Performance

Specific Requirements for Performance Track

1. You can declare as a music major without auditioning.
2. Enroll in lessons with a department (applied) instructor. We encourage performance-track students to work continuously with a department instructor throughout your time at UC Davis. 
3. Join a department ensemble.
4. Enroll in the recital preparatory course prior to the junior recital. *
   1. Before enrolling in the recital prep class, students should:
      1. be a declared music major who has completed Music 7A 
      2. be recommended to the class by their applied teacher (instrument or voice teacher)
      3. have completed 3 or more quarters of lessons 
   2. The recital prep class is offered Winter and Spring quarters on Tuesdays, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in the Pitzer Center.
   3. The student’s applied teacher will determine if the student should schedule the junior recital.
   4. Some students may need to seek alternatives to scheduling a recital. The recital prep class and lessons can be very useful in preparing a student to give a lecture/demonstration (as part of their Music 195 senior capstone project for the theory, history, or ethnomusicology track).
5. Give a public recital during both your junior and senior years.
   1. You must work closely with your applied instructor to prepare for and schedule both of your recitals.

Coursework: Performance Track

• General information about the Music Major in the General Catalog 

• Specific information about the Performance Track in the General Catalog (scroll down to Track 3)

Schedule options

Four-Year Schedule

• Freshman/sophomore year: enroll in lessons with a department instructor.
• Junior year: 30-minute junior recital.
• Senior year: 60-minute senior recital.

Transfer and Two-Year Plans

Transfer students should enroll in lessons with a department instructor and plan on taking the recital preparatory course during Winter Quarter, prior to their junior recital.

* Changes to the performance track (7/1/21)