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CNST 160 - Digital Audio Skills Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour This course educates student musicians about the practical aspects of recording, editing, and distributing their music.
Students who complete the course will acquire the following skills:
• choosing microphones appropriate to their instrument(s)
• operating an audio recording device of CD-quality
• transferring their recording to computer
• editing their recording with computer software
• saving their finished recording in a format for distribution (CD and/or MP3 file)
Students will learn primarily through hands-on experience. Each component of the course will include a technical
introduction with written materials and practical experience with hands-on exercises. Instructor: P. Bloland Prerequisites & Notes Consent of Instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 18
CNST 161 - Music Notation Software Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour The two most popular programs for music notation are currently Finale and Sibelius. They are both very powerful,
complex, and require a substantial learning curve. This course provides a directed learning experience with both
programs. Students who complete the course will acquire the following skills in both Finale and Sibelius:
• formatting staves for solo instruments, voice, and small and large ensembles
• formatting notation for use by performers and as study scores
• utilizing musical symbols for traditional and non-traditional notation
• extracting instrumental parts from a score
• saving their finished recording in a format for distribution (printed and PDF)
Students will learn primarily through hands-on experience. Each component of the course will include a introduction
with score materials and practical experience with hands-on exercises. Instructor: P. Bloland Prerequisites & Notes Consent of Instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 18
COMP 101 - Composition Workshop This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : N/A Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 1 Hour Attribute: CNDP This workshop provides young composers with practical technical training in composition through direct work with Oberlin Composition Faculty, outstanding performers, and highly qualified student assistants. Participants will receive: daily private study, workshops in idiomatic writing for a chosen group of instruments, study and discussion of works representing significant trends in contemporary music, master class experience with Oberlin Faculty composers, and a concert by our resident players of works composed during the workshop. The concert of participant works will consist of the completed pieces that will have been worked on intensively during the session. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: L. Nielson & J. Levine Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Pass/No Pass
20 Hrs/1 Wk
COMP 201 - Composition Class I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course designed for composition majors, composition minors, or College music majors with composition emphasis. Units include study of notation, techniques of composition, improvisation, free composition. Instructor: L. Nielson Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 12
Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
COMP 202 - Composition Class II Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course designed for composition majors, composition minors, or College music majors with composition emphasis. Units include study of notation, techniques of composition, improvisation, free composition. Instructor: J. Levine Prerequisites & Notes Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
Prerequisite: COMP 201
Enrollment Limit: 12.
COMP 203 - Orchestration Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours The purpose is to develop facility in writing for various instrumental combinations. The study includes: comparison of techniques of orchestration (18th-20th centuries), practice writing and arranging for the different choirs of the modern orchestra, orchestrating complete compositions; the graphic aspect of and notational problems in more recent music. Instructor: A. Helgeson Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Prerequisites: MUTH 232; COMP 202
Junior status as a composition major or minor (or College music major, composition emphasis).
Primarily for composition majors.
COMP 204 - New Music Workshop Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A workshop for performers and composers centered around continuing collaborations. Topics will include conventional and extended instrumental techniques, scoring, notation, performance, and compositional issues. Composers will be given regular writing assignments ranging in degrees of constraint in terms of scope and instrumentation. There will be numerous opportunities for contact between faculty and student. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: A. Helgeson Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: COMP 203
Note: The course may be repeated for credit up to a maximum of eight credits
It may be taken once in place of TECH 350
COMP 350 - Composition Seminar Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A one-semester course designed for composition students. The semester is divided into two units of six (or seven) weeks. A variety of activities germane to the development of composers are included, such as the analysis and discussion of music by guest composers; open rehearsal-discussions; score-reading sessions; visitors from other creative arts areas on campus; outside readings in criticism and aesthetics. Instructor: J. Levine, L. Nielson Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: COMP 204.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
Note: May be repeated for credit.
EDUC 300 - Principles of Education Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: WRi Foundations of education with emphasis on examination of current educational issues in a historical context and identification of underlying philosophical assumptions. Enrollment Limit: Open to juniors and seniors only. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Counts as liberal arts course for Conservatory and Double-Degree students.
ETHN 100 - Introduction to Musics of the World This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Latin American Studies Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: CD As musicians, we often think weknow what defines the subject of our study: “music.” Using selected case studies from around the world, this course will challenge the ways you think about music, how it is structured, and what it means to the people who make and otherwise engage with it. We will examine music in both historical and contrmporary contexts and encounter musical styles ranging from indigenous practices to classical traditions and pop genres. Through interactive performance activities, critical listening, and musical analysis, we closely examine the diverse ways people think abourt and sttructure music, building a sophisticated vocabulary of musical concepts relating to melody,rhythm, texture, timbre, and form as we go. We will also examine music as an inherently social act, illustrating how music is informed by - and conversely informs - historical, political, cultural, and economic processes, and how these processes result in the transformation of sounds and their meanings. Finally, we will explore the variety of ways people make music, taking into account not only performance context, but also who gets to make music. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes This course presumes considerable prior knowledge of muisic and the ability to read staff notation.
