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MUSA 1101 - Piano: Elective (non-major in music)

Credits:	2.0 -4.0 [max 32.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Private instruction. prereq: dept consent

MUSA 1104 - Voice: Elective (non-major in music)

Credits:	2.0 -4.0 [max 32.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Private instruction. prereq: dept consent

MUSA 1123 - Guitar: Elective (non-major in music)

Credits:	2.0 -4.0 [max 32.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Private instruction. prereq: dept consent

MUS 1051 - Class Piano for Nonmusic Majors I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

A beginning course for non-music majors with little or no keyboard background. Emphasis on basic functional skills, such as reading, harmonizing, playing by ear, and improvising, along with basic technique, elementary repertoire, and music theory (written). Taught by graduate assistants in an electronic multi-piano lab. Includes lecture, group and individual performance, and some individual instruction. Outside practice is required.

MUS 1052 - Class Piano for Non Music Majors II

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	OPT No Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Continuation of MUS 1051. Emphasis on basic functional skills, such as reading, harmonizing, playing by ear, and improvising, along with basic technique, elementary repertoire, and music theory (written). Taught by graduate assistants in an electronic multi-piano lab. Includes lecture, group and individual performance, and some individual instruction. Outside practice is required.

MUS 1151 - Piano: Class Lessons I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

A beginning course for freshman music majors or minors with limited keyboard backgrounds. Taught by graduate assistants in an electronic piano lab. Emphasis is on functional skills, such as reading, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, and playing by ear, along with keyboard theory, technique, and repertoire. Includes lecture, group and individual performance, and some individual instruction. Students with previous piano backgrounds should contact the School of Music for information regarding placement. prereq: undergraduate music major or music minor status.

MUS 1152 - Piano: Class Lessons II

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Continuation of MUS 1151, a beginning course for music majors or minors with limited keyboard backgrounds. Taught by graduate assistants in an electronic piano lab. Emphasis is on functional skills, such as reading, transposing, harmonizing, improvising, and playing by ear, along with keyboard theory, technique, and repertoire. Includes lecture, group and individual performance, and some individual instruction. Students with previous piano backgrounds should contact the School of Music for information regarding placement prereq: MUS 1151 or instr consent

MUS 1260 - Voice Class

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The fundamentals of speech and singing including information about the vocal instrument, the vocal process, vocal technique, and how to learn and perform three simple songs. prereq: Basic musicianship for learning and performing simple songs. In this context, basic musicianship means: 1. Ability to match pitch 2. Ability to repeat and read simple a simple rhythm. 3. Ability to learn a song independently from sheet music.

MUS 1471 - Guitar: Class Lessons I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Fundamentals for the beginning guitarist; progressive development of skills. Basic strumming techniques, harmonizations in basic keys. Students must furnish acoustic guitar.

MUS 1472 - Guitar: Class Lessons II

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Fundamentals for the beginning guitarist; progressive development of skills. Advanced strumming techniques, bass runs, finger-picking strums. Students must furnish acoustic guitar. prereq: 1471 or instr consent

MUS 1475 - Beginning Ukulele

Credits:	2.0 [max 4.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course is intended as an introduction to beginning ukulele techniques employed in contemporary songs. This will involve learning basic open and bar chords, learning how to read music and play it on the instrument, as well as learning basic ukulele finger style technique. The course will also cover basic music theory necessary for a) playing songs and b) getting basic fret board knowledge.

MUS 3261 - Italian Diction for Singers

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

The sounds and symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet, rules for correct Italian lyric diction, rudimentary Italian grammar, the meanings of Italian musical expressive markings, and Italian words most commonly found in song texts. prereq: Voice or choral music major, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in applied voice

MUS 3262 - English Diction for Singers

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

English lyric diction for performance of classical vocal music. Use International Phonetic Alphabet for standard transcriptions of song texts, compile a discography of British/American art songs, perform songs in class, and prepare poetry for oral presentation and improvisation. prereq: Voice or choral music major, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in applied voice

MUS 3263 - German Diction for Singers

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles and practice of German lyric diction for classical vocal music. Transcriptions of German Lieder into International Phonetic Alphabet, elementary German grammar and common song vocabulary, 4 to 5 German songs performed in class for critique, and rules for pronunciation. prereq: Voice or choral music major, concurrent registration is required (or allowed) in applied voice

MUS 3264 - French Diction for Singers

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Principles and practice of French lyric diction for classical vocal music. Transcriptions of French m�lodie into International Phonetic Alphabet, elementary French grammar and common song vocabulary, 4 to 5 French songs performed in class for critique, and rules for pronunciation. prereq: Voice or choral music major, concurrent enroll in applied voice

MUS 3200 - Campus Singers

Credits:	2.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Campus Singers is a non-auditioned ensemble and open to all members of the University community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The Campus Singers sing diverse repertoire from various periods/cultures.

