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Department of Music
COURSES
- Music Courses (MUSIC)
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Music (MUSIC)
Performing Organizations
All performing organization courses may be repeated for credit and are open
to both lower-division and upper-division students. Courses involve the
technical and stylistic rehearsal and study of musical literature recognized
for its quality and aesthetic value. Participation is required in all rehearsals
and performances of the performing organizations for which student is registered.
MUSIC 102. Minor Ensembles (1;
repeatable for credit)
Study and performance of literature appropriate for ensembles such as brass
ensemble (BE), community chorus (CC), chamber singers (CS), flute ensemble
(FE), gospel choir (GC) guitar
ensemble (GE), jazz ensemble "A" (JEA), jazz ensemble "B"
(JEB), men's chorus (MC), basketball pep band (PB), percussion ensemble
(PE), string ensemble (SE), women's chorus (WC), and woodwind ensemble (WWE).
MUSIC 103. Major Ensembles (1; repeatable for credit)
Study and performance of choral and/or instrumental literature appropriate
for large ensembles such as concert choir (CC), orchestra (O), wind ensemble
(WE), marching band (MB), and symphonic band (SB).
MUSIC 117. Specialty Ensemble (1; repeatable for credit)
Study and performance of literature appropriate for non-conducted ensembles
such as Bulldog Beat (BB), Scholarship Brass Quintet (BQ), Chamber Music
(CM), Keyboard Ensemble (KE), and President's Quintet (PQ).
MUSIC 118. Instrumental/Vocal Workshops (1; repeatable for credit)
Study and performance of music literature appropriate for groups such as
band workshop (BW), opera workshop (OW), opera production (OPR), percussion
workshop (PW), and vocal workshop (VW).
Instrumental, Vocal, and Composition Lessons
MUSIC 31 and 131 through 39 and 139 include technical, stylistic, and aesthetic
performance studies of standard literature: etudes, solo, chamber, and large
ensemble music. All music majors (except students enrolled in the Music
as a Liberal Art Option) are required to enroll in a declared performing
medium until completion of senior recital. Concurrent enrollment in appropriate
major ensemble required. Passing Jury II required to enroll in MUSIC 131
through 139. MUSIC 148 includes individual instruction in original compostion
in a variety of media, forms, and styles. All courses are repeatable for
credit. (All courses require a $20 course fee.)
MUSIC 31/131. Brass (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 32/132. Percussion (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 33/133. Strings (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 34/134. Piano (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 35/135. Woodwinds (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 38/138. Organ (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 39/139. Voice (1; max total 16)
MUSIC 148. Composition (1; max total 10; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: two semesters of MUSIC 48 and successful completion of Jury
I. Includes individual instruction in original composition in a variety
of media, forms, and styles.
Other Music Courses
MUSIC 1A. Ear Training and Sight Singing I
(1; max total 2, repeatable for credit)
Basic drill in the singing and recognition of intervals, scales, and diatonic
melodies, in treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs. Dictation of diatonic
melodies and counterpoint in first and second species. Use of computer music
programs. (Course fee, $15)
MUSIC 1B. Ear Training and Sight Singing II
(1; max total 2, repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 1A. Extension of melodic sight singing and dictation
to include chromatic passing tones and more complex rhythms. Drill in the
singing and recognition of the basic varieties of triads and seventh chords.
Harmonic dictation; recognition of basic chord patterns and cadences. Use
of computer music programs. (Course fee, $15)
MUSIC 4A. Piano Class I (2; repeatable for credit)
Music majors and minors only. Playing skills and techniques necessary to
prepare for the piano proficiency examination required of all music majors.
(Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 4B. Piano Class II (2; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 4A. Playing skills and techniques necessary to prepare
for the piano proficiency examination required of all music majors. Continuation
of MUSIC 4A. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 4C. Piano Class III (2; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 4B. Playing skills and techniques necessary to prepare
for the piano proficiency examinations required of all music majors. Continuation
of MUSIC 4B. Continuing enrollment in MUSIC 4C is required until the piano
proficiency exam is passed. CR/NC grading only. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 9. Introduction to Music (3)
Not recommended for music majors. Music theory and aesthetics for the general
student. Notation of pitch and rhythm. Reading, playing, and writing melodies
with chordal accompaniments. Introduction to computer applications. (Course
fee, $20 for piano sections only) G.E. Breadth C1.
