Music (MUS)

This course provides training and support for music majors at a beginner level through in-class performances, masterclasses, music journalism essays, attendance at various music performances and department camaraderie. Required attendance in-class and at approved music performances as determined by the Department of Music. May be repeated once. CR/NC grading. Restricted to majors.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

The technique of listening to music. The elements of music, musical forms, and historical styles. Concert attendance and discussion will be an integral part. Satisfies a General Education Requirement. This course is restricted to 1st time Freshman going through the First Year Experience.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 101 or MUS 110 is recommended. An activity course in which students will begin exercises in music perception skills, pitch matching, identification of musical patterns, beginning ear-training and sight-singing drills. Preparation for the Musicianship Proficiency Exam. Repeatable course. Two hours activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 105, MUS 110, and MUS 111 are recommended. Ear training, sight-singing, rhythm, keyboard harmony, and melodic and rhythmic dictation. This course is meant to parallel work in MUS 112 and MUS 113. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 109 is recommended. Music rudiments taught through reading, writing, harmonizing and creating songs. Includes principles of notation, key signatures, scales, intervals, triads and chord progressions. Satisfies a General Education Requirement.

Offered Fall

Prerequisite: MUS 110 or placement test. Elements of music taught through reading, writing and harmonizing at the keyboard. Topics include key signatures, scales, intervals and basic harmony.

Offered Spring

Musical theory emphasizing materials from the Common Practice Period (1700-1900). The vocabulary of diatonic scales and modes, chords and their relationships, phrase structure and cadences, harmonic progressions, non-harmonic tones and the technique of harmonization.

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: MUS 112 and concurrent enrollment in MUS 106. Chromatic Harmony of the Common Practice Period. Harmonic analysis, secondary dominants, modulation, borrowed chords, augmented sixth chords, Neapolitan sixth chords, diminished sevenths, and ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Fundamental principles of singing. Posture, breath control, tone production, diction and performance techniques and styles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Previous or concurrent enrollment in MUS 101 and MUS 110 or consent of instructor is recommended. Beginning instruction in guitar technique, single string melody, and chord positions. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Special topics vary by section and semester. See Class Schedule for title and prerequisites. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance practices of Latina American musical traditions. Through participation in varying-sized ensembles, students will demonstrate their acquired knowledge and skills in a public performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prepares students for performances at university and athletic events while providing them an opportunity to grow and improve in individual and ensemble performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Students will receive instructions on historically informed performance practice and present a concert at the end of each semester.

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small instrumental ensemble rehearsal and performance. Type of group may vary. See Class Schedule for title. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small vocal ensemble rehearsal and performance. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study and performance of choral music of Afro-American culture. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Techniques of improvisation and a study and performance of instrumental jazz repertoire. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of concert band music. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for symphony orchestra. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for chorus. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor (audition). A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for guitar ensemble. Public performance expected. Repeatable once at each level. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of instructor. Study of roles and representative excerpts from opera, operetta, and musical comedy and the basic musical, dramatic and language technique of the musical theater. Performance of excerpts or complete musical theatrical works. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of Department Chair and Instructor. Individual instruction in the student's major performance medium developing technique and repertoire. Individual one-half hour lesson times are arranged with the studio teacher. Public performance and jury evaluation expected. Lessons are available in voice, piano, harpsichord, organ, accordion, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp, classical guitar, lute, commercial guitar, and electric bass. Primarily for performance majors. Instrument fee may be required. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 181 or consent of instructor. Beginning instruction in keyboard technique. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: MUS 181 and MUS 182 are recommended. Intermediate instruction in keyboard techniques. Keyboard harmony, scales, chords and improvised accompaniments. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: MUS 183 or consent of instructor. Intermediate instruction in keyboard technique. Keyboard harmony, scales, chords and improvised accompaniments. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study and performance of choral music of Afro-American culture. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered As needed

Prerequisite: MUS 100. Provides training and support for music majors at a beginner-intermediate level through in-class performances, masterclasses, music journalism essays, attendance at various music performances, and department camaraderie. Required attendance in-class and at approved music performances as determined by the Department of Music. May be repeated once. CR/NC grading.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: MUS 101 is recommended Studies film music over the past century and is open to all majors. Through readings, lectures, listening, and film viewing, students study music's continually changing relationship with film, composition styles, and musical and cultural diversity.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 106 is required. MUS 112 and MUS 113 are recommended. Ear training, sight-singing, rhythm, keyboard harmony, and melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation. This course parallels work in MUS 310 and MUS 311 and provide preparation for the Musicianship Proficiency Exam. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Structural, contrapuntal and harmonic analysis of musical forms from the Medieval through the Classical periods. A study of the literature, instrumentation, and notation. Practice includes aural analysis and creative composition.

