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CNST 170 - Introduction to Music Criticism Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
This team-taught, introductory course about music criticism will focus on developing critical professional skills through intensive writing, concert reviews, guest lectures, research, and discussion. Students will learn how to listen critically, how to prepare before reviewing a concert, and how to acquire the vocabulary, writing skills, and accumulated knowledge necessary for informed criticism. Classes will emphasize student collaboration, peer review, and frequent revisions. Online technologies will enable students to read, critique, and edit their own work and others’; and instructors to offer frequent feedback and critique. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: M. Telin Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
CNST 171 - Practicing Music Criticism Next Offered: Spring 2017 - AD HOC Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
This course, which follows “Introduction to Music Criticism” is an intensive practicum. The course will involve frequent writing assignments aimed at both challenging students and giving them intensive experience in practice. The prime objective is to develop students’ critical listening and writing skills, enabling them to write lucid and evocative prose about music and its performance. This course would comprise a series of writing assignments - an average of one 500-750 word review or other piece per week - to be discussed in detail in a seminar-style situation, both in large and small groups. In addition to reviews, the writings would include essays, interviews, think pieces, program and liner notes on musical subjects and artists, both historical and current. The course will focus on a variety of musical styles including, but not limited to, Western classical, jazz, world music, electronic music, and musical theater. Enrollment Limit: 8 Instructor: M. Telin Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Students should complete Intro to Music Criticism, CNST 170. Student who have not completed CNST 170 may request consent from the instructor by submitting two writing samples.
CNST 200 - Professional Development for Musicians Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester HC Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
This semester-long course will cover a range of practical skills for students pursuing a career in music. Students will be introduced to professional development topics including bio and resume management and organizational structures, financial consideration, grants in the arts, audience cultivation, community engagement, recording considerations, and more. These topics will be covered through readings, in-class lectures and activities, guest speakers, and assignments to culminate in a final project portfolio. While the course is open to all musicians on campus, priority will be given to Conservatory and Music Studies majors. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: D. Jessen Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
COMP 010 - Composition Workshop Next Offered: Summer 2017 Semester Offered: Summer Half Course Credits: 1 Credit 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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: Con Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
COMP 101 - Composition for Non-Majors I Next Offered: Fall 2016 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A course designed for students not majoring in composition. The purpose of the course is to provide those with limited prior background in composition the opportunity to experience musical structure and coherence through writing. The class meets as a group but the compositional problems of each individual will receive attention as needed. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Jones Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in MUTH 101/131, CMUS 130, or instructor consent.
COMP 102 - Composition for Non-Majors II Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of Composition for Non-Majors I (COMP 101). A course designed for students not majoring in composition. The purpose of the course is to provide those with limited prior background in composition the opportunity to experience musical structure and coherence through writing. The class meets as a group but the compositional problems of each individual will receive attention as needed. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: E. Ogonek Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Completion of Composition for Non-Majors I or instructor consent.
COMP 201 - Composition Class I Next Offered: Fall 2015 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: E. Ogonek Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
COMP 202 - Composition Class II Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: E. Ogonek Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: COMP 201. Composition major, composition minor, or a College music major with emphasis in composition required.
COMP 212 - Instrumentation Next Offered: Beginning Spring 2017 & Fall 2017 Semester Offered: First & Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Introduction to the principles of instrumentation; ranges, notation, techniques, timbres; transpositions or orchestral instruments; beginning exercises in orchestration. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: S. Hartke Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of COMP 201.
COMP 222 - Counterpoint I Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Studies in tonal counterpoint; two-, three-, and four-part counterpoint in 18th century style; polyphonic variations; inventions. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Jones Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of MUTH 101/131 and COMP 201.
COMP 301 - Composition Class III Next Offered: Fall 2016 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of Composition II involving the study and composition of mulit-movement pieces. Course structure involves one weekly class meeting for critiquing student work, discussing assigned repertoire and other compositional issues, plus weekly private half-hour lessons. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Jones Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of COMP 202.
