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CFA MU 439: French Diction
Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of diction. 1 cr. -
CFA MU 440: Italian Diction
Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of diction. 1 cr. -
CFA MU 441: English Diction
Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of diction. 1 cr. -
CFA MU 442: Voice Elective
Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of diction. 1 cr. -
CFA MU 449: Senior Independent Work for Distinction
Individual tutorial instruction and directed study at distinction level. Final project: thesis on original research topic. By permission only. -
CFA MU 463: Creativity and Imagination in General Music
Prereq: CFA MU 361 or permission of instructor. Students will examine general music instruction through the lenses of higher order thinking, multiple intelligences, and connectivity. This course will present ways that general music teachers can become reflective practitioners who stimulate their students to interact powerfully and imaginatively with music. Teaching which provokes inquiry and creativity will be emphasized. A variety of published and teacher-constructed curriculum materials will be examined, critiqued, and analyzed for their ability to stimulate active student engagement, to anchor core music concepts, to address national and state standards, and to connect music with academic learning. Students will be challenged to create, compose, experiment, research, and design curriculum materials that are substantive, thought-provoking, vivid, and memorable. 2 cr. -
CFA MU 465: Curriculum Planning for General Music
Contemporary philosophies and goals of general music; content of the general music program from kindergarten through junior high school; techniques and problems of curriculum development. -
CFA MU 471: Mu Ed 5: Choral
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CFA MU 472: Mu Ed 6: Instrm
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CFA MU 479: Song Literature 1
The development of the Lied genre will be traced from the 18th through 20th centuries, focusing on the poetry and musical setting. Study and performance of Lieder, including songs of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf and Schoenberg. 2 cr. -
CFA MU 480: Song Lit 2
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CFA MU 481: Song Literature 3
The development of the English, Italian, and Spanish art song will be traced through study and performance. Among composers to be considered: Dowland, Purcell, Britten, Ives, Argento, Rorem, Granados, Turina. 2 cr. -
CFA MU 485: Mu Ed 7: Tech
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CFA MU 486: Orchestral Technique
For advanced performers on orchestral instruments. Problems for various instruments in standard orchestral literature. 1 cr. -
CFA MU 491: String Literature 1
Study and performance of string literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr. each semester. -
CFA MU 492: String Literature 2
Study and performance of string literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr. each semester. -
CFA MU 493: String Lit 3
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CFA MU 494: Opera Literature 1
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CFA MU 535: Graduate Diction
This is a one-semester review course for singers. This course is intended as a quick review of the basics and nuances of Italian, German, French, to be supplemented by in-class discussion and exercises, weekly homework projects, quizzes, and singing in class. Knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet is required. (1 credit) -
CFA MU 543: Art of Singing: Negro Spiritual
This course is designed to introduce students to the art and style of singing the American Negro Spiritual. Various composers and arrangers will be introduced to the singers; rhythm and styles will be discussed and demonstrated; diction, coached pronunciations and the understanding of origination. 1 cr.
