Transfer Student Information
| The Moores School of Music is committed to making transfer as easy as possible. In addition to meeting all requirements for admission to the University of Houston , transfer students, applying as music majors, must pass an audition on their principal instrument or voice and must have a 2.5 minimum grade point average in all music courses attempted. We adhere to the provisions of the state mandated Field of Study Curriculum for Music and a link to that document is provided below. For additional information, we have also included a number of topics and links below providing useful information for the transfer student. If there are additional questions, the undergraduate advisor can be contacted at 713-743-3172 or the admissions and scholarship coordinator at 713-743-5934.
(Link: Field of Study Curriculum for Music)
Graduate students wishing to transfer to the Moores School of Music should contact the graduate advisor at 713.743.3314 for information. |
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APPLICATIONS |
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We are no longer accepting applications for the Spring 2010 semester. To apply for the Fall 2010 semester, please complete the following application online and submit all required materials to the Moores School of Music by mail, fax, or e-mail. Instructions for the supplemental materials are listed on the application. You will be able to print a copy of your application at the end for your records.
Moores School of Music Application
Please note the deadline dates below. Late/incomplete applications will not be accepted, and will result in a student not receiving an audition.
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Deadlines for applications and supporting materials:
For Spring 2010 entrance:
- October 23, 2009
- Auditions on video/DVD must be received by November 4, 2009, and will not be viewed unless all supporting application materials have been received.
For Summer or Fall 2009 entrance:
- January 22, 2010 (if auditioning on February 6 – see the audition dates below)
- February 19, 2010 (if auditioning on March 6 or March 7 – see the audition dates below)
- Auditions on video/DVD must be received by March 3, 2010, and will not be viewed unless all supporting application materials have been received.
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| Important: all students must also apply for separate admission to the University of Houston, Main Campus using the online application available at applytexas.org (in addition to applying to the Moores School of Music.) For further general admissions information, please visit the University of Houston Office of Admissions website. |
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| AUDITIONS |
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All students wishing to pursue a music major at the Moores School of Music must audition on a primary instrument (or voice). To schedule an audition, all students must complete a Moores School of Music application in addition to the University of Houston’s general admission application, and must submit this application and all required supplemental materials by the deadline listed for the audition date they are requesting (generally two weeks before the audition date). |
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| Live audition dates: |
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For Spring 2010 entrance:
- November 7, 2009 (some areas may not be accepting applications)
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For Summer or Fall 2010 entrance:
- February 6, 2010 (all areas)
- March 6, 2010 (all areas)
- March 7, 2010 (all areas)
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The entrance audition is also used as the audition for scholarship for an incoming student. The audition is a student's opportunity to demonstrate technical proficiency, musicality, and professionalism. He/she should come with the requested literature prepared, be able to announce the titles correctly, know the composers and dress appropriately. Below is the link to the audition requirements for each area; contact information for area coordinators is included.
http://www.music.uh.edu/prospective/audition_requirements_undergrad.pdf |
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THEORY & AURAL SKILLS
Transfer students will be able to transfer four semesters of theory and four semesters of aural skills when grades of C or better have been earned at other Texas colleges or universities. Students do not have to have completed four semesters of theory (or aural skills) in order to transfer credits. We substitute for our own courses any number of lower division theory and aural skills courses as long as a grade of C or better was earned.
Our theory curriculum has recently been redesigned (see courses and descriptions below). One new feature is the series of proficiency exams applicable to all students.
Moores School of Music theory courses are sequential and outlined below. Our program requires that a student who earns a grade below C- in any theory course must repeat that course until a grade of C- or better is earned. In addition, all students must pass any requisite proficiency exams within the specified time frame (see Proficiency Exams below). Because the content of aural skills and group piano are linked to that of the theory courses, a student required to repeat a theory course cannot advance to the next level of aural skills or group piano until the theory deficiency is satisfied.
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MUSI 1310: Theory I. 3 cr. Prerequisite: passing grade on Theory Entrance Exam. Review of musical rudiments; harmony and voice-leading through submediant and mediant chords; figured bass; cadences and phrase structure; basic analysis; elementary composition.
MUSI 1311: Theory II. 3 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI 1310. Harmony and voice-leading through modal texture, secondary dominants and modulation; periodic structures; further analysis and composition.
MUSI 2210: Theory III. 2 cr. Prerequisite: MATH 1310; MUSI 1311 and passing grade on Theory Proficiency Exam II. Harmony and voice-leading through linear chords, the Neapolitan and augmented sixths, advanced modulation, ninth chords; binary form; more advanced modulation and composition.
MUSI 2214: Techniques of Music since 1900. 2 cr. Prerequisite: MATH 1310; MUSI 2210 and passing grade on Theory Proficiency Exam III. Study of compositional practices of the twentieth century and later, through analysis and composition exercises.
MUSI 3215: Introduction to Large Forms. 2 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI 2214 and passing grade on Theory Proficiency Exam IV and Aural Skills Proficiency Exam IV. Introduction to the study of larger musical forms of the eighteenth through twentieth centuries; introduction to the analysis of contrapuntal textures.
MUSI 3216: Analysis. 2 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI 2214. Analysis of selected musical literature. |
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MUSI 1170: Aural Skills I. 1 cr. Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 1310. introduction to solfege, melodic and harmonic dictation. Aural skills exercises in diatonic materials, simple meters.
MUSI 1171: Aural Skills II. 1 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI1170 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 1311. Continuation of MUSI 1170, through modal mixture and diatonic sevenths; compound meters; decorative chromaticism; alto clef.
MUSI 2170: Aural Skills III. 1 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI 1171 and passing grade on Aural Skills Proficiency Exam II: credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 2210. Tenor clef; secondary dominants; elementary modulation; more advanced rhythmic problems, including borrowed divisions.
MUSI 2171: Aural Skills IV. 1 cr. Prerequisite: MUSI 2170; credit for or concurrent enrollment in MUSI 2211. Advanced chromaticism; remote modulation; quintuple meters; introduction to twentieth-century materials, including modes and multimeter. |
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| PROFICIENCY EXAMS |
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Transfer students, as well as our native students, must pass the theory and aural skills proficiency exams prerequisite to Theory III (if transferring after two semesters of theory), to Techniques in Music since 1900 (if transferring after three semesters of theory) and to Introduction to Large Forms (after four semesters of theory). Note that the proficiency exam results are valid through the next offering of the course for which they are prerequisite. If a student fails to enroll in that course the next time it is offered, the student must re-take the proficiency exam to qualify for enrollment.
Students, transfer or native, who fail to achieve a score of 70 on any proficiency exam are not required to repeat theory courses in which they received grade of C- or better but must, however, correct their deficiencies. This could happen any number of ways, i.e. studying the textbook and working alone, hiring a tutor or auditing courses as refreshers. The only requirement is that the proficiency exam be passed before enrolling in the next sequential course. (The aural skills sequence also includes several proficiency exams.)
Students transferring four semesters of theory need only pass Theory Proficiency Exam IV and Aural Skills Proficiency Exam IV before registering in MUSI3215, Introduction to Large Forms, a new course required in all BM degree plans.
All theory and aural skills proficiency exams will be offered on audition days, during the week of final exams and again the week before classes begin in August and January. Students will be given the specific testing time in August at the required orientation for transfer students and should contact the undergraduate advisor (713.743.3172) for testing dates. [Sample proficiency exams will soon be available on the Moores School's web site.] |
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