Division and Upper Division. The Ensemble of Record requirements for Performance Option majors are:

Lower Division (Freshman and Sophomore):

• Piano: University Choirs, University Bands, or University Orchestra
• Strings: University Orchestra
• Voice: Chorale or Concert Choir
• Wind/Percussion:
  Fall Semester: Marching Band
  Spring Semester: Symphony Band or Concert Band as assigned by audition

Upper Division (Junior and Senior)

A minimum of two (2) ensembles per semester is required of all Performance Option majors at the Upper Division level except for those in either the Composition or Vocal option. Composition students follow Lower Division Ensemble of Record requirements throughout their curriculum.

• Piano: The appropriate major ensemble (instrumental or vocal) plus Chamber Music as assigned by the piano coordinator
• Strings: University Orchestra and Chamber Music
• Voice: Chorale or Concert Choir
• Wind/Percussion:
  -- Jazz: Jazz Ensemble plus Symphony band or Wind Ensemble
  -- Non-Jazz: Wind Ensemble (fall) and Symphony Band (spring) plus University Orchestra or Bryan Symphony Orchestra, or Jazz Ensemble as assigned by the advisor

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