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  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    A highly selective vocal ensemble devoted to intensive study of choral literature from all historical periods. Students serve as ambassadors for the university; demanding performance schedule. By audition only; minor in music, voice lessons, leadership skills required. May be repeated for credit without limit. Go to www.sandiego.edu/choralscholars for complete information.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    A mixed choral ensemble devoted to the study and performance of choral literature from all historical periods. Audition and fee required. May be repeated for credit without limit.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Training in preparation of productions of operas and musicals; coaching, directing, staging, and lighting, culminating in full performance. May be repeated for credit without limit.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Students may enroll in Individual Music Lessons if they are music majors, music minors, or actively enrolled in one of our ensembles such as Chamber Music Ensembles, Symphony Orchestra, or Concert Choir. Each student has to complete a graded jury at the end of each semester, and may also perform in recitals. A fee of $580 for performance emphasis students, and $540 for others, is required. Music majors with at least one year of prior enrollment at USD and in good standing in their music courses, instrumentalists enrolled in USD Symphony or Chamber Music Ensembles, and vocalists in the Choral Scholars will have the fee for one Individual Music Lesson enrollment reimbursed each semester. The music program provides accompanists for juries and one rehearsal; student must pay for additional times. Vocalists must pay additional accompanist fees as per request of instructor. All Individual Music Lessons require the approval of a full-time music faculty member. 300-level Individual Music Lessons are for performance emphasis music majors only. Audition into the performance emphasis is required. May be repeated for credit without limit. 160/360 Piano 161/361 Voice 162/362 Strings: violin 163/363 Strings: viola 164/364 Strings: violoncello 165/365 Strings: double bass 166/366 Woodwinds: flute/piccolo 167/367 Woodwinds: oboe/English horn 168/368 Woodwinds: clarinet/bass clarinet 169/369 Woodwinds: bassoon/contrabassoon 170/370 Woodwinds: saxophone 171/371 Brass: horn 172/372 Brass: trumpet 173/373 Brass - trombone/tuba 174/374 Percussion 175/375 Harp 176/376 Historical winds (recorder, baroque oboe) 177/377 Historical strings 178/378 Guitar 179/379 Pipe organ/harpsichord 180/380 Conducting 181/381 Improvisation
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prepares students to teach classroom music to children; a required course for the liberal studies major, designed to assist with the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential Program. The major components are music literacy through basic notational reading and composition, music performance skills in singing, conducting, playing keyboards and autoharps, and pedagogical considerations for teaching music to children. Classroom observations or a teaching practicum will be required. No previous musical experience required. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor or liberal studies advisor required.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Designed for students with elementary piano reading skills. Sight reading, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, and piano repertoire. Prerequisite: MUSC 105, 120 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Practical application of Harmony I; must be taken concurrently with MUSC 220.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Practical application of Harmony II; must be taken concurrently with MUSC 221.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Elementary harmony; study of figured bass, cadences, modulations, basic harmonic progressions, voice-leading principles; and introduction to harmonic, linear, and formal analyses. Prerequisite: MUSC 120 or consent of instructor; must be taken concurrently with MUSC 210.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Continuation of Harmony I; study of chromatic harmony, advanced harmonic, linear, and formal analysis, and introduction to 20th-century techniques. Prerequisite: MUSC 220 or consent of instructor; must be taken concurrently with MUSC 211.
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