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| Music-Marching Band | |
| MUBD 2601 | Basketball Band (1.00) |
| The Basketball Band performs at every home men's and women's basketball game at the John Paul Jones Arena and all post season tournament games. Much of the music must be performed memorized. New music is introduced on a weekly basis. Students enrolling in Basketball Band must be a member of the current year's marching band course (MUBD 2610, 2620, 2630, or 2640). | |
| MUBD 2610 | Marching Band I (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An ensemble that performs at all home football games and selected away games each season, also traveling to Bowl games and performing at special events. This course counts as performance, and thus subject to the limit of eight credits of the 120 required for the B.A. |
| MUBD 2620 | Marching Band II (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An ensemble that performs at all home football games and selected away games each season, also traveling to Bowl games and performing at special events. Students assist in mentoring new band members enrolled in MUBD 2610. |
| MUBD 2630 | Marching Band III (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An ensemble that performs at all home football games and selected away games each season, also traveling to Bowl games and performing at special events. Students run sectional rehearsals and tutor students enrolled in MUBD 2610 and 2620. |
| MUBD 2640 | Marching Band IV (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An ensemble that performs at all home football games and selected away games each season, also traveling to Bowl games and performing at special events. Students assume leadership roles in the Marching Band, and contribute to the design and teaching of shows. |
| Music-Ensembles | |
| MUEN 2600 | Concert Band (1.00) |
| Concert Band | |
| MUEN 2690 | African Music and Dance Ensemble Level 1 (2.00) |
| A practical, hands-on course focusing on several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka), with the intention of performing during and at the end of the semester. Traditions include drumming, dancing, and singing. Attention to developing tight ensemble dynamics, aural musicianship, and a polymetric sensibility. Concentration, practice, and faithful attendance are required. Prerequisites: By audition. | |
| MUEN 3570 | Indian Singing Ensemble (1.00) |
| Students will be introduced to the concepts of RAGA (melody) and TALA (rhythm) in Indian classical music. They will learn classical compositions in different RAGAS and TALAS; mythological and philosophical meanings of the compositions will be explained. With this background, students will learn about Guru-Shishya-parampara (teacher-disciple-relationship), a concept which is unique to Indian culture. No musical background is required. | |
| MUEN 3600 | Jazz Ensemble (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Jazz Ensemble Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3610 | Orchestra (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Orchestra Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3620 | Wind Ensemble (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Wind Ensemble Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3630 | Chamber Ensemble (1.00 - 2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Chamber Ensemble Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3650 | University Singers (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | University Singers Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3651 | Chamber Singers (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Coro Virginia. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3655 | Opera Workshop (1.00) |
| Students prepare scenes from operas for modest stage presentation. Roles are assigned according to vocal skills and maturity. Scenes may include solo, ensemble, and chorus singing. Students receive coaching in interpretation and stage actions. Scenes are selected from three centuries of opera repertory and sung in German, Italian, French, and English. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in | |
| MUEN 3670 | Early Music Ensemble (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Performance of music written before 1750 on instruments appropriate to the period. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3680 | New Music Ensemble (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Performance of vocal and instrumental music of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Note: Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUEN 3600-3690 may be repeated for credit, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 3690 | African Music and Dance Ensemble Level 2 (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Practical, hands-on course focusing on several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka pygmies). No previous experience with music or dance is necessary. Students seeking the co-requisite for MUSI 3090 should sign up for MUSI 3690. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. May be repeated for credit. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUEN 4690 | African Music and Dance Ensemble Level 3 (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Third level of proficiency in several music/dance forms from West Africa (Ghana, Togo) and Central Africa (BaAka pygmies). Performances during and at the end of the semester. Students develop a leadership role and proficiency in drumming, dancing, singing. and in ensemble dynamics. Students seeking the co-requisite for MUSI 3090 should sign up for MUSI 3690. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. May be repeated for credit. |
| Music-Private Performance Instruction | |
| MUPF 1150 | Brass Technique for Woodwind Players (1.00) |
| This course is designed to be an introduction to the performing techniques and instructional materials of brass instruments. Furthermore, the students enrolled in the course will learn how to perform one brass instrument at a high level with the goal of being able to contribute as a brass player in the UVa Marching Band in the future. | |
