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Course Criteria
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Approved and directed projects on particular problems in music. Results to be reported in an appropriate paper. Amount of credit established at time of registration. May be repeated for credit with the approval of the department. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the history, style, and techniques of writing for the musical theatre through the collaboration of composer, playwright, and lyricist. Course work will include development of original material. Enrollment priority: Given to Theatre Arts and Music majors. Prerequisite: THEA 55 or MUS 60, or permission of instructor. Same as: THEA 153.
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2.00 Credits
Instruction in vocal techniques, phonetics, diction, and sight reading. Focuses on repertoire for a capella (unaccompanied) vocal chamber ensemble. The Madrigal singers rehearse once per week and perform several times yearly on campus. Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. May be repeated for credit. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
A study of problems in research, history, theory, composition, or performance practices. Senior music majors meet once weekly over two semesters. Students emphasizing history do an in-depth research project on an assigned topic. Students emphasizing theory/composition write a substantial work and/or analyze a work of a specific genre. Students emphasizing performance practices prepare a paper relating to the period, composers, instruments, works being studied in preparation for a senior recital. Offered every semester.
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2.00 Credits
Study and performance of representative instrumental music from the Middle Ages to the present. Also performs in conjunction with musical theatre productions. Open on a noncredit basis to all students, faculty, and staff by audition. Students seeking credit for Chamber Orchestra participation must register in regular fashion each semester in which they seek credit. Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. May be repeated up to eight credits for the nonmusic major, four credits for the music major. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
Designed to provide a basic technical foundation of conducting skills and insights. All students can benefit from the musical insights that conducting study can provide. During the course, students gain a critical kinetic sense of the flow of music in time by creating movements that elicit musical imagery in space and time. The analytical and score reading components of the course are designed to deepen the listening experience of any musician. Prerequisite: MUS 1 and permission of instructor. Offered fall semester in alternate years.
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2.00 Credits
Open to instrumentalists and vocalists in the following groups: University Wind Ensemble, section . 001; University Flute Orchestra, section . 002; Chamber Ensembles, section . 003; and University Brass Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, or Pep Band, section . 004. Ensembles present at least one performance per semester. Open to students, faculty, and staff on a credit or noncredit basis. Graded Pass/Unsatisfactory. Course may be repeated. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
An integrated treatment of basic elements of the theory, analysis and aural skills of common Practice Era (tonal) music. Includes rhythm; clefs; major, minor and modal scales; keys; intervals; triads and seventh-chords; inversions; and elementary species counterpoint. Emphasis is on integrating an intellectual grasp of elementary music theory with practical, aural skills. (sight singing and ear training). Prerequisite: MUS 1 or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester.
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4.00 Credits
The theory and structure of music from the early 19th century through the mid-20th century. Includes chromatic harmony, altered chordal structures, extended tertian and quartal sonorities, and an exploration of 20th-century techniques (atonal, aleatoric, serial, minimalist, dodecaphonic, and others). Works analyzed range from mid-Beethoven through Crumb, Glass, and others. A detailed analytical project is required in addition to the final composition project. Signature of instructor required for registration. Prerequisite: MUS 27, or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to Western art music, the fundamentals of its construction, and its cultural contexts from the seventeenth century to the present. Attendance at a live concert performance of Western art music is required. Short papers and presentations will explore connections between music and other disciplines and the experience of Western art music live in concert. This course is intended for non-majors and prospective music majors/minors. and is the prerequisite for upper-level courses in Western music history and culture. Enrollment priority: Given to music majors and minors. Offered spring semester.
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