Courses

• CFA MU 709: Piano Pedagogy
  A continuation of the topics begun in Piano Pedagogy MU708, this course begins with the pedagogical works of Ortmann and Schultz and focuses on teaching techniques for more advanced students. Piano works of major composers are discussed with emphasis on literature selection for different phases of pianistic development. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 710: Special Topics in Theory and Analysis
  Close study of specifically defined areas in theory and analysis. Individual papers and projects assigned by the instructor. 3 cr.(May be repeated for credit.)
• CFA MU 711: Performance and Analysis
  In-depth review of literature on the relation of analysis to performance; practical application of theoretical and analytic concepts to performance decisions; guided exercises in writing analysis addressing performance issues. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 714: Trombone Lit
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 718: Spcl Tpcs Ethno
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 719: Doctoral Proseminar
  Preparation for doctoral qualifying examination in music theory; may be required by a department prior to student's applying to take qualifying examinations. Students may be required to repeat course without credit. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 720: Advanced Schenkerian Analysis
  Prereq: CFA MU 620. Extended exercises in Schenkerian analyic technique. Readings from primary and secondary sources. Historical development of Schenkerian theory. Extensions of analytic technique to other repertories. Critiques of the Schenkerian approach. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 728: Continuo
  Keyboard and other continuo players are given note-by-note analysis and coaching of selected continuo realizations, both written and improvised. Non-keyboard players are given tutelage in basic continuo realization appropriate to their level of keyboard skill, so that they may be able to accompany their future students, and also to better appreciate and have more discernment of the continuo player?'s role in ensembles in which they take part. Additionally, they will play their own instruments (or sing) in the class so that the keyboard players have practice in realizing figured bass accompaniments. For both, a historical overview of the practice of figured bass accompaniment is given together with stylistic analysis and practical musical coaching.
• CFA MU 734: Special Topics in String Literature
  Focused study on a specific body of String Chamber Music Literature (check with String Dept for topic) through score study, readings and lecture, listening to selected recordings, coached group readings by those registered for the course, and/or possible performances in or out of the class meeting time. Open to String Majors. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 739: Sixteenth-Century Secular Vocal Forms
  French chanson, German Lied, Italian frottola and madrigal, vilanelle, English madrigal and ayre, the air de cour. Dissemination of styles.
• CFA MU 740: Passions and Requiems
  This course examines the legacy of music written for liturgical and non-liturgical use, using longer texts. It will trace the origins, formulary, and development of the texts (including discussion of the authors). Four case studies from different periods of music history will form the basis of further enquiry. Cultural, social and historical context of the first performance will be discussed, along with an examination of the theology behind the text setting (including, for example the use of numerology and other types of musical symbolism). There will be comparison with other examples in the same genre, discussion of changes in text and approach, and national differences in style and technique. Historically informed performance practice, manuscript and source studies, reception history and comparison of editions will all be used to provide greater understanding of the works.
• CFA MU 749: Research and Bibliography (Music)
  Methods and materials of research in music; bibliography and bibliographical aids; individual treatment in special areas; style in formal writing; leading historians of past and present; introduction to musicology. 3cr.
• CFA MU 750: Special Topics in Performance Practice 1
  Consideration of major performance issues in the music of Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, et al. Covers topics such as ornamentation, tempo, articulation, tuning and temperament, baroque instruments and their playing techniques, baroque dance, and various national styles of playing. Students perform on their instruments, discuss performance issues, read primary sources and other material about 17th and 18th century performance, compose ornamentation, and listen to and discuss recorded performances. occasional guest lecturers. Required of all historical performance majors. Open to other music graduate students with permission of the instructor.
• CFA MU 751: Spcl Tpcs PERF2
  This course description is currently under construction.
• CFA MU 758: Opera Arias for Pianists 1
  Course for collaborative pianists in the study and performance of standard opera aria repertoire. Required for DMA collaborative piano majors with vocal or vocal/instrumental concentration. Open as elective credit by permission of instructor to music majors having requisite piano skills. The course will meet for two hours each week. Topics will include the study of recitative, operas of Mozart, and the Bel Canto operas of Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi. Students will be required to purchase a textbook and opera aria for anthologies. 2 credits, Fall semester.
• CFA MU 759: Oper Arias for Pianists 2
  Second of two courses for collaborative pianists in the study and performance of standard opera aria repertoire. Required for DMA collaborative piano majors with vocal or vocal/instrumental concentration. Open as elective credit by permission of instructor to music majors having requisite piano skills. The course will meet for two hours each week. Topics will include verismo style, French operas, 20th century works by Stravinsky and American composers, and a brief overview of operetta and cross over pieces. Students will be required to purchase opera aria anthologies and at least one complete opera in a piano/vocal edition. 2 credits, Spring semester. Pre-requisite: MU758
• CFA MU 770: Honor Seminar Music Education
  
• CFA MU 772: Policy Research in Music Education
  Exploration of methods and practices in policy research as applied to music education. Emphasis will be placed on application of the concepts learned in class to a policy research project. Topics include critical policy analysis, policy implementation studies, and policy evaluation. 4 cr.
• CFA MU 773: Foundations of Music Education I: Philosophy and History
  Introduction to historical and philosophical foundations of music education. An intensive reading and research seminar course in the history of educational thought and practices in music education in the United States from the Colonial Period to modern times. The course has two distinct disciplinary components; historical research and philosophical discourse in music education.
• CFA MU 774: Fnd&Prn Mu Ed 2
  This course description is currently under construction.

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