Music

• CFA MT 212: Ear-Training and Sight-Singing 4
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CFA MT 111, MT 112, and MT 211 or placement by exam. Continuation of CFA MT 211. Greater emphasis on non-diatonic material;, more difficult exercises in prepared singing, sight-singing, dictation, and rhythm. 1cr.
• CFA MT 221: Composition 3
  Prereq: CFA MU 561, 562. Original work in traditional forms of musical compostion. Original work in traditional forms of music composition. (May be repeated for credit) 2 cr. Undergraduate.
• CFA MT 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 MT 321: Composition 5
  Prereq: CFA MU 561, 562. Original work in traditional forms of music composition. (May be repeated for credit.) 2 cr. each sem. Undergraduate.
• CFA MT 341: Modal Counterpoint 1
  Prereq: CFA MU 102. Analysis and writing of examples of sixteenth-century vocal styles including the motet. 2 cr.
• CFA MT 400: Graduate Theory Review
  This course is dependent on a student's theory proficiency exam results. Review of fundamental music theory and analysis through the study of chord grammar, voice leading principles, figured bass, four-part chorale harmonizations and form. Materials are approached through listening, writing and analytical work. Pre-requisite for MU600, unless placed out via theory proficiency exam.
• CFA MT 421: Senior Composition 7
  Prereq: CFA MU 562, 564. Original work in contemporary musical composition. Undergraduate. 3 cr. each semester.
• CFA MT 435: Composing with Electronic Sounds & Computers 1
  This course seeks to give 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 MT 499: Ind Study Undgr
  
• CFA MT 520: Composers' Forum
  Composers' Forum
• CFA MT 601: Analytical Techniques 1
  Systematic and empirical investigations into formal and compositional procedures of selected masterworks from the tonal repertoire. Lectures leading to individual analytical projects. Credits not applicable to MusAD in Composition. 3 cr.
• CFA MT 602: Analytical Techniques 2
  Analysis of contemporary music. Investigation into compositional methods and procedures used in twentieth-century music. Lectures leading to individual analytical projects. Credits not applicable to MusAD in Composition. 3 cr.
• CFA MT 621: Graduate Composition
  Prereq: Two years of composition. Original work in advanced problems of musical composition. May be repeated for credit. 3 cr.
• CFA MT 631: Orchestration 1
  Basic techniques in scoring for chorus, orchestra, band, and ensembles. Ranges and transpositions of voices