Academics > Majors and Areas of Study > Department of Performing Arts > Church Music minor

In addition to the outcomes demonstrated through the music minor a student who graduates from Thiel College with a church music minor will:
• accompany church hymns on the organ
• demonstrate performance techniques for handbell choirs
• demonstrate basic career skills needed for a career as a church musician

A student who graduates from Thiel College with a music minor will:
• demonstrate a basic knowledge of the elements of music
• analyze harmonic progressions in simple four-part harmony
• accompany songs with simple chord progressions on the piano
• compose a four-part church hymn
• conduct singers or instrumentalists in a rehearsal setting
• describe the historical development of music—medieval to present
• demonstrate proficiency in individual skills needed for musical performance through participation in a musical ensemble