Training
•Choral emphasis within MCC's AAFA Music transfer pathway; the official pathway map recommends Concert Choir (MUP153) as this emphasis's large-ensemble placement, with Community Chorus (MUP150) as the listed fallback section when Concert Choir is unavailable
•Four-semester Music Theory/Aural Perception sequence (MTC105, MTC155, MTC205, MTC255) runs alongside four semesters of Class Piano (MUP131-MUP232, level set by piano-instructor audition) and weekly private voice instruction (MUP101/102, MUP151/152, MUP201/202, MUP251/252)
•Aligns with the pathway map's Transfer Plan 1: Classical Music Performance and Music Education track, one of four published transfer plans under the AAFA Music degree
Degree Flexibility
•60-64 credit degree designed to meet selective-admission Bachelor of Music audition criteria
•Students select ensemble placement, private-instruction level, and electives with a faculty advisor around their transfer target