Courses

Represents the first half of the professional internship year. Familiarizes students with the schools and music programs in which they plan to student teach. Music placements may consist of elementary and high school, elementary and middle school, or middle school and high school. Prereqs., MUSC 4113, 4313, or 4443; and EDUC 3023. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 4113, 4313, or 4443 and EDUC 3023 or 4023. Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Assigned projects, both vocal and instrumental, are coached by collaborative piano faculty and others. May involve recital, jury, or master class performances. Prereq., MUSC 1325 and MUSC 2365 or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite course of MUSC 1325 and MUSC 2365). Restricted to Music majors or graduate students only.

An analytical and historical survey of the repertory of the guitar and its antecedents from the renaissance to the present day. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Discover strategies and techniques for generating and manipulating sound at the computer. Student projects will include compositions, soundscapes, ambient environments, and soundtracks for multimedia. Available to students without prior experience with computer music or composition. Prereq., MUSC 4081. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Examines the definition, scope, and methods of ethnomusicology, the discipline that focuses on approaches to the study of music theory, history, and performance practices of world cultures. Prereq., MUSC 2772. Restricted to junior or senior College of Music majors only. Prerequisites: Requires pre-requisite class of MUSC 2772. Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music majors only.

Provides an in-depth examination of teaching and learning processes in the elementary general music classroom, based on the integration of child development and musical development theories with content and delivery skills appropriate for K-5 general music classrooms. Students implement and evaluate music instruction, design curricular projects, and build a repertoire of vocal, instrumental, and speech-based arrangements. Prereqs., MUSC 2103 and 3133. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Exploration of issues, techniques, and tools of music technology. Topics vary from term to term and may include: interactive systems for performance; teaching and learning; computer music instrument design; digital synthesis and signal processing; music in intermedia; sound design and analysis. Lectures on work sessions will support student projects. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., MUSC 4081. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Offers practice teaching under the guidance of a master music teacher. Secondary level. Prereq., MUSC 4103. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Addresses issues related to young artist development. Areas of concentration include (but are not limited to) acting technique, resume preparation, audition technique, scene analysis, and role preparation. The acting technique is addressed in this course through textbook reading and exercise. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music majors or graduate students only.

Examines Native North American musical cultures, with an emphasis on music as an integral part of religious expression and community life. Restricted to junior or senior College of Music majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music majors only.

Examines the musical skills, teaching techniques, and administrative procedures necessary for developing a children's choir. Prereq., MUSC 2103. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Same as MUSC 5143. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Continuation of PMUS 4137. Further scene analysis andmovement exercises are addressed in this class. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., PMUS 4137. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Surveys the development of music in Japan, China and Korea through the in-depth study of particular styles of traditional music. The course emphasizes the study of music and culture, particularly music's relationship to religion, politics, language, literature, dance and theatre. Recommended prereq., MUSC 2772. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Required of all music education majors. Presents knowledge and skills necessary for music educators to teach young students, including a general understanding of the techniques used in playing and teaching percussion instruments in the school music program. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Examination of literature, materials, and methods appropriate for teaching choral music in secondary schools. Prereq., MUSC 2103. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Offered fall of odd-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Advanced work in the scenery, property, costume, and electrical shops in opera performance. Additional experiences may include positions with opera run crews, the box office, or other supporting areas. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Examines music and social elements, rules, and concepts that musicians use to structure and synthesize musical sound, with emphasis on music practices and pedagogies from a variety of world traditions; observing shared principles and making cross-cultural comparisons and investigating a shared (not universal) discourse as well as resources for a new pedagogy that supports the substantive study of global musics. Recommended prereqs., MUSC 2772 or 2782 or 4112. Same as MUSC 5168. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music majors only.

Study of advanced recording techniques and concepts beyond those covered in MUSC 2091 involving multiplemicrophones for ensemble concerts and recording sessions within and outside of the College of Music. Prereq., MUSC 2091. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Offered spring of even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Required for all music student teachers. Addresses topics of concern to beginning teachers including classroom management, interpersonal skills, legal issues, job search strategies, and teaching portfolio development. Prereq., MUSC 4103. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Taken concurrently with either MUSC 4113, 4313, or 4443. Provides students with opportunities to observe and practice the use of various teaching techniques and relate them to concepts presented in the methods course. Students consult with the instructor to determine appropriate placements in schools. Prereq., MUSC 2103. Coreq., MUSC 4113, 4313, or 4443. Restricted to College of Music majors only. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.

Study of church music for liturgical and non-liturgical denominations; includes hymn playing, anthem accompaniments, basics of conducting from the organ console and improvisation, and selection of organ music appropriate to the requirements of the church year and other special services. Same as MUSC 5255.

Survey of organ repertoire and the history of organ building from the sixteenth century to the present. See also MUSC 4295. Same as MUSC 5285.

Designed for music students. Teaches concepts and skills necessary to develop, host, and maintain Macintosh-based web servers and to create and serve multimedia files including video, MP3, MIDI,and PDF.

Survey of organ repertoire and the history of organ building from the sixteenth century to the present. See also MUSC 4285. Same as MUSC 5295.