Music Performance

Associate in Fine Arts

This is a two-year associates degree program designed to meet the lower level (freshman and sophomore) course requirements of a four-year University for students majoring in Music Performance. In order to take courses similar to those of freshman and sophomore students at a university, some general education courses are postponed to the junior and senior years.

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Modes of Instruction
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Program Details

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View Program Guide for Associate in Fine Arts in Music Performance

FIRST YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

ORI 100	College 101	1
ENG 101 or ENG 113	English Composition I or Professional Technical Writing	3
MAT 113 or 120	IAI Math Elective	3
MUS 106 or MUS 111	Beginning Class Piano I or Applied Music	1
MUS 108	Aural Skills I	1
MUS 121	Theory of Music	3
MUS 101A or MUS 102A	Choral Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble	1
MUS 110	Music Fundamentals	3
MUS 211	Applied Music	2
	Total	18

FIRST YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

ENG 102	English Composition II	3
Social Science	Social Science Elective	3
MUS 225	Music Literature/History	3
MUS 122	Theory of Music	3
MUS 109	Aural Skills II	1
MUS 101A or MUS 102A	Choral Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble	1
MUS 111	Applied Music	1
MUS 211	Applied Music	2
	Total	17

SECOND YEAR – FALL SEMESTER

Humanities	Humanities Elective	3
Physical Science	Physical Science Elective	3
COM 115	Speech	3
MUS 208	Aural Skills III	1
MUS 221	Advanced Theory of Music I	3
MUS 101A or MUS 102A	Choral Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble	1
MUS 111	Applied Music	1
MUS 211	Applied Music	2
	Total	17

SECOND YEAR – SPRING SEMESTER

Life Science	Life Science Elective	4
MUS 105	Music Appreciation	3
Social Science	Social Science Elective	3
MUS 222	Advanced Theory of Music II	3
MUS 209	Aural Skills IV	1
MUS 101A or MUS 102A	Choral Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble	1
MUS 111	Applied Music	1
MUS 211	Applied Music	2
	Total	18

Total Hours for Degree

The Music Performance – AFA Program is a minimum of 67 credit hours. Please use our Tuition and Fees page to calculate your approximate cost.

*Students will be responsible for additional classroom materials and tools. Students can order textbooks online from Official John A. Logan Bookstore Apparel, Merchandise & Gifts.

John A Logan offers a seamless transfer to the next step in your educational journey for many of our programs. Our academic programs prepare you for what you will need to transfer to a four-year college or university. When you have selected the college where you would like to transfer, it is important to review their specific admission and course requirements. John A Logan College has many articulation agreements with various colleges.

To view articulation agreements for Music Performance, see our Transfer Planning – John A. Logan College (jalc.edu) page.

Students will perform music on a primary instrument from a broad historical and stylistic range of solo and ensemble repertoire with technique, accuracy, expressivity, stage presence, and creativity.
Students will identify musical elements and organizational patterns through aural and visual analysis.
Students will demonstrate music pedagogy as it relates to private lesson instruction, applicable literature, and the ability to diagnose and correct musical and technical faults.

Music Faculty Contact

Chris Thornton

Instructor of Music

Email: chris.thornton@jalc.edu
Phone: (618) 985-2828 Ext. 8033
Office: B41

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Music Performance – AFA

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