Courses

    Surveys strategies necessary for teaching music to all students, including those with special needs. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Recommended prereq., MUSC 4113. Same as MUSC 5583. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2103 and 3133 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Continuation of MUSC 2608 with greater concentration on utilizing Alexander principles in specialized activity. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 2608 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.
    Provides repertory and analysis of polyphonic music 1400-1600. Same as MUSC 5712. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite class of MUSC 3802 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.
    Examines the role of women as creators and performers of Western Music. Explores related issues in musicology, including canon formation, reception history, and feminist aesthetics. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSCU) majors only.
    Examines representative operas from the 17th century. Emphasizes historical and stylistic analysis and surveys related musicological literature. Same as MUSC 5772. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 3812 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Offers intensified work in history of music in the 20th century. Topics vary from year to year. Same as MUSC 5802. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 3812 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSCU) majors only.
    Examines music and writings about music from the Baroque era. Emphasizes historical and stylistic analysis and current musicological literature. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 3812 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Examines music and writings about music during the Classic and Romantic eras of the Western tradition, 1750-1900. Emphasizes historical and stylistic analysis and current musicological research. Recommended prereq. or coreq., MUSC 3812. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Explores music of cultures south of the United States, emphasizing the relationships of music and culture in folk, popular, and art styles. Same as MUSC 5892. Prerequisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSCU) majors only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Engage with music/music business organizations in the community (for profit or non-profit) to pursue specific tasks or projects relevant to the student's career goals. A minimum of 48 hours is required per semester for one credit. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours. MUSC 4908 and 5908 are the same course. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Explore the real-world issues of planning and presenting concerts. Learn to program music for all types of audiences, gain confidence speaking about your music, and handle the logistics of creating a successful concert. Discuss the role of concerts in the 21st century, and examine new styles of presentation. Course culminates in a concert planned and presented in a local venue. Same as MUSC 5958. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
    Introduce students to current trends in arts administration, explore the fundamentals of managing arts organizations, and develop concrete tools for managing boards, volunteers and staff, effective fund raising, strategic planning, and program development. Current issues, the role of the arts, and arts advocacy will be discussed. Same as MUSC 5978. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.

    Learn the core principles of entrepreneurship, such as idea formation, venture models, opportunity assessment, market analysis, and strategies for launching a venture, and apply them to entrepreneurial ideas. Lectures, projects, entrepreneur interviews, and case studies will culminate in a feasibility study for an original entrepreneurial concept. Recommended prereq., MUSC 2918. Same as MUSC 5988.

    Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite class of MUSC 3997 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.
    Prepares students to pursue independent research in the history of music. Meeting as a seminar, the course focuses on the nature of evidence, methods and tools of research, and theoretical or historiographic issues. Prerequisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
    Provides a stylistic study of main contrapuntal genres of the period including FREE, TWO-and THREE-part imitative counterpoint in the style of Palestrina. Provides a foundation in species counterpoint, working towards free counterpoint; stresses analysis and composing in 16th-century styles. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
    Studies music cultures of Africa and the Black Diaspora including folk and art music traditions, religious and popular music genres. Specific course topics may include any or all of the styles as well as exploring interconnections between musical stylistics of Africa and the Black Diaspora. Same as MUSC 4012. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU or MUSCG) students only.
    Provides a stylistic study of main contrapuntal genres of the period including INVENTION, SUITE, and FUGUE. Provides a foundation in species counterpoint; stresses analysis and composing in the styles. Prerequisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
    In-depth investigation of major original solo works for percussion, significant ensemble literature including chamber and large ensembles, and selected transcriptions. Instructor consent required. Prerequisites: Restricted to Music (MUSD) graduate students only.

    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.

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