Music Convocation gathers the School of Music community together for shared experiences regarding different aspects of Professional Skills and Entrepreneurship, Academic Integrity and Excellence, Wellness and Safety, Performance and Collaboration, and Global Engagement. Pass/Fail grading only.

An introduction to advocacy methods, techniques and experiences to understand the positive effects of music in American society. Pass/Fail Grading.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Introduction to the literature and styles of western music. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Note: Not Auditable

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Study of basic classical techniques, exercises, and repertory. Must be completed with at least a B before acceptance into applied sequence. Not Auditable.

An introduction to playing the guitar as both a solo and an accompanying instrument. One class meeting and one private lesson per week.

An introductory course in the beginning techniques of making music at the piano. One group class and one private lesson each week. This class is designed for students with no prior formal training in piano.

An introduction to singing, designed for students with no prior formal training in music.

Perceptive listening and appreciation of musical elements, forms and style periods, including composers' lives, individual styles and representative works. Emphasis on classical music; jazz and American popular music included.

Carolina Core: AIU

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

An investigation into the function of popular music in contemporary society. May be repeated as content varies by title.

Carolina Core: AIU

Practice in basic written theory and aural skills. Concepts of rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and expression. Open to non-music majors. Not for credit toward major requirements in music degrees. Subdiscipline: Music (Theory and Composistion).

Carolina Core: AIU

A survey of the sound, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form of diatonic tonal music of a variety of styles.

Carolina Core: AIU

Development of musical independence, including sightsinging, ear training, rhythmic reading, dictation, and partsinging.

Continuation of MUSC 117.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Carolina Basketball Band provides opportunities to improve performance skills, improve individual and ensemble musicianship, and provides music education majors experience and skills necessary to direct athletic bands. The course is open to students pursuing any academic major and accepted through audition.

MUSC 122 (University Band) is a University of South Carolina concert ensemble established as a performing opportunity for both music majors and non-majors. This course is open to all USC students, regardless of major and degree, and no audition is required.

Provides opportunities to improve performance skills, improve individual and ensemble musicianship and supports the USC football program and the university in general. Music education majors have the opportunity for experience and skills necessary to direct marching band programs. Open to any academic major accepted through audition.

Provides opportunities to improve performance skills, improve individual and ensemble musicianship and provides music education majors with experience and skills necessary to conduct instrumental wind and percussion ensembles. The ensemble rehearses and performs standard repertoire and 21st century works by contemporary composers. Performance opportunities include concerts each semester. Open to any academic major accepted through audition.

Not Auditable.

Instruction in orchestral music through the study and performance of quality literature representing a variety of style periods and musical genres. Over the course of multiple semesters, students will develop increased ensemble skills, technical proficiency, and stylistic understanding.

Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Note: Not Auditable

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Preparation and procedures of the rehearsal and performance processes for chamber music. Collaborative teamwork through supervised participation in a chamber ensemble.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Supervised preparation of all performance and production elements involved in the collaborative process of musical theatre. Opportunities to perform musical theatre solos, scenes, and monologues, culminating in a staged performance.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Groups of musicians with keyboard and wind instrument combinations.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Opportunities to learn classic big band arrangements in a big band setting, culminating in a public performance.

The USC Wind Ensemble is a flexibly-instrumented performing ensemble comprised of undergraduate and graduate students selected by audition. The ensemble performs repertoire representing a variety of styles and time periods with concerts both on and off campus. Membership is open to any University of South Carolina student regardless of major.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

Ensembles of like Brass instruments, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, etc.

Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.

The spring marching percussion course is designed to provide student musicians with opportunities to improve individual and ensemble musicianship and music education majors with the experience and skills necessary to direct and arrange for a marching percussion ensemble.

Preparation and procedures of the rehearsal and performance processes for a saxophone ensemble.

Development of jazz and American popular music through the study of important soloists, ensembles, arrangers, and composers.

Carolina Core: AIU

Listening to examples of all style periods and genres of Western music. Analysis of form and other audible style characteristics. Study of major works of the concert repertory.

Music Industry Convocation serves as a communication point and community building collaborative space.

A continuation of MUSC 103 in which students learn to play the guitar as both a solo and an accompanying instrument. One class meeting and one private lesson per week.

