Music Theatre Minor

For information, please contact the Department of Music, 109 Presser Hall, 513-529-3014, or the Department of Theatre, 119 Center for Performing Arts, 513-529-3053.

This minor offers students the opportunity to pursue the specialized skills necessary for performance in music theatre: acting, singing, and dancing. Students will complete courses in these three distinct disciplines as well as integrate them in an upper-level acting course and through participation in productions. The minor is designed to enhance the current music and theatre major curricula. Admission to the minor is open to all majors by audition only. All courses in the minor must be taken for a grade (except for introductory-level dance classes which are offered credit/no credit only); a minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in the minor.

Program Requirements

20 semester credit hours

Core requirements
THE 151Stage Makeup1
THE 395The Musical in American Culture3
CCA 331Acting for the Musical Stage3
Acting3
Theatre majors complete THE131; all other majors complete THE123 (or THE131 with permission of instructor).
THE 123
Acting for the Non-Major: Text and Performance
or THE 131
 Principles of Acting
Dance4
Choose two techniques at the 100 level or choose 100/200 level in one technique
SLM/THE 110A
Beginning Ballet 1
SLM/THE 110G
Beginning Modern Dance 1
THE 110B
Beginning Jazz Dance 1
THE 261
Intermediate Ballet
THE 262
Intermediate Modern Dance
THE 263
Intermediate Jazz Dance
Music Theory2
Music majors complete MUS101; all other majors complete MUS119
MUS 119
Introduction to Music Theory
or MUS 101
 Theory of Music I
Applied Voice4
Voice majors take MUS142A or MUS144A twice; all other majors take MUS215 and MUS216
MUS 215
Class Voice for Music Theatre
MUS 216
Applied Voice for Music Theatre (take twice)
OR (voice majors take twice):
MUS 142A
Applied Music Voice- FR
or MUS 144A
 Applied Music Voice- FR
Total Credit Hours20
1

 Offered credit/no-credit only