MUSIC 11. Intermediate Guitar Technique (2)
Introduction to classical guitar, major, minor, and chromatic scales, chord
progression, and beginning classical guitar selections.
MUSIC 12. Flamenco Interpretation (2)
Introduction to basic flamenco guitar techniques; rasgueados, picados, tremolos,
basic rhythms, studies and interpretation of flamenco repertoire.
MUSIC 14. Accompanying I (2)
Prerequisite: Jury I. Designed to give the piano student accompanying experience
that systematically develops proficiency in skills useful to the accompanist,
chamber musician, or school music teacher. Skills include sight-reading,
transposing, harmonizing, open-score reading, and "quick study."
(Formerly MUSIC 130T)
MUSIC 20. Convocation (0)
Department student recitals, advising, and enrichment. Required of all music
majors each semester they are registered for classes until the senior recital
is completed. CR/NC grading only.
MUSIC 40. Theory and Literature I (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 9 or the ability to read music. Fundamentals of music:
notation, scales, intervals, keys, triads, concepts of mode and meter, principles
of melody writing, and species counterpoint in two voices. Analysis of appropriate
examples from musical literature. Use of music notation software. (Course
fee, $15)
MUSIC 41. Theory and Literature II (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 40. Figured bass and principles of voice leading. Four-part
writing in choral and keyboard style. Functional harmony, seventh chords,
and secondary function chords. Harmonization of melodies. Principles of
form in Western art music. Analysis of representative musical literature.
Use of music notation software.
MUSIC 42. Theory and Literature III (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Continuation of figured bass and part writing, emphasizing
chromaticism, altered chords, and extended tonality. More advanced musical
forms. Study of representative musical examples. Use of music notation software.
MUSIC 43. Theory and Literature IV (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 42. Non-tonal harmony (e.g. quartal, pandiatonic). Introduction
to set theory and basic twelve-tone technique. Jazz harmony and principles
of improvisation. Survey of representative compositions of the twentieth
century with respect to style and structure. Use of music notation software.
MUSIC 47. Introduction to Music Technology (2)
Principles, uses, techniques, and applications of music technology. Experience
with current hardware and software for music notation, sequencing, and synthesis,
as well as digital recording and editing.
MUSIC 48. Composition (3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 47. Aural-analytic introduction to and study of origins
and developments of major compositional concepts and genres in Western music;
assigned exercises and creative writing in a variety of styles and idioms;
the problems of concepts in notation.
MUSIC 50. Introduction to Music Teaching and Learning (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 40. Orientation to role of music teacher in public schools.
Observation of teacher-pupil interaction, instructional approaches, and
classroom management in elementary through secondary schools. Two-hour lecture
weekly, plus two-hour school site observation weekly, not including travel.
CR/NC grading only.
MUSIC 58. Basic Conducting (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Fundamentals of conducting and score-reading; standard
patterns and stick technique.
MUSIC 60T. Topics in Music
(1-3; max total 6; repeatable for credit)
Special studies in ethnomusicology or music appreciation, business, education,
history, literature, theory, or technology.
MUSIC 74. Listener's Guide to Music (3)
Exploration of a wide range of musical styles (past, present, classical,
and popular) through guided practical experiences and the development of
an aesthetic sensitivity for music of various cultures. G.E. Breadth C1.
MUSIC 81. Basic Improvisation (2)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 4B, 41. Beginning course in improvisation. Using the
student's principal instrument or voice and the keyboard, students improvise
musical material beginning with I-IV-V-I progressions (up to three flats
and three sharps) and in the basic 12-bar blues (in B flat, F, and C).
MUSIC 110. Voice for Non-Music Majors (1; repeatable for credit)
Acquaints the non-music major with basic principles of good singing; applies
principles of good singing to different song styles; and helps the non-music
major voice student develop and strengthen performing skills.
MUSIC 111. Advanced Guitar Technique (2)
Advanced studies in classical guitar works, diatonic major and minor scales,
chord progression, and interpretation of classical guitar repertoire.
