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MUED 518 - Community Music Internship and Seminar Semester Offered: Winter Term Credits (Range): 3 Hours 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 Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
MUED 519 - Principles of Education Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Foundations of education with emphasis on examination of current educational issues in a historical context and identification of underlying philosophical assumptions. Instructor: P. Bennett Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Entry in MMT Program
MUED 520 - Final Professional Portfolio Project Semester Offered: Summer Credits (Range): 2 In this course, MMT students will compile documentation that demonstrates theeir 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 inclues (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 Prerequisites & Notes Completion of MUED 518, MUED 502, music education methods courses, instructor approval.
MUTH 101 - Aural Skills I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: 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.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUTH 102 - Aural Skills II Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: 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.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUTH 130 - Intensive Music Theory I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1.
Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
MUTH 131 - Music Theory I Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Placement by Music Theory Placement Test 1.
Co-requisite: MUTH 101.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 132 - Music Theory II Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 130 or 131 or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 2.
Co-requisite: MUTH 102.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject .
MUTH 201 - Aural Skills III Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: 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 .
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUTH 202 - Aural Skills IV Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 1 Hour 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. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: 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.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUTH 211 - Eurhythmics Semester Offered: Second Semester, First and Second Module Credits (Range): 1 hour A study of music based on the principles of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze emphasizing the development, by means of physical motion, of sensitivity to rhythm, melody, phrasing, form, etc. Other emphases include the internalization of the rhythmic sense and the development of precision in ensemble work and of physical coordination as it applies to the student’s performing medium. Instructor: H. Henke Prerequisites & Notes Preference given to Conservatory students and College music majors
Enrollment Limit: 12
MUTH 231 - Music Theory III Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Continuation of MUTH 132, including diatonic and chromatic modulation; introduction to sonata form. Analytical and writing skills are developed. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 132 or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 3.
Co-requisite: MUTH 201.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 232 - Music Theory IV Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Continuation of MUTH 231 emphasizing chromatic harmony and techniques of 20th-century music. Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 231, or a passing score on Music Theory Placement Test 4.
Co-requisite: MUTH 202.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Preference given to students for whom music theory is a required subject.
MUTH 317 - Music and Embodied Cognition Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours
This course explores the relationship between musical experience and conceptualization. Starting from basic embodied experience, this course explores how music generates affect -how and why different works and styles have different feels-and how the experience and feel of music motivate and ground traditional and novel concepts. The approach is interdisciplinary, with readings drawn from: perception and cognition (general and musical); ancient and modern philosophy and music theory; human development (ontogenetic and phylogenetic); cognitive neuroscience; cognitive linguistics; and musicology, including gender issues pertaining to music. Written coursework includes 1) responses to readings, 2) brief analyses of works and styles, and 3) a term paper. Instructor: A. Cox
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: Junior standing and instructor consent.
Enrollment limit: 20.
MUTH 325 - Counterpoint Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours A species approach to strict counterpoint, designed to acquaint students with fundamental voice-leading techniques of music from the 16th through the 19th century. The course explores the foundations of counterpoint, through the five species; students study contrapuntal techniques through two- and three-part written exercises, class discussion, and two-part dictation. Students examine passages from the literature to ascertain the relationship of strict counterpoint to free composition. Instructor: J. Hartt Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 232
Consent of instructor required
Enrollment Limit: 15
MUTH 326 - The Music of Ravel Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Ravel’s music is inspired both by that of his contemporaries and by such diverse influences as gamelan music, Russian octatonicism, Basque folk music, orientalism, jazz, and the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. His harmonic language, though overall tonal at least in his early works, combines non-tonal elements—such as symmetrical chords drawn from nondiatonic collections—with complex dissonant diatonic harmonies. While his forms are creative adaptations of older models from the Baroque and Classical periods, his sophisticated motivic and thematic ideas and their transformations owe much to the spirit of the early twentieth century.
