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  • CFA MU 199: Symphonic Chorus
  • CFA MU 201: Music Theory 3
    More advanced study of tonal harmony and voice leading. Tonal counterpoint. Formal and compositional idioms of the late Baroque. Keyboard harmony, figured bass, and introduction to score reading. All students must also enroll in Ear-Training and Sight-Singing. 3 cr.
  • CFA MU 207: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 3
    Prereq: CFA MU 108 or placement by examination. Continuation of CFA MU 108. More challenging exercises in sight singing and preparation of increasingly chromatic or disjunct materials. Melodic, harmonic, two-part, and rhythmic dictation. Two-part rhythmic exercises and conducting. 1 cr.
  • CFA MU 208: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 4
    Prereq: CFA MU 207 or placement by examination. Continuation of CFA MU 207. Greater emphasis on non-diatonic material, more difficult exercises in prepared singing, sight-singing, dictation, and rhythm. 1.0 credit.
  • CFA MU 215: Keyboard Sight Reading
    Systematic instruction designed to aid keyboard players in the development of sight-reading skills. Materials are drawn from solo and ensemble literature.
  • CFA MU 221: History and Literature of Music 1
    Historical survey of music from Antiquity to the end of the Baroque. 3 cr. 1st sem.
  • CFA MU 223: History and Literature of Music 1
    For description, see CFA MU 221. For College of Arts and Sciences students, who are required to do an additional project or projects as determined by the instructor. 4 cr.
  • CFA MU 228: Masterpieces of Western Music
    Study of selected major works from each of the historical style periods of Western music: Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and the twentieth century. Works are chosen to illustrate the broad scope of Western musical history. Open only to non-CFA music majors. 2 or 4 cr. (*)
  • CFA MU 249: Popular Music: Funk
    Funk is a musical style that emerged during the late 1960s and early ?70s, and is widely considered as one of the primary influences in the development of disco, rap, hip hop, fusion, and contemporary urban and R&B styles. This course will follow the trajectory of funk from its roots in rhythm and blues through its classic formulation in the 1970s, and will conclude with a discussion of the urban transformation and revival of funk over the last two decades. We will place funk within its cultural and social milieu, as well as examine the evolving musical characteristics of funk in some detail. This course is intended for the general university student and neither assumes nor requires previous training in music. 3 cr.
  • CFA MU 261: Music Education 1
    Required of music education students and open to any University student interested in building a basic repertoire of teaching skills. Discussion of student's reasons for selecting music teaching as a profession. The study of the nature of teacher power and authority in the classroom and the importance of relationship building with students. Instuctional strategies of master teachers including attention and clarity moves are studied, analyzed, and practiced. Analysis of teacher attributes as portrayed in films. Development of a repertoire of songs for classroom use. FIELD EXPERIENCE: 25 hours of sustained weekly Friday morning internship in a public secondary school music program. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 275: Jazz 1: Performance and Context
    Open to non-music majors and music majors for elective credit with advisor approval. Introduction to the American musical art form through recordings, videos, discussion, concerts and workshops; also an introduction to the role of jazz in education. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 295: Phonetics for Singing
    The study of Italian, French, English, and German lyric diction through use of the international phonetic alphabet. Emphasis on mastering the symbols and sounds of the alphabet and the study of its practical application. Approximately one-half term devoted to work in each language: Italian and French, first semester; English and German, second semester. 1 cr.
  • CFA MU 300: Composers' Forum
  • CFA MU 301: Music Theory 5
    Individual musicianship problems developed according to the major area of study. Formal and compositional idioms of the Romantic period of music. Individual study or compositional projects. 2 cr.
  • CFA MU 308: Piano Pedagogy and Practicum I, II
    Teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction; literature concerned with leading teachers' approaches to acquiring musical skill and understanding; observation of studio and class teaching; supervised teaching experience. 2 cr. each semester.
  • CFA MU 324: Music in the Classical Period
    Prereq: CFA MU 221/223 and 222/224. Special topics in music from ca. 1750-1820, dealing mainly with symphonic, chamber, and keyboard by Haydn and Mozart through Beethoven. 3 cr.
  • CFA MU 325: Romantic Music
    Romantic Music 3 cr
  • CFA MU 327: Selected Topics in Music History
    Prereq: CFA MU 221/223 and 222/224. Special topics in the history of music, covering a variety of approaches, styles, and periods, from Antiquity through the present. 3 cr.
  • CFA MU 334: Music in the Classical Period
    Prereq: CFA MU 221/223 and 222/224. Special topics in music from ca. 1750-1820, dealing mainly with symphonic, chamber, and keyboard by Haydn and Mozart through Beethoven. 4 cr.
  • CFA MU 335: Romantic Music
    Prereq: CFA MU 221/223 and 222/224. Special topics in music from ca. 1820-1900, dealing mainly with orchestral, chamber and piano music, as well as Lieder, opera, program music, and individual or groups of composers. 4 cr.

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