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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a comprehensive study of the musical experience of the Western world, beginning with Greek civilization and continuing through the 18th century. The course is taught through lectures, recorded examples, and research projects. It presents musical development within the context of socioeconomic, political, and technological changes and developments in the arts in Western civilization. Knowledge of the notation and terminology of music is assumed.
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3.00 Credits
A comprehensive study of the musical experience of the Western world since 1750, the course is taught through lectures, recorded and live musical examples, and research projects. It presents musical development within the context of socioeconomic, political, and technological changes and developments in the arts in Western civilization. Knowledge of the notation and terminology of music is assumed.
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2.00 Credits
Piano repertoire introduces a chronological survey of literature for solo piano from the standard performance repertoire. It is designed to familiarize students with various editions of composers' works and develops aural and analytical skills in recognizing and understanding the differing style traits of composers. In preparation for the four unit exams, students complete reading and listening assignments. Instruction consists of lecture, listening to recorded examples, and analyzing musical scores.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to develop an understanding of the formal structures used by composers in musical works. It deals with the analysis of structure in traditional and contemporary music. Prerequisite: MU 263.
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2.00 Credits
Students registered in this course will develop skills in creative music writing using concepts in melody, harmony, and form. The course will cover non-musical and business-related issues facing the modern composer. Prerequisites: MU 264 and MU 354.
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2.00 Credits
Students enrolled in this course will further develop skills in creative musical composition using more advanced concepts of harmony and melody, continued depth and complexity of form, and techniques associated with composing for expanded ensembles. The course will continue to cover non-musical and business-related issues facing the modern composer. Prerequisites: MU 358.
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1.00 Credits
The successful completion of this course will result in the student's ability to arrange music for diverse groups of instruments and talent within the school setting, provide supplementary information (e.g., transpositions, ranges, timbral tendencies) about the winds, strings, and percussion helpful to the conductor of such ensembles, and form the basis for the skills required of a professional composer or arranger. Prerequisite: MU 264 or permission of instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate the understanding of vocal ranges and limitations, common choral writing styles, common voicing with relationship to choral styles, and common arranging terminology. Students will become proficient in arranging choral music for standard junior and senior high school choral groups. Prerequisites MU 258, MU 264, and MU 354.
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4.00 Credits
This is a lecture/discussion course that will meet four times each week (three fifty-minute class sessions and one two-hour lab experience) and will involve rehearsal planning, rehearsal psychology, repertoire and the administration of the instrumental music program at beginning, intermediate, and secondary levels. Orchestra, Marching/Pep Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Concert Band score reading, rehearsal and performance conducting, and elements specific to each genre of the instrumental music program will be demonstrated by the student. Prerequisites: MU 245, MU 362. Co-requisite: MU 222 or MU 232.
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4.00 Credits
This course develops effective teaching and classroom management skills in music based on the National and Kansas State Standards for music. Emphasis will be placed upon the demonstration of teaching techniques that engage children's conceptual understanding of music through singing, playing, moving, and listening. The class will meet three hours each week and an additional weekly two-hour lab that will allow observations and hands-on experiences in area schools. Prerequisite: MU 264.
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