MUSIC 112. Advanced Flamenco Interpretation (2)
Special studies in flamenco guitar interpretation including advanced techniques,
traditional rhythms, improvisations, and analysis of music, songs and dance.
For majors and non-majors.
MUSIC 113. Vocal Pedagogy (2)
Open to upper-division vocal performance majors only. Prerequisites: passing
of Jury II, all lower-division music core courses, as well as at least one
semester of music history, MUSIC 161A or 161B. Principles, teaching procedures,
materials, and physiology of the voice, and historical background for teaching
solo and group lessons.
MUSIC 114. Accompanying II (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 14. Student will perform regularly, accompanying one
or more soloists or groups throughout the semester by assignment. In addition,
there will be readings and exercises to further develop skills studied in
MUSIC 14.
MUSIC 115. Advance Guitar for the Classroom Teacher (2)
Continued development of guitar skills for the general music teacher. Intermediate
group instruction on the acoustic guitar with focus on techniques and materials
appropriate for accompanying classroom music. Topics include chord structures,
strumming, picking style, and fingering techniques.
MUSIC 119. Voice Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Principles, playing and teaching procedures, and
materials for teaching voice in the elementary school, high school, and
community college. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 119J. Lower Brass Pedagogy (1)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 40, 41. Principles, playing and teaching procedures,
and materials for teaching trombone, baritone, and tuba in the elementary
school, high school, and community college. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 120. Class Piano Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 41, passed piano proficiency. Study of techniques and
materials appropriate for teaching class piano to beginners in elementary
school, middle school, high school, and community college music classrooms.
MUSIC 121. Instrumental Techniques and Materials Workshop
(1; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 50, 58, 119. Concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 122A, 124A,
126, or 127A. Application of performance and teaching techniques studied
in prerequisite courses as well as those being learned in concurrent enrollment
courses. CR/NC grading only.
MUSIC 122A. String Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 121. Principles and
physics of stringed instruments; playing procedures and materials for teaching
beginning string students from elementary school through community college.
(Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 124A. Woodwind Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 121. Principles and
physics (including common transpositions) of woodwind instruments; playing
procedures and materials for teaching beginning woodwind students from elementary
school through community college. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 126. Percussion Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41; concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 121. Principles,
playing and teaching procedures, and materials for teaching percussion instruments
in the elementary school, high school, and community college. (Course fee,
$20)
MUSIC 127A. Brass Techniques and Materials (1)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 121. Principles and
physics (including common transpositions) of brass instruments; playing
procedures and materials for teaching beginning brass students from elementary
school through community college. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 129. Reed Making (1)
Required for oboe and bassoon players. Individual or group supervision in
all aspects of the art of reed making. Repeatable for credit until such
time as student and professor mutually agree that supervision is no longer
necessary. CR/NC grading only.
MUSIC 130T. Topics in Performance
(2; max total 12, repeatable for credit)
Special studies in vocal or instrumental music, including topics such as
accompanying, electronic instruments, mixed chamber music.
MUSIC 140T. Topics in Theory (3; max total 9; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 43. Analytical study of specific composers, genres,
styles, and diverse approaches to music theory.
MUSIC 141. Seminar in Modal Counterpoint (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 43. Polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries; analysis
and composition of melodic lines, simple counterpoint, types of imitation;
writing motets with text in two or more parts.
MUSIC 142. Seminar in Canon and Fugue (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 42. Polyphony of the 17th and 18th centuries; analysis
and composition of melodic lines, imitative, strict and invertible counterpoint,
canon, and fugue.
MUSIC 144. Form and Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 42. Principles of musical form and analysis as applied
to musical repertoire. Includes an introduction to the Schenker method of
music analysis and review of chromatic harmony as necessary.
MUSIC 150A. Seminar in Electronic Music I (3)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 41 and permission of instructor. A survey of the history
and literature of electronic music. A systematic introduction to basic analog
synthesis, and instruction in the techniques of studio recording and editing.
MUSIC 153. Children's Music (3)
Open to nonmajors only. Introduction to song literature and singing games
suitable for children. Development of in-tune singing, ear training, and
sight-singing skills.