| MUPF 2110 | Performance (Voice) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2111 | Performance (Voice) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2120 | Performance (Piano) (0.50 - 1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2121 | Performance (Piano) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2130 | Performance (Organ, Harpsichord) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2131 | Performance (Organ, Harpsichord) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2140 | Performance (Strings) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2141 | Performance (Strings) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110-2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2150 | Performance (Woodwinds) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2151 | Performance (Woodwinds) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2160 | Performance (Brass) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2161 | Performance (Brass) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2170 | Performance (Percussion) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2171 | Performance (Percussion) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2180 | Performance (Harp, Guitar) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 2181 | Performance (Harp, Guitar) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2181 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) Course was offered Spring 2013 |
| MUPF 2190 | Performance (Banjo, Mandolin) (0.50) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2191 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) |
| MUPF 2191 | Performance (Banjo, Mandolin) (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, courses numbered MUPF 2110 -2191 may be repeated as often as desired, but no more than eight performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College. (S) |
| MUPF 3110 | Advanced Performance (Voice) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3120 | Advanced Performance (Piano) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3130 | Advanced Performance (Organ, Harpsichord) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. |
| MUPF 3140 | Advanced Performance (Strings) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3150 | Advanced Performance (Woodwinds) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3160 | Advanced Performance (Brass) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3170 | Advanced Performance (Percussion) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3180 | Advanced Performance (Harp, Guitar) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction in musical performance. Details available here, including prerequisites: http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/performance/privatelessons/index.html. May be repeated as often as desired, but no more than 16 performance credits may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in the College, with an additional 4 available for Distinguished Majors. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUPF 3190 | Advanced Performance (Banjo, Mandolin) (2.00) |
| Individual instruction in advanced musical performance. Because the subject matter changes each semester, each MUPF course may be repeated for credit, but only sixteen performance credits may be applied toward the College degree, with an additional four available for Distinguished Majors. Prerequisite: at least one semester of instruction in the corresponding 2000-level course; successful audition. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUPF 3200 | Supervised Advanced Performance (2.00) |
| For majors involved at an advanced level in types of solo or ensemble performance not offered through the department. An academic faculty member serves as mentor, monitors performance activities, and assigns relevant readings and research. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and DUP; restricted to music majors. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| MUPF 4930 | Honors Performance (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Individual instruction for Distinguished Major recitalists who wish to spend a year preparing a full-length recital. Prerequisite: At least one semester of instruction at the 3000 level; successful written application to the Distinguished Major Program; successful audition, normally at the end of the semester preceding 4000-level study; and permission of instructor. |
| MUPF 4940 | Honors Performance (2.00) |
| Individual instruction for Distinguished Major recitalists who wish to spend a year preparing a full-length recital. Prerequisite: At least one semester of lessons at the 3000 level; successful written application to the Distinguished Major Program; successful audition, normally at the end of the semester preceding 4000-level study; and permission of instructor. | |
| MUPF 7930 | Performance - Music Graduate Students (1.00 - 2.00) |
| Individual instruction in musical performance for PhD students in music, as an enhancement of their academic program. Prerequisite: music graduate student with permission of department chair. | |
| Music | |
| MUSI 1010 | Introduction to Music (3.00) |
| Surveys the musical literatures that make up the common listening experience of contemporary Americans, emphasizing such 'classical' repertories as symphony, opera, 'early music' 'new music,' blues, and jazz. Teaches effective ways of listening to and thinking critically about each repertoire. Considers how musical choices reflect or create cultural identities, including attitudes toward gender, ethnicity, social relationships, and ideas of the sacred. | |
| MUSI 1040 | Exploring the Orchestra (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | An introduction to the tradition and repertory of the symphony orchestra. Topics include the development and in strumental makeup of the modern symphony orchestra, forms and genres, and the role of the conductor. |
| MUSI 1070 | Global Music (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Global Music is an introduction to the field of ethnomusicology, the study of music as both an artistic activity and human behavior. It examines music using the methods and concerns of anthropology and cultural study. Over the course of the semester, we will consider not only different systems of music sound, but also different systems of musical meaning. |
| MUSI 1310 | Basic Musical Skills (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Not open to students already qualified to elect MUSI 2302 or 3310. Study of the rudiments of music and training in the ability to read music. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 1620 | History of the Wind Band (2.00) |
| The class is designed to give an introductory look at wind band music development from the early 20th century to present. The class does not require any previous musical experience. The course provides students with historical facts surrounding the wind band movement while allowing students to experience the music aurally. | |
