MUS 487 - Jazz Arranging and Composition II

Institution:

Western Illinois University

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Description:

Composition techniques to include writing for the jazz orchestra in extended non-traditional formal designs. Atonal application for jazz composition, to include pan-diatonicism, polytonality, pitch class set techniques, and serial techniques. Prerequisites: Mus 387, 482, or consent of instructor. Literature and Pedagogy of Wind and Percussion Instruments. (1-3, repeatable to 3) Survey of woodwind or brass or percussion literature and pedagogy considered from its historical, formal, stylistic, and aesthetic aspects. Content varies with areas of performance and expertise. Prerequisites: music major and/or consent of instructor. History of American Music. (3) A history of music in America from colonial times to the present. Prerequisites: Mus 390, or 391, or consent of instructor; Eng 180 and 280. String Literature. (2) History of stringed instruments and early performance practices. Performers, pedagogical treatises, and literature through the twentieth century.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wiu.edu

Phone Number:

(309) 295-1414

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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