MUS 3230 - Chorus

Credits:	1.0 -2.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Includes the University Women's Chorus, Men's Chorus, Concert Choir, and Choral Union. Choirs participate in a variety of programs exploring both Western and non-Western repertoire from the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Concerts include touring, and collaborative campus and community performances. prereq: Choral and/or instrumental music background, audition, instr consent

MUS 3340 - Jazz Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

A 20-member performing organization covering significant jazz compositions and arrangements written specifically for this medium. prereq: Audition, instr consent

MUS 3350 - Jazz Combo

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

A performance laboratory class with emphasis on improvisation and learning the jazz vocabulary. A minimum of two public performances is required each semester. prereq: Audition, instr consent

MUS 3380 - Gospel Choir

Credits:	2.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Gospel Choir is a non-auditioned choral ensemble open to all members of the University community, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Throughout the semester, students will perform in choral department concerts, observe and critique musical performances, and demonstrate improved musicianship. The music performed will cover a wide range of musical styles and will help students develop improved vocal skills. Students explore history of gospel music through experiential/participatory songs, field songs, songs of struggle, Southern, traditional, and contemporary songs. Pre-req: Although no audition is required, all students will be heard privately by the instructor during the first week of class for voice placement in the choir. Additionally, a survey will be taken at the beginning of the semester to assess students' prior musical experiences.

MUS 3400 - University and Campus Bands

Credits:	2.0 [max 20.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

University Band- The University Band is comprised of woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians in disciplines across the university. This ensemble studies and prepares standard and contemporary wind band repertoire and performs four concerts each year. Please consult with the Ensemble Library in Ferguson Hall for more details on the rehearsal and performance schedule. Placement in the ensemble is determined through an audition; all university students are eligible to audition. The Gold/Maroon/North Star Campus Bands- The Gold/Maroon/North Star Campus Bands comprise woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians from all disciplines across the university. Consisting primarily of non-music majors, this ensemble is intended as a way for students outside the School of Music to continue performing in college. Music majors are also encouraged to perform in this ensemble on a secondary instrument. This ensemble studies and prepares standard and contemporary wind band repertoire and performs two concerts per semester. No audition is required to join the Gold Campus Band, though basic proficiency on a traditional band instrument and fluency in reading notated music is a requirement

MUS 3410 - University Wind Bands

Credits:	1.0 [max 14.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The University Wind Ensemble is comprised of the university?s finest graduate and undergraduate woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians. This ensemble prepares a wide variety of repertoire composed from the early Renaissance through today and performs concerts on and off campus throughout the year. The ensemble participates in special activities, events, projects, and collaborations with featured guest artists. The University Wind Ensemble and University Symphony Orchestra share musicians and rehearse on alternating block schedules during the semester (a project-focused schedule). Please consult with the Ensemble Library in Ferguson Hall for more details on the rehearsal and performance schedule. Placement in the ensemble is determined through an audition; all university students are eligible to audition. The Symphonic Band is comprised of woodwind, brass, and percussion musicians in music disciplines as well as other disciplines across the university. This ensemble studies and prepares standard and contemporary wind band repertoire and performs concerts on and off campus throughout the year. Many performances are shared with guest ensembles and/or featured guest artists. Please consult with the Ensemble Library in Ferguson Hall for more details on the rehearsal and performance schedule. Placement in the ensemble is determined through an audition; all university students are eligible to audition. prereq: Audition, instr consent

MUS 3420 - Orchestra

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Symphony orchestra performs standard repertory and major works with chorus; concerts and tour appearances. Players from all colleges may participate. prereq: Audition, instr consent

MUS 3430 - Campus Orchestra

Credits:	2.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Three campus orchestras perform standard and contemporary orchestral literature. Non-Music-Major Wind, Brass, Percusssion, and String Players from all colleges may participate. prereq: Non-music major or unable to register for University Orchestra

