The newly instituted Guitar Performance Option at Radford University is a program intended to prepare students for the wide array of performing situations available to today's professional guitarists.
Selected students are chosen to gain valuable teaching experience through the Radford University Community Music School (which offers music instruction to the community of the New River Valley).

The Guitar Program is directed by Dr. Robert Trent, the first and only guitarist to receive the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Students of Robert Trent are competition winners, performers, recording artists and are instructors (Westminster Choir College, Princeton NJ).
 
   
Performance opportunities are extensive. They may include the Guitar Ensemble Departmental Student Recitals, Junior/Senior Recitals, recitals that include musical collaborations with singers and instrumentalists, and possible performance with band or chamber orchestra.
Radford University Guitar Faculty:

Dr. Robert S. Trent

Associate Professor, Director of the Radford University Guitar Program.
   
PERFORMANCE CONCENTRATION
  All requirements for students selecting the Performance Concentration are outlined below. A minimum grade of “C” is required in MUSC 497 Undergraduate Recital for graduation.  
     
  General Education Requirements: 50
  Majors are required to take the following courses and are advised to take them as part of their General Education requirements:  

 

CPSC (computer science course) or INSY 181 Business Applications of Microcomputers.
MUSC 321,322 History of Music*
(*These courses are part of the Music Core.)

  
     
  Music Core 62
  Applied Major (Piano Level 8P) 24
  MUSC 100 Introduction to Music Literature 3
  MUSC 111:112:211:212 Music Theory 12
MUSC 114:115:214:215 Ear Training and Sight Singing 4
MUSC 131,145,147,151,431,434,435,436,455 or 456, 457
  Choral or Instrumental Ensemble 5
  MUSC 321:322 History of Music *
  MUSC 354 Introduction to Conducting 2
  MUSC 417 Form and Analysis 2
  MUSC 418 Arranging and Orchestration 3
  MUSC 419 Counterpoint 3
  MUSC 497 Undergraduate Recital 3

 

* These 6 hours of course work are counted in General Education requirements.

  
     
  Guitar Performance Option 17
  MUSC 267:270 Fretboard Skills 2
  Applied Keyboard Minor (Level 1) 2
  MUSC 436 Guitar Ensemble 4
  MUSC 421, 422 Guitar History and Literature 4
  MUSC 450 Guitar Pedagogy 3
  MUSC 458 Accompanying 2
     
  Total Credits Needed for Degree: 129
     

[Please see Radford University Undergraduate Catalog for more information.]
   
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