| MUSI 1993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2020 | Opera (3.00) |
| Study of musical, literary, and dramatic aspects of representative operatic works. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required. | |
| MUSI 2040 | Symphonic Masterworks (3.00) |
| Study of symphonic music, including the concerto, from 1700 to the present. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required. | |
| MUSI 2050 | American Musical Mavericks (3.00) |
| A history of innovative and experimental American music, from Colonial times to the present. | |
| MUSI 2070 | Popular Musics (3.00) |
| Scholarly and critical study of music circulated through mass media. Specific topic for the semester (e.g. world popular music, bluegrass, country music, hip-hop, Elvis Presley) announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required. | |
| MUSI 2080 | American Music (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Scholarly and critical study of music of the Americas, with attention to interaction of music, politics, and society. Specific topics announced in advance. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2100 | Film Music (3.00) |
| Scholarly and critical study of music in cinema. Specific topics for the semester announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required. | |
| MUSI 2110 | Music in Everyday Life (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Explores the implicit cultural messages which circulate within our ever-changing daily soundtracks. This courses focuses our attention on music that we usually take for granted, getting us thinking about the depths of quotidian aesthetic experience. |
| MUSI 2120 | History of Jazz Music (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Survey of jazz music from before 1900 through the stylistic changes and trends of the twentieth century; important instrumental performers, composers, arrangers, and vocalists. No previous knowledge of music required. | |
| MUSI 2130 | Introduction to Jewish Musical Traditions (3.00) |
| This course is an introduction to sacred and secular Jewish musical traditions. Texts include books and articles that draw on ethnomusicology, musicology, folklore, anthropology, sociology, Jewish studies, history and other fields. The course uses case studies to concentrate on developments in these traditions since the middle of the 19th century, focusing the three main groupings of Ashkenazic, Sephardic and Mizrakhi Jewry. | |
| MUSI 2210 | Composers (3.00) |
| Study of the lives and works of individuals (e.g., Bach, Beethoven, Cage, Ellington, Smyth) whose participation in musical culture has led them to focus on the creation of musical 'works.' Topics announced in advance. | |
| MUSI 2220 | Composers (3.00) |
| Study of the lives and works of individuals (e.g., Bach, Beethoven, Cage, Ellington, Smyth) whose participation in musical culture has led them to focus on the creation of musical 'works.' Topics announced in advance. | |
| MUSI 2302 | Keyboard Skills (Beginning) (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Introductory keyboard skills; includes sight-reading, improvisation, and accompaniment at the keyboard in a variety of styles. No previous knowledge of music required. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2304 | Keyboard Skills (Intermediate) (2.00) |
| Intermediate keyboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission by audition. | |
| MUSI 2306 | Fretboard Harmony (2.00) |
| Fretboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Prerequisite: instructor permission by audition. | |
| MUSI 2308 | Voice Class (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This class is designed to teach the fundamentals of healthy vocal production. Classes are designed to improve vocal performance for each student, and to provide a introduction to standard vocal repertoire. This course will also include a look at the anatomy of the voice, resonance and articulation in singing, and voice classifications. |
| MUSI 2340 | Learn to Groove (2.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Study of rhythmic patterns associated with rhythms from West African, the Caribbean, Brazil, and the United States, through theory and performance. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 2342 | Learn to Groove Intermediate (2.00) |
| "Learn to Groove" hand drumming and rhythmic fluency with Robert Jospe. This is the intermediate level of the class. It is a hands on drumming/percussion class using congas, djembes, claves, shakers, etc. This class is designed to enhance ones knowledge of syncopated patterns associated with jazz, rock, African and Latin American music and to improve ones facility in playing these patterns. | |
| MUSI 2350 | Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Introduction to digital music and sound art, through history, theory, and musical creation. |
| MUSI 2370 | Make Rock (3.00) |
| An introduction to rock from the 1950's to the present, comprising musical, cultural and technological histories and compositional projects, informed by the points of view and poetic processes of their makers. The course is organized around musical and poetic foundations such as the backbeat, affect, control vs. abandon, distortion, production, the solo, and lyric innovation. Creative assignments involve producing musical expressions of rock. | |
| MUSI 2390 | Introduction to Music and Computers (3.00) |
| Introduction to the use of computers in music composition, with hands-on experience. Appropriate for non-majors. | |
| MUSI 2500 | Jazz Keyboard Skills (2.00) |
| This goal of this class is to develop a basic level of skill in performing, arranging and analyzing standard modern jazz repertoire and styles for the piano. Concepts covered will include chord voicings for the left hand and for two hands; elements of jazz and swing rhythm and melody; reading and interpreting a lead sheet; basic solo jazz piano textures; ii-V-I chord progressions; and transcription and performance of recorded improvised solos. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 2559 | New Course in Music (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012 |
| MUSI 2570 | Music Cultures (3.00) |
| Studies of various musical topics, with emphasis on relatons between music and cultural context. Taught at the non-major level. | |
| MUSI 2600 | Jazz Improvisation (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Jazz Improvisation Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| MUSI 2993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3000 | Studies in Pre-Modern Music (to 1500) (3.00) |
