Undergraduate Teacher Education Program
Music Licensure

The music program is designed for candidates who wish to major in music performance or teach music. All prospective music majors are required to audition and to be interviewed by members of the music department. Courses for the major require theory, piano proficiency, sight singing and diction, music history and literature in addition to applied study. All music majors, except those pursuing teacher licensure in music, are required to present a half-hour recital during the senior year. Opportunities for instrumental performance are numerous and include participation in jazz ensembles, a brass band and community orchestras. Three choral groups—chorale, chamber singers and show choir--perform on and off campus. Graduates are hired as church music directors, school band directors and teachers, while others pursue graduate studies.

The overall goal of the music education with licensure curriculum is to provide opportunities and experiences for the candidate to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes for effective service as a public school music educator.

Music licensure (K-12) is offered in choral music and instrumental music at Greensboro College. Music education majors study one principal instrument which includes a band or orchestral brass or woodwind instrument, percussion, organ, piano, voice, orchestral string instrument and guitar. Candidates may elect to study a second principal instrument. Music education majors are required to participate in at least five semesters of a large ensemble pertaining to their principal applied study (Marching/Concert Band/Chorale) and at least three semesters of a small ensemble as recommended by their principal applied teacher.

These programs prepare candidates for licensure in public school music while enabling them to achieve a high level of professional competence in their chosen fields as well as preparing them for entrance into graduate study.

Candidates desiring North Carolina licensure should be aware that graduation with licensure may require more than the minimum 124 semester hours. Those candidates preparing for licensure should expect to attend at least two sessions of Summer School in order to complete the requirements in the music education program within four years.

For more information about the Music Education (K-12) licensure program contact:

Jane G. McKinney
Coordinator of Music Education Program
Professor of Music
(336)272-7102, ext. 281
mckinneyj@gborocollege.edu
Odell Building

Go to Greensboro College's Department of Music.