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3.00 Credits
Studies and presents a variety of orchestra repertoire on and off campus. Multiple opportunities to perform each semester. Does not meet a distribution requirement E. Benjamin, E. Benjamin Prereq. enrollment is by audition only; 2 rehearsals; Note: registration for this course will occur in September following auditions. Please contact the music department for more information.; 1 credit
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3.00 Credits
With varied repertoire, an intermediate-level women's choir providing excellent vocal training, occasional solo opportunities, and a structured sight-singing curriculum. Performs on and off campus, sometimes with men's choruses and orchestra. Previous ensemble experience is helpful, though not a prerequisite. Does not meet a distribution requirement K. Dunn Adams Prereq. enrollment is by audition only, permission of instructor required; 2 rehearsals; Note: registration for this course will occur in September following auditions. Please contact the music department for more information; 1 credit
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3.00 Credits
Remembered primarily as the decade when popular music demanded a reality check, the 1970s will be the framework for a critical and analytical survey of some of the more fertile developments and influential ideas that originated, flourished, and/or declined in that era. Topics will include minimalism, jazz-rock fusion, and the accompanying multiculturalism that informed the social, political, and economic conditions that bred these styles. Meets Humanities I-A requirement D. Sanford Prereq. Music 100 or 103; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Students will explore a number of musical styles and approaches in the process of creating their own extended works, with the possibility of performances a the end of the semester. Meets Humanities I-A requirement D. Sanford Prereq. Music 231 or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course is for all who stay to the end of the credits, purchase soundtracks, and argue over who should have won the Oscar for Best Score, along with anyone else interested in the undervalued importance of music to the general effect of a motion picture.We will explore and discuss the myriad ways in which these two media interact. The course will focus on classic scores by Herrmann, Morricone, andWilliams, as well as the uses of existing music in films of Bergman and kubrick. Meets Humanities I-A requirement D. Sanford Prereq. Music 100 or 103 or 105 or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
(Writing-intensive course) This course is a survey of selected musical traditions from different parts of the world, including Africa, Indonesia, Indian, the Caribbean, and the united States. The course adopts an ethnomusicological approach that explains music as a cultural phenomenon, and explores the social and aesthetic significance of musical traditions within their respective historical and cultural contexts. It examines how musical traditions change over time, and how such changes reflect and relate to social and political changes within a given society. Weekly reading and listening assignments provide the basis for class discussions. Students are expected to undertake a final project in music ethnography. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-A requirement O. Omojola 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Studies two part counterpoint, four part harmony (part-writing, inversions, harmonization, figured bass and non-harmonic tones) and composition of simple period forms. Includes analysis, ear training, solfege, use of notation so?ware and keybaord harmony. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Benjamin Prereq. Music 100; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course provides continued study of diatonic theory, including seventh chords in all inversions and an introduction to chromatic theory. Includes part writing, analysis, ear training, and keyboard harmony. Meets Humanities I-A requirement D. Sanford Prereq. Music 231; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a continued study of chromatic theory, including chromatically altered chords and modulations and an introduction to form. Includes part writing, analysis, ear training, and keyboard harmony. Meets Humanities I-A requirement L. Schipull Prereq. Music 232; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of conducting: gestures, rehearsal techniques, study of representative short scores, and practice leading primarily choral ensembles. Videotaping, class recital. Does not meet a distribution requirement K. Dunn Prereq. 231, ensemble experience; 2 credits
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