MUSIC 154. Music for the Elementary Classroom (3)
Music majors only. Prerequisites: MUSIC 41, passed piano proficiency. Song
literature, musical games, and basic skills for the recorder and guitar
appropriate for use in the elementary music classroom. Course content derived
from the folk music and musical contributions of world cultures.
MUSIC 155. Advanced Elementary Classroom Techniques (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 153 for students not majoring in music. Individual research
on the place and functions of music in preschool and elementary school curriculum;
selection, discussion, and analysis of musical materials including state
texts; planning activities that enable children to develop aesthetic sensitivity,
musical skills, and understanding.
MUSIC 158A. Advanced Instrumental Conducting (2; max total 4)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 58. Advanced instrumental conducting and score reading;
rehearsal techniques; problems in tempo, balance, style, and phrasing; mixed
meters and other contemporary problems. Assigned projects in conducting.
MUSIC 158B. Advanced Choral Conducting (2; max total 4)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 58. Advanced choral conducting and score reading; rehearsal
techniques; problems in tempo, balance, style, and phrasing; mixed meters
and other contemporary problems. Assigned projects in conducting.
MUSIC 159. Marching Band Techniques (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Offered fall semester only. Practical and creative
aspects of producing musical shows and marching formations for athletic
events, parades, and public ceremonies. Use of computer programs.
MUSIC 160T. Topics in Music History and Literature
(1-3; max total 9; repeatable for credit)
Study of selected musical genres, composers, and other specialized topics.
MUSIC 161A. Survey of Western Art Music I (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Offered fall semester only. Study of representative
composers, genres, and major works. Emphasis on changing concepts of "music,"
development of styles, and relation of music to the history of ideas and
to relevant institutions and social customs up to approximately 1800 A.D.
MUSIC 161B. Survey of Western Art Music II (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. Offered spring semester only. Study of representative
composers, genres, and major works. Emphasis on changing concepts of "music,"
development of styles, and relation of music to the history of ideas and
to relevant institutions and social customs from Beethoven to the present.
MUSIC 166. Piano Pedagogy (2)
Piano majors only. Principles, playing and teaching procedures, and materials
for teaching individual and small group piano lessons to students from elementary
school age through community college. (Course fee, $20)
MUSIC 167. Keyboard Literature (2)
Piano majors only. A historical survey of the standard repertoire for the
piano.
MUSIC 169. Instrumental Techniques and Materials (2)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 43, 158A or B, pass conducting proficiency, MUSIC 121-127A.
Offered spring semester only. Principles, procedures, literature, and materials
for use in instrumental music programs in the public schools. (Expenses
for off-campus visits will be incurred by student.)
MUSIC 170A. Music of the Americas: Latin America (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Examination of the musics
of Latin America with special emphasis on art-music and its relationship
to folk-popular musics as influenced by social, ideological, and political
cross-currents. G.E. Integration IC.
MUSIC 170B. Music of the Americas: United States (3)
Representative styles and genres of music in the United States with particular
attention to social contexts of repertories and music interactions between
elite and popular traditions.
MUSIC 171. Introduction to the World's Music (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Exploration of selected
musics of the world from the perspective of ethnomusicology or study of
music as an aesthetic communication that possesses meaning only in relation
to specific, situated sociocultural contests. Study of selected musical
forms and their relationship to social formations. G.E. Integration IC.
MUSIC 172. Vocal Literature (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41. For students who major or minor in vocal music.
A historical survey of the standard repertoire for the voice.
MUSIC 175T. Topics in Instrumental Pedagogy (2)
Principles, playing and teaching procedures, and materials for teaching
individual instrumental (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet,
trombone, tuba, violin, viola, violoncello, contrabass, harp, guitar, percussion)
lessons to students of varying skill and artistic levels.
MUSIC 179. Choral Techniques and Materials (2)
Prerequisites: passed piano proficiency; MUSIC 43, 119, 158B. Offered spring
semester only. Principles, choral techniques, literature, and materials
for use in vocal music programs in the public schools. (Expenses for off-campus
visits will be incurred by student.)
MUSIC 179L. Choral Techniques Lab (1)
Prerequisites: passed piano proficiency. Piano skills necessary for music
educators. Students learn to read opera scores at the piano, lead rehearsals
from the piano, play vocal exercises for choirs, and increase sightreading
ability. Concurrent enrollment in MUSIC 179 required. CR/NC grading only.