See CMUS 103 for a comparable course that does not presume this knowledge.
ETHN 200 - Music of the Americas Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours CD
The course focuses on folk traditions of North and South America and the Caribbean, plus Native American and Amerindian traditions. Instructor: K. Meizel Prerequisites & Notes For non-music students, CMUS 103 or a basic knowledge of western music theory is recommended.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
ETHN 210 - Music and the Politics of Identity This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Attribute: CNDP, CD This class examines music as a poweerful means for the construction and articulation of identity around the world. We will explore how individuals and groups negotiate and project who they are (and what matters to them) through music and related arts - as a strategy for both unification and differentiation, along wih the ways these identities are regulated, mediated, and framed by others. A series of case studies in both historical and contemporary contexts will take into account the ways gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nation, class, and community - and their intersections - become inscribed and ecoded within musical practice. We will also examine the ways these articulations are read and interpreted by others, i.e. discourses of racism, sexism etc. Topics considered will include the forging of musical styles as articulations of emergent identities; music as resistance to hegemonic policies; music in diasporic communities; and the politics of representation (e.g. minorities in multicultural/postcolonial states). Instructor: K. Meizel Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 20
Consent of instructor required.
HPRF 111 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of France Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour First of a projected set of four courses designed to introduce students to a wide range of styles. Each course focuses on the music of a different country and will include an overview of the significant repertoire as well as the historical context (art, politics, and society). NB students who participate as performers earn 1 credit; non-performers who do only the academic work receive .5 credit. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Consent of the instructor required. Limit: 30.
HPRF 112 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of England Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour One of a set of four courses designed to introduce students to a wide range of styles. Each course focuses on the music of a different country and will include an overview of the significant repertoire as well as the historical context (art, politics, and society). Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Limit 30.
HPRF 113 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of Italy Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour One of a set of four courses designed to introduce students to a wide range of styles. Each course focuses on the music of a different country and will include an overview of the significant repertoire as well as the historical context (art, politics, and society). The course will be team-taught by members of the HP program and guests. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required. Limit 30.
HPRF 114 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of Germany Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour One of a set of four courses designed to introduce students to a wide range of styles. Each course focuses on the music of a different country and will include an overview of the significant repertoire as well as the historical context (art, politics, and society). The course will be team-taught by members of the HP program and guests. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Consent of the instructor required. Limit: 30
HPRF 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: DDHU What does a score tell us? What does it not tell us? And what is expected of the performer? A study of changing performance styles in music from the 19th century to the Middle Ages. Topics include the evolution of instruments, ensembles, and orchestras; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves. Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites and Notes
Prerequisites: MHST 101, and one 200-level Music History course, or consent of the instructor.
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with MHST 302. Also see HPRF 502.
HPRF 303 - Seminar in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours For students specializing in Historical Performance. Close reading of historical treatises, and the application of precepts found in the treatises to actual performance, workshop-style, in class. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302).
Enrollment Limit: 10
HPRF 312 - Special Topics in Performance Practice Next Offered: TBD Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 hour Topic: TBA
One group meeting and one individual meeting per week, schedule TBD. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512.
Note: May be repeated for credit if the topic changes
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 30
HPRF 312B - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour Topic: TBA Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512B.
Note: May be repeated for credit if the topic changes
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 30
HPRF 502 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: DDHU Enrollment Limit: 30. Instructor: D. Breitman Cross List Information This course is cross referenced with HPRF 302 but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 503 - Seminar in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Topic TBA Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 10.
Cross List Information This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 303, but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 512 - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour Topic TBA Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302/502 or MHST 302.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30. Cross List Information This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 312 but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 512B - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 Hour Special Topics in Performance Practice Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: HPRF 302/502 or MHST 302.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30. Cross List Information This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 312B but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 521 - Graduate Studies in Historical Performance Semester Offered: First and Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours This course constitutes an extension to ‘Historical Performance in Context’ (HPRF 111, 112, 113, 114), which is to be taken concurrently. Students will undertake one or two independent research projects relating to the performance practice of national repertoires, to be designed in collaboration with their applied teacher. Two (2) hours of HPRF 521 will be required of each Historical Performance graduate student. Instructor: D. Breitman Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment limit: 30.
For graduate students in the Historical Performance program.