MUS 3440 - Chamber Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Performance of chamber music; duos, trios, quartets, quintets, and other ensemble combinations for instruments and voices. prereq: instr consent

MUS 3480 - Marching Band

Credits:	2.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

One of the premiere marching bands in the country, the University of Minnesota Marching Band ?The Pride of Minnesota? is comprised of 320 students from colleges and departments across the university. The UMMB performs at all home Gopher Football games as well as at other events throughout the semester. Please consult the Band Department for more details on the rehearsal and performance schedule. Placement in the ensemble is determined through an audition; all university students are eligible to audition. prereq: instr consent

MUS 3490 - Athletics Bands

Credits:	1.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Each of the three pep bands perform at approximately 25 regular season events between late September and early March (roughly 12-13 each semester). In addition, bands perform at several post-season events as the teams progress through conference and NCAA tournaments. Attendance at all pep bands rehearsals is required. Please consult the Band Department for more details on the rehearsal and performance schedule. Placement in the ensemble is determined through an audition; all university students are eligible to audition.

MUS 5250 - Opera Workshop and Ensemble

Credits:	2.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Preparation and performance of operatic arias, choruses, and scenes. Participation in fully staged or workshop productions of music theatre repertoire. prereq: audition, instr consent

MUS 5280 - Opera Theatre

Credits:	2.0 [max 16.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Preparation and performance of fully-staged operatic production. Major involvement in singing, acting, and technical aspects of opera. prereq: audition, instr consent

MUS 5460 - World Music Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 -2.0 [max 16.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Afro-Brazilian/Afro-Caribbean popular repertories. Samba, bossa nova, salsa, merengue, mambo. Planned master classes/clinics with local artists to complement regularly scheduled rehearsals/performances. No audition required.

MUS 5490 - Percussion Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 [max 10.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Practice and performance of standard and contemporary compositions for percussion instruments in various combinations. prereq: instr consent

MUS 5493 - Javanese Gamelan Music Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Hands-on experience in learning to play Javanese gamelan music, one of the great non-western musical traditions that is readily accessible to beginners. Related insights into the role of this tradition in Javanese culture. Open to all students - no musical background needed!

MUS 5494 - West African Music Ensemble

Credits:	1.0 [max 8.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Hands-on experience in learning to play West African music, one of the great non-western musical traditions that is readily accessible to beginners. Also, insights into function, context, structure, gender roles, politics, instruments, life-cycle rites, genres, musical organizations, traditional musicians, and contemporary popular music. Open to all students - no musical background needed!

AFRO 3108 - Black Music: A History of Jazz

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

The development of jazz in America and in the world, with special emphasis given to the roots or jazz in the African American experience.

AFRO 3112 - In the Heart of the Beat: the Poetry of Rap

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Contemporary African American poetry as expressed by popular culture contributors. Students analyze/evaluate poems used in rap, in context of African American literature, American culture, and aesthetics.

AMST 3112 - Prince, Porn, and Public Space: The Cultural Politics of the Twin Cities in the 1980s (DSJ, HIS)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course uses music (especially Prince and the Replacements), debates around pornography/sex, and shifts around access to public space in order to explore the local culture and national importance of the Twin Cities during the 1980s.

MUED 4502 - String Techniques and Teaching

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Playing experience on orchestral string instruments. Historical/acoustical background. Scoring for strings. Principles of improvisation. Basic concepts of teaching. Methods/materials. Techniques of individual/class instruction.

MUED 4503 - Woodwind Techniques and Teaching

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Playing experience on instruments of the woodwind family. Historical/acoustical background. Scoring for brasses. Principles of improvisation. Basic concepts of teaching. Methods/materials. Techniques of individual/class instruction.

MUED 4504 - Brass Techniques and Teaching

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Playing experience on instruments of the brass family. Historical/acoustical background. Scoring for brasses. Principles of improvisation. Basic concepts of teaching. Methods/materials. Techniques of individual/class instruction.

MUED 4505 - Percussion Techniques and Teaching

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Playing experience on percussion instruments. Historical/acoustical background. Scoring for percussion. Principles of improvisation. Basic concepts of teaching. Methods/materials. Techniques of individual/class instruction.