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: MUS 212 or consent of instructor is required; concurrent enrollment in MUS 206 and MUS 316 is recommended. Structural, harmonic and contrapuntal analysis of musical forms from the Romantic period through the Twentieth Century. A study of the literature, instrumentation and notation. Practice includes aural analysis and creative composition.

Offered All terms, Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 101, MUS 110 and MUS 120 or Consent of instructor. Singing with an emphasis on the vocal mechanism, use of the voice in ensemble singing and style in songs. Development of solo repertoire. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 101, MUS 110 and MUS 122 or consent of instructor. Intermediate instruction in guitar technique, scales, chords and improvised accompaniments. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Provides students with an introduction to the concepts and techniques necessary to play flamenco guitar, including tonality/mode and the workings of compas (the rhythmic structures unique to flamenco) Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 101 is recommended. Studies the origins and movements of rock music including blues, R&B, soul, funk, and hip hop. Includes historical development, social contexts, associated styles and sub-genres, aesthetics, meanings, and music technology. Examines influential and innovative performers, songwriters, and producers.

Offered Fall, Spring

Pre-requisite: MUS 160 (two semesters) is required; Co-requisite:MUS 280. Studio instruction in an applied area that complements ad provides additional depth to that which is offered in MUS 280. In depth study of Etudes, scales, arpeggios, and supplemental solo repertoire.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Students primarily focus on the performance practices of Latina American musical traditions. Through participation in varying-sized ensembles, students will demonstrate their acquired knowledge and skills in a public performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prepares students for performances at university and athletic events while providing them an opportunity to grow and improve in individual and ensemble performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Students will receive instructions on historically informed performance practice and present a concert at the end of each semester.

Offered All terms

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Music study through small instrumental ensemble rehearsal and performance. Type of group may vary. See Class Schedule for title. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small vocal ensemble rehearsal and performance. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: MUS 110 or consent of instructor. An introduction to music fundamentals and techniques for dance accompaniment. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Techniques of improvisation and a study and performance of instrumental jazz repertoire. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Rehearsal and performance of concert band music. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Rehearsal and performance of music for symphony orchestra. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Rehearsal and performance of music for chorus. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor (audition). A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for guitar ensemble. Public performance expected. Repeatable once at each level. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of instructor. Study of roles and representative excerpts from opera, operetta, and musical comedy and the basic musical, dramatic and language technique of the musical theater. Performance of excerpts and complete musical theatrical works. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of department chair and instructor. Individual instruction in the student's major performance medium developing techniques and repertoire at a beginner-intermediate level. Individual one hour lesson times are arranged with the studio teacher. Public performance and jury evaluation expected. Lessons are available in voice, piano, harpsichord,orgran, accordion, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, Trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp, classical guitar, lute, commercial guitar, and electric bass. Primarily for music majors. Instrument fee may be required. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 184 is required. Basic principles of the early childhood music teaching methods developed by Carl Orff. Music education through movement, singing, speech and drama and use of Orff musical instruments. Two hours of lecture and two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: MUS 283 or consent of instructor. Advanced instruction in keyboard technique. Development of solo repertoire and preparation for the Piano Proficiency Exam. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Introduces students to careers in the music industry and enhances their ability to recognize how these professions affect and impact our daily lives. Course examines the many different career fields that make the music industry profitable and progressive.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. The student investigates a scholarly topic or undertakes directed research or a creative project with the assistance of a Music faculty member. Repeatable course.

Offered Infrequent

Special topics vary by section and semester. See Class Schedule for title and prerequisites. Repeatable course.

