Studies music cultures of Africa and the Black diaspora, including folk and art music traditions, religious and popular music genres. Specific course topics could cover any or all of these styles, including exploring interconnections of musical stylistics of Africa and the Black Diaspora. Same as MUEL 4012 and MUSC 5012. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) undergraduate 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 style. Offered fall only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2111 and 2131 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Study of notation, score layout, transpositions, basic harmonic and melodic analysis, basic chord voicings, and composition for a small and large jazz ensemble. Use of notation software such as Finale or Sibelius. Recommended prereq., MUSC 3081. Offered fall semester only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2111 and 2131 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Studies advanced orchestration techniques through score analysis and student projects. Offered fall of even-numbered years. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 2071 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Surveys tonal analytical techniques and forms of tonal music, including binary forms, ternary forms, rondo (and others) through study of selected works. Offered fall only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2111 and 2131 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Focuses on theory and analysis of post-tonal literature pre-1945. Offered every other fall. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 2111 and 2131 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) undergraduate students only.
Familiarizes pianists with the development of the modern grand piano, its construction, and the proper terminology of parts and specifications. Trains pianists in minor repairs and adjustments of the grand piano action, and in minor tuning tasks. Recommended restriction, piano majors. Same as MUSC 5078. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) undergraduate students only.
Surveys the various tools and techniques in the field of music technology. Topics include an introduction to basic synthesis, digital signal processing, MIDI and audio sequencing, music notation and a historical perspective on electronic music. Same as MUSC 4081 and CMDP 3860. Requisites: College of Music (MUSC) majors are excluded from this course.
Surveys the various tools and techniques in the field of music technology. Topics include an introduction to basic synthesis, digital signal processing, MIDI and audio sequencing, music notation and a historical perspective on electronic music. Same as MUEL 4081 and CMDP 3860. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) undergraduate students only.
Continuation and expansion of studies in MUSC 4031. Survey and analysis of major composers and arrangers of the idiom. Course focuses on creating several arranging projects for a jazz ensembles. Recommended prereq., MUSC 3081. Offered spring of odd-numbered years. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 4031 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music undergraduate students only.
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.
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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of MUSC 4113, 4313, or 4443 and EDUC 3023 or 4023 (all minimum grade D-). 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 1325 and MUSC 2365 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music students only.
An analytical and historical survey of the repertory of the guitar and its antecedents from the renaissance to the present day. Same as MUSC 5106. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 4081 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) 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. Requisites: Requires prerequisite class of MUSC 2772 (minimum grade D-). 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. Offered fall only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 2103 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) undergraduate students only.
Exploration of issues, techniques and tools of music technology. Topics vary from term to term and may include: interactive system for performance, teaching, and learning; computer music instrument design; digital synthesis and signal processing; music in intermedia; sound design and analysis. Lectures and work sessions will support student projects. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. For non-music majors only. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUEL 4081 (minimum grade D-). College of Music (MUSC) majors are excluded from this course.
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.
Introduces students to a wide range of musical styles, traditions, genres, performers, composers, events and works that are part of Jewish culture, focusing on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Provides tools for understanding music on its own and in connection with issues of identity, diaspora, memory and liturgy. Includes opportunities for creative and critical engagement with Jewish music. Same as MUSC/JWST 4122.
Introduces students to a wide range of musical styles, traditions, genres, performers, composers, events and works that are part of Jewish culture, focusing on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Provides tools for understanding music on its own and in connection with issues of identity, diaspora, memory and liturgy. Includes opportunities for creative and critical engagement with Jewish music. Same as JWST/MUEL 4122.
Examination of a specific topic of current or critical interest within areas of music history, ethnomusicology, critical theory, and practice across the spectrum of Western, Popular, and World Music traditions. Designed as a capstone course for music majors who have completed a full complement of Music History and World Music courses. Topics vary from term to term. Department enforced prereq., MUSC 2772 or MUSC 3802 or MUSC 3812. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSC) majors only.
Offers practice teaching under the guidance of a master music teacher. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of MUSC 4103 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to College of Music (MUSCU) 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. Requisites: Restricted to College of Music (MUSC) majors or graduate students only.
Examines Native North American musical cultures, emphasizing music as an integral part of religious expression and community life. Same as MUSC 4142. Requisites: Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) College of Music (MUSC) majors only.
