|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
0.25 Credits
Exploration of a wide variety of choral literature suitable for male voices. Particular attention will be given to the development of vocal technique and musicianship. May be repeated for credit. Mode of Inquiry: Creating in the Arts ( To receive Creating in the Arts credit in Music Ensemble courses, students must take four Music Ensemble courses in one discipline, i.e., vocal or instrumental) Prerequisite: Open to qualified musicians by audition Offering: Every semester Instructor: Klemme
-
0.25 Credits
The study of the art of piano accompanying. Emphasis on sight reading and the development of the listening and interpreting skills necessary for successful ensemble performance. Weekly seminar which includes live performances by students, lectures, discussions and assigned listening. May be repeated for credit. Offering:Every semester Instructor: King (fall), Coen (spring)
-
0.25 Credits
This course is for students interested in exploring movement as it relates to playing a musical instrument or singing. Students will gain ease in performing and learn how improved coordination enables them to avoid fatigue, injury, and technical limitation. Open to majors and non-majors. Prerequisite: Experience with singing or playing an instrument (need not be advanced) Offering: Fall Instructor: King
-
0.50 Credits
Designed for beginning singers to try out their voices, learn the basics of vocal technique, and develop confidence by performing along side and in front of their classmates. This course may also help a student who is interested in subsequent private lessons or in joining one of Willamette's vocal ensembles. Some musical background and ability to read music is helpful but not required. Prerequisite: Students without any musical training may prefer to start by taking MUSC 130 Offering: Every semester Instructor: Staff
-
1.00 Credits
This course investigates the life, times and music of Mozart particularly through his letters and those of his family, as well as the comments of his contemporaries. Although the course studies the unique qualities of his music, no musical training is required. General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Writing centered Offering: On demand Instructor: Staff
-
1.00 Credits
Creating music offers insights into the composer's art and a means of personal expression. Current technology allows the opportunity to compose music even for those without traditional skills or training. Intended for the non-music major, this hands-on class will directly involve students in the creation and recording of origional music and sound resources. Final project recordings will be presented in a virtual concert. Mode of Inquiry: Creating in the Arts Prerequisite: Students should have basic computing and computer file management skills Offering: Yearly Instructor: Nord
-
1.00 Credits
Designed for the non-music major, this course delves into the language of music through direct experience and creative activities. Students will develop musicianship skills by critically listening to recorded and live music, sight singing, improvisation, expressing music through movement, and composing melodies with basic harmonizations. When relevant, connections of music to other art forms will be encouraged and explored. At the end of the semester, each student will present a final project in the form of a composition and/or a performance. Emphasis on students' performing on their own instruments, where applicable. General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Creating in the Arts Offering: Spring Instructor: Staff
-
1.00 Credits
Intensive instruction in the rudiments of music, including clefs, notation, meters and their signatures, key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Two-voice composition; triads and seventh chords; the basic phrase model; chorale harmonization and figured bass; leading-tone, predominant, and 6/4 chords; tonic expansions, root progressions, and the mediant triad; the interaction of melody and harmony; cadences. Prerequisite: By placement Offering: Fall Instructor: Staff
-
0.50 Credits
Review of the rudiments of music, including clefs, notations, meters and their signatures, key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Two-voice composition; triads and seventh chords; the basic phrase model; chorale harmonization and figured bass; leading-tone, predominant, and 6/4 chords; tonic expansions, root progressions, and the mediant triad; the interaction of melody and harmony; and cadences. Prerequisite: By placement Offering: Fall Instructor: Staff
-
0.50 Credits
Rhythm, meter, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Introduction to computer applications and to keyboard harmony. Laboratory. Prerequisite: By placement Offering: Fall Instructor: Staff
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|