Offered Infrequent, All terms

Prerequisite: MUS 200 is required. Provides training and support for music majors at an intermediate level through in-class performances, master classes, music journalism essays, attendance at various music performances, and department camaraderie. Required attendance in class and at approved music performances as determined by the Department of Music Repeatable once. CR/NC grading.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 110 or consent of instructor. Survey of non-Western cultures from a musical point of view. Using familiar folk and popular music for comparison, students will be guided into new listening experiences, develop a vocabulary for discussing world music, and gain an appreciation of cultural pluralism.

Offered Fall, Spring

Introduction to the music of African Americans from roots in African cultural practice to current day. Musical genres include blues, spirituals, gospel, jazz, classical, R&B, soul, funk, hip-hop, rap, etc. The course is designed for music and non-music majors.

Offered Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 101 and MUS 110 or consent of instructor. Survey and analysis of music suitable for children. History and philosophy of American music education emphasizing influences of European systems of Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Orff. Two hours of lecture and two hours of activity per week.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: MUS 210 or consent of instructor. Analysis of chords and scale patterns, chord symbols, and chord substitutions in popular music and jazz.

Offered Fall

Explores the social, cultural, and historical turbulence of the 1920s with a focus on the ways jazz aesthetics in music, literature, and the arts influenced and reflected new ways of thinking about American identity.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 211 or consent of instructor. Counterpoint as a linear mode of compositional technique in Western music. Modal, tonal and post-tonal practices.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 211 or MUS 308. Acoustical and musical characteristics of all the major orchestral and band instruments. Written assignments will include transcriptions for combination of instruments both as families and mixed ensembles.

Offered Fall, All terms

Prerequisites: MUS 101, MUS 110 and MUS 220 or consent of instructor. Singing with emphasis on vocal mechanism, use of the voice in ensemble singing, and style in songs. Development of solo repertoire in foreign languages. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 101, MUS 110 and MUS 222 or consent of instructor. Advanced instruction in guitar technique. Development of solo repertoire. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Mus 223 required Course follows up on the concepts and techniques introduced in MUS 223, allowing students to move closer to mastery of flamenco guitar. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 310 or consent of instructor. An introduction to the basic techniques of conducting both instrumental groups, score reading, baton technique and fundamentals of interpretation. Repeatable course. Two hours of lecture and two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 212 or consent of instructor is required. An introduction to the basic techniques of conducting choral groups and the international phonetic alphabet (IPA). Score reading, hand technique, study of diction, pronunciation, and fundamentals of interpretation. Repeatable course. Two hours of lecture and two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall

Prerequisite: MUS 180 and MUS 280; In order to begin the hours for fieldwork in this course, you will need a valid Certificate of Clearance (fingerprints) and proof of a negative TB (within 4 months of the fieldwork course beginning). For information on submitting these documents, contact the Center for Teaching Careers. A survey of the leading historical, technological, and pedagogical approaches to music education in the United States. This course contains an observation component in the field.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: MUS 282 or consent of instructor.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Explores popular music and social change in Africa, Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Students will consider social development, modernity, and political movements in relation to music and text as resistance and representing social change.

Offered Fall

Pre-requisite: MUS 260 (two semesters); Co-requisite: MUS 380. Studio instruction in an applied area that complements and provides additional depth to that which is offered in MUS 380. In depth study of Etudes, scales, arpeggios, and supplemental repertoire. Repeatable for credit.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance practices of Latina American musical traditions. Through participation in varying-sized ensembles, students will demonstrate their acquired knowledge and skills in a public performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prepares students for performances at university and athletic events while providing them an opportunity to grow and improve in individual and ensemble performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Students will receive instructions on historically informed performance practice and present a concert at the end of each semester.

Offered All terms

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small instrumental ensemble rehearsal and performance. Type of group may vary by section and semester. See Class Schedule for title. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small vocal ensemble rehearsal and performance. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study and performance of choral music of Afro-American culture. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Techniques of improvisation and a study of performance of instrumental jazz repertoire. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for symphony orchestra. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for chorus. Public performances expected. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor (audition). A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for guitar ensemble. Public performance expected. Repeatable once at each level. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of instructor. Study of roles and representative excerpts from opera, operetta, and musical comedy and the basic musical, dramatic and language technique of the musical theater. Performance of excerpts and complete musical theatrical works. Repeatable once. Three hours of activity per week plus extras rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of department chair and instructor. individual instruction in the student's major performance medium developing technique and repertoire at an intermediate level. Individual one hour lesson times are arranged with the studio teacher. Public performance and jury evaluation expected. Lessons are available in voice, piano, harpsichord, organ, accordion, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp, classic guitar, lute, commercial guitar, and electric bass. Primarily for music majors. Instrument fee may be required. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring, All terms