COMP 302 - Composition Class IV Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of Composition III involving the study and composition of longer form pieces. Course structure involves one weekly class meeting for critiquing student work, discussing assigned repertoire and other compositional issues, plus weekly private half-hour lessons. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Jones Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of COMP 301.
COMP 311 - Orchestration Next Offered: Fall 2016 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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; score and part notation and preparation. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: S. Hartke Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Successful completion of COMP 212 or by consent.
COMP 332 - Survey of Compositional Forms and Structures Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A historical survey of both small and large musical forms and structures used in Western art music through the examination of a broad selection of repertoire; (a) text-based forms, (b) dance-based forms, © rhetorical forms, (d) non-rhetorical forms. Classwork involves student analytical presentations and compositional projects. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: S. Hartke Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes COMP 222 or instructor consent.
COMP 350 - Composition Seminar Next Offered: Fall 2016 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Seminar for composition majors that addresses aesthetic, technical, and analytical issues from a composer’s perspective. Topics to be announced. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: E. Ogonek Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes COMP 204. May be repeated for credit.
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 Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, CD
Using case studies from around the world, this course will challenge how you think about music. Through interactive performance, critical listening, and musical analysis, we examine the diverse ways people think about and structure music. We also examine music as an inherently social act, illustrating how music is informed by - and conversely informs - historical, political, cultural, and economic processes, along with what music means to the people who make and engage with it. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Fraser Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes This course presumes considerable prior knowledge of music and the ability to read staff notation. See CMUS 103 for a comparable course that does not presume this knowledge.
ETHN 212 - Music and Ecology Next Offered: Fall 2016 Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, CD
This course addresses the increasing global awareness about the ecological realities of human life on this planet and how these are mediated through musical or sonic expressions. We will explore a series of case studies from the U.S. and around the world that take into account the diversity of ways in which people use music to frame their interactions, experiences, and frustrations with their local ecologies. The course will explore topics including: soundscapes of diverse environments; the overlap between music and animal sounds; music as protest against environmental degradation; cultural and musical framing of natural and technological disasters (e.g. Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, Fukushima); the concept of “place” and ways in which it is articulated in musical practice; and the connections between indigenous peoples, the environment, and healing (e.g. shamanistic practices in Tuva and the Amazon). In short, it asks how a given environment shapes social, cultural, and musical life. As such, the course is inherently inter-disciplinary in nature: it will draw on the work of ethnomusicologists, anthropologists, sociologists, biologists, sound recordists, and environmentalists. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. Fraser Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One Course in Ethnomusicology.
ETHN 213 - The Anthropology of Entrepreneurship Next Offered: Spring 2015 (Ad Hoc) Semester Offered: Second Semester FC Credits: 4 Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
This course explores the study of music entrepreneurship and the music industry from an anthropological perspective. The course emphasizes examining the histories and current industry trends facing working musicians, including the way working musicians build revenue models that can include diverse activities such as: session work, publishing royalties, promoter activities, performance fees, and teaching positions. The class is organized around both historical and ethnographic themes - students will (1) explore the major forces that shape the history of the music industry in the United States, (2) engage and document ongoing dialogue with a working musician or music industry worker, and (3) consider these materials in context of their future careers by creating an auto-ethnography. The course gives critical tools to apply to one’s own profession in order to understand the options and challenges of making a living as a musician in the contemporary world, and is designed to challenge the ways one thinks about vocational options in the music industry. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes No Pre-Requisites.
ETHN 214 - Popular Music and US Urban Identities Next Offered: Fall 2015 (Ad Hoc) Semester Offered: First Semester FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
This course explores the role of music in shaping urban landscapes of US cities from an ethnomusicological perspective. The course emphasizes the examination of the role of music in shaping local histories and the role of music as an economic stimulator, a political motivator, and marker of city identity. This class is organized geographically around four US cities: Cleveland, Ohio; New York, New York; Atlanta, Georgia; and Seattle, Washington. This course gives you the critical tools necessary to survey urban landscapes through their musical histories such that you will understand how music works to produce and affirm identities both within the city itself and in conjunction with other identities in the US. After learning the methodologies of ethnomusicology, you will use them yourself by designing a research project on the musical history of a city of your choice. This course is designed to challenge the ways you think about American identities and music. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes No Pre-Requisite.