Various psychological and psychosocial aspects of human musical behavior, including introductory musical acoustics, perception and cognition of music, music and the brain, music processing across world cultures, music and emotions, music and human health, music in social contexts, and principles of experimental design.

Carolina Core: GSS

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

A survey of the sound, harmony, melody, rhythm, and form of tonal music of a variety of styles, expanding the diatonic framework with chromaticism.

Continuation of MUSC 118.

Continuation of MUSC 217.

Application of aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory.

Application of aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory.

Practice in basic audio production (signal-flow, digital audio workstations, plug-ins, virtual instruments, effects) and beat making (audio production in a digital workstation using samples, loops, and virtual instruments). Concepts of music production and prominent styles in beat-driven music.

Research, analysis, and creation of digital music using techniques in commercial and production music including DAW, MIDI, samples, effects, and more. In each learning module, students will read about, listen to, and analyze model recordings in specific subgenres of commercial, production, and art music before creating their own short music track. At the end of the semester students will research, plan, and create a final project based on their interests. Topics include Introduction to DAW, MIDI & signal flow; Virtual instruments & samples; The studio as instrument, Notation; Rhythm, groove, micro-timing, & beats; Building full textures & Orchestration; Music for advertising; Underscoring for TV & film; Video game music, vamps, & cycles; Sound design; and Electro-acoustic mixture.

Functional keyboard skills in sight reading, harmonization, transposition, and improvisation.

Approaches to specific problems in vocal and instrumental accompanying; supervised accompanying in class. Repeatable for credit.

Techniques of pronunciation, phonetics, and international phonetic alphabet as applied to standard vocal repertory. Not auditable.

Applied study for advanced undergraduate performance majors with a focus in a supplemental area or concept.

Overview of the music industry, including exploration of a variety of music industry career paths in areas such as arts management, music products and merchandising, public relations, music production and recording, publishing, online music distribution, and live music event organization.

Course content varies by title. Intended for nonmajors unless otherwise indicated.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not Auditable.

Analysis and writing in contrapuntal forms.

Study of the techniques, materials, and organization of 20th-century music.

Topics related to the study of music theory. Content varies by semester and will be announced by title in the schedule of classes. The course is repeateable up to 5 times.

Introduction to music composition.

Introduction to the language of jazz improvisation: rhythms, articulations, style, harmony and melody, forms, simple analysis, chord/scale relationships, ear training and keyboard harmony.

Introduction to the language of jazz improvisation: rhythms, articulations, style, harmony and melody, forms, simple analysis, chord/scale relationships, ear training and keyboard harmony.

Application of advanced aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory. .

Application of advanced aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory.

A course in organizing and conducting choral and instrumental ensembles in which basic conducting technique is acquired.

Emphasis upon advanced baton technique and its application through practical experience with laboratory ensembles.

Further study of the techniques of choral conducting, principles of group tone production, and interpretative factors.

Techniques of computer-generated music production including aspects of MIDI, digital synthesis, and music programming. Open to students in any discipline. Not Auditable.

Study of significant jazz recordings structured to foster familiarity with important jazz stylists, improvisers, composers, and arrangers in the post-swing era of jazz history.

Western music from ca. 1500 through 1750, considering musical styles, genres and forms, and the contributions of composers through historical, analytical and musical perspectives. Subdiscipline: Music - History and Literature.

Western music from ca. 1730 through ca. 1970, considering musical styles, genre and forms, and the contributions of composers through historical, analytical, and musical perspectives. Subdiscipline, Music - History and Literature.

Basic acoustics; miking techniques; analog tape: recording, editing, mixing and duplication; signal processing.

Introduction to the art and science of live sound reinforcement.

A workshop-oriented class on the common techniques and methods of popular songwriting.

Exploration and implementation of branding and income streams as part of a musician's professional growth.

Contract approved by instructor, advisor and department chair is required for undergraduate students. Not auditable.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

Performance of a 30-minute public recital in the student's primary performance area.

Performance of a 60-minute public recital in the student's primary performance area.

Creation of a creative performance-based project in the student's primary performance area combined with elements of the student's concentration (Chamber Music, Entrepreneurship, Music Technology).

A study of stylistic, linguistic, and other performance issues in solo operatic, oratorio, and recital repertoire for singers. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Intermediate level composition class.