MUSIC 180. Children's Choirs: Techniques and Literature (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 155. Basic overview of materials, techniques, and procedures
applicable to the choral experience at the elementary level. Topics include
conducting for the elementary school choral director, vocal pedagogy for
children, and a survey of appropriate choral literature.
MUSIC 182. Basic Arranging (3)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 1B, 42. Basic course in scoring and arranging for band,
orchestra and choral ensembles. Ranges, transposition, technical capabilities
of band and orchestra instruments and the voice. Emphasis on arranging for
musicians typically found in elementary and secondary schools. Use of computer
notation and sequencing programs. (Course fee, $15)
MUSIC 183. Advanced Choral Arranging (3; max total 6; repeatable for
credit)
Prerequisite: passed piano proficiency. Advanced course in scoring and arranging
for various sizes and types of choral ensembles. Studies in depth composing
and arranging in various choral idioms. Use of computer notation and sequencing
programs. (Course fee, $15)
MUSIC 184. Orchestral Arranging (3)
Prerequisite: passed piano proficiency. Advanced course in scoring and arranging
for band and orchestra instruments. Studies in depth problems of idiomatic
writing for the instruments and sonorities. Use of computer notation and
sequencing programs. (Course fee, $15)
MUSIC 185A. Lyric Diction I (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 41 and successful completion of one year of MUSIC 39
or 139 or permission of instructor. Introductory study of the international
phonetic alphabet and its application to singing in English, Italian, German,
French, Spanish, and Latin.
MUSIC 185B. Lyric Diction II (2)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 185A. For vocal performance majors or with permission
of instructor. Singers' advanced diction studies of English, Italian, German,
French, and Spanish, as well as other languages used in the standard Western
art music vocal repertoire.
MUSIC 186. Arranging and Composing Using MIDI (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 182. Arranging and composing using MIDI sequencing.
Students record and edit musical material in the MIDI/computer-based production
facility. Finished works will be exported to music notation programs and
recorded to digital audio media. Works will be performed in pubic concerts.
MUSIC 187. Pop Music: Jazz and Rock (3)
Prerequisites: G.E. Foundation and Breadth Area C. Survey of styles, trends,
and the musical and cultural roots of pop music, jazz, and rock in the United
States, Great Britain, and the West Indies. Guidelines for listening to
and writing about music. G.E. Integration IC.
MUSIC 190. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
MUSIC 191. Readings in Music (1-3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. In-depth readings and discussions
in individual conferences; subjects to be selected by students and their
advisers. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic. Approved
for RP grading.
MUSIC 198. Senior Recital or Project (1 or 2)
Prerequisites: passed piano proficiency, senior standing, approval of major
applied music instructor or adviser. Preparation and presentation of a satisfactory
senior recital or project.
GRADUATE COURSES
(See Catalog Numbering System.)
Music (MUSIC)
MUSIC 204. Graduate Music Theory Survey (3)
Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required of all M.A. candidates in music.
A comprehensive survey of the disciplines of harmony, counterpoint, and
analysis, with respect to the music of the 18th through 20th centuries,
with an emphasis on review and reinforcement. Topics include species counterpoint,
figured bass, voice leading, principles of Schenkerian analysis, and basic
atonal and twelve-tone theory.
MUSIC 210. Studies in Performance
(2; max total 6; repeatable for credit)
Open only to master's degree students majoring in performance or to other
master's students by permission of instructor. Prerequisite: MUSIC 220.
Individually directed studies in performing or conducting instrumental or
vocal music; historical and theoretical interpretation applied in preparation
for public recitals and concerts of works from the standard literature of
all periods in the student's major performance area. Approved for RP grading.
MUSIC 211. Graduate Performance Ensemble
(2; max total 6; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor. Ensemble performance
of instrumental or choral music with emphasis on historical and theoretical
interpretation of advanced level literature. This course includes technical,
stylistic, and aesthetic elements of musical literature, rehearsal, and
public performance.
MUSIC 219T. Seminar in Music Education
(3; max total 9 if no course repeated)
Topics of special concern to the teacher or administrator. Individual research
projects and discussion of problems in the area of literature, philosophy,
and practices of teaching, ad ministration, and curriculum planning.