ETHN 302 - Musical Thought: Analysis of World Music Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU, CD
An advanced seminar in how people think and structure music around the world, using select case studies to look at aspects of rhythm, pitch, texture, form, and composed versus improvised elements. It will also take into account indigenous approaches to theory, analysis, and notation. Emphasis will be on analysis and transcription, including experimentation with alternative systems sensitive to demands of the specific practice. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: J. Fraser Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Completion of Music Theory IV and Aural Skills IV and consent of the instructor. (Theory prerequisite may be waived by permission of the instructor.)
HPRF 111 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of France Next Offered: Spring 2017, Spring 2019… Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module (Alternate Years) Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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). Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
HPRF 114 - Historical Performance in Context: Music of Germany Next Offered: Fall 2016, Fall 2018… Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module (Alternate Years) Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes
HPRF 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, 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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes 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 Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Cross List Information Cross Listed with HPRF 503.
HPRF 312A - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
Topic to be announced. One group meeting and one individual meeting per week, schedule TBD. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 512A.
HPRF 312B - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
Topic to be announced. One group meeting and one individual meeting per week, schedule TBD. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512B. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 512B.
HPRF 502 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, 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 orchestra; and conventions of rhythm, tempo, articulation, phrasing, and ornamentation. Students will compare editions and prepare an edition themselves.
Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101, and one 200-level Music History course, or consent of the instructor. 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 Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. This class is cross-referenced with HPRF 312 but with additional assignments for graduate students.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes HPRF 302/502 or MHST 302.
Cross List Information This course is cross-referenced with HPRF 303, but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 512A - Special Topics in Performance Practice Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
Topic to be announced. One group meeting and one individual meeting per week, schedule TBD. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes
HPRF 302 (or MHST 302). Also see HPRF 512. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 312A, but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 512B - Special Topics in Performance Practice Next Offered: Spring 201402 Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Credits: 1 Credit Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
Topic to be announced. One group meeting and one individual meeting per week, schedule TBD. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes HPRF 302/502 or MHST 302.
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 312B, but with additional assignments for graduate students.
HPRF 521A - Graduate Studies in Historical Performance Semester Offered: First and Second Semester, First Module Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes For graduate students in the Historical Performance program.
HPRF 521B - Graduate Studies in Historical Performance Semester Offered: First and Second Semester, Second Module Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Breitman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes For graduate students in the Historical Performance program.
JAZZ 100 - Jazz Aural Skills Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: J. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes May be taken concurrently with MUTH 101 (Aural Skills I).
JAZZ 110 - Jazz Keyboard Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Designed for musicians whose major instrument is other than piano. Content includes chord symbol interpretation, cycles, sequences, turnarounds, and elementary improvisational concepts. Enrollment Limit: 8 Instructor: D. Wall Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes 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 Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: R. Ferrazza Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
JAZZ 121 - Jazz Theory Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: R. Ferrazza Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
JAZZ 130 - Basic Arranging/Composition Techniques Semester Offered: First Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: J. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes 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 Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: J. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUTH 132. Not intended for Jazz Composition majors. JAZZ 130 is prerequisite to JAZZ 131. Alternates with JAZZ 160, 161.
JAZZ 201 - Jazz Improvisation I Next Offered: Fall 2014 Semester Offered: First Semester FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: J. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Admission by audition. Required ensemble affiliation. Cross List Information JAZZ 150
JAZZ 202 - Jazz Improvisation II Next Offered: Spring 2015 Semester Offered: Second Semester FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 25 Instructor: J. Ashby Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Proficiency on a musical instrument; knowledge of scales, key signatures, intervals, and chords. Admission by audition. Required ensemble affiliation. Cross List Information JAZZ 151
JAZZ 290 - Introduction to African American Music I Next Offered: Fall Semester Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, 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: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes
Cross List Information Cross-listed with AAST 171 and MHST 290.