An exploration of methodologies in music research, investigating any combination of historical inquiries, including archival research and score studies; ethnographic approaches; and modern techniques such as sound studies, field recordings, critical theory, and digital humanities.

Intensive musical theatre training in areas of song interpretation, musical theatre, dance, voice and acting.

Cross-listed course: DANC 450, THEA 450

Western music from ca. 1860 until the present time, considering musical styles, genre and forms, and the contributions of composers through historical, analytical, and musical perspectives. Subdiscipline, Music - History and Literature.

Planning, production, and promotion of a weekly concert series on campus.

Operation and management of the student-run record label, Greene Street Records.

Supervised experience at a large music festival in the fields of live audio, marketing, planning, promotion, operations, and safety.

Culmination of Music Industry Studies with a focus on experiential learning or research, supervised by a faculty member. Studio Portfolio materials will be gathered to aid in matriculation to higher education or careers in the music industry. Can be taken twice for a credit for a maximum of six credit hours.

Course content varies and will be announced in the schedule of course title.

Courses consist of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Instruments are designated by suffix: 501A-flute/piccolo; 501B-oboe/English horn; 501C-clarinet; 501D-bassoon; 501E-saxophone; 501F-French horn; 501G-trumpet; 501H-trombone; 501I-euphonium; 501J-tuba; 501K-percussion; 501L-harpsichord; 501N-classical guitar; 501O-organ; 501P-piano; 501R-violin; 501S-viola; 501T-violoncello; 501U-double bass; 501V-voice; 501W-service playing; 501Y-conducting; 501Z-jazz. Repeatable for credit. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Improving and refining left hand and right hand technique on the violin through the use of scales.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Course consists of individual instruction including individualized assignments and regular private instruction and review. Not auditable.

Instrumentation and orchestration; possibilities and limitations idiomatic to specific orchestral instruments and ensemble combinations. Not auditable.

Private study in music composition; may be repeated. Not auditable.

Examination of fundamental principles of musical forms; analysis of representative tonal works. Not auditable.

Instruction and practice in arranging and composing in various jazz and commercial music styles and genres. May be repeated for credit. Not auditable.

Study of the techniques and materials of tonal harmony and voice leading with integrated ear-training component. Not auditable.

Advanced study of production, recording, and composing techniques via a DAW for the creation of collaborative musical projects, with an emphasis on home recording, creating notated song arrangements/orchestrations with virtual instruments, and managing audio projects in a remote/online environment.

Studies in post-tonal theoretical techniques and analysis. Not auditable.

Analytical techniques applied to music of a particular style, period, or genre. May be repeated for a total of 9 credits. Topic for any semester to be announced by title in the schedule of classes. Not auditable.

Advanced studies in music theory. Individual projects. Three meetings per week. Not auditable.

Directed study in computer-music composition or research. Not auditable.

This online course focuses on the histories and contexts of Western art music, non-Western musics, popular, and American vernacular traditions. Methodologies for studying and applying these traditions for general education will overlap with current theories of music history pedagogy.

A study of the development of the solo art song, illustrated by major works of the song writers of all major nationalities. Not auditable.

Topic for any semester to be announced by title in the schedule of classes. May be repeated for a total of nine credits. Not auditable.

A survey of the literature of Classic, Romantic, and modern opera, with special attention given to the recognition of the best-known works in each school. Recordings. Open to all students as an elective. Not auditable.

A socio-cultural survey of the Black sacred music tradition from its roots in West Africa to its emergence in African American oral culture through various styles of sacred and secular music in the US and abroad.

Symphony, concerto, tone poem, and other symphonic works from the Classic, Romantic, and modern repertory. Changing concepts of orchestration. Not auditable.

The literature for small instrumental ensembles from the Baroque era to the present. The string quartet, divertimento, keyboard-accompanied sonata, etc. Not auditable.

Rhythms, scales, forms, and instrument types basic to all music. European and American folk song, African and Native American tribal music, Asian music. Not auditable.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Global Learning

Survey of the music composed in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The influences of European, African, Indian, and South American musical styles. Not auditable.

Standard piano literature including major masterpieces from 1700 to 1850. Emphasis on instrumental and stylistic developments, and historical and theoretical background for interpreting the literature of the piano. Not auditable.