This course traces the various sources on which Ravel drew for inspiration and explores why, despite the diversity of his models, Ravel always sounds unmistakably like Ravel. Our textbook will be The Cambridge Companion to Ravel, ed. Deborah Mawer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Instructor: S. Heinzelmann Prerequisites & Notes Must have passed MUTH 232.
Enrollment Limit: 20
MUTH 340 - Form and Analysis Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course developing techniques of analysis that apply to standard tonal forms. Structural principles underlying the binary, ternary, rondo and sonata forms (including the concerto) are studied in detail. Instructor: J. Lubben, A. Cadwallader Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 232.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Not open to students who have taken MUTH 343 (String Quartet) or 345 (Mozart).
MUTH 342 - Rhythmic Theory Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours This course introduces several topics in contemporary rhythmic theory. Emphasis is placed on analytical skills applicable to performance. The first module focuses on metric hierarchy in tonal music. Topics include the distinction between grouping and meter, hypermeter, metric dissonance/resolution, and the relation between metric and tonal hierarchies. The second module covers contemporary and world-music repertoires, and focuses on non-hierarchical metric structures. Topics include irregular pulses, stable polymeters, phase shifts, mensural theories, and simple mathematical models. Instructor: J. Lubben Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 232.
Consent of the instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
MUTH 343 - The String Quartet Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A course in 18th and early 19th century musical form, as manifested in the string quartets of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. All standard forms except concerto are studied, including binary, ternary, minuet and trio, sonata and rondo; however, the emphasis is upon sonata-based compositions. Class participation and five short analytical papers are required. Instructor: W. Darcy Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MUTH 232.
Consent of the instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
Not open to students who have taken MUTH 340 (Form and Analysis) or 345 (Mozart).
MUTH 361 - The Visible in Music Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Attribute: CNDP Sound and image are commonly assumed to be discrete concepts, reflecting a fundamental separation of the eye and the ear. Yet visual images play a significant role in musical experience: visual methods of transcription, recording, and analysis have been a feature of musical practice since the invention of notation; musicians frequently collaborate with practitioners in the visual arts in multimedia, opera, film, and theater; and even in “purely musical” works, visual imagery plays a fundamental role in the perception of musical meaning.
This course surveys some of the ways that music and visuality interact. The course is divided into three main segments: In the first segment we will evaluate the reputed abstractness of musical sound in light of theories of hybridity and purity. In the second segment we will analyze selected musical works, ranging from C.P.E. Bach to Stravinsky; here our analyses will be informed by a combination of music theories and relevant documents from visual culture. The third segment of the course focuses on some hybrid forms of “eye music” in the 20th century. Students will complete weekly reading, listening, and analysis assignments; three short model-composition exercises; and an individual research project. Instructor: R. Leydon Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MUTH 232, MUTH 202
Enrollment Limite: 18
MUTH 373 - Experimental Music and the Avant Garde Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 The course explores musical practices that have been understood as “avant garde” from the late 19th century to the present. Specific musical techniques and the broader aesthetic projects of a variety of innovatiive musical styles are investigated through close study of recordings, scores and readings. Some topics include: late works of Beethoven and Liszt (explored in terms of their latent modernity), music of Satie and his circle, works based on unusual tuning and temperament systems (including Harry Partch and LaMonte Young), selected works by Cage, Varese, Nancarrow, Ligeti, Crumb, Gubaidulina, Saariaho, as well as post-war serialism, minimalism, acoustic ecology (including music by Pauline Oliveros and R. Murray Schafer), and “avant-pop”. Instructor: R. Leydon Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: MUTH 232 and MUTH 202.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Consent of instructor required.
MUTH 410 - Senior Project in Theory: Reading Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Extensive readings in theoretical literature under the supervision of a project supervisor. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Consent from Division Director required for those with junior status.
Enrollment Limit: Open only to Music Theory majors with senior or junior status.
MUTH 411 - Senior Project in Theory: Thesis Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A major analysis project carried out under the supervision of a project supervisor. Instructor: Staff Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 410.
Consent of instructor required.