HPRF 521B - Graduate Studies in Historical Performance Semester Offered: First and Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours This course constitutes an extension to ‘Historical Performance in Context’ (HPRF 111, 112, 113, 114), which is to be taken concurrently. Students will undertake one or two independent research projects relating to the performance practice of national repertoires, to be designed in collaboration with their applied teacher. Two (2) hours of HPRF 521 will be required of each Historical Performance graduate student. Instructor: D. Breitman
JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours A one-semester course in aural perception devoted to the study of rhythm, scales, melody, harmony, and forms idiomatic to jazz, through sight singing, dictation, and programmed instruction. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: R. Ferrazza Prerequisites & Notes May be taken concurrently with MUTH 101 (Aural Skills I)
JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Designed for musicians whose major instrument is other than piano. Content includes chord symbol interpretation, cycles, sequences, turnarounds, and elementary improvisational concepts. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8. Instructor: D. Wall Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: piano proficiency, which may be satisfied either by successful completion of two semesters of APST 110-111 (Piano Class) or by audition for waiver.
JAZZ 120 - Jazz Theory Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: R. Ferrazza
JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Designed to acquaint students with rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and structural aspects of improvised music, including chord/scale relationships, common chord progressions, chord voicing and harmonization, chord substitution and reharmonizations, melodic transformation, and modal mixture and chromaticism. Emphasis will be placed on the development of analytical and writing skills within the context of such forms as the blues and song forms. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: R. Ferrazza
JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz chord symbology and terminology and basic voicings and scoring methods for brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: J. Warren Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131.
Not intended for Jazz Composition majors.
Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161.
JAZZ 131 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Designed to develop writing and arranging skills for various instrumental/vocal combinations. The course will include jazz chord symbology and terminology, basic voicings and scoring methods for brass, reeds, and rhythm instruments. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: J. Warren Prerequisites & Notes Not intended for Jazz Composition majors
Prerequisite: MUTH 132. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131
JAZZ 150 - Jazz Improvisation I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: P. Dominguez Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords.
Admission by audition.
Required ensemble affiliation.
JAZZ 151 - Jazz Improvisation II Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course in the technique and performance practice of jazz improvisation, covering the period 1935-60. The course includes historical investigation, transcriptions, aural analysis, rhythmic, harmonic and melodic technical studies, and repertoire development. Additional outside listening is required. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: P. Dominguez Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords.
Admission by audition.
Required ensemble affiliation.
JAZZ 250 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation III Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation) and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter and polymeter. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: D. Wall Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation.)
JAZZ 251 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation IV Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation) and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter and polymeter. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 15. Instructor: D. Wall Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: JAZZ 150, 151 (Jazz Improvisation).
JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: CD The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms. Enrollment Limit: 50. Instructor: Staff
Prerequisites & Notes
Offered alternate years.
Cross List Information Cross-listed with AAST 171 and MHST 290.
JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours The second semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. First semester includes West African music and West African continuity in the American, early African American instrumental-vocal forms, and the social implications of African American music. Second semester includes later instrumental and vocal music (jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, soul, etc.) and important composers and performers of works in extended forms. Enrollment Limit: 50. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes
Offered alternate years. Cross List Information Cross-listed with AAST 172 and MHST 291.
JAZZ 380 - Special Topic: The Business of Jazz Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 to 3 hours Attribute: CNDP An overview of the Global Jazz Business, this course will provide insights into key music business components and their relationship to Jazz. Students will explore a variety of careers in the Jazz business, examine the current issues in the music business, compare latest technology opportunities and create an action plan for their Jazz career.
Several guest speakers will be included in the course. Experts in the fields of publishing, entertainment law, booking and touring, independent marketing and sales will provide insight through lectures and discussions. Class project will include creating, producing, marketing and performing in an event at an area Jazz club.
Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: M. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: JAZZ 291. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble—Large Group Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour The ensemble performs a variety of large ensemble literature ranging from the music of Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington to the master composers of the present. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 22. Instructor: D. Reynolds Prerequisites & Notes Admission by audition.
JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble—Small Group Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour Groups of 4-9 players. Emphasis will be placed on the performance of a variety of literature and may include writing transcriptions, arrangements and compositions. Attendance at the Jazz Forums and 2 one-hour rehearsals (one with the faculty instructor) a week are required. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Recommended to be taken concurrently with JAZZ 150, 151.
LANG 100 - English Diction Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours A study of English language sounds as they relate to singing and speaking with emphasis on the fundamentals of phonetics and sound production. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 25. Instructor: D. Mahy Prerequisites & Notes This course is a prerequisite for all other diction courses.
Preference is given to students for whom this course is a requirement.
LANG 101 - Italian Diction Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in Italian. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: H. Lubin Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of Elementary Italian or equivalent.
LANG 200 - German Diction Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in German. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: D. Mahy Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of German or equivalent.
LANG 201 - French Diction Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in French. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20. Instructor: M. Rosen Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of French or equivalent.
MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 4 Hours A survey of the major developments in the history of Western music including jazz, vernacular music, electronic and computer music, and an introduction to ethnomusicology. Selected major musical works will be considered from a variety of historical standpoints. Enrollment Limit: 100 Instructor: C. McGuire Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: knowledge of musical notation.
The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245, 255, 275 courses. Conservatory students are encouraged to register for this course in their freshman year.
MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A survey of church and court music from the early Middle Ages to 1600. The course will consider the forging of Western musical traditions within the context of medieval liturgy and the ensuing growth of a variety of genres—music which richly expresses Romanesque otherworldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism, the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical fervor of the Counter Reformation. Instructor: S. Plank Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A survey of music from the rise of monody in the Florentine academies c.1600 to the death of Bach in 1750. The course will consider opera, church music, and instrumental music from multiple perspectives, underscoring the interplay of technical and contextual views. Works by Monteverdi, Schuetz, Bach, Handel and others are studied from the standpoint of form and style, and as expressions of various social forces. Instructor: S. Plank Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A survey of music from the mid-18th century through the time of Beethoven. Discussion of developments in Italian and French opera, of German and English instrumental and sacred works, patronage systems and the dissemination of music including its place in the concert repertory today. Particular attention will be paid to instrumental and vocal works of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Three classes plus one listening laboratory per week. Instructor: C. Macdonald Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A survey of music by principal European composers of the nineteenth century, from 1820-1914. Includes discussion of Beethoven’s late works and their interpretations by later composers, the Italian operatic repertory, Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk and its influences, aesthetics of the New German School, the rise of nationalistic music, position of women musicians, development of a concert audience in the United States, Expressionism, Symbolism, and the formation of today’s standard repertory. Enrollment Limit: 40. Instructor: P. Schick Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 275 - Music Since 1914 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A survey of European and American concert and stage music from 1914 to the present. Topics covered include neoclassicism, serialism, Harlem renaissance, national influences (politics, folk art), electronic music, indeterminacy, minimalism, performance art, post-modernism, viability of avant-garde music today. Instructor: C. Macdonald Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and MUTH 232.
Freshmen and transfer students admitted by consent only.
Concurrent enrollment in MUTH 232 is possible with consent of the instructor.
Enrollment Limit: 40.
MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: CD Semester one of a two semester course. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes The second semester course, MHST 291, is cross-listed with Jazz 291 and AAST 172. Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, and AAST 171.
MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: CD Semester two of two semester course. Instructor: Staff Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, 291; and AAST 171, 172.
MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: WRi A practical course open to all students wishing to develop their skills in writing about music and to familiarize themselves with essential bibliographic and research tools. The course will focus on specific problems and mechanics of preparing a research paper, concert, record and book reviews, program notes, etc. Instructor: S. Plank Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours What does a score tell us? What does it not tell us? And what is expected of the performer? A study of changing performance styles in music from the 19th century to the Middle Ages. Topics include the evolution of instruments, ensembles, and orchestras; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves. Instructor: D. Breitman Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 302.
MHST 331 - Johann Sebastian Bach Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours WR A study of Bach’s life and selected works. The course addresses the “new image” of a familiar master which has emerged from the startling research of post-1950 scholars. Through a close study of the cantatas and works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, St. John Passion, and Musical Offering, the class seeks to illumine Bach’s position in various musical traditions, to explore his response to cultural environment, and to describe analytically his expressive vocabulary. Instructor: S. Plank Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 and one 200-level Music History course. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MHST 332 - History of Film Music Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: WR A comprehensive survey of film music history from the silent era through the present day. Issues discussed will include compositional developments (growth of instrumentation; use of Leitmotivic structure; expansion of diegetic versus non-diegetic music); music as narrative aid (generating continuity; providing momentum; subliminal commentary); and using music as an iconographic character or plot device. Films viewed will include those with soundtracks by major 20th-century composers as well as specialized soundtrack composers. Instructor: C. McGuire Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Cross List Information This course is cross referenced with Cinema Studies and also counts towards that major.
MHST 342 - Music in fin-de-siecle Vienna Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Attribute: CNDP; DDHU An exploration of music in Vienna between 1870 and 1930 in its cultural, soical, political, artistic, aesthetic and intellectual contexts. Source readings in Viennese literature, science, criticism, architecture and theater supplement secondeary perspectives on music during a unique period of creative efflorescence and social upheaval. Composers covered include J. Strauss, Wagner, Brahms, Bruckner, Wolf, Mahler, R. Strauss, Zemilinsky, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Schreker. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: P. Schick Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 or CMUS 100 and one 200-level MHST course
MHST 361 - Robert Schumann Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Music of Robert Schumann - description forthcoming. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: C. Macdonald Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MHST 400 - Senior Honors Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
MHST 401 - Senior Honors Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Note: Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
MLIT 213 - Organ Literature, History and Design Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: J. Mitchener Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors.
Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent.
MLIT 214 - Organ Literature, History and Design Next Offered: [2011-2012] Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An historical survey of organ literature from the 15th century to the present, together with a study of the technical and aesthetic aspects of the organ as an instrument. Semester one covers the period up to 1750; semester two, 1750 to the present. This course will include outside reading and listening assignments as well as analysis and performance projects by members of the class. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: J. Mitchener Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Offered in alternate years; required of all organ majors.
Prerequisites: MUTH 132 and MHST 101 or the equivalent.
MLIT 215 - Piano Literature Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840’s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century. Enrollment Limit: 26 Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Margolis Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently) or consent of the instructor.
MLIT 216 - Piano Literature Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours MLIT 215 is an in-depth examination of piano literature from the acceptance of the fortepiano in late 18th century Vienna to the key role of the piano as a symbol of Romantic efflorescence in the mid-1840’s. MLIT 216 is a continuation of the study of piano literature from the invention of the “recital” to the piano’s multiple meanings in the 20th century. Enrollment Limit: 26. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Margolis Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently) or consent of the instructor
MLIT 220 - The Lied Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Lied performance, with emphasis on language, style, and the partnership between voice and keyboard. Some consideration of historical background and poetic sources, as well as outside listening and reading. For singers and pianists. Offered in alternate years. This course may count as an accompanying or an ensemble credit for pianists. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: P. Highfill Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One semester of German. (May be waived for pianists.)
MLIT 221 - The Mélodie Next Offered: [2001-2012] Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours The performance of French art song, with emphasis upon language, style, and the partnership between voice and keyboard. Some consideration of historical background and poetic sources, as well as outside listening and reading. For singers and pianists. Offered in alternate years. This course may count as an accompanying or an ensemble credit for pianists. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: P. Highfill Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: A semester of French (may be waived for pianists).
MLIT 300 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A one-year course. Study of stylistic elements, orchestration, vocal writing, formal structure, problem analysis, and historical perspective in a large section of major works. Regular listening assignments. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MLIT 300 is prerequisite to MLIT 301.
Open only to conducting majors.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MLIT 301 - Survey of Orchestral and Choral Literature Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A one-year course. Study of stylistic elements, orchestration, vocal writing, formal structure, problem analysis, and historical perspective in a large section of major works. Regular listening assignments. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MLIT 300 is prerequisite to MLIT 301.
Open only to conducting majors.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUED 100 - The Art of Teaching Music Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour An overview of music teaching opportunities with focus on the kinds of knowledge and skill necessary for effective teaching and ways to include teaching in a professional career as a musician. Open to non-music education majors only. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Preference given to Conservatory students.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MUED 101 - Introduction to Music Education Next Offered: TBD Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 1 Hour An overview of the total K-12 music program in a variety of school settings. Demonstration and discussion of relevant approaches to the teaching of choral, general, and instrumental music at all levels. Includes observations. Exploration of career opportunities in music education and related fields of outreach programs. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MUED 102 - Practicum in School Music Experiences Next Offered: TBD Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 2 Hours An introduction to the teacher’s role in instructional settings. Includes observations of music and other school classes and student participation as an instructional aide. Class sessions include techniques for observing classroom behavior, sequencing lessons, and planning music instruction. Three hours plus travel time in one or two blocks must be free during school hours each week. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 101 (Introduction to Music Education) or MUED 100 (Art of Teaching Music).
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUED 103 - String Pedagogy Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours Investigation of a wide range of pedagogical approaches and materials toward comprehensive understanding of principles involved in teaching stringed instruments. Required for students wanting to participate as teachers in the string preparatory program. Significant paper required for second credit. Instructor: J. Erwin Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: APST 273 or concurrent enrollment, or status as a string performance major. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUED 201 - Music for Exceptional Learners Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Designed to acquaint students with issues (social, legal, and pedagogical) surrounding the education of students exhibiting mental, physical, intellectual, and/or emotional disabilities, as well as students who are gifted and talented. Focus will be on the development of teaching strategies for the mainstreamed music classroom, the presentation of peer-teaching lessons during which the needs of exceptional students are accommodated, and the observation of exceptional students taught in Lorain County settings. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 100 or MUED 101.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MUED 206 - Choral Methods Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours An overview of children’s vocal development including analysis of common vocal problems, study of pedagogical techniques in group settings, evaluation of vocal and choral literature and texts, construction of vocal interviews, and guidelines for performance at the elementary and secondary levels. Laboratory/observation experience required. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MUED 102, APST 260 or 262.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 12.
