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Audition Requirements
Audition Dates and Deadlines
The Music Education Program
Program Requirements
Double Majors
September Experience
Student Teaching
State Required Testing
Audition Requirements
Music Education majors are expected to display those personal characteristics and professional qualities possessed by effective teachers. Applicants audition in their applied performance area and are interviewed by the music education faculty to determine their admission to this program. Applications are reviewed by both the Applied and the Music Education faculties. Applicants must have at least a concentration level facility in their applied performance area and a good academic record in addition to well-defined attitudes and goals toward music in elementary and secondary education. Click here for more information.
The Music Education Program
The program of study is designed to prepare well-rounded educators by focusing on three areas of scholarship: General Education, Musicianship Studies, and Professional Education. General Education studies consist of courses such as English, Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities, and Mathematics. Musicianship studies include Applied Lessons, Ensembles, Theory, Conducting, and Music History and Literature. Professional Education studies focus on teaching skills and consist of courses such as methods classes (instrumental, choral, general, etc.), Human Development, and Schooling and Teaching in America. Additional courses are determined by specialization in a content area (instrumental, choral, etc.). See the CCM Bulletin for complete degree requirements.
Program Requirements
During the freshman and sophomore years, all Music Education majors take a common curriculum. Prior to the beginning of the junior year, each Music Education major will select an area of specialization and take specific courses relating to that specialization (choral/general music or instrumental music) during the junior and senior years.
Students must participate in a major ensemble as assigned (according to performance concentration) during each quarter in residence. In addition, all woodwind, brass, string, and percussion concentrations must perform for two quarters in a choral ensemble as assigned.
A minimum of 11 terms of applied study are required with at least two of the terms at the 400 level. Freshmen register as major; subsequent registrations are as concentrations.
Music Education majors must pass the Secondary Piano Music Education Examination which is taken by the end of the sophomore year.
Double Majors
A student who is approved by the faculty of the College-Conservatory for the major in Performance may complete the requirements in the areas of both Music Education and Performance Study. This program is a composite of both programs of study, and may require an additional year of study.
The Music Education faculty expects music education students to exhibit those characteristics appropriate for effective teaching throughout the program and to make satisfactory progress toward the degree.
Other specific retention criteria are as follows:
1. Be in good standing, free from academic, disciplinary, or musical probation;
2. Maintain the following quality point averages:a. All required courses (CCM and non-CCM) must be completed with a grade of C or better;
b. Minimum cumulative GPA is 3.00.
The continuous evaluation of student progress throughout the program is made possible by the quarterly audit and advising system in the Music Education Division. In addition, the progress of all students is reviewed at the completion of the sophomore year by the entire Music Education faculty in order to determine admission to upper division status.
September Experience
During the year in which they will be completing their student teaching, Music Education students participate in the opening weeks of school at select Greater Cincinnati area elementary and secondary schools. In this September Experience, the student is given an invaluable opportunity for observation and participation in a typical public school situation. Students will participate at the beginning of their senior year unless otherwise approved by the Music Education faculty.
Student Teaching
Student teaching, under the guidance of a cooperating teacher and a university supervisor, is the culmination of this program. To be eligible for a student teaching assignment, students must meet the following requirements:
1. Satisfy the retention criteria described above.
2. Have removed all unsatisfactory grades from their records (I, U, F, N, etc.).
3. Have successfully passed the Secondary Piano Music Education Examination and a Sophomore Teaching Board.
4. Have completed all required course work in the Professional Education and Musicianship areas.
5. Have passing scores for Praxis II (as specified by the state of Ohio) on file in the Division Office.
A student will not be recommended for graduation who has, in the opinion of the Music Education faculty, failed to demonstrate acceptable characteristics and competencies. Upon successful completion of the Music Education program, students are eligible for preK-12 music licensure in Ohio and many other states.
State Required Testing
All music education students with ACT composite scores below 22 or SAT scores below 1000 must pass the Pre-Professional Skills Test (Praxis I). Passing scores for the Praxis I (as specified by the state of Ohio) must be on file in the Music Education Division and CCM College offices prior to admission to upper division status. Students should register to take this test as early as possible after entering CCM.
All music education students must take the National Teachers Examination (Praxis II) during or before the academic year in which they student teach. (It is recommended that students complete approximately three fourths of their coursework before taking the exam.) Praxis II scores as required by the Ohio Department of Education must be on file before a student will be allowed to student teach.
College-Conservatory of MusicDivision of Music Education
Mary Emery Hall | P.O. Box 210003 | Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003
Phone: 513-556-6017Fax: 513-556-0202Email: wingl@uc.edu
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