1. Florida International University

2.  1.Graduation from an accredited secondary school or the
successful completion of the GED.
 2.Completion of 18 academic units in a college preparatory
curriculum. The following distribution of the 18 units is required:
• Four units of English (three units must include a substantial
writing component)
• Four units of mathematics (Algebra I or higher)
• Three units of natural science (two with laboratories)
• Three units of social sciences
• Two units of the same foreign language
• Two units of academic electives
 3.For Florida High School Graduates, Florida International
University honors both the new three-year 18-credit standard
college preparatory program and the traditional four-year 24-
credit standard program.4.Submit official Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT I) or American College Test (ACT) scores.

3.  Choral
 Composition
 Jazz
 Keyboard
 Music Education
 Music History
 Music Technology
 Music Theory
 Orchestral Strings
 Vocal
 Wind
 Ensemble

4.  CHORAL STUDIES Voice students at FIU are offered a
dynamic curriculum that includes private instruction from
an outstanding artist faculty with national and international
reputations. The members of the FIU voice faculty have
performed with major opera companies and orchestras from
around the world. They bring their profound
artistry, professional experience, and creative teaching
abilities to the FIU student body. In addition to regular
performances with FIU ensembles, the voice faculty also
remains active in the professional field, representing FIU in
solo performances and master classes around the world. The
School of Music's Guest Artist and Artist-in-Residence
programs bring FIU voice students into contact with an
extensive array of prominent performing artists and
composers each year.

5.  The FIU Music Composition Program is designed to give students a
strong background in the techniques and languages of a variety of
musical styles ranging from common practice music to the most
experimental contemporary approaches. Combining a strong emphasis in
writing with analysis, the program is designed to produce composers
who are proficient in a variety of musical languages while at the same
time allowing for the evolution of an individual's personal compositional
craft and approach. A strong emphasis on musicianship including the
performance and conducting of a student's own works further enhances
the young composer's development as a competent musician. Numerous
performance opportunities of students' works by excellent performers
and ensembles as well as hands on experience in the use of new
technologies including MIDI, computer music, and interactive and
notational software are an integral part of the curriculum. Many of our
graduates have continued studies at other prestigious schools and have
been the recipients of ASCAP and BMI Student Composition awards. The
music composition program at FIU prepares students for either continued
graduate studies in composition or as skillful composers continuing in a
variety of other venues.

6.  American jazz is a reflection of America’s history. As
American culture evolves, people from all over the world
come here, carrying with them their musical
traditions, styles, instruments, and the cultural and spiritual
expression within their music. At FIU we have a student
body comprised of young people from diverse cultures -
North America, the Caribbean, and South and Central
America in particular. One of our main goals is to nurture
these young musicians ability to express themselves through
music, incorporating their ethnic and cultural traditions
within the creative framework of American Jazz. While
instilling a high level of proficiency within the existing
American jazz idiom, our emphasis on self-expression and
experimentation fuels innovation and originality in
instrumental performance, composition, and improvisation.
This process is the essence of American jazz.

7.  Piano Performance
 The Bachelor and Master of Music programs in Piano Performance are designed to
develop the necessary multifaceted skills demanded by today’s music profession.
Versatility is achieved through the exploration of a varied solo-concerto repertoire
encompassing major--as well as less known--works from the four major stylistic
periods and the cultivation of an active collaborative experience through
accompanying and multiple ensemble participation (Choir, Chamber Music,
Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Piano Ensemble, Collegium and New Music
Ensemble). An integral component of the program is the commitment to provide
students with various performance opportunities in theme-oriented programs
offered at the Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center, Concert Hall
and at different venues throughout the South Florida area as community outreach
activities. The interaction with visiting artists (recent guests include Leon Fleisher,
Murray Perahia, harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, Magdalena Baczewska and
others) in master classes further enhances the students’ musical enrichment. FIU
possesses a Steinway Model D concert grand, a generous donation of Dr. Herbert
Wertheim.

8.  The Study of Music.
 Theory and Sight Singing I and III are offered every fall semester. Theory
and Sight Singing II and IV are offered every spring semester.
Fundamentals of Music is offered every Summer A as an on-line course.
It is strongly recommended that prospective School of Music students
study the fundamentals of music theory prior to entering FIU so that they
may immediately place into Theory I. Many schools (e.g., the Eastman
School of Music) offer inexpensive, non-credit on-line fundamentals
courses. FIU’s Fundamentals course confers actual college credit.
 The minimum grade that must be earned in a theory/sight-singing course
in order to progress to the next level is C. For composition majors, or
prospective composition majors, the minimum is B. Sight-singing courses
have two components: sight singing and dictation. You must earn a
minimum of C (B for composition majors) in BOTH components of a
sight-singing course in order to pass it successfully.

9.  The string program at FIU is designed to train the leading
performers and educators of tomorrow. Through studies with the
School of Music's distinguished artist-faculty, students perform a
broad repertory of solo, chamber, and orchestral literature. The
School of Music features a thriving chamber music program,
directed by the Amernet String Quartet, which affords students an
array of performance opportunities both on and off campus.
Additionally, frequent master classes and workshops given by
visiting artists are an integral part of the program. Graduates of
the string program at FIU have gone on to careers as
internationally recognized and award-winning chamber
musicians, orchestral players, soloists, and teachers. The FIU
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Grzegorz Nowak of the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, gives many performances spanning
baroque though contemporary repertoire, featuring guest artists
and students as soloists. These concerts resound in the splendid
acoustics of the Wertheim Concert Hall.

10.  Voice students at FIU are offered a dynamic curriculum that
includes private instruction from an outstanding artist
faculty with national and international reputations. The
members of the FIU voice faculty have performed with
major opera companies and orchestras from around the
world. They bring their profound artistry, professional
experience, and creative teaching abilities to the FIU student
body. In addition to regular performances with FIU
ensembles, the voice faculty also remains active in the
professional field, representing FIU in solo performances
and master classes around the world. The School of Music's
Guest Artist and Artist-in-Residence programs bring FIU
voice students into contact with an extensive array of
prominent performing artists and composers each year.

11.  Wind and percussion students are offered a dynamic
curriculum that includes studying with an outstanding
artist faculty, renowned for their work as award-
winning soloists and as principal players in the
regional orchestras of South Florida and other areas.
Their professional experience and creative teaching
styles are well-respected internationally as well. In
addition, guest artists and artist-in-residence programs
continually bring to our campus an extensive array of
significant musicians into contact with our music
students. The curriculum places emphasis on solo
performance, chamber music, and large ensemble
performance. Scholarships, including out-of-state
tuition waivers, are available.

12.  Jazz
 Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music
 Classical Guitar Ensembles
 Classical Guitar Ensembles
 New Music Ensemble
 Wind Studies and Chamber Music
 University Brass Choir
 Marching Band
 Flute choir
 The NODUS Ensemble
 Amernet String Quartet

13.  For most if not all courses of music, you must
be a student of F.I.U in order to audition for
any music classes.

14.  The AWESOMEST Table! We always make Ms.
Richardson’s Day!