Courses

• CFA MU 642: Music of Johannes Brahms
  The Classical Romantic. Brahms and Beethoven; the symphonies and his technique of germinal motivic construction. Brahms and Schumann; the chamber music, the songs, and the requiem. Brahms and Wagner; the composer as musicologist. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 643: Vocal Coaching Skills
  Two-semester sequence of vocal coaching training using diction as the threshold for study of repertoire styles and coaching approaches. Fall semester: Italian song, German lieder, opera arias. Spring semester: French mélodie, American and British art song, oratorio arias. Required for all MM candidates in Collaborative Piano. Open to graduate students by permission of instructor; advanced piano skills necessary; audition may be required. 1 credit per semester. Pre-requisite: MU 295/296 Phonetics for Singers or its equivalent.
• CFA MU 645: Music of Igor Stravinsky
  Training with Rimsky-Korsakov and early works for the Diaghilev Ballet. Neoclassic period: from the octet to the violin concerto; his writings about music; American period: from Dumbarton Oaks to The Rake's Progress. His compositions in the serial techniques. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 647: Hs&Lit Art Song
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 648: History and Literature of Large Choral Forms
  Development of larger choral forms from the Renaissance period to the present: oratorios, cantatas, masses, and combined media-sacred and secular.
• CFA MU 649: Music Research Techniques
  Topics include the library, basic research materials, primary and secondary sources, reading and writing about music, editions and editing, and sound recordings. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 650: Musical Organizations-Instrumental
  Various groups including symphony orchestra, jazz lab band, repertory orchestra, wind ensemble, brass ensemble, Collegium Musicum, Time's Arrow, and other conducted organizations. (May be repeated for credit.) 1 cr.
• CFA MU 651: Opera Workshop
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 653: Mus Org-Choral
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 654: Choral Ensemble
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 655: Opera Theater
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 656: Collaborative Piano Skills
  Ensemble and accompaniment skill-building for piano performance majors seeking additional collaborative experience. Vocal and instrumental repertoire; recommended additional weekly accompaniment of music majors Serves as Music Organization credit for piano majors only. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. 1 cr. per sem.
• CFA MU 657: New Music Ensem
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 658: Musical Organization-Contemporary Conducting
  Students receive instruction in the preparation and techniques of conducting contemporary music and are assigned conducting projects in the Contemporary Collegium or with other related groups. 1 cr.(May be repeated for credit once.)
• CFA MU 659: Music Ed III: Music in Elementary School
  Prereq: CFA MU 660 or consent of instructor. Philosophy and goals of the general music program in grades Pre-K through 5. Study of the implication of national and state music standards for elementary students. Introduction to age-appropriate teaching materials, music concept and skill development in young children as well as Orff-Schulwerk, Kodaly, Dalcroze, Gordon, and Feierabend methodologies. Planning and peer teaching of lessons which include signing, listening, movement, composing, improvising, reading music, and instrument playing. Field Experience: 25 hours of weekly Friday morning group observations of master elementary music teachers. 4 cr.
• CFA MU 661: Piano Literature 1
  Study and performance of keyboard music from the Baroque period through the pre-Classical period. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 662: Piano Literature 2
  Study and performance of piano music of the Classical period; emphasis on the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 663: Piano Literature 3
  Study and performance of piano music of the Romantic period. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 664: Piano Literature 4
  Study and performance of piano music from Debussy to the present.
• CFA MU 667: Honors Seminar in Music Education
  Seminar discussion, individual study, and research on projects approved by music education faculty; individual conferences with assigned faculty members; oral report and a document submitted at conclusion of semester.

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