MUED 5101 - Improvisation and Creativity in the Music Classroom

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course will address issues of improvisation, composition, and creativity of critical importance to musicians and music educators, with a strong emphasis on music-theoretical and socio-cultural modes of understanding the meanings and functions of music. Students will gain experience with the creative practices characteristic of a variety of Western and non-Western forms, including those of jazz and Minnesota American Indian music. The workshop format of the class will challenge students to improvise and compose works, present and perform them to their peers, provide and receive constructive feedback, engage and respond to this feedback with reference to clearly articulated statements of artistic intent, and revise the works accordingly. Students will apply insights derived in this manner in final research projects focused on the development of lesson and unit plans. prereq: At least C- in MUS 4504 or instructor permission

MUS 1013 - Rock I: The Historical Origins and Development of Rock Music to 1970 (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Summer

Musical, cultural, historical, social, and political evolution of rock music, from its traceable antecedents in mid-19th century America through the early 1970s. Emphazes manner in which African, European, and other ethnic traditions combined in a uniquely American manner.

MUS 1014 - Rock II: Rock Music from 1970 to the Present (DSJ, AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Musical, cultural, and historical evolution of rock music and related pop forms. Progressive rock, punk, disco, new wave, MTV, heavy metal, hip-hop, grunge, turntable-based styles, women in rock.

MUS 1501 - Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This course begins the core sequence of theory and musicianship courses required of the undergraduate music majors and music minors. In this course, you will develop basic skills in music fundamentals and apply these to counterpoint and analytical exercises. These studies will then also be applied as concrete skills in your musicianship class (MUS 1511 Ear-Training/Sight-Singing I) through identification of musical materials, melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation, and sight-singing. Repertoire for study includes Western Art Music from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as popular musics from the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will hone writing skills in stylistic musical composition and analytical prose. prereq: course must be taken concurrently w/ MUS 1511.

MUS 1502 - Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music II

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

These courses continue the core sequence of undergraduate theory and musicianship courses that are required for the undergraduate music majors and minors. Building upon the skills developed in the earlier courses [MUS 1501, 1511], we will now develop a more complete and sophisticated understanding of the different kinds of tonality that obtain in musics from the 18th century to today. These concepts will then also be applied as concrete skills in musicianship classes (MUS 1512 Ear-Training and Sight Singing II) through melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation; sight-singing and clef reading. Each component emphasizes melodic and harmonic principles of tonality. Co-Requisite: students must concurrently enroll in MUS 1512. prereq: MUS 1501 and MUS 1511 with grade of at least C-

MUS 1511 - Ear-Training and Sight-Singing I

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Introduction to foundations of musicianship. Activities include sight singing in solo and group formats; dictation and/or transcription of melody, rhythm, and harmony, and contextual listening. Students will apply concepts from music theory (MUS1501 Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music I) to the development of their musical skills. Introduction to keyboard skills. prereq: students must concurrently enroll in MUS 1501 Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music I

MUS 1512 - Ear-Training and Sight-Singing II

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

Develop basic musicianship skills in sight-singing, ear-training, and musical vocabulary. Chromatic harmonic, and melodic principles in tonal musics from the 18th century to today. Analyze chromatic progressions, rhythms, melodies, contrapuntal functions. Proficiency in keyboard skills. prereq: MUS 1501 and MUS 1511 with grades of at least C-; concurrently enroll in MUS 1502 Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music II

MUS 1801W - Music, Society, and Cultures (AH, GP, WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Drawing on examples from many different places and times, we will develop an analytic language to address the power of musical performance. We will study various methods of musical enculturation; the connections between politics and musical aesthetics; the ways in which music reinforces and challenges scaffoldings of race, nation, and ethnicity; and the power of music to form ethical subjects. Prereq: Registration for this course is open until the first day of class, at which point instructor consent will be required.

MUS 1804 - World Music (AH, GP)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Musical practice/meaning around the world and in our backyard. World music styles/perspectives in cultural context. Lectures, in-class music making, guest artists, videos, listening. prereq: Registration for this course is open until the first day of class, at which point instructor consent will be required.

MUS 3021 - Introduction to Music (AH)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Mus 1021/3021
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

Survey of European and American .art. and .popular. music in the context of those cultures; aural analyses of musical styles and forms.

