Reviews tonal harmony, voice leading, and essential aural skills. Prepares graduate students for more advanced work in music theory. Students may register for aural skills only (1 credit), theory only (2 credits) or both theory and aural skills (3 credits). May not be taken pass/fail. Aural skills section offered fall and spring. Theory section offered spring. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 4081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 4081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Examines music rules, concepts or music theories and sociocultural elements that musicians use in creating musical sound, with emphasis on music practices from a variety of world traditions; observing shared and diverging principles, making cross-cultural comparisons and developing a new pedagogy that supports the substantive study of global musics. Recommended prereqs., MUSC 1802 or 2772 or 2782 or 4112. Same as MUSC 5168. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSC) 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. Offered spring of even-numbered years. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 2091 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Provides a stylistic study of the 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 composing in 16th century styles. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Same as MUSC 4011. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Provides a stylistic study of main contrapuntal genres of the period including inventions, suite movements and fugues. Provides a foundation in species counterpoint; stresses analysis and composing in the styles. Offered fall terms only. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Provides an advanced study of orchestration techniques through score analysis and student projects. Offered fall term only. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Surveys tonal repertory and analytical techniques. Department enforced requisite, passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam or completed remediation. Offered fall term only. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Focuses on theory and analysis of post-tonal literature pre-1945. Department enforced requisite, passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam or completed remediation. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Presents advanced strategies for applying computer technology in music creation. Synthesis, DSP, MIDI and audio sequencing, as well as advanced music engraving, will be explored through the use of various software platforms including Logic, Reason, MAX and Finale. Offered fall term only. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Studies the composition and improvisation of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and their contemporaries. Broadly examines modality in jazz and its similarities to music of Ravel and Debussy, as well as systems of organization in Messiaen and others. Strategies for analysis and integration of the material into a personal vocabulary as a composer and improviser are explored. Offered spring term only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 3081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 5081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
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. Recommended requisites, passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam or completed remediation. Recommended prereq., MUSC 5061 or MUSC 5071 as appropriate to topic or instructor consent. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Examines music rules, concepts or music theories and sociocultural elements that musicians use in creating musical sound, with emphasis on music practices from a variety of world traditions; observing shared and diverging principles, making cross-cultural comparisons and developing a new pedagogy that supports the substantive study of global musics. Same as MUSC 4168. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Studies significant and distinctive orchestration techniques of the 20th century and 21st centuries. Requisites: Restricted to Music (MUAD, MUED or MUSD) graduate students only.
Explores methods, materials, practical techniques for teaching undergraduate music theory, aural skills and analysis. Department enforced requisite, passed general written theory and aural skills prelim exam or completed remediation. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) graduate students only.
Intensive study of a specialized topic in theory and analysis through critical reading and analysis, class presentations and independent research. Department enforced requisite, graduate preliminary exams passed and 6 credit hours of graduate-level theory. Requisites: Restricted to Music (MUAD, MUED or MUSD) graduate students only.
Provides advanced study in theory. Students present results of research on individually chosen topics or aspects of a topic central to the class. Requires a major paper or project. Department enforced requisite, graduate preliminary exams passed and 6 credit hours of graduate level theory. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUED or MUSD) graduate students only.