JAZZ 291 - Introduction to African American Music II Next Offered: Spring Semester Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, CD
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: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Cross List Information Cross-listed with AAST 172 and MHST 291.
JAZZ 301 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation III Next Offered: Fall 2014 Semester Offered: First Semester FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 201, 202 (Jazz Improvisation I and II), and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: D. Wall Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes JAZZ 202 (Jazz Improvisation II). Cross List Information JAZZ 250
JAZZ 302 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation IV Next Offered: Spring 2015 Semester Offered: Second Semester FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A continuation of concepts introduced in JAZZ 201, 202, 301 (Jazz Improvisation I, II, & III), and an introduction to more recent improvisational concepts such as absence of a pulse, panmeter, and polymeter. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Con Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes JAZZ 301 (Jazz Improvisation III). Cross List Information JAZZ 251
JAZZ 700 - Jazz Ensemble—Large Group Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: By Placement Instructor: D. Reynolds Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Admission by audition.
JAZZ 803 - Jazz Ensemble-Small Group Next Offered: Fall & Spring Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: Con Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Recommended to be taken concurrently with JAZZ 201, 202 (Jazz Improv).
LANG 100 - English Diction Semester Offered: First Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A study of English language sounds as they relate to singing and speaking with emphasis on the fundamentals of phonetics and sound production. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Mahy Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes 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 Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in Italian. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: T. Bandy Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of Elementary Italian or equivalent.
LANG 200 - German Diction Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in German. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: D. Mahy Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of German or equivalent.
LANG 201 - French Diction Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
The fundamentals of phonetics and sound production as applied to singing and speaking in French. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: M. Rosen Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes LANG 100 (English Diction), one semester of French or equivalent.
MHST 101 - Introduction to the History and Literature of Music Next Offered: Fall Semester Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Knowledge of musical notation. The course serves as a prerequisite to the MHST 226, 235, 245, 255, 275 courses. ESOL 130. Conservatory students are encouraged to register for this course in their freshman year.
MHST 221 - American Music Semester Offered: Fall Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
What does it mean to sound “American”? This course will investigate how “American music has been defined in the United States from the colonial era to the twentieth century. With frequent references to literature and criticism, we will trace the growing rift between so-called classical and popular music in the United States and its implications for composers, performers, and audiences. Topics will include New England Psalmody, shape-note singing, minstrelsy, American opera, Broadway, jazz, serialism, and rock ‘n’ roll. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: J. O’Leary Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 226 - Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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 other worldliness, the ideals of courtly love, Gothic rationalism, the blossoming of the individual in the Renaissance, and the mystical fervor of the Counter Reformation. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Plank Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 235 - Music in the Baroque Era Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: S. Plank Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 245 - Music in the Classic Era Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: C. Macdonald Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 255 - Music of the Romantic Era Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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: 30 Instructor: C. McGuire, J. O’Leary Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 or CMUS 100.
MHST 275 - Music Since 1914 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: C. Macdonald Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes 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.
MHST 290 - Introduction to African American Music I This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : African American Studies Next Offered: Fall Semester Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, CD
The first semester of a one-year survey of musical styles and forms cultivated by African Americans. This 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. Enrollment Limit: 50 Instructor: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 290, and AAST 171.
MHST 291 - Introduction to African American Music II This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : African American Studies Next Offered: Spring Semester Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, CD
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: F. Hadley Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with JAZZ 291 and AAST 172.
MHST 301 - Introduction to Music Research and Writing Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU, WADV
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: S. Plank Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course.
MHST 302 - Introduction to Historical Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, 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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101, and one 200-level Music History course, or consent of the instructor. Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with HPRF 302.