MUS 3331 - Jazz Improvisation I

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall

Rudiments; analysis; improvisation on blues in three major keys and standard American popular jazz compositions from swing era to early bebop; applications of major and minor scales; ear training. prereq: Music major or instr consent

MUS 3401 - Basic Conducting

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

The Basic Conducting course explores the many facets of the role of a conductor (within orchestral, wind band, choral areas), conducting philosophies, and conducting and rehearsal techniques for choral and instrumental ensembles. Students explore score study, analysis, gesture, body awareness, and expression. Basic Conducting is offered annually in the spring semester. Pre-req: MUS 1502 (Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music II), music major, music minor, or instructor approval

MUS 3501 - Theory and Analysis of Tonal Music III

Credits:	2.0 [max 2.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Mus 3501/Mus 3501H
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Harmony and voice-leading. Diatonic and basic chromatic chords. Form. Analysis of music from 18th/19th centuries. Co-requisite: intended for concurrent registration with MUS 3511 Ear Training & Sight Singing III. prereq: [MUS 1511, MUS 1512] with grade of at least C- or higher.

MUS 3511 - Ear-Training and Sight-Singing III

Credits:	1.0 [max 1.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation. Sight-singing. Clef reading. Emphasizes chromatic harmony. Co-requisite: course intended for concurrent enrollment in MUS 3501 Tonal Theory III. prereq: [MUS 1502, MUS 1512] with grade of at least C- or higher, or diagnostic test administered by School of Music

MUS 3601W - History of Western Music I (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

This is the first course in the undergraduate music history sequence. We will study music composed over a very broad time span, ca. 800 to 1700, looking at the works' musical structures within the larger contexts of musical style, social/political significance, and broad aesthetic and philosophical movements. In addition, as a writing intensive course, students will hone their writing skills, focusing in particular on listening to and analyzing early music. Pre-reqs: MUS 1501 and MUS 1511

MUS 3602W - History of Western Music II (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

This is the second course in the undergraduate music history sequence. We will study music composed ca. 1700?1880, looking at the works? musical structures within the larger contexts of musical style, social/political significance, and broad aesthetic and philosophical movements. In addition, as a writing intensive course, students will hone their writing skills, focusing in particular on analyzing and writing about music. prereq: MUS 1502, MUS 1512, and MUS 3601 OR instr consent

MUS 3603W - History of Western Music III (WI)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Spring

History of European/American art, popular music traditions, from 1850 to present. Composers, styles, structures, social institutions. prereqs: [MUS 3602W, MUS 3501, MUS 3511] with grades of at least C- or instr consent

MUS 3950 - Topics in Music

Credits:	1.0 -3.0 [max 15.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Each offering focuses on a single topic. Topics specified in Class Schedule.

MUS 5336 - Jazz Arranging

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Beginning techniques of arranging for jazz combo and jazz ensemble; vocal and instrumental. prereq: 3502 or instr consent

MUS 5550 - Class Composition for Performers

Credits:	3.0 [max 12.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

Original works in various forms. Development of individual compositional style in a post-tonal idiom. Various forms, performing forces, techniques. prereq: [4504, 4514 [with C- or better]] or instr consent

MUS 5591 - Introduction to Music Information Technology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles of acoustics, electronic sound generation/manipulation, digital signal processing techniques. Programming languages for digital sound synthesis. Editing software, MIDI applications. prereq: Music grad student or instr consent

MUS 5620 - Topics in Opera History

Credits:	3.0 [max 6.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

Study of specific operas. Development of opera in context of other artistic, social, cultural, political events, movements, changes. Periods/countries vary each semester.

MUS 5807 - Raga Music

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

This seminar is an introduction to the theory and practice of Hindustani raga. Raga is melodic structure and melodic flavor: a secret suffused with affect, image, color, and memory, disclosed through a particular way of listening. Raga has sustained centuries of composition and improvisational practice and inspired a vast literature of poetry, metaphysics, painting, and music theory. We will learn to intuitively discern the identity of common ragas, to rigorously describe their differences in the language of Indian music theory, and to perform their characteristic movements.

MUS 5809 - What Do Voices Do?

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall & Spring

The voice is mysterious. Voice teachers disagree wildly about the best method of voice production; linguists are fascinated by the acoustic complexity of speech; and ethnomusicologists have no comprehensive theory of vocal action that accounts for the hundreds of distinct vocal traditions in the world, or for the great ethical and political power wielded by elevated speech and song. Indeed, political "voice" is often exercised silently (voting, letter writing, silent protest), and submission to political authority is often affirmed vocally (through pledges, songs, and oaths.) This course proceeds optimistically, in the hope that we can find our way through this vocal thicket through historical and ethnographic study, close listening, acoustical analysis, and experimental performance. Students from all disciplines--the natural and human sciences, the humanities, the arts, etc.--are welcome.