Approval of continuation in the Music Theory major from the Division Director is also required.
Enrollment Limit: Open only to Music Theory majors .
MUTH 415 - Analysis and Performance Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours Wri
The course focuses on the analysis and performance of tonal and non-tonal music, paying particular attention to the ways in which analysis informs interpretation and performance. Class participation (with opportunities for in-class performance) and several analytical papers are required; writing is a crucial element of the course. Instructor: B. Alegant Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 16.
MUTH 455 - The Music of Mahler Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 hours This course focuses upon selected works of Gustav Mahler: early piano Lieder, the song cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, and the first four symphonies. These compositions are subjected to close analytical scrutiny. Students will learn how to come to grips with the complex tonal and formal issues underlying these works. Particular attention will be given to Mahler’s use of rotational form, teleological genesis, fantasy projection, and structural deformations such as the breakthrough and the off-tonic sonata. Instructor: W. Darcy Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: MUTH 232. Class participation and four analytical papers are required. Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 20.
OPTH 202 - Intro to Opera: Performing Techniques Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 to 3 Hours A two-semester course in the fundamentals of acting for the singer, emphasizing techniques of body movement through exercise and pantomimes; preparation and performance of opera scenes which stress ensemble work. Instructor: V. Vaughan Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 25.
Prerequisites: OPTH 202 is prerequisite to OPTH 203. (An equivalent introductory acting course may be substituted for OPTH 202 as a prerequisite to OPTH 203.)
Open to singers and to pianists interested in accompanying opera; sophomore status required.
OPTH 203 - Introduction to Opera: Performing Techniques Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 to 3 Hours A two-semester course in the fundamentals of acting for the singer, emphasizing techniques of body movement through exercise and pantomimes; preparation and performance of opera scenes which stress ensemble work. Open to singers and to pianists interested in accompanying opera; sophomore status required.
Instructor: V. Vaughan Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: OPTH 202 is prerequisite to OPTH 203. (An equivalent introductory acting course may be substituted for OPTH 202 as a prerequisite to OPTH 203.)
Enrollment Limit: 25.
OPTH 304 - Production Project: Stage Management Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Serving as assistant stage manager for a major Opera Theater production. Consent of instructor required. Enrollment Limit: 4. Instructor: V. Vaughan Prerequisites & Notes May be repeated for credit. P/NP or CR/NE grading.
OPTH 305 - Opera Workshop Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of OPTH 202, 203. Emphasis is placed on eighteenth century period style, acting techniques unique to opera, and recitative; requirements include preparation and performance of opera scenes. Instructor: V. Vaughan Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites and Notes Prerequisite: OPTH 203.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
OPTH 306 - Opera Workshop Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of OPTH 202, 203. Emphasis is placed on nineteenth- and twentieth-century period styles, acting techniques unique to opera, and spoken dialogue; requirements include preparation and performance of opera scenes. Instructor: J. Field
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: OPTH 203.
Enrollment Limit: 10.
OPTH 400 - Performance Project Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 2 Hours Public performance of a major role with the Opera Theater or musical and dramatic preparation of an operatic role, selected by the instructor with the approval of the voice teacher. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Enrollment Limit: 12.
May be repeated for credit.
OPTH 404 - Seminar in Opera Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of OPTH 305, 306. Advanced work in role preparation, including individual class presentations of research projects on selected operas, audition techniques, preparation and performance of opera scenes. Emphasis is placed on becoming familiar with operas in the standard repertory and selected contemporary works. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 10.
Prerequisite: OPTH 305, 306.
OPTH 405 - Seminar in Opera Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A continuation of OPTH 305, 306. Advanced work in role preparation, including individual class presentations of research projects on selected operas, audition techniques, preparation and performance of opera scenes; acting in a foreign language. Emphasis is placed on becoming familiar with operas in the standard repertory and selected contemporary works. Instructor: J. Field
Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: OPTH 305, 306.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 10.
