Andrew Shenton Utterbackanalia features BU Professor Shenton playing works by jazz composer Joe Utterback on a very large Mander organ at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in New York. Works are based on English organ voluntaries, brief chorale preludes, and gospel jazz.

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Nativity Song on Greensleeves

Jazz Music
CAS MU 225
An overview of jazz in all its aspects. Allows students with no previous musical experience to explore the history of jazz through reading, listening, writing assignments, concert attendance, research, and direct involvement with performers. Topics include the historical periods of jazz, biographies of significant jazz musicians (including Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, and Sarah Vaughan), repertoire from a variety of styles, oral and literate traditions, and jazz as an art form. 4 cr.

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Elements of Music Theory I
CFA MU 111
Elements of music; properties of tone and rhythm; sight reading from bass and treble clefs; notation of meter and rhythms; construction of scales, triads, and intervals. Ear-training, sight-singing, analysis, and compositional work. Music majors may not receive credit. 4 cr.

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Analytical Techniques I
CFA MU 601
Prereq: CFA MU 301. Systematic and empirical investigations into formal and compositional procedures of selected masterworks from the tonal repertoire. Lectures leading to analytical projects. 3 cr.

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Advanced Instrumental Conducting
CFA MU 682
Development and refinement of wind ensemble conducting, repertoire, and rehearsal skills. The study of rehearsal planning, score preparation, and selection of music are introduced as well as technical refinement of wind ensemble conducting skills. 2 cr.

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Music for Special Learners
CFA MU 691
Students learn the requirements mandated by current special education laws at the national (PL 94-142) and Massachusetts (Chapter 766) levels and their application to public schooling; implications of special education "inclusion" model for music specialists; the SPED core evaluation process as well the use of Individual Education Plans (IEPs) in planning music instruction. Clinical description of the disabilities and syndromes which are prevalent in "inclusion" schools ranging from developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, learning disabilities, emotional disabilities, and mental retardation, and their implications for music teaching, are included. Focus on planning and adapting music lessons and rehearsal plans for special learners in K-12 music classes. 2 cr.

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Quantitative Research Methods in Music Education
CFA MU 871
Exploration of quantitative research methods. Emphasis is placed on the practical application of the concepts learned in class to educational research contexts. Topics include quantitative research design, sampling techniques, reliability and validity, and descriptive and inferential statistics. 4 cr.

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Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I
CFA MU 633
This intensive and exciting course offers comprehensive instruction in Orff Schulwerk philosophy, pedagogy, techniques and theory, orchestration, and improvisation. The course constitutes the first level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. Sessions focus on ensemble playing, lessons and pedagogy, recorder techniques, dance and movement, and special topics. Contact the Summer Term office at summer@bu.edu for further information. Download housing request form. 4 cr.

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Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level II
CFA MU 446/MU 646
Prereq: Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training Level I. Continuation of the Orff Schulwerk approach including activities in song, percussion, movement, and recorder. This course constitutes the second level of national certification as an Orff Schulwerk teacher. Contact the Summer Term office at summer@bu.edu for further information. Download housing request form.
CFA MU 446 (undergraduate course): 2 cr. Tuition $1030
CFA MU 646 (graduate course): 4 cr.

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Instructional Software, Internet, and Digital Media for Music Educators
CFA MU 579
The course covers basic skills in using computer instructional software, configuring and using computers on networks and the Internet, and the basics of using digital media in K-12 education. Participants explore many ways to incorporate these tools into the curriculum. The course is taught in a hands-on environment. This course fulfills half of the TI:ME Level 1 Certification requirement. 2 cr.

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Electronic Keyboards, MIDI Sequencing, and Notation
CFA MU 637
The course covers basic skills in music notation, MIDI sequencing, and electronic keyboards in K-12 education. Participants explore many ways to incorporate these tools into the curriculum. The course is taught in a hands-on environment. Satisfactory participation in class activities and successful completion of several projects are required. This course fulfills half of TI:ME Level 1 certification requirement. 2 cr.

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Music Appreciation
CFA MU 119
Basic materials of music; analysis of masterpieces of music with reference to cultural background; group attendance of concerts with preliminary discussion period. Course does not presuppose a technical knowledge of music. 2 cr.

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The Rolling Stones: Rock Exiles
CFA MU 246
The phenomenal and durable musical career of the Rolling Stones spans almost the entire history of rock and roll. Formed in 1960 and making their debut three years later with their single "Come On," a Chuck Berry cover, the Stones were leaders in the important British blues revival of the late 1950s, and helped spearhead the British pop music invasion of the 1960s. For over forty years they have sustained an influence that has been seminal to the development of virtually all aspects of the massive rock and roll industry. Adapting to, and in many cases anticipating, almost every new (or retro) trend in popular music during their long career—psychedelic, funk, punk, reggae, rap, disco, folk, and others—the Stones nevertheless remained true to the fundamental stylistic roots and sound of rock and roll: R&B, country, and most of all blues, to which their indebtedness is almost reverential. Their use of these styles; their transformation and amalgamation of them into an individual, highly distinctive, and hard-edged sound; and their distinctly subversive manner; is the essence of what rock and roll is all about, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Stones have played a crucial role in defining the entire history of popular music and culture.

This multimedia course provides an in-depth examination of the Stones and their role within the evolving history of popular culture, with the major emphasis being placed on understanding their musical styles. Along the way, the relationship between the group and the major trends in rock music is highlighted, since a history of the Stones is, in many ways, a history of rock music in general. This course is intended for the general university student and neither assumes nor requires previous training in music. 4 cr.

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Impressionism in Music
CFA MU 742
Music of Satie, Debussy, Ravel, and other impressionists in and outside of France. Techniques and devices of Impressionism. Sources of the style. Major Impressionistic works and their influence on the twentieth century. 3 cr.

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