Music Performance (Men)
Students with a Music Performance major perfect their skills as musicians. Lessons, classes, and recitals help students develop a personal style and prepare them to perform as soloists, ensemble members, and accompanists.
The Music Department of Hyles-Anderson College offers instruction in a variety of subjects including music education, philosophy, music theory, conducting, composition, and orchestration. The music program offers private voice, piano, and instrumental lessons as well as larger ensembles and choirs so everyone can be involved. Small class sizes allow for greater teacher-student interaction and training.
While attending the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana, students learn from pulpit preaching, invitations, baptismal services, funerals, weddings, business meetings, and much more. Each student studies the varied, successful ministries of the First Baptist Church and has the opportunity to be involved in these ministries, which include the following:
- Church planting
- Truck stop ministry
- Sunday schools
- Choirs
- Discipleship
- Orchestra
- Reformers Unanimous
- Deaf ministry
- Bus ministry
- Blind ministry
- Soul-winning visitation
- Jail ministry
- Spanish work
- Rest home ministry
- Youth work
- Developmentally challenged ministry
Newly Released
Led by their instructor Miss Adri Ludwick, the students of the class Music Theory IV had the opportunity to compose and publish original piano arrangements in Praise Hymn, Praise Him Volume II. In addition, complimentary listening tracks are available here.
Our desire is that this project will serve as a valuable resource to local churches and to aspiring musicians across the nation.
To order your copy of Praise Hymn, Praise Him Volume II, please contact the college bookstore at 219.365.4031, ext. 1184.
Freshman
Church Education
This course teaches church work including Sunday school, promotion, nursery work, bus ministry, deaf work, Spanish work, youth work, rescue mission work, and work with the educable slow. The duties of pastor as administrator are emphasized, including church financing, building design, church planting, and pastoral duties.
Old Testament Survey
This course is a foundational survey of the Old Testament. The purpose, distinctives, characteristics, and broad outline of each book are presented to give a grasp of the entire Old Testament.
English
A student will be placed in an English class based on his English scores on the American College Test (ACT).
Personal Evangelism
This course provides an emphasis on the man, methods, message, and means of evangelism, and it includes a careful study of the Spirit-filled life of the soul winner as well as the work.
Discipleship
This course emphasizes the Biblical and practical principles of training believers to become spiritually mature.
Life Skills
A course covering a variety of topics including finances, study skills, health, critical-thinking skills, time management, life planning, and more.
Church Education
This course teaches church work including Sunday school, promotion, nursery work, bus ministry, deaf work, Spanish work, youth work, rescue mission work, and work with the educable slow. The duties of pastor as an administrator are emphasized, including church financing, building design, church planting, and pastoral duties.
New Testament Survey
This foundational survey of the New Testament covers the author, background, and purpose, as well as a broad outline of each book to give a grasp of the entire New Testament. Special emphasis is placed on the beginning, purpose, place, and instructions concerning the New Testament Church.
English
A student will be placed in an English class based on his English scores on the American College Test (ACT).
Personal Finance
This course, presented with a Biblical view of money and finances, trains students to handle financial matters, including the basics of setting up a family budget, dealing with credit, types of insurance coverage, and bank accounts.
Basic Homiletics
This study of the preparation and delivery of sermons is designed to instruct in selecting, outlining, and gathering materials, as well as in delivering the message.
21st-Century Missions
Choir or Orchestra
Sophomore
Baptist Principles and Preachers
A course covering the foundational beliefs of Baptists and the leaders of fundamental, independent Baptists in America.
Music Theory I
This is the first part of a two-year progressive course of study designed to give an extensive knowledge of music theory with the church musician in mind. This class will cover major and minor scales, specific intervals, triads, complex time, as well as basic transposition, ear training and rhythmic dictation.
Private Study/Music Lab
Choir or Orchestra
Public Speaking
Basic principles of public speaking with a special emphasis on pulpit and platform techniques are taught.
English
A student will be placed in an English class based on his English scores on the American College Test (ACT).
Counseling Moral Failures
This course seeks to examine and practically address moral issues that people face including adultery, pornography, fornication, and more. These moral issues are explored from their deepest root source in the heart with the doctrines of guilt, shame, fear, deliverance, and redemption emphasized in the Scriptures.
Philosophy of Education
This study places Christian education in its proper perspective with an emphasis upon its historical and philosophical developments. The course also emphasizes the philosophy behind the methods and goals of Christian education.
United States History I
The history of the United States from the pre-Columbian civilizations to 1877, studying the political, social, and economic developments of America.
Music Theory II
This is the second part of a two-year progressive course of study in music. This class will cover chord analysis and recognition, triad inversions and figured bass, basic part writing and composition, ear training and rhythmic dictation.
Choir or Orchestra
Systematic Theology I
A study of the Bible doctrines of the Trinity, the Church, Heaven, and Hell.