MUS 5950 - Topics in Music

Credits:	1.0 -4.0 [max 60.0]
Typically offered:	Periodic Fall, Spring & Summer

Each offering focuses on a single topic. Topics specified in Class Schedule.

MUS 1593 - Making Music With Computers

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall & Spring

This course will provide students with the understanding and skills to create music using computers as well as context for how the work they create relates to historic and current trends in music-making. Topics covered include: -Short overview of the history of electronic and recorded music and how the core ideas translate to current software: microphones, tape, synthesizers, drum machines, MIDI, etc. -Basics of digital audio: underlying concepts as well as platform independent hardware and software setup demonstrations and digital audio file formats -Basic musical terminology and concepts as they directly relate to DAW (digital audio workstation) software: tempo, bars, key, score, piano roll, rhythmic grid, etc. -DAW Plugins: software instruments and effects -How to record and edit MIDI -How to record and edit audio -Audio processing and transformation -Mixing and arranging multi-track sessions: exporting and sharing -Critical listening and analysis skills

MUS 5591 - Introduction to Music Information Technology

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Grading Basis:	A-F or Aud
Typically offered:	Every Fall

Principles of acoustics, electronic sound generation/manipulation, digital signal processing techniques. Programming languages for digital sound synthesis. Editing software, MIDI applications. prereq: Music grad student or instr consent

MUS 3301 - The Music of Black Americans (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3301/Mus 3301
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course examines the variety of ways African and African Americans express social history through music. It will consider the union of African elements and European elements that combined to present a new syncretized African-American product. To do this it is imperative that we explore the diversity of musical "voices" found within the African American culture. This diversity can be seen in the struggles to retain African cultural effects and the desire to be eclectic, creative, and contemporary. Such an approach to the study of the place of Black music in American music corresponds with the criteria of Diversity and Social Justice in the United States Liberal Education. The "multi-layered operation of power, prestige, and privilege" can be understood through an examination of the music of African Americans, which represents both a Free African voice and an enslaved African voice; the western-trained Black performer/composer and the self-taught performer/composer. It also represents the habits of well-to-do African Americans and the poor African Americans. Students will examine the complexities of the history of African Americans and how this is played out in the development of musical styles and genres. From this, students will then begin to understand how this unique diversity within a community affects those outside of those communities. Such an approach to the study of the place of Black music in American music corresponds with the criteria of Diversity and Social Justice in the United States Liberal Education. We will follow elements found in West African culture and music such as "call and response" and the "2nd Line" as they travel to the "New World" and expressed through Spirituals, Symphonies, Gospel Music, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Step Bands and more. Through lectures, readings, discussion, audiovisual examples, and homework assignments student can expect to gain a deeper understanding of the ways music both reflects and influences the social history of all Americans.

AFRO 3301 - The Music of Black Americans (AH, DSJ)

Credits:	3.0 [max 3.0]
Course Equivalencies:	Afro 3301/Mus 3301
Grading Basis:	A-F only
Typically offered:	Every Fall, Spring & Summer

This course examines the variety of ways African and African Americans express social history through music. It will consider the union of African elements and European elements that combined to present a new syncretized African-American product. To do this it is imperative that we explore the diversity of musical ?voices? found within the African American culture. This diversity can be seen in the struggles to retain African cultural effects and the desire to be eclectic, creative, and contemporary. Such an approach to the study of the place of Black music in American music corresponds with the criteria of Diversity and Social Justice in the United States Liberal Education. The ?multi-layered operation of power, prestige, and privilege? can be understood through an examination of the music of African Americans, which represents both a Free African voice and an enslaved African voice; the western-trained Black performer/composer and the self-taught performer/composer. It also represents the habits of well-to-do African Americans and the poor African Americans. Students will examine the complexities of the history of African Americans and how this is played out in the development of musical styles and genres. From this, students will then begin to understand how this unique diversity within a community affects those outside of those communities. Such an approach to the study of the place of Black music in American music corresponds with the criteria of Diversity and Social Justice in the United States Liberal Education. We will follow elements found in West African culture and music such as "call and response" and the "2nd Line" as they travel to the "New World" and expressed through Spirituals, Symphonies, Gospel Music, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Step Bands and more. Through lectures, readings, discussion, audiovisual examples, and homework assignments student can expect to gain a deeper understanding of the ways music both reflects and influences the social history of all Americans.

University Catalogs

Ensemble Music Minor