MUSIC 220. Seminar in Research Methods and Bibliography (3)
Bibliography, sources, and research techniques necessary for graduate study
in music. Individual projects and research; satisfies graduate writing requirement.
Required of all students working for the master's degree in music.
MUSIC 221. Foundations of Music Education (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 220. Historical, curricular, and philosophical foundations
of music education. Research in learning theories, teaching strategies,
and concept development. Evaluation of contemporary trends and tech niques
in methodology.
MUSIC 234. Studies in Composition (2; max total 6)
Open only to master's degree students majoring in composition. Prerequisite:
MUSIC 220. Individually directed studies in composition with contemporary
techniques of an extended work equivalent in substance to a sonata, cantata,
or other composition of major proportions. Approved for RP grading.
MUSIC 240T. Advanced Topics in Music Theory (3; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 204 and 220. Advanced analytical study of specific composers,
genres, styles, and diverse interdisciplinary approaches to music theory.
A final paper or project is a central component of this course.
MUSIC 257A. Seminar in Choral Conducting (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 158A or 158B or equivalent. Advanced study of conducting
choral music in the Western tradition. Students will organize and complete
projects that address the preparation, interpretation, rehearsing, and performance
of choral music. (Formerly MUSIC 258T)
MUSIC 258T. Topical Seminars in Conducting (1-3; max 6)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 158A or 158B. Advanced studies in selected topics related
to conducting. Projects with particular attention to rehearsal techniques,
score preparation, and interpretation.
MUSIC 259T. Topical Seminars in Vocal Music (1-3; max 6)
The study of advanced level song literature, song interpretation, and performance
practice as applied to standard and special vocal repertoire.
MUSIC 260T. Topical Seminars in Music History (3; max 9)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 220. Current methods, resources, and issues in music
history, with application to specific topics focusing on major Western composers,
major genres, landmark works or repertories, issues in musical aesthetics
and criticism.
MUSIC 267. Seminar in Contemporary Music (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 220. Critical and analytical study of the sources, selected
works, and composers of the 20th century, with particular emphasis on avant-garde
movements and schools. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful
completion of this course.
MUSIC 269T. Topical Seminars in Instrumental Music (1-3; max 6)
The study of advanced level instrumental literature, score interpretation,
and performance practices as they apply to standard and special in strumental
literature.
MUSIC 277. Seminar in American Music (3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 220. Critical and analytical study of the historical
sources, selected works, and composers in the United States from 1620 A.D.
to the present. A term paper will be a central requirement for successful
completion of this course.
MUSIC 279T. Topical Seminars in Choral Music (1-3; max 6)
The study of advanced level choral literature, performance practices, interpretation,
and rehearsal techniques pertinent to various choral ensembles.
MUSIC 290. Independent Study (1-3; max total 6)
See Academic Placement -- Independent
Study. Approved for RP grading.
MUSIC 291. Readings in Music (1-3; repeatable for credit)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Readings in depth and discussions
in individual conferences; subject to be selected by students and their
advisers. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic. Approved
for RP grading.
MUSIC 298. Project (3)
See Criteria for Thesis and Project.
Completion of an approved project appropriate to the candidate's area of
specialization. To be used in place of MUSIC 299 for majors in performance,
composition, and as an option for majors in music education. The graduate
recital, for performance majors, will consist of an approved program containing
at least one hour of music. Approved for RP grading.
MUSIC 299. Thesis (3)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis
and Project. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable
thesis for the master's degree. Approved for RP grading.
IN-SERVICE COURSES
(See Catalog Numbering System.)
Music (MUSIC)
MUSIC 307. Musical Instrument Repair (l; max total 3)
Maximum total credit 3 units, provided instrumental groups are not repeated.
Criteria for selection; techniques for care and repair of music instruments.
Instrumental grouping: brass and percussion; woodwind and strings; piano.
MUSIC 309T. Workshop: Vocational and Avocational Music Topics (1-3; max
total 6)
Topics such as New State Music Textbooks, Elementary School Classroom Instruments,
Folk Music and Dancing, Piano Teachers' Workshop, Brass Music, Creative
Approaches to Classroom Music, Exploring Sound and Music.
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