MHST 303 - Music of Tudor and Stuart England Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
This seminar focuses on music from c. 1500 to c. 1700 with particular attention to the intertwining of musical style, social function, and monarchial agenda. The repertory under consideration will include the music of the Eton Choirbook, early Tudor songbooks, liturgical works of Tallis and Byrd, Jacobean masque, and sacred, instrumental, and dramatic works by Henry Purcell. An introduction to primary sources will also inform class discourse. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: S. Plank Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One 200-level MHST course or the consent of the instructor. Cross List Information MHST 503
MHST 336 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Music Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
As a unique College-Conservatory collaboration, this course encourages any student who cares about music to reflect on its nature and significance. With a focus on Western art music, the course introduces students to key texts and arguments in musical aesthetics. Topics include the nature of the musical work, the relation between music and the emotions, and ways in which music can be meaningful. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. O’Leary Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One 200-level course in music history or consent of the instructor. Cross List Information PHIL 231
MHST 337 - Introduction to Organology Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU,W-Adv
This course will focus on a number of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century musical instruments from the Frederick R. Selch Collection of American Music History. Our goals will be (1) to learn how modern orchestral instruments developed, especially in the United States, and (2) to examine how the performance of music enabled people to intervene in social, political, and economic situations of their day. As music historians our goal will be to analyze a series of historical objects to ascertain the various ways musical behavior both influenced and responded to many aspects of social life; as performers and composers our goal will be to contemplate how our daily interactions with our own musical objects imply, not only a familiar artistic praxis, but a way of seeing. Each student will be responsible for creating a portion of public exhibition that will go on display at the end of the semester. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. O’Leary Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One 200-level course in music history or consent of the instructor.
MHST 351 - Ludwig van Beethoven Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
A study of the life and works of the composer. Selected compositions will be examined by considering such aspects as compositional sketches, stylistic development, performance practices, and cultural environment. Enrollment Limit: 30 Instructor: C. McGuire Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 and one 200-level music history course.
MHST 353 - Studies in Opera: Opera in the U.S. since 1950 Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
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. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: C. Macdonald Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One 200-level music history course.
MHST 400 - Senior Honors Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Deans Consent Prerequisites & Notes Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
MHST 401 - Senior Honors Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP, DDHU
For additional information, see “Undergraduate Programs,” Division of Musicology. Enrollment Limit: 5 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Deans Consent Prerequisites & Notes Open only to music history majors admitted to the Honors Program.
MHST 503 - Music of Tudor and Stuart England Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
This seminar focuses on music from c. 1500 to c. 1700 with particular attention to the intertwining of musical style, social function, and monarchial agenda. The repertory under consideration will include the music of the Eton Choirbook, early Tudor songbooks, liturgical works of Tallis and Byrd, Jacobean masque, and sacred, instrumental, and dramatic works by Henry Purcell. An introduction to primary sources will also inform class discourse. Enrollment Limit: 10 Instructor: S. Plank Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Graduate standing or the consent of the instructor. Cross List Information MHST 303
MLIT 215 - Piano Literature Semester Offered: First Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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: 30 Instructor: S. Schultze Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently,) or consent of the instructor.
MLIT 216 - Piano Literature Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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: 30 Instructor: S. Schultze Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MHST 101 and MUTH 231 (can be taken concurrently), or consent of the instructor
MLIT 220 - The Lied Next Offered: Fall 2014, Fall 2016… Semester Offered: First Semester (Alternate Years) Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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: 35 Instructor: P. Highfill Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes One semester of German. (May be waived for pianists.)
MUED 103 - String Pedagogy Next Offered: Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Semester Offered: First Semester & Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Erwin Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes APST 273 or concurrent enrollment, or status as a string performance major.
MUED 206 - Choral Methods Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUED 102, APST 260 or 262.
MUED 300 - Teaching Music to Adolescents and Lab Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes APST 260.
