Students are admitted to the Performance program by completing the formal application and audition process. All performance majors who have been awarded a School of Music scholarship are expected to maintain a QPA of 2.0 every semester of enrollment in order to maintain their scholarship. Any student failing to meet these expected standards will be subject to the university academic student standing guidelines that are stated in the academic policies section of this catalog and could potentially lose their music scholarship.Students must demonstrate achievement of professional, entry-level competence in the major area, including significant technical mastery, the ability solve professional problems independently, and develop a coherent set of artistic/intellectual goals, for the purpose of long-term success in their chosen field. Students are expected to have the ability to form and defend value judgments about music, and to communicate musical ideas, concepts, and requirements to professionals and laypersons related to the practice of the major field. Students must demonstrate understanding of performance practice and historical and social contexts of the musical works of their field.