| Introduction to the variety of repertories and music cultures known to have thrived in pre-modern Europe, and the ways such music has been assimilated into 20th-century American ideas about 'music history.' Specific topics announced in advance, such as: the music of 12th-century France; music in monastic life, 800 to 1500; music and mystical vision, the cosmology of Hildegard von Bingen; music, cultural exchange, and power, Burgundy and Italy in the 15th century. Prerequisite: Ability to read music. MUSI 3310 highly recommended. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 3010 | Studies in Early Modern Music (1500-1700) (3.00) |
| Introduction to crucial shifts in musical culture that signaled the emergence of a self-consciously 'modern,' self-consciously 'European' musicality over the period 1500-1700; and to the ways such early modern genres as the polyphonic Mass, the madrigal, opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, suite, and congregational hymnody have been assimilated into 20th-century American ideas about 'musicality.' Specific topics announced in advance. Prerequisite: The ability to read music. MUSI 3310 highly recommended. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| MUSI 3020 | Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music (3.00) |
| Study of selected repertories from the 17th and 18th centuries, emphasizing compositional style, performance practice, and the role of music within social, political, philosophical, and religious cultures of the time. Composers studied may include Lully, Corelli, Handel, J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2011 | |
| MUSI 3030 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: MUSI 3310; or instructor permission. |
| MUSI 3040 | Studies in Twentieth-Century Music (3.00) |
| Study of art music in the 20th century. Examines ways in which the aims and functions of European/US musical art were re-imagined, particularly in association with modernism. Explores the century's radical shifts in musical language and their relationship with the pressing cultural, political, and social concerns of the period. Fulfills part of the 'Critical and comparative studies in music' requirement for majors. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 | |
| MUSI 3050 | Music and Discourse Since 1900 (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Studies the range of music that has flourished since the end of the 19th century including modernist and post-modern art music, popular music, and world music, through historical, critical, and ethnographic approaches. Prerequisite: The ability to read music, or any three-credit course in music, or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3070 | Introduction to Musical Ethnography (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Exploration of non-western musical cultures through music-making, movement, listening, and case studies. Issues include how musical and social aesthetics are intertwined, and the connections between style, community, and identity (including issues of race, gender, class, and postcolonial power structures). Field research and ethnographic writing will be the focus of critical inquiry. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| MUSI 3080 | American Music (3.00) |
| Historical and/or ethnomusicological perspectives on folk, popular, and 'art' music in the Americas, with a particular emphasis on 19th-and 20th-century African-American traditions including spirituals, work songs, minstrelsy, blues, R&B, soul, and hip-hop. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 3090 | Performance in Africa (3.00 - 4.00) |
| Explores music/dance performance in Africa through reading, hands-on workshops, discussion, and audio and video examples. The course covers both 'traditional' and 'popular' styles, through discussion and a performance lab. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 3120 | Jazz Studies (3.00) |
| Introduction to jazz as an advanced field of study, with equal attention given to historical and theoretical approaches. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or comparable fluency in music notation, and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 3310 | Theory I (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style. Prerequisite: Ability to read music, and familiarity with basic concepts of pitch intervals and scales; Corequisite: MUSI 3332, 3334, or 3336, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 3336. |
| MUSI 3320 | Theory II (3.00) |
| Studies pitch and formal organization in European concert music of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes four-part vocal writing, 18th-century style keyboard accompaniment, key relations, and form. Students compose numerous short passages of music and study significant compositions by period composers. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or instructor permission; MUSI 3332, 3334, or 3336, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 3336. | |
| MUSI 3332 | Musicianship I (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3334 | Musicianship II (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3336 | Musicianship III (1.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Lab course providing practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering this sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. Students enrolled in MUSI 3310, 3320 or 4331 have priority; course open to other students as space permits. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3360 | Tonal Composition (3.00) |
| Develops the craft of musical composition through polyphonic writing, canon and imitative counterpoint, and homophonic writing, emphasizing phrase structure and small forms. Compositions are performed and criticized in class, with the aim of making manifest and adding to ideas covered in MUSI 3310 (Theory I) through actual writing. This course is essential for those who will pursue creative writing in music. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 3370 | Songwriting (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Develop aural, analytic and creative abilities through songwriting. Learn about rhythm, melodic design, harmonic progression, lyrics and song forms. Develop ear training, so that concepts you learn will be sonically meaningful. Examples considered from blues, folk, tin pan alley, musicals, R&B, rock and hip hop. Students must sign up for a required Lab section. |
| MUSI 3380 | Introduction to Post-Tonal Composition (3.00) |