MUED 300 - Teaching Music to Adolescents and Lab Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours The teaching and organization of music classes in the middle and senior high school. Includes consideration of performance and non-performance classes, and implications of the National Standards for the Arts. One-hour laboratory experience required each week throughout the semester. All music education majors develop functional playing skills on guitar; a proficiency test must be passed. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: APST 260.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MUED 301 - Teaching Music to Children Next Offered: [TBD] Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 3 Hours Principles and practices for teaching music to children aged 3-11. Emphasis on planning, teaching and evaluating general music lessons at different levels based upon the National Standards for the Arts and utilizing techniques/materials from a variety of current approaches. Corresponding laboratory experience is MUED 303 (Preschool Music Lab, Tuesdays, 5:30-8:00, one credit hour), required for vocal emphasis music education majors. Participation in a minimum of five Music Lab Sessions required for instrumental emphasis music education majors. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 102 (Practicum).
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
MUED 303 - Preschool Music Lab Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour Laboratory setting for MUED 301. Music teaching experiences with 3-5 year old children utilizing a variety of current approaches for individual exploratory music play, small/large group settings, and parental involvement. Weekly participation required for vocal emphasis music education majors. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 301 or concurrent enrollment.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
MUED 304 - Instrumental Music Programs Next Offered: TBD Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 2 Hours The techniques involved in the organization, administration, and preparation of a comprehensive instrumental music program at the secondary level. Includes study of methods, materials, and repertoire used to teach orchestra, concert band, jazz ensemble, and marching band. Includes marching band performance practices, drill maneuvers, development and charting of shows, and its role in the school music program and the community. Instructor: J. Knight Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 300 or concurrent enrollment.
Enrollment Limit: 30.
MUED 305 - Band Repertoire Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Primarily for music education majors with instrumental emphasis. Designed to emphasize the continued development and refinement of baton and rehearsal technique, score preparation and interpretation through an in-depth study of band repertoire. Instructor: J. Knight Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: APST 261(Instrumental Conducting) and MUED 304 (Instrumental Music Programs).
Enrollment Limit: 12.
MUED 400 - Student Teaching and Seminar Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 4 to 16 Hours This course comprises daily work in a school setting, a weekly seminar taught by a faculty member and a conference with the assigned supervisor for the student in this teaching experience. Full-time experience includes a three-week Professional Orientation period. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Vocal Emphasis-APST 262; MUED 302; Instrumental Emphasis-APST 261; 272/3, 274/5, 276/7, 235; MUED 304. All-APST 260; MUED 101, 102, 300, 301; completion of secondary-study requirement, aural-skills requirement, GPA of 3.0 in music courses and good academic standing.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUED 403 - Community Music Field Experience Next Offered: TBD Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 1 to 3 Hours Placement in a community music program to be approved by the music education division director. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MUED 100 or 101, MUED 300 or 301, APST 260, nine credits in Community Music Minor.
Credit would be reflected in two hours at the community music site each week for one credit, four hours for two credits and six hours per week for the three credit load.
MUED 500 - Student Teaching and Seminar Next Offered: [TBD] Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 6 to 16 Hours Graduate-level experience for MME and MMT candidates only. Growth in ability to analyze and solve learning/teaching problems expected. Completion of a graduate student teaching study is required. This course comprises daily work in a school setting, a weekly seminar taught by a faculty member and a conference with the assigned supervisor for the student in this teaching experience. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUED 400.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
MUED 501 - Apprentice Supervision Next Offered: [TBD] Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 1 Hour Principles and techniques of effective music teaching supervision. Includes readings, observations of taped and live teaching segments, guided supervision of early field-based experiences, and conferences with appropriate faculty member. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Fifth-year status in the MME or MMT program. Note: May be repeated for credit. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
MUED 502 - Review of Research in Music Teaching Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 2 Hours Introduction to research paradigms used in music education research; reviews and critiques (oral and written) of research studies both as an overview of extant music education studies and in relation to research interests of the class members; discussions of implications for pedagogy and vice versa. Includes modest data collection and analysis papers. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 503 - Graduate Project Next Offered: [TBD] Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 5 Hours To be chosen from areas designated in information available in the Music Education Graduate Handbook. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 5.
MUED 504 - Studies in Music Education Next Offered: [TBD] Semester Offered: TBD Credits (Range): 1 to 2 Hours Specialized study of particular aspects of music education, possibly including attendance of classes in one or more different courses and culminating in a synthesis appropriate in form to the nature of the study. Students electing this course should be prepared to discuss significant aspects of its content as part of the Comprehensive Final Examination. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 6.