MUED 502 - Review of Research in Music Teaching Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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: 5 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 504 - Musician & Teacher: The Pedagogy of Contemporary Music Teaching Next Offered: Ad Hoc Fall 2014 Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module FC Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
This course is designed for artist-teachers who will explore (1) strategies for teaching in diverse teaching settings; (2) music-making experiences in addition to traditional ensembles (technology, alternative instruments, improvisation/composition); (3) resources for teaching music in a variety of music teaching settings; (4) foundations and current trends of music teaching and learning in global contexts; and (5) strategies for becoming effective communicators and facilitators. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUED 504 is open to all students AND is required for MMT students.
MUED 506 - Choral Methods Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Entry in MMT Program.
MUED 508 - Instrumental Methods I Next Offered: Fall 2014 Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Erwin, D. Eddleman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Entry in MMT Program.
MUED 509 - Instrumental Methods II Next Offered: Spring 2017 Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Full Course Credits: 4 credits Attribute: CDNP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Erwin, D. Eddleman Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUED 508.
MUED 510 - Teaching Music to Adolescents Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 511 - Teaching Music to Children Semester Offered: First Semester, First Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 512 - Technology for Teachers Next Offered: Summer 2015, 2017 Semester Offered: Summer (Every Other Year) HC Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 513 - Student Teaching and Seminar I Semester Offered: First Semester, Second Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: P. Bennett Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUED 506, MUED 510.
MUED 514 - Student Teaching and Seminar II Semester Offered: Second Semester, Second Module Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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. Enrollment Limit: 5 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes MUED 506, MUED 510.
MUED 516 - Reading in the Content Area Next Offered: Summer 2016 Semester Offered: Summer Full Credit Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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: Con Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 517 - Psychology of Musical Behaviors Next Offered: Summer 2016 Semester Offered: Summer Full Credit Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
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 Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 518 - Community Music Internship and Seminar Next Offered: WT 201591 Semester Offered: Winter Term Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
This course is required for the MMT degree and is suitable for all Conservatory students who wish to gain an introduction to the foundations of music teaching. This course includes experiences observing and student teaching in community music school settings; seminars taught by Music Education faculty and guest community music personnel; discussions of teaching strategies for special-needs and typically developing students; and information about administrative issues surrounding community music organization, development, and maintenance. This course will also include reading, analysis, and discussion of scholarly articles related to topics presented in class. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Erwin Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes
MUED 520 - Final Professional Portfolio Project Next Offered: Summer 2016 Semester Offered: Summer HC Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
In this course, MMT students will compile documentation that demonstrates their musical, scholarly, and pedagogical proficiency in compliance with the Ohio Dept. of education and the MMT assessment standards. Further, this course is a capstone project that includes (1) preparing two term papers (one research, on a community music project) based on the student’s experiences in the MMT courses prior to the second summer of study and (2) compiling video clips for a DVD that illustrates students’ practice teaching in a variety of teaching settings. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Kerchner Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Completion of MUED 518, MUED 502, music education methods courses, instructor approval.
MUTH 101 - Aural Skills I Semester Offered: First Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Development of aural understanding through singing, conducting, improvisation, and listening. The melodic line, simple two-line combinations, rhythmic phrases, scales and triads, tonic predominant and dominant arpeggiation, diatonic intervals, simple and compound meters, treble and bass clefs, cadences, phrases, sentences and periods. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1.
Co-requisite: MUTH 130 or 131.
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject.
MUTH 102 - Aural Skills II Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A continuation of MUTH 101. Arpeggiation of all diatonic triads, the leading-tone seventh chord, and the Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords; major-minor mode mixture; tonicization of or modulation to V in major and III in minor, diatonic sequences, more elaborate divisions of the beat, polyrhythm, small binary forms, introduction to the alto clef. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 101, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 1/2.
Co-requisite: MUTH 132.
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject.
MUTH 130 - Intensive Music Theory I Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Intensive review of the rudiments of music including: clefs, notation, meters and their signatures; key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and seventh chords. Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chords (including inversions); and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Meets four days per week. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1.
Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
MUTH 131 - Music Theory I Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Tonic, dominant, leading-tone, subdominant, submediant, and supertonic triads; the dominant-seventh chord (including inversions); the leading-tone diminished seventh chord and the cadential six-four chord. Introduction to phrase and period structure. Analytical and writing skills are introduced and developed. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes Prerequisites & Notes Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1.
Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 132 - Music Theory II Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of MUTH 130 or 131, including remaining diatonic triads, supertonic leading-tone and subdominant seventh chords, tonicization of V in major and minor and of III in minor; applied chords; modal mixture, Neopolitan and augmented-sixth chords, special six-three and six-four chord usages; small binary and ternary forms. Analytical and writing skills are developed. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 130 or 131, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 2.
Co-requisite: MUTH 102.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
MUTH 201 - Aural Skills III Semester Offered: First Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A continuation of MUTH 102. Imitation, diatonic modulation to all closely related keys, chromatic modulation, aural analysis of short pieces, more complex meters, the tenor clef. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 102, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3.
Co-requisite: MUTH 231.
Preference given to students for whom aural skills is a required subject .
MUTH 202 - Aural Skills IV Semester Offered: Second Semester Half Course Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A continuation of MUTH 201. Chromaticism, trichords and atonal melodies, quintuplets and septuplets, unequal beats, all chromatic simple and compound intervals from any degree of the scale, aural analysis of longer pieces, improvisation emphasizing memorization and sense of form, score reading with at least two simultaneous C clefs, score memorization. Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 201, or placement by Aural Skills/Sight-Singing Test 3.
Co-requisite: MUTH 232.
Preference given to student for whom aural skills is a required subject.
MUTH 210 - Eurhythmics Next Offered: Last Offered Spring 2015 (MUTH 210)
Last Offered Spring 2016 (CNST 210)
Next Offered Spring 2017 (MUTH 210) Semester Offered: Second Semester HC Credits: 2 Credits Attribute: CNDP
A study of music based on the principles of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze that engages the moving body to develop the perception of rhythm, melody, phrasing, and form. Other emphases include internalization of the rhythmic sense, development of precision in ensemble work and of physical coordination as it applies to the student’s performing medium. The class focuses on three components: movement-to-music, solfege-eurhythmics, and improvisation. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: G. Ristow Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MUTH 130 or 131, and MUTH 101, or the equivalent.
MUTH 231 - Music Theory III Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of MUTH 132, including diatonic and chromatic modulation; introduction to sonata form. Analytical and writing skills are developed. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum grade of C- in MUTH 132, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 3.
Co-requisite: MUTH 201.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 232 - Music Theory IV Semester Offered: Second Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP
Continuation of MUTH 231 emphasizing chromatic harmony and techniques of 20th-century music. Enrollment Limit: 20 Instructor: Staff Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes Minimum of C- in MUTH 231, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 4.
Co-requisite: MUTH 202.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 315 - Listening to and Analyzing Rock Next Offered: Fall 2016 - AD HOC Semester Offered: First Semester Full Course Credits: 4 Credits Attribute: CNDP/DDHU
Rock music, along with its related styles, has had a significant musical influence on many types of musical practice over the past several decades. What type of listening and analytical skills can we bring to it? How might these skills help us listen more deeply to music from other genres? In this class we will learn how to closely listen to and analyze rock and recent popular songs, focusing on the period from the 1960s to the mid 1990s. When listening, we will learn to attend to:
-phrase rhythm and hypermeter
-rock’s multiple systems of tonality and voice leading Enrollment Limit: 18 Instructor: D. Heetderks Consent of the Instructor Required: No Prerequisites & Notes MUTH 202 & MUTH 232.
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Division of Music Theory
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No active Courses available.
Division of Musicology
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Division of Strings
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Artist Diploma
Undergraduate Study
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Division of Vocal Studies
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Graduate Study
Undergraduate Study
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Division of Winds, Brass, and Percussion
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Graduate Study
Undergraduate Study
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon)
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Percussion)
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
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Minor in Performance (Horn)
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Minor in Performance (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba)
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Performance Diploma (Winds, Brass, Percussion)
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