Prerequisites: MUS 381 or consent of instructor. Advanced instruction in keyboard technique. Development of solo repertoire and preparation for the Piano Proficiency Exam. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring, All terms

Prerequisites: MUS 101 and MUS 110 or consentof instructor. Music from the Medieval period through the Renaissance. Gregorian chant, Leonin, Perotin, Machaut, Dufay, Ockeghem, Josquin, Gombert, Willaert, Palestrina, Lasso, Gabrielli and other composers. Study of styles of music to uncover the various musical, aesthetic, and social determinants underlying the musical literature.

Offered Infrequent, All terms

Prerequisites: MUS 101 and MUS 110 or consent of instructor. This course covers music from the Medieval through the Renaissance period. The study of styles of music to engage various musical, aesthetic, and social determinants underlying the musical literature..

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 290 is required. Provides students with an understanding of the inner and outer-workings of artist and concert management, nonprofit arts management, arts enterprise management, advertising management, digital marketing, public relations, branding, merchandising, endorsements, sponsorships, promotion and touring, and big data.

Offered Fall, Spring

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: MUS 300 is required. Provides training and support for music majors as an advanced level through in-class performances, masterclasses, music journalism essays, attendance at various music performances, and department camaraderie. Required attendance in-class and at approved music performances as determined by the Department of Music. May be repeated once. CR/NC grading.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 308 or consent of instructor. Original songs created by students will be performed, discussed, and constructively criticized. Well-known popular, show, country, rock and R and B songs will be studied as models of melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, structural and poetic composition. Field trips and guest lecturers from the industry. Publishing and copyright procedures.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: MUS 311 or consent of instructor. Composition and arranging of art music utilizing a variety of resources, from traditional instruments and voice to new instruments, electronics and computer. Repeatable course.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 308 or consent of instructor. Composition and arranging for popular and jazz ensembles with an emphasis on contemporary styles. Repeatable course.

Offered Spring

Required Co-requisite: MUS 333 Intensive preparation for prospective educators with focus on teaching instrumental music in schools (elementary, middle, and high school). Includes examination of appropriate literature, classroom management, and teaching pedagogy. Course contains a field experience component.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: MUS 333 and MUS 421 required. In order to begin the hours for fieldwork in this course, you will need a valid Certificate of Clearance (fingerprints) and proof of a negative TB (within 4 months of the fieldwork course beginning). For information on submitting these documents, contact the Center for Teaching Careers. Study of the contemporary principles, techniques, and procedures effective for small and large group music instruction. Emphasis on the development of philosophy, methodology, and teaching strategies. Course contains a field experience component.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for symphony orchestra. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Pedagogy, management and administration of a marching band program. Content will address marching percussion, marching and maneuvering, and attached units.

Offered As needed

Prerequisite: MUS 110 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the principles and literature of string instruments, with emphasis on skills necessary for future teachers of instrumental ensembles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week. Instrument fee may be required.

Offered Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 110 or consent of instructor. Instrument fee may be required. Introduction to the principles and literature of woodwind instruments with emphasis on skills necessary for future teachers of instrumental ensembles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Fall

Prerequisite: MUS 110 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the principles and literature of brass instruments with emphasis on skills, necessary for future teachers of instrumental performance times to be arranged.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: MUS 110 or consent of instructor. Introduction to the principles and literature of percussion instruments with emphasis on skills necessary for future teachers of instrumental ensembles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week. Instrument fee may be required.

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: MUS 106 or consent of instructor is required. Introduction to the principles and literature of vocal and choral instruction, with emphasis on skills necessary for future teachers of choral ensembles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Pre-requisite: MUS 360(two semesters); Co-requisite: MUS 480. Studio instruction in an applied area that complements and provides additional depth to that which is offered in MUS 380. In depth study of Etudes, scales, arpeggios, and supplemental repertoire. Repeatable for credit.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance practices of Latina American musical traditions. Through participation in varying-sized ensembles, students will demonstrate their acquired knowledge and skills in a public performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prepares students for performances at university and athletic events while providing them an opportunity to grow and improve in individual and ensemble performance.

Offered Fall, Spring

Students primarily focus on the performance of music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Students will receive instructions on historically informed performance practice and present a concert at the end of each semester.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small instrumental ensemble rehearsal and performance. Type of group may vary by section and semester. See Class Schedule for title. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study of music through small vocal ensemble rehearsal and performance. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Study and performance of choral music of Afro-American culture. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Techniques of improvisation and a study and performance of instrumental jazz repertoire. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of department chair and instructor. Individual instruction and guidance in the technique of conducting instrumental and vocal ensembles. Individual lesson times are arranged with the instructor. Public performance and jury evaluation expected. Primarily for conducting majors. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for chorus. Public performances expected. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor (audition). A study of music through rehearsal and performance of music for guitar ensemble. Public performance expected. Repeatable once at each level. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of instructor. Study of roles and representative excerpts from opera, operetta, and musical comedy and the basic musical, dramatic and language technique of the musical theater. Performance of excerpts and complete musical theatrical works. Repeatable course. Three hours of activity per week plus extra rehearsal and performance times to be arranged.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Audition and consent of department chair and instructor. Individual instruction in the student's major performance medium developing technique and repertoire at an advance level. Individual one hour lesson times are arranged with the studio teacher. Public performance and jury evaluation expected. Lessons are available in voice, piano, harpsichord, organ, accordion, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet. French horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp, classical guitar, lute, commercial guitar and electric bass. Primarily for music majors. Instrument fee may be required. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of department chair and instructor. Individual instruction and guidance with music composition and arranging projects. Individual lesson times are arranged with the instructor. Jury evaluation expected. Primarily for composition majors. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in upper division individual lessons or consent of instructor. Exploration of a wide variety of topics relating to the interpretation of music from various stylistic periods. Recorded examples and student performances will be analyzed and compared with particular attention given to historic authenticity and contemporary practices. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week.

Offered Spring

Prerequisites: MUS 106 and MUS 112 or consent of instructor. Covers music from the Baroque through the Romantic period. The study of styles of music to engage various musical, aesthetic, and social determinants underlying the musical literature

Offered Fall

Prerequisites: Two semesters of MUS 106 and 113 or consent of instructor. A critical analysis of music from the late Romantic through to the present. Students will focus on disciplinary writing on several styles of music to uncover the various technical, aesthetic, and social determinants underlying the musical literature. Students will actively refine their academic writing in music for diverse audiences, including writing for other musicians and the general public. Restricted to majors. A grade of C or better in this course fulfills the GWAR requirement for all Music majors and minors.

Offered Spring

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 480 or MUS 580. Preparation and performance of a full or half music recital. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. In consultation with a Music faculty member, the student investigates a scholarly topic or undertakes a creative project. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Special topics vary by section and semester. See Class Schedule for title and prerequisites. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Consent of department chair. Students participate in an off-campus internship with an approved employer. Provides for an integration of academic study and related work experience. CR/NC grading. Repeatable course.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. In consultation with a Music faculty member, student undertakes a major project which may be one of the following: original research and thesis on a given music history or theoretical topic, a creative project such as an original composition or a full recital with supporting scholarly program notes.

Offered Fall, Spring

Prerequisite: Audition and consent of department chair and instructor. Ensembles. Repeatable course. Two hours of activity per week. Instrument fee may be required.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Consent of department chair and instructor. Individual instruction and guidance with music composition and arranging projects. Individual lesson times are arranged with the instructor. Jury evaluation expected. Primarily for composition majors. Repeatable course.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: NCR 290, NCR 390, and NCR 405. Preparation for application of knowledge of negotiation, conflict resolution, and peacebuilding in school settings. Explores pedagogies appropriate for the development of conflict resolution skills and techniques as basis for both elective and prescriptive training modules.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 580. Preparation and performance of a full or half music recital. Repeatable course.

Offered Infrequent

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. In consultation with a Music faculty member, the student investigates a scholarly topic or undertakes a creative project. Repeatable

Offered Infrequent