OPTH 406 - Seminar in Directing Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A study of the steps in mounting a production, from title selection through use of scenery, lights, and costumes to performance; discussion of major historical figures in the development of opera stage direction; projects in directing. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
Prerequisites: OPTH 305, 306.
OPTH 407 - Seminar in Directing Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours A study of the steps in mounting a production, from title selection through use of scenery, lights, and costumes to performance; discussion of major historical figures in the development of opera stage direction; projects in directing. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: OPTH 305, 306.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
OPTH 500 - Advanced Seminar in Opera Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Advanced study in role development, performance practice, and professional development, including research and repeated public performances. Off-campus performances may be scheduled. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
Prerequisites: OPTH 404, 405.
Open only to fifth-year students, special students, and candidates for the Artist Diploma.
OPTH 501 - Advanced Seminar in Opera Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Advanced study in role development, performance practice, and professional development, including research and repeated public performances. Off-campus performances may be scheduled. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisites: OPTH 404, 405.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
Open only to fifth-year students, special students, and candidates for the Artist Diploma.
OPTH 502 - Research Project in Opera Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An advanced project of directed research into an opera (its sources, period, libretto, and composer) culminating in a major paper. Includes preparation for the comprehensive examination required of master’s degree candidates. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
Prerequisites: OPTH 305, 306. Completion of OPTH 404, 405 recommended.
Concurrent enrollment in OPTH 404, 405, subject to approval of instructor.
Priority is given to candidates for the master’s degree in Opera Theater.
OPTH 503 - Research Project in Opera Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An advanced project of directed research into an opera (its sources, period, libretto, and composer) culminating in a major paper. Includes preparation for the comprehensive examination required of master’s degree candidates. Instructor: J. Field Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: OPTH 305, 306.
Completion of OPTH 404, 405 recommended.
Concurrent enrollment in OPTH 404, 405, subject to approval of instructor.
Priority is given to candidates for the master’s degree in Opera Theater.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 4.
TECH 067 - Problems In: Margin Release: The Oberlin New Media Lectures This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Studio Art Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 HU Margin Release is a course divided into three sections, each exploring a different sub-genre within the over-arching enigmatic world of “new media.” Each section culminates in a public lecture and class visit from a prominent new media artist, who will discuss how their work relates to the genre. For the month leading up to each visit, students will study seminal videos, sound pieces, and texts relating to the upcoming lecture. Consent of the instructor is required. Enrollment Limit: 12. Instructor: J. Christensen Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 067
TECH 068 - (E)CAMP: (Experimental) Collaborations in Art/Music/Performance Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Attribute: 3 DDHU This course focuses on the collaborative development and realization of cross-disciplinary, interactive installations. This is an upper level class for advanced students in TIMARA and in the Department of Art who are interested in using media-rich installation to its full expressive potential. We will engage in critical exploration of recent trends in the field and will hone skills and tools for contemporary installation practice. Students will work with partners/teams from outside their home department. Enrollment Limit: 14. Instructor: J. Christensen Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with ARTS 068
TECH 101 - Sonic Arts 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 focuses on the composition of electroacoustic music and is geared toward high school students interested in expanding their technical and creative resources. Topics will include digital audio editing and manipulation, real-time computer music performance techniques, and discussion of pieces from the field’s growing repertoire. The program will cover issues of interest to young composers heading towards conservatory studies and also non-musicians who are interested in experimenting with electronic and computer music. Enrollment Limit: 18 Instructor: T. Lopez & P. Swendsen Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes Prerequisites & Notes Pass/No Pass
21 Hours for 1 week
TECH 170 - Electroacoustic Interpretation and Performance Practice Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 This course will serve as a performer-focused introduction to the interpretation of electroacoustic music. We will examine compositions scored for instrument(s) with CD playback, instrument(s) with live electronics, and instrument(s) with other media. In addition to adding such pieces to your repertoire, you will learn the necessary technology to bring them to life in performance. We will cover the relevant uses of microphones, mixers, speakers, and computer software, while also attending to important theoretical and conceptual approaches to electroacoustic performance practice. The course will be particularly relevant to those interested in preparing electroacoustic works for their junior or senior recital. Enrollment Limit: 12 Instructor: P. Swendsen Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes
TECH 201 - Electro-acoustic Studio Techniques Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours An introduction to the studio environment. Practical work includes analog sound models, MIDI, digital audio, DAT and ADAT, synthesis techniques, sequencing and sound editing on the computer. Introduction to working with additional media in the studio and on the Internet. Survey of historical and contemporary practice in the field, exploration of analytical and critical techniques. Preference given to students for whom this course is required. Instructor: T. Lopez Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
TECH 202 - Real-time Techniques Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Creation and transcription of music for performance under computer control. Introduction to MAX, an object-oriented, interactive musical programming language. Concept and design of computer instruments. Introduction to theories of digital sound generation, sampling, and editing. Investigation of timbre synthesis by means of frequency modulation. Practical work with computers. Projects emphasizing individual creative goals. Instructor: P. Bloland Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: TECH 201.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
TECH 203 - Advanced Electro-acoustic Music Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Investigation of theoretical aspects of digital synthesis (sampling theory, signal processing, and program design). Concepts in elementary mathematics will be introduced. Discussion and application of algorithms for computer-assisted composition. Investigation of real-time techniques using the Macintosh computer, MIDI, and digital sound synthesizers. Individual creative projects stressing the unique capabilities of digital music systems. Instructor: P. Swendsen Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: TECH 202.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
TECH 204 - Performance Technology Workshop Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Concentration on realtime technologies and performance issues. Emphasis on creative work outside the studio with a requirement for at least two public performances. Topics include performance issues in the field, performance technologies not already covered in previous courses, realtime sonic and visual systems, realtime motion sensing, performative gesture, and ensemble and collaboration issues. Students will engage frequently in self-critique and class critique. Instructor: P. Blasser Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: TECH 203.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
TECH 300 - Analog and Digital Circuit Design Semester Offered: Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Introduction to Electronics in Audio
An introduction to the electronics used in simple Audio circuits. Circuit components such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, opamps and audio IC chips will be covered. Audio circuits using these components will be analyzed using Ohm’s Law and simple algebra. In weekly labs students will learn to use circuit tools such as the multimeter, protoboard, oscilloscope, soldering, spec sheets, and circuit simulation software. No prerequisite.
Enrollment Limit: 15 Instructor: J. Talbert Prerequisites & Notes Consent of instructor required.
TECH 330 - Studio Recording Semester Offered: First Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Theory and application of studio equipment to the recording of acoustic and electronic musical instruments. Use of recording equipment including multi-track tape recorders, analog and digital tape recorders, mixing consoles, signal processing devices, and microphones. Projects will include multi-track recordings, direct to stereo recordings, and advanced tape editing. Instructor: T. Wiggins Prerequisites & Notes Prerequisite: Junior standing in the TIMARA major.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 10.
TECH 350 - Workshop in Music and Media Technologies This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) : Comparative Literature Semester Offered: First and Second Semester Credits (Range): 3 Hours Advanced workshops in the use of technological media in composition, performance, interactive media, and interdisciplinary contexts. Emphasis on creation of original works and solution of performance problems of analog, digital, and hybrid music systems, and the use of technological media in a variety of contexts. Contact each instructor for specific details. Instructor: P. Bloland, P. Swendsen, T. Lopez, P. Blasser Prerequisites & Notes Note: May be repeated for credit.
Consent of instructor required.
Enrollment Limit: 15.
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Conservatory Studies and Interdivisional Programs/Courses
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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
Consent of Intructor required.
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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Division of Conducting and Ensembles
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Division of Contemporary Music
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Division of Keyboard Studies
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Division of Music Education
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Division of Music Theory
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Division of Musicology
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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
Division of Strings
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Division of Vocal Studies
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Division of Winds, Brass, and Percussion
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Bachelor of Music: Performance (Classical Saxophone)
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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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Historical Performance Program
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Opera Theater Department
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