Courses

In-depth investigation of major original solo works for percussion, significant ensemble literature including chamber and large ensembles, and selected transcriptions. Prereqs., graduate standing in music and instructor consent.

Investigates major original solo works for trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba, and ensemble literature including chamber and large settings. Offered every other spring semester.

Provides an advanced study of orchestration techniques through score analysis and student projects. Offered fall only.

Surveys tonal analytical techniques. Prereq., passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam, or completed remediation. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Focuses on theory and analysis of post-tonal literature pre-1945. Prereq., passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam, or completed remediation. Offered fall and every other spring. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as MUSC 4078. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Presents advanced strategies for applying computer technology in several musical disciplines. Emphasizes the use of technology in composition, music theory,and music education. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies contemporary approaches to jazz improvisation and composition. Analysis of innovative composition and improvisation and strategies for integration of the material into a personal vocabulary are explored. Prereq., MUSC 3081. Offered spring 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. Restricted to graduate students in music education. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music or Music Education graduate students only.

An analytical and historical survey of the repertory of the guitar and its antecedents from the renaissance to the present day. For graduate students. Same as MUSC 4106.

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. Restricted to graduate students who have passed or remediated the World Music portion of their Musicology preliminary exams. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music graduate students only.

Conducts advanced research in techniques and tools of music technology. Topics vary from term to term and may include: user interfaces for computer music; advanced sound design; digital modeling of acoustic sounds; computer-aided analysis of sound; modeling music intelligence in real time. Lectures and work sessions will support student projects. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Prereq., MUSC 5081 or instructor consent required.

Offers advanced work in conducting. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Addresses issues related to young artist development at the graduate level. Areas of concentration will include (but are not limited to) acting technique for singers, resume preparation and scene and character analysis. Students will participate in acting and improvisation exercises. Substantial classical voice study is required and this course is recommended for voice majors only. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Examines Native North American musical cultures, emphasizing music as an integral part of religious expression and community life. Restricted to graduate music majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Restricted to College of Music graduate students only. Same as MUSC 4143. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music graduate students only.

Continuation of PMUS 5137. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Prereq., PMUS 5137.

Analytical study of a specific topic to be determinedby the instructor (e.g., German Lieder, Bartok quartets, tonal rhythm, Schenker, etc). Study published analyses representing a variety of methodologies, and produce original analyses. Prereq., passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam, or completed remediation. Recommended prereqs., MUSC 5061, 5071, as appropriate to topic or instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music graduate students only.

Provides an advanced study of choral repertoire by style period. Required of all choral graduate students for a minimum of two semesters. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music graduate 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. Same as MUSC 4168. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music graduate students only.

Introduces basic descriptive, experimental, and qualitative research methods, including sampling, design, data collection, and analysis. Students review published music research and conduct one original research study. Restricted to graduate students in music education. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music or Music Education graduate students only.

Teaches solo and choral singing and vocal modeling. Designed for choral and music education graduate students. Prereq., instructor consent. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Studies the practical aspects and techniques for teaching piano at the intermediate and advanced levels in pre-college and college settings, as well as teaching group piano at the college level. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., MUSC 5305 and 5315. Restricted to graduate piano majors. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

A study of improvisation through melodic and harmonic analysis of jazz compositions, transcriptions, and the study of historic jazz solos as played by jazz masters. Recommended prereq., MUSC 3071. Offered fall only. Prerequisites: Restricted to Graduate Students only.

Same as MUSC 4255.