Private Study/Music Lab
Voice Class
A basic course dealing with the study of the vocal instrument and the development of technique in the art of singing songs, hymns, and gospel songs.
Junior
Private Study/Music Lab
Evangelistic Song Leading
This practical course is designed to train Christian workers to effectively lead congregational singing. Music fundamentals, technical aspects of song leading, and leadership are discussed.
History of Music I
This course covers two broad spectrums of the history of music: first, a study of Western art music emphasizing the biographies of great composers, and secondly, the progression of the gospel song from Bible days to the early 20th century.
Music Theory III
This is the third part of a two-year progressive course of study in music. This class will cover chord spacing, harmonic motion, advanced part writing, the basics of understanding and using music notation, chord analysis and recognition, triad inversions and figured bass, basic part writing and composition, ear training and rhythmic dictation.
Choir or Orchestra
Music Group I
This class is designed for music performance majors. It provides experience in forming and training music groups for public performance. Students will be required to prepare their own music specials for chapel and/or church services.
Performance Class I
This class provides one hour of practice and one hour of performance per week. Students in the Performance Class will be required to perform in front of students and staff once per week in a classroom setting. They will also be required to perform in a public setting three times per semester.
Private Study/Music Lab
History of Music II
This continues the study of the history of music beginning at the classical period through modern day. This course focuses on the history of gospel music specifically.
Choir or Orchestra
Choral Directing
Basic beat patterns are coordinated with the specific demands of choral literature. Ear training and conducting exercises supplement instruction in manual technique. The study of choral performance includes warm-ups, physical preparation, posture, breath, tone, balance, diction, intonation, rhythm and more. Other topics include organization of choral groups, testing and classification of voices, the audition procedure, program building, arranging, score analysis and marking, and rehearsal techniques.
Music Theory IVThis is the final part of a two-year progressive course of study in music. This class will cover transposing and arranging orchestration modulation, advanced part writing, choral arranging, counterpoint and the use of music notation software.
Piano Pedagogy I
Concepts and materials for teaching piano to preschool children, as well as individual and group lessons to average-age beginners, adult beginners, and intermediate-level students are discussed.
Church and School Transportation
Designed to instruct the students to become proficient in operating buses and vans used in church transportation, this class will give comprehensive training in general driving and safety education.
Music Group II
In addition to the requirements for Music Group I, students will work with faculty conductors of groups to assist in the conducting and directing of official college groups. They may run practices, perform with the group, conduct the group in a performance, or oversee a group
themselves. Music Group II allows students to take what they learned in Music Group I and put it into practical experience.
Music in the Bible
This class provides an in-depth study on how, when, where, and for what purpose music is used throughout the Bible.
Senior
Private Study/Music Lab
Bible electives (2 credits)
Choir or Orchestra
Marriage and Ministry
Secondary Private Study
The course consists of weekly, thirty-minute lessons designed to give the performance major experience in a field other than his proficiency. This course must be taken in an instrument or voice other than the student’s primary study.
Choir or Orchestra
Performance Class II
This class provides one hour of practice and one hour of performance per week. Students in the Performance Class will be required to perform in front of students and staff once per week in a classroom setting. They will also be required to perform in a public setting three times per semester.
Instruction in Gospel Hymn Playing
Designed for piano students who can play hymns as written but do not know how to fill in with chords and other additions. Some transposition and modulation will be done. Students must know chords and major scales.
Choir or Orchestra
Private Study/Music Lab
Music Composition
This course provides training on how to write, arrange, and produce musical pieces. It will take the student from the concept phase through writing lyrics, composing music, music notation, and performing the composition.
Teachers' Writing Seminar
A study of the mechanics of writing, giving practice in revision. The curriculum includes development of technique and style, punctuation and capitalization, and practice in writing letters, narrative writings, essays, and descriptive paragraphs.
Music in the Soul-Winning Church
A basic course on church music for the preacher, with the pastor and his congregation in mind. Instruction is given regarding music personnel, congregational singing, the pastor and the music program, and the purpose of music.
Advanced Piano Techniques
This course takes the pianist to the next level in his piano techniques. Skills acquired in this class will help develop the student’s musicality and support and enhance the study of music theory, composition, conducting, and other areas. Knowledge of the keyboard is an essential skill for any musician and provides an invaluable tool for the study of harmony. Technical skills include scales, fingering, dexterity, sight reading, and keyboard theory.
Art of Accompanying
In this course concentration is placed on the pianist’s ability to accompany a soloist or group in a live performance. This course pairs pianists with student instrumentalists and singers as collaborators for performance opportunities throughout the year. Pianists are given accompanying assignments at the discretion of the music faculty and are expected to work with their colleagues as well-prepared professionals when attending a private lesson or preparing for live performances including senior recitals.
Recital
The student gives an individual or joint recital his senior year.
For more information, please consult the college catalog.
You may also contact the Academic Office at 219.365.4031, ext. 1210.
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