Standard piano literature including major masterpieces from 1850 to present . Emphasis on instrumental and stylistic developments, and historical and theoretical background for interpreting the literature of the piano. Not auditable.

An exploration of the widely held understanding of the term teaching artist.

The design, creation, and implementation of an effective classroom curriculum.

Multi-microphone and ambisonic stereo recording techniques; multi-track recording, signal processing and audio production; digital audio. Studio and field experience. Not auditable.

Music for use in media; midi applications and synchronization methods using time code; direct-to-hard-disc tapeless audio recording software. Not auditable.

Technology and techniques in the recording studio including use of equalizers, limiters, reverberators, compressors, the mixing console, multi-track recording, microphone techniques, and basic acoustics related to the instrumental and vocal recording process. Not auditable.

Approaches to specific problems in vocal and instrumental accompanying; supervised accompanying in class. Advanced work for experienced students. Not auditable.

Techniques of pronunciation, phonetics, and international phonetic alphabet as applied to standard vocal repertory, with emphasis on Italian and Latin languages. Not auditable.

A study of the theory and practice of digital audio technology including analog to digital conversion, digital storage, error correction, transmission, basic digital signal processing, and synchronization.

A study of the theory and practice of audio topics such as digital signal processing, psychoacoustics, data compression, sound reinforcement systems, wireless transmission, large scale system integration, and emerging technologies.

Basic concepts, techniques and materials for teaching a specific instrument. Not auditable.

Directed teaching in laboratory and private settings. Not auditable.

Experiential Learning: Experiential Learning Opportunity

Basic concepts, techniques and materials for teaching a specific instrument intermediate studies. Not auditable.

Directed teaching in laboratory and private settings. Not auditable.

Supervised teaching in a performance area. Not auditable.

Directed teaching in laboratory and private settings. Not auditable.

Supervised teaching in a performance area. Course may be repeated for credit (6 credits total). Not auditable.

Practical experience in preparing lesson plans and teaching theory-performance classes for precollege piano students on electronic and acoustical instruments. May be repeated for credit. Not auditable.

Anatomy and function of the singing voice with practical application to teaching. Not auditable.

Techniques of pronunciation for singing in German and English. Not auditable.

Techniques of pronunciation for singing in French. Not auditable.

Entrepreneurial skills and context for arts-based careers and business ventures. Students develop arts projects related to their interests.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Theoretical/experimental exploration of major body systems and developmental movements to bring more articulation to the body and more awareness and physical ease in performance. For music and education students. Not auditable.

A survey of the for-profit and non-profit music economies and the broader policy that drives these economies. Restricted to Music majors.

The selection and leadership of music in the church service; music for the rural church; selecting and directing anthems and service music for the nonprofessional church choir; the transition from psalmody to hymnody in the 18th century; the Anglican Chant and the Lutheran Chorale. Not auditable.

Selected topics in music. May be repeated as topic varies. Not auditable.

Organ literature and registration from antiquity to 1750. Not auditable.

Organ literature and registration 1750 to the present. Not auditable.

Solo literature for plucked, fretted instruments from the Renaissance into the 20th century. National styles, traits, and technical innovations included. Not auditable. Admission to upper division guitar study.

This course analyzes the forms and structures of both major and independent record labels. Course concepts will be reinforced with case studies, journal articles, and guest speakers. Not auditable.

Management techniques for organizations with a musical component such as: orchestra, opera, ballet, artist series. Not auditable.

Survey of current events and topics within the music industry, and analyses of music businesses through the use of case studies.

A practicum to design and execute an entrepreneurial music leadership project in Columbia, South Carolina. Restricted to Music majors.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Issues confronting the professional performing musician. Topics will include performance-based income models and opportunities, program development, and promotional and supporting materials. Restricted to School of Music students.

Arts marketing program challenges, arts organizations, building the successful private studio, marketing plans, social media and guerilla marketing, and market research.

A study of all aspects of the creation and maintenance of a viable independent music teaching business. Restricted to School of Music students.

Community engagement as it relates to music, with a focus on developing practical skills in creating engaging, interactive performances for various audiences.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Leadership Experiences

Experiential Learning: Experiential Learning Opportunity

Supervised work experience as approved by area program director. May be repeated up to 6 credits. Not auditable.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Professional and Civic Engagement Internships