| This class focuses on post-tonal compositional techniques in American and European concert music, including the music of various composers and the composition of new music. Prerequisite: MUSI 3310 or permission of instructor. | |
| MUSI 3390 | Introduction to Music and Computers (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Students gain hands-on experience with synthesizers, music notation software, and the control of MIDI instruments via computer. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 3400 | Ecoacoustics (3.00) |
| Ecoacoustics explores the intersection between ecology and music. It engages with natural systems of change and the unique sonic energy of places. Students learn recording and analysis techniques, and create their own ecoacoustic sound works as we study seminal works from the musical and artistic fields of acoustic ecology, sonology, soundscape composition, sonification, earthwork art, and deep listening. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| MUSI 3559 | New Course in Music (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | This course provides the opportunity to offer new topics in the subject of Music. Course was offered Spring 2012 |
| MUSI 3570 | Music Cultures (3.00) |
| Studies of various musical topics, with emphasis on relatons between music and cultural context. Taught at the major level. | |
| MUSI 3630 | Gamelan (3.00) |
| The course introduces students to the gamelan instruments, the techniques of performance, the gamelan's performance practice, and it's cultural role within Bali, greater Indonesia, and Southeast Asia. After learning technique and repertoire, students will be encouraged to create their own pieces for the ensemble. Class activity is enhanced through discussion of selected readings, video presentations, and opportunity for original projects. | |
| MUSI 3993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 4331 | Theory III (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Studies in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century techniques and styles through analysis and composition. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission; Corequisite: MUSI 3332, 3334, or 3336, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 3336. |
| MUSI 4505 | Vocal Music (3.00) |
| Topics, announced in advance, selected from opera, oratorio, choral music, or song. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or the equivalent and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4506 | Instrumental Music (3.00) |
| Topics, announced in advance, are selected from the orchestral, chamber music or solo repertories. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or the equivalent and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4507 | Composers (3.00) |
| Study of the life and works of a composer (or school of composers); topic announced in advance. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or the equivalent and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4508 | Topics in American Music (3.00) |
| Topics, announced in advance, about folk, popular, jazz or art music traditions in American culture. Prerequisite: MUSI 3080 or instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4509 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 4510 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4512 | Studies in Jazz Literature (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Topics, announced in advance, exploring the world of jazz music. Prerequisite: MUSI 3120 or instructor permission. |
| MUSI 4519 | Critical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within critical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 4520 | Critical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within critical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2012, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4523 | Issues in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| An intensive experience with ethnomusicology and performance studies, this seminar explores musical ethnography (descriptive writing), experiential research, sociomusical processes, and other interdisciplinary approaches to musical performance. Addresses issues involving race, class, gender, and identity politics in light of particular topics and areas studies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3070 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2010 | |
| MUSI 4524 | Field Research and Ethnography of Performance (3.00) |
| Addresses ideas about ethnography and performance. Students explore epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues as they relate to field research and push the envelope of 'creative non-fiction' in the ethnographic realm of their writing. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4525 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4526 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013 | |
| MUSI 4532 | Musical Analysis (3.00) |
| Various approaches to musical analysis; readings from theoretical literature; and practical exercises in analysis of music from all periods. Prerequisite: MUSI 4331 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4533 | Advanced Musicianship (2.00) |
| Includes advanced ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard harmony. Prerequisite: Passing score on the exit test for MUSI 3336. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4534 | Tonal Counterpoint (3.00) |
| Written and aural exercises based on analysis of the contrapuntal style of J.S. Bach and his successors. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or the equivalent. Course was offered Fall 2009 | |
| MUSI 4535 | Interactive Media (3.00) |
| The class is designed for composers, performers and all students interested in interactive technology for music, programming real-time computer music systems, and in music for multimedia. Emphasis is placed on gaining both technical and artistic understanding of the possibilities of real time music technology and multimedia. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or MUSI 4543 or MUSI 4547 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 4540 | Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing (3.00) |
| Studies in sound processing, digital synthesis and multichannel audio using RTCmix running under Linux. Students learn techniques of computer music through composition, analysis of representative works, and programming. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4543 | Sound Studio (3.00) |