MUED 505 - Music Teaching in Practice Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 2 Hours An introduction to the teacher’s role in instructional settings and the kinds of knowledge and skills necessary for effective teaching. Includes music field experience in public schools in which students observe and participate as instructional aides. Class sessions focus on demonstrations of verbal and nonverbal teacher behaviors; techniques for observing, recording, assessing, and managing classroom behaviors; pathways for understanding learner responses; and models for planning music instruction. Open to Conservatory undergraduate and MMT students. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: P. Bennett
MUED 506 - Choral Methods Semester Offered: Second Semester, Module 1 Credits (Range): 1-2 Hours An overview of children’s vocal development (PK-12) including analysis of common vocal problems, study of pedagogical techniques in group settings, evaluation of vocal and choral literature and texts, construction of vocal interviews, and guidelines for performance at the elementary and secondary levels. Advanced conducting technique, accompaniment (keyboard), and aural skills will also be developed. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Entry in MMT Program
Consent of instructor required.
Note: Instrumental emphasis = 1 credit hour; vocal emphasis = 2 credit hours
MUED 507 - Instrumental Methods for Vocalists Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 2 Hours The course is a comprehensive string and woodwind/ brass/ percussion methodology and pedagogy class for Music Education majors with a vocal emphasis. Students will learn the pedagogical theoretical foundations and playing techniques for string and one other instrumental area (woodwinds or brass or percussion). Students will study and conduct repertoire that can be used with learners at various grade levels in elementary and secondary schools. Administrative matters relating to school instrumental program will be explored. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Erwin, J. Knight Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Entry in MMT Program
Consent of instructor required.
MUED 508 - Instrumental Methods I Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 4 Hours This course will be a comprehensive instrumental methodology/pedagogy class in which students will learn the pedagogical theoretical foundations and playing techniques for all of the band and orchestral instruments. Students will study and conduct repertoire that can be used with learners at various grade-levels in the elementary and secondary schools. Administrative matters relating to school instrumental program will be explored. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Knight, J. Erwin Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Entry in MMT Program
Consent of instructor required.
MUED 509 - Instrumental Methods II Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 4 Hours This course continues the comprehensive study of instrumental techniques and pedagogies started in MUED 508. Students will continue to focus on instrumental conducting and rehearsal strategies, applying skills and knowledge gained in MUED 508. Students will have field experience in a public school instrumental teaching laboratory. The basics of instrumental program administration will also be explored. Prerequisite: MUED 508. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Erwin, J. Knight Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 510 - Teaching Music to Adolescents Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 3 Hours This course includes topics and issues related to teaching and the organization of music classes in the middle and senior high school. Includes consideration of performance and non-performance classes, and implications of the National Standards for the Arts and research-based pedagogy. This course will also include reading, analysis, and discussion of scholarly pedagogical and professional research articles related to topics presented in class. One-hour laboratory experience required each week throughout the module. All music education majors develop functional playing skills on guitar; a proficiency test must be passed. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 511 - Teaching Music to Children Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 3 Hours Principles and practices for teaching music to children aged 3-11. Emphasis on planning, teaching and evaluating general music lessons at different levels based upon the National Standards in the Arts and utilizing techniques/materials from a variety of current approaches including Kodály and Orff Pedagogy, Corresponding laboratory experience is MusicPlay, the Preschool Music Lab, Tuesdays, 55-7 pm. This course will also include reading, analysis, and discussion of scholarly pedagogical and professional research articles related to topics presented in class. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 512 - Technology for Teachers Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 2 Hours An overview of technology appropriate for professional and pedagogical purposes. Topics include: designing PowerPoint presentations, websites, using synthesizers and sequencers in instruction, using iMovie and iDVD in instruction, reviewing computer software to assist classroom instruction, use of web cameras, designing electronic portfolios for assessment, and student composing in general music and rehearsal classes. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: T. Lopez, Prude Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 513 - Student Teaching and Seminar I Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 4 This course comprises daily, full-time experiences in a public-school setting, a seminar taught by a music education faculty member, and a weekly conference with the assigned supervisor. The course requires writing a professional orientation report and a resume and reading scholarly professional articles. Prerequisites: MUED 506, MUED 510. Enrollment limit 15 Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 514 - Student Teaching and Seminar II Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 4 Hours This course comprises daily, full-time experiences in a public-school setting, a weekly seminar taught by a music education faculty member, and a weekly conference with the assigned supervisor. The experience requires a written assessment plan and a case study of exceptional learners, and developing a professional portfolio. Prerequisites: MUED 506, MUED 510. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 515 - Preschool Music Lab Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour Laboratory setting for MUED 511. Music teaching experiences with 3-5-year-old children utilizing a variety of current approaches for individual exploratory music play, small/large group settings, and parental involvement. Weekly participation required for vocal emphasis MMT students. Prerequisite: MUED 511 or concurrent enrollment. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 516 - Reading in the Content Area Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 3 Hours The purpose of this course is to address methods of reading instruction, reading strategies, use of materials, and utilization of assessment/evaluation procedures to support students as they develop skills needed to access music content area material. Topics include: the necessity of developing reading skills; importance of prior knowledge, interest, engagement, and developmental match in teaching and learning informational text; factors to determine textbook difficulty; and exposing students to a variety of texts such as textbooks, trade books, and electronic texts. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 517 - Psychology of Musical Behaviors Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 3 Hours This course will explore the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of music learners PK-adulthood. Topics for discussion will include: accommodating instruction for exceptional learners; music perception and cognition; (music) psychology and learning theories and their applications to teaching and learning; developmental characteristics of music learners; music and the brain; multiple intelligences; creativity; musical skill acquisition; and methods of assessing achievement, aptitude, and ability. Enrollment limit 15. Instructor: J. Kerchner Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
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CNST 130 - Phys Wellnss Musician’s Life Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour The musician’s body and its state of physical health has a strong influence on his or her ability to play or sing. This course will emphasize physical restructuring, as well as practical methods for maintaining balanced physical health. Students will develop an increased understanding of the body’s physical and muscular structures and its movement principles. Their everyday postural habits will be evaluated and corrective patterns explored. This is a practical course, with daily lab components which will allow the information to be integrated into their bodies, setting the foundation for physical health, and decreasing the possibility of injuries. Enrollment Limit 15 Instructor: D. Vogel Prerequisites & Notes Note: P/NP or CR/NE only.
