Music (MUSC)
Required attendance for music majors at recitals and seminars. Graded S or U.
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
An introduction to the basic elements, materials, and structure of Western tonal music with an emphasis on harmony, voice leading, and counterpoint.
Carolina Core: AIU
Development of musical independence, including sightsinging, ear training, rhythmic reading, dictation, and partsinging.
Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.
A large concert ensemble of brass, woodwind, and percussion instrumentalists.
Not Auditable.
Not Auditable.
Not Auditable.
Not Auditable.
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.
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.
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.
Not Auditable.
Not Auditable.
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.
Chamber ensembles; special ensembles of instruments and voices. Not Auditable.
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.
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 study of organization in music of the late 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Application of aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory.
Application of aural and theoretical skills in selected jazz repertory.
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.
An overview of the music industry. Students will explore a variety of music industry career paths in areas such as arts management, music products and merchandizing, 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.
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.
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.
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. 1680 until ca. 1860, 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.
Contract approved by instructor, advisor and department chair is required for undergraduate students. Not auditable.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research
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.
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.
Practicum in performance, teaching, management, and business operations in professional music environments. Can be taken three times for 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.
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.
Analysis and writing in contrapuntal forms with emphasis on the style of Bach. Not auditable.
Analysis and writing in contrapuntal forms with emphasis on the style of Palestrina. Not auditable.
Directed study in computer-music composition or research. Not auditable.
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.
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.
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.
Basic concepts, techniques and materials for teaching a specific instrument intermediate studies. 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.
Seminar on the business of music. Not auditable.
Management techniques for organizations with a musical component such as: orchestra, opera, ballet, artist series. Not auditable.
Analyses of music businesses through the use of case studies. Restricted to Music majors.
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.
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