| Studies in computer music studio techniques, sound synthesis using a variety of software packages based on the Macintosh platform, and the creation of original music using new technologies. Prerequisite: MUSI 3390 or instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4545 | Computer Applications in Music (3.00) |
| Topics involving the composition, performance, and programming of interactive computer music systems. Prerequisite: Instructor permission or MUSI 3390. | |
| MUSI 4547 | Materials of Contemporary Music (3.00) |
| Topics in contemporary music that will focus on different areas in rotation. Each will involve focused readings, analysis of selected works, and the creation of original compositions that reflect the issues under discussion. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 4574 | Music in Performance (3.00) |
| Studies how musical performances implicitly or explicitly enact and (re)negotiate their historical, cultural, and ideological circumstances through activities that focus on a range of musical cultures. Prerequisite: Previous musical experience, broadly defined. | |
| MUSI 4581 | Composition I (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012 |
| MUSI 4582 | Composition (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4710 | Instrumental Conducting I (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 4720 | Instrumental Conducting II (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 and instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 4750 | Choral Conducting I (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: basic ear training, sight-reading. Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required. Course was offered Fall 2011 |
| MUSI 4760 | Choral Conducting II (3.00) |
| Studies in the basic technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: Previous experience in a choral or instrumental ensemble is preferred. Interested students should consult with the instructor before registering. Instructor permission is required. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 4993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 5330 | Modal Counterpoint (3.00) |
| Written and aural exercises based on analysis of the contrapuntal style of Palestrina and his contemporaries. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5340 | Tonal Counterpoint (3.00) |
| Written and aural exercises based on analyses of the contrapuntal style of J.S. Bach and his successors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5380 | Canon and Fugue (3.00) |
| Composition and analysis of canons and fugues, focusing on the works of J.S. Bach. Prerequisite: MUSI 4331 and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5410 | Conducting I (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and practice of conducting and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or equivalent and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5420 | Conducting II (3.00) |
| Studies the theory and practice of conducting and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or equivalent and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5810 | Composition (3.00) |
| Composition Prerequisite: MUSI 4331 and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5820 | Composition (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: MUSI 4331 and instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 5993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Independent study dealing with a specific topic. Primary emphasis is not on research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7350 | Interactive Media (3.00) |
| A graduate-level seminar in interactive technology for music and multimedia. Students explore theoretical, creative and practical aspects of programming, composing and performing real-time interactive music with computers. Course was offered Fall 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 7500 | Studies in Pre-Modern Music to 1500 (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7501 | Studies in Early Modern Music 1500 - 1750 (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7502 | Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7503 | Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7504 | Topics in Twentieth Century Music (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7505 | Vocal Music (3.00) |
| Studies topics, announced in advance, and selected from opera, oratorio, choral music, or song. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7506 | Instrumental Music (3.00) |
| Studies topics, announced in advance, selected from the orchestral, chamber music or solo repertories. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7507 | Composers (3.00) |
| Study, announced in advance, of the life and works of a composer (or school of composers). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7508 | American Music (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Fall 2012 | |
| MUSI 7509 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7510 | Cultural and Historical Studies of Music (3.00) |
| Selected topics, announced in advance, exploring the study of music within cultural and historical frameworks. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 7511 | Introduction to Research in Music (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 7512 | Studies in Jazz Literature (3.00) |
| Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 | |
| MUSI 7519 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 7520 | Current Studies in Research and Criticism (3.00) |
| Current Studies in Research and Criticism Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7523 | Issues in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| Intended as a first intensive experience with ethnomusicology and performance studies, this seminar explores musical ethnography, field research, and a performance approach to both. Addresses issues involving race, class, gender, and identity politics in light of particular topics and area studies. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7524 | Field Research and Ethnography of Performance (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Working with and critiquing ideas about ethnography and performativity, students explore epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues as they relate to field research, and push the envelope of 'creative non-fiction' in the ethnographic realm through writing. A final essay as well as a final performance presentation are required. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011 |