Students on the wait list must attend the first class meeting to be considered for any openings.
CNST 150 - Introduction Piano Technology Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Introductory course in equal temperament tuning theory and application, piano nomenclature, basic piano repairs and modern action regulation. Introduction oto piano building materials and an overview of modern piano construction. Combination of lectures and hands-on shop training. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 8 Instructor: J. Cavanaugh
CNST 151 - Intermediate Piano Technology Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 The class starts with a week-long review of equal temperament and action regulation/repair review. Students then focus on developing their tuning skills, with respect to accuracy and speed, and turning the action regulation theory they were taught in the Intro course into practical skills as action technicians in the workshop. As the course nears its end, students will be introduced to the art of building and regulating tone in Steinway hammers. Instructor: J. Cavanaugh Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: CNST 150
Limit 8
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CNST 200 - Prof Development for the Freelance Artist Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour A semester-long course that will examine the many aspects of a freelance artist’s career. The purpose of this course is to introduce the techniques necessary to survive in the business of hte Arts. Skills such as: marketing, negotiating, entrepreneurship, writing, networking and business skills will be studied. Specialists in the various fields will be invited to the class to speak about their own professional experience. Each student will conduct an informational interview, present a press book or portfolio and set up a personal Web page. Instructor: K. Chastain Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 25.
CNST 201 - Touring for Musicians Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Credits (Range): 1 Overview of musical and business condsiderations in planning a tour, including repertoire selection, age-appropriate presentation techniques, audience development, contracts, travel arrangements, insurance communication and publicity. Instructor: G. Kim Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25
CNST 202 - Presentation Skills for Outreach and Performance Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Credits (Range): 1 Students will design and implement outreach components and learn how to give successful presentations to children, adults and peers. The class incorporates reading and discussion, and offers opportunities for students to hone their presenttation skills. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: M. Alegant
INDV 000 - Interdivisional Courses Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 0
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MHST 353 - Studies in Opera: Opera in the U.S. since 1950 Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours A study of operas composed and produced on American stages since 1950, including tonal, modern, postmodern, minimalist, and experimental works; also, of American institutions producing operas and their audiences. Emphasis will be on operas composed since 1985, including some by European composers. Instructor: C. Macdonald Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: One 200-level music history course. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 20.
MHST 902 - Re-envisioning the Past Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 6 Hours Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WR In the first century of British industrialization, waves of nostalgia for “the medieval” swept through the arts. The fashion for all things ruined, “romantic,” “gothic,” and Arthurian affected music, painting, architecture, poetry, design, scholarship, even bookmaking. This interdisciplinary course will explore the ways in which 19th-century British people imagined and sought to “revive” the pre-modern past and in doing so re-imagined the relations between reason and passion, nature and society, the individual and the imagination. British, 1700-1900. Instructor: J. Bryan, C. McGuire Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite and Notes: Acceptance to London Program Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with English 902.
MHST 903 - The London Music Scene Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 6 Hours Attribute: 6 CNDP, DDHU In this course, we will use the music presented throughout London over the course of the semester to consider what it means to be British and a Londoner in the early 21st century. Using classical, popular, and experimental music, we will investigate whether the variety of music available in London is a positive sign of a culture successfully moving beyond its own colonial past, or if this variety is merely a continuation of connoisseur cultural consumption.
Instructor: C. McGuire Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite and Notes: Acceptance to London Program
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Classical Saxophone)
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
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