Degrees offered: |
BA, Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music |
Number of faculty: |
34* |
Number of majors in the program: |
Undergraduate 187* |
Accreditation agency: |
National Association of Schools of Music |
Faculty Liaison: |
Marcia Fountain |
Library Subject Specialist: |
Nancy Hill |
Department Chair: |
Lowell Graham |
* Fall, 2003 data as reported in The University of Texas at El Paso FACT BOOK, 2003-04, Center for Institutional Evaluation Research and Planning, University of Texas at El Paso, 2005 |
Program Description
The music program supports three majors at the undergraduate level: major in performance, major in theory and composition, and Bachelor of Music with teacher certification. Students pursuing the BA degree in another disci
The undergraduate catalog lists thirty-two courses in ap
Ap
The graduate catalog contains five courses in the area of ap
Description of Existing Collection
NCIP Code: 3a
The collection supports Masters degree level work and includes widely read European languages. The LC call numbers are: M classification + GV1787-1796. The music collection contains serial collections of the collected works of some of the major classical composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Musor
The periodical collection shows the effects of the two large periodical cuts made in previous years. Of the sixty-five titles retrieved by entering the subject heading MUSIC -- PERIODICALS, twenty-five titles are no longer being received. A few of the titles ceased publication but most were cancelled. The library does subscribe to the CD-ROM titles, Music Index and Music Catalog from the Library of Congress.
The Reference collection includes representative encyclopedias and dictionaries on classical music and musicians. The Reference collection for jazz, country music, and rock and roll has become out of date and needs more current titles. Most of the jazz and rock and roll titles are at least twenty years old. Reference works concentrating on the later part of Twentieth Century music need updating. A search on OCLC for reference works in music published since 1990 reveals approximately twenty titles which would be very useful to fill in the gaps and make the collection more current.
The music collection does not contain many recordin
Current Collecting Intensity
NCIP Code: 2b
Faculty state that the music collection is meeting their needs for materials to support the curriculum. They select titles in ML, literature on music, and MT, musical instruction and study. Other than continuing standing orders to the collected works of major composers, they do not purchase scores for the library's music collection. Faculty and students purchase performance scores for their personal use. Music faculty indicated that they are selecting materials on 20th century music along with the traditional classical and Baroque periods. When asked if the collection was sufficiently up to date in the areas of jazz, popular, or rock and roll music, the faculty liaison was unsure. The music faculty are interested in reviewing the periodical list to determine if the titles currently received should be continued or if other titles might better serve the research needs of students and faculty.
Last updated: 3/20/04
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