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2.00 Credits
Course focuses on physical technique of conductor: beat patterns, preparatory beats, cutoffs, and gestures for dynamics, tempo, and character. Students conduct one another in a varied repertoire of vocal, choral, and instrumental music. Through ear training exercises, students also drill the ability to accurately hear several musical lines simultaneously. Students learn rehearsal techniques, how to study and memorize a score, and how to organize and plan performances for a music ensemble. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II
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2.00 Credits
Beginning vocal students are taught correct breathing technique, projection, and the necessary skills for articulation of song. Instruction acquaints students with both physical and mental aspects of singing. Students apply their new technique to appropriate vocal repertoire. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I
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2.00 Credits
Course continues and expands skills learned in Techniques in Singing I. Students identify vocal strengths and weaknesses, set goals, apply proper vocal technique, and increase repertory. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2511 TECHNIQUES IN SINGING I COREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II
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2.00 Credits
Course is intended for students who wish to learn the fundamentals of solo style and presentation techniques. Students learn through textual and musical analyses how to prepare a song for performance, reduce stage fright, and use a microphone. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I, 32-2511 TECHNIQUES IN SINGING I
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2.00 Credits
Course is designed for students interested in analysis and practice of beginning improvisational techniques as they apply to contemporary popular music. Elements involved in nonclassical styles are presented through discography and exercises. Genres studied include, but are not limited to, blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, rock, country-western, latin, and urban pop. Students identify and apply common elements of contemporary singing styles from selected repertory. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II, 32-2512 TECHNIQUES IN SINGING II, AND PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS OR SOLO SINGING
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2.00 Credits
This is a continuing level course in singing for the musical theater performer. It is designed to expand students' vocal techniques and musical theater repertoire, and to prepare students for the audition process and advanced work in solo and ensemble singing. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1100 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THEORY, 32-1540 MUSICAL THEATER VOCAL WORKSHOP I COREQUISITES: 31-1205 ACTING I: SCENE STUDY, 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I
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2.00 Credits
This course for singers explores many facets of the "on-stage"experience with a focus on repertoire from many styles, cultures, and historical perspectives. Music in English and other languages will be studied and performed. Works by composers such as Adam de la Halle, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Breuer, Telson, and William Russo will be presented with staging, props, and costuming. 2 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2512 TECHNIQUES IN SINGING II
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3.00 Credits
Topics in Contemporary Music is divided into three sections of five weeks each, with lecturers/facilitators discussing different styles and genres of contemporary and popular music. Subjects will vary each semester. Each session is designed to expose the student to the cultural, social, and historical influences of style in popular commercial music. These subjects will include discussions, analysis, and demonstrations of jazz, opera, sacred/gospel/inspirational, third world, classical, rhythm and blues, hip hop, urban, country, and rock styles. Influential artists who have contributed to the popularity of certain music will be profiled. Some of the subjects presented will address practical approaches to performance skills and show production. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-1110 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING I, 32-1120 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS I, 32-1601 EXPLORING THE ART OF MUSIC OR 32-1610 MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES, FROM CHANT TO R&B
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students place music in a historical and cultural perspective, to develop an understanding of musical styles, and to identify technical and formal features of music from a number of historical eras: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Baroque era. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2111 SIGHTSINGING, MUSICIANSHIP, AND EAR TRAINING II, 32-2121 THEORY, HARMONY, AND ANALYSIS II, 32-2131 KEYBOARD I
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help students place music in a historical and cultural perspective, to develop an understanding of musical styles, and to identify technical and formal features of music from 1750 to the present day. It examines music from the Classic era, the Romantic era, and the 20th and 21st centuries. 3 CREDITS PREREQUISITES: 32-2311 JAZZ KEYBOARD OR 32-2132 KEYBOARD II, 32-2611 MUSIC HISTORY AND ANALYSIS I
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