| MUSI 7525 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| Studies the field of ethnomusicology. Specific issues and cultural areas addressed depend on the interests of students and the instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 7526 | Topics in Ethnomusicology (3.00) |
| Studies the field of ethnomusicology. Specific issues and cultural areas addressed depend on the interests of students and the instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Spring 2012 | |
| MUSI 7532 | Musical Analysis (3.00) |
| Studies various approaches to musical analysis; readings from the most important theoretical literature; and the practical exercises in analysis of music from all periods. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7540 | Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Studies in sound processing, digital synthesis and multichannel audio using RTCmix running under Linux. Students learn techniques of computer music through advanced composition, analysis of representative works, and programming. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. The course is intended for graduate students in music. Course was offered Spring 2011 |
| MUSI 7543 | Sound Studio (3.00) |
| Studies in computer music studio techniques, sound synthesis using a variety of software packages based on the Macintosh platform, and the creation of original music using new technologies. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7545 | Computer Applications in Music (3.00) |
| Topics involving the composition, performance, and programming of interactive computer music systems. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7547 | Materials of Contemporary Music (3.00) |
| The course is intended for graduate students in music. Topics in contemporary music that will focus on different areas in rotation. Each will involve focused readings, analysis of selected works, and the creation of original compositions that reflect the issues under discussion. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7571 | Instrumental Conducting I, II (3.00) |
| Advanced studies in the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7572 | Instrumental Conducting I, II (3.00) |
| Advanced studies in the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7574 | Music in Performance (3.00) |
| Provides a venue for students to study how musical performances implicitly or explicitly enact and/or (re)negotiate their historical, cultural, and ideological circumstances. Students examine their premises about the very nature of music as constituted by a given cultural context and evaluate the socio-esthetic bases of their own musical judgments. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7575 | Choral Conducting I, II (3.00) |
| Advanced studies in the technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7576 | Choral Conducting I, II (3.00) |
| Advanced studies in the technique and art of conducting, with weekly experience conducting repertoire with a small choral ensemble. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7581 | Composition (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 7583 | Proseminar in Computer Music Composition (3.00) |
| Proseminar in Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 7584 | Proseminar in Computer Music Composition (3.00) |
| Proseminar in Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8050 | Advanced Studies in Music (3.00) |
| Advanced Studies in Music Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8060 | Advanced Studies in Music (3.00) |
| Advanced Studies in Music Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8710 | Advanced Instrumental Conducting I (3.00) |
| This course will offer individual advanced training and coaching in instrumental conducting for experienced graduate conductors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8720 | Advanced Instrumental Conducting II (3.00) |
| This course will offer individual advanced training and coaching in instrumental conducting for experienced graduate conductors. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8810 | Advanced Composition (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Advanced Composition Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 8820 | Advanced Composition (3.00) |
| Advanced Composition Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8830 | Advanced Computer Music Composition (3.00) |
| Advanced Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8840 | Advanced Computer Music Composition (3.00) |
| Advanced Computer Music Composition Prerequisite: instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8910 | Supervised Research (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8920 | Supervised Research (3.00) |
| Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 8960 | Thesis (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Thesis Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Independent study dealing with a specific topic. Requirements will place primary emphasis on independent research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | For master's research, taken before a thesis director has been selected. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 8999 | Non-Topical Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| For master's thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. | |
| MUSI 9010 | Directed Readings (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Intensive readings on particular topics, under the supervision of an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010 |
| MUSI 9020 | Directed Readings (3.00) |
| Intensive readings on particular topics, under the supervision of an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2011, Spring 2010 | |
| MUSI 9910 | Supervised Research (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 9920 | Supervised Research (3.00) |
| Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 9930 | Independent Research (3.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Research carried out by graduate student in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| MUSI 9940 | Independent Research (3.00) |
| Research carried out by graduate student in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| MUSI 9998 | Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | Preliminary research directed towards a dissertation in consultation with an instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |
| MUSI 9999 | Non-Topical Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Fall 2013 | For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. Course was offered Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 |