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  • CFA MP 644: String Literature 4
    Study and performance of string chamber music literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr.
  • CFA MP 645: String Pedagogy and Practicum 1
    Teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction; literature concerned with leading teachers' approaches to acquiring musical skills and understanding.
  • CFA MP 646: String Pedagogy and Practicum 2
    Teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction; literature concerned with leading teachers' approaches to acquiring musical skills and understanding. 2.0 credits.
  • CFA MP 647: String Pedagogy and Practicum 3
    Continuation of String Pedagogy I and II, including study of additional methods, approaches and resources, and evaluation of hands on teaching experience.
  • CFA MP 648: String Pedagogy and Practicum 4
    Continuation of String Pedagogy I, II, and III including study of additional methods, approaches and resources, and evaluation of hands on teaching experience.
  • CFA MP 649: Hrp Ped/Lit/Ens
  • CFA MP 650: Orchestral Techniques: Woodwinds
    For advanced performers on orchestral instruments. Problems for various instruments in standard orchestral literature. Graduate students only. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 660: Orchestral Techniques: Brass
    For advanced performers on orchestral instruments. Problems for various instruments in standard orchestral literature. Graduate students only. 1 cr..
  • CFA MP 663: Trombone Literature
    Students will meet one hour a week with a specialist trombone instructor. Students will do a comprehensive study of trombone literature. Listening assignments will be assigned. Students will compile from these discussions a comprehensive annotated music literature list, of their designated instrument for future use. 1.0 credit.
  • CFA MP 670: Percussion Ensemble
    For advanced performers on orchestral instruments. Study and preparation of standard orchestral excerpts, critique and mock-auditions. 1.0 credit.
  • CFA MP 671: Percussion Ensemble
    Study and performance of chamber music for combinations of percussion instruments. May be repeated for credit. 2.0 credits.
  • CFA MP 681: Introduction to the Organ
    Introduction to the Organ, a companion course to MP682 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 MP 682: Harpischord for Keyboard Majors
    Study and performance of the harpsichord and its literature. Students instructed in the various aspects of harpsichord playing, including technique, registration, basso continuo realization, performance practice, national styles, and the major composers for the instrument. 2.0 credits.
  • CFA MP 685: Organ Seminar
  • CFA MP 690: Orchestral Conducting Seminar
    Study and directed assignments in conducting of significant works, vocal and instrumental, in addition to required attendance at rehearsals of assigned groups. Credit amount varies.
  • CFA MP 691: Choral Conducting Seminar: Medieval and Renaissance
    Content includes refinement of conducting skills, study of repertoire, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Literature may include Gregorian chant and Masses, motets, and madrigals from the fourteenth- through seventeenth-centuries. Students will observe and participate in rehearsals and performances of the School of Music choral ensembles (e.g. Chamber Chorus, Concert Choir) and the Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Enrollment in these ensembles for credit is discouraged, as participation is expected in order to satisfy laboratory component of Seminar
  • CFA MP 692: Choral Conducting Seminar: Baroque and Early Classic
    Content includes refinement of conducting skills, study of repertoire, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Literature may include oratorios, Masses, and smaller choral works from the seventeenth- and eighteenth-centuries. Students will observe and participate in rehearsals and performances of the School of Music choral ensembles (e.g. Chamber Chorus, Concert Choir) and the Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Enrollment in these ensembles for credit is discouraged, as participation is expected in order to satisfy laboratory component of Seminar.
  • CFA MP 693: Choral Conducting Seminar: Late Classic and Romantic
    Content includes refinement of conducting skills, study of repertoire, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Literature may include oratorios, Masses, and smaller choral works from the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries. Students will observe and participate in rehearsals and performances of the School of Music choral ensembles (e.g. Chamber Chorus, Concert Choir) and the Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Enrollment in these ensembles for credit is discouraged, as participation is expected in order to satisfy laboratory component of Seminar.
  • CFA MP 694: Choral Conducting Seminar: 20th Century and Contemporary
    Content includes refinement of conducting skills, study of repertoire, score analysis, and rehearsal techniques. Literature may include oratorios, Masses, and smaller choral works from the twentieth- and twenty-first-centuries. Students will observe and participate in rehearsals and performances of the School of Music choral ensembles (e.g. Chamber Chorus, Concert Choir) and the Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Enrollment in these ensembles for credit is discouraged, as participation is expected in order to satisfy laboratory component of Seminar.
  • CFA MP 695: Phonetics for Choral Conducting
    Provides an opportunity for students to develop and understanding of common pronunciation of English, Italian, German, and French for the performance of choral literature. The first half of the semester will be spent learning the International Phonetic Alphabet through in-class exercises, homework, quizzes, and tests, and in-class performance of choral works in English. The second half will involve learning symbols specific to Italian, German, and French, and conducting choral songs in those languages. Classes will meet for one hour twice a week. 2 cr.

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