Courses

• CFA MU 605: Fugue
  Analysis and writing of examples of fugues in three and four voices based on the practice of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 606: Modal Counterpoint
  Analysis and writing of sixteenth-century vocal styles based on the practices of Palestrina, Lassus, and others. 2 cr.
• CFA MU 611: Composing with Electronic Sounds and Computers 1
  This course seeks to give the students the aesthetic and technical knowledge needed to complete individual, creative work using electronic media alone or with acoustic instruments. The course will make use of computers, recording equipment, digital editing software, and sound analysis software: developing basic skills in synthesis, sampling, digital recording and live performance techniques. Listening assignments will provide an introduction to existing literature and relevant aspects of acoustic and electronic theory will be discussed. May not be taken concurrently with CFA MU 412. 2 cr course offered both Fall and Spring semesters.
• CFA MU 612: Composing with Electronic Sounds and Computers 2
  Prereq: CFA MU411 or MU611 or equivalent experience and permission from instructor. This course seeks to expand to students the aesthetic and technical knowledge in the domains of computer music, sound manipulation and sound recording. It also seeks to introduce Computer Assisted Composition environments and real-time interaction between electronics and instruments. 2 cr course offered both Fall and Spring semesters.
• CFA MU 615: Contemporary Techniques 1
  Analysis and original application of such techniques as polyharmony, atonality, pandiatonicism, linear counterpoint, multirhythms, and aleatory types. 2 cr, each semester.
• CFA MU 620: Schenkerian Analysis
  Critical discussion of the theory techniques of Heinrich Schenker and his followers. Lectures leading to individual projects employing his methods. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 621: Introduction to the Organ
  Introduction to the Organ, a companion course to MU450 Introduction to the Harpsichord, will cover organ technique, repertoire, registration, history, and design. Basic techniques of touch, pedaling and coordination, and hymn playing will be addressed, as well as a survey of the literature written for the organ as related to developments in organ design and technology. Visits to local organs on and off campus will be included as well as classes regularly held in Room 426 where there is a seven-stop Noack mechanical studio organ. 1 cr.
• CFA MU 624: History and Literature of the Keyboard 1
  From backgrounds in organ, clavichord, and harpsichord, music of the Baroque period to sonatas and character pieces of Schubert. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 627: Jazz History and Performance Techniques 1
  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 636: Interpretation Workshop: The Cantatas of J.S. Bach
  This course will explore, through live performances contributed by its participants, issues of Bach interpretation, ranging from questions of historical practice to relationships between structural analysis and musical realization. Course content varies by semester. 3 cr.
• CFA MU 640: CFA MU 640: Individual Composer: Style, Context, and Oeuvre
  This course will study the work of a single composer in depth, analyzing the work as a product both of individual style and of historical and cultural context. 3 cr. May be repeated for credit.
• CFA MU 645: CFA MU 645: Topics in Musical Style
  This course addresses a particular period or focus of compositional activity, covering the work or works of more than one composer and opening a view into a circumscribed but influential musical style. 3 cr. May be repeated for credit.
• 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
  Undergraduate (juniors and seniors) singers are selected who demonstrate operatic potential, have mastered a beginning level of acting and vocal skill, and who need experience, integration, and refinement. Coursework includes acting, music and dramatic coaching, movement, stage and audition techniques and master classes. The class culminates in performance of opera scenes or one act operas. Students may be eligible for secondary roles when appropriate and in consultation with the student's applied teacher. Students in Opera Workshop will participate in mainstage production ensembles. Admission by audition.
• 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
  Designed for graduate singers who demonstrate operatic potential and have mastered an intermediate integration of acting, vocal, and movement skills. Coursework includes acting, music and dramatic coaching of scenes and arias, movement classes, diction, scenes participation audition preparation, and master classes. All students enrolled in Opera Theatre will be considered for casting in principal roles when appropriate and in consultation with the student's applied teacher. All students in Opera Theatre will also participate in the mainstage production ensembles. Other performance opportunities may include scenes programs or one act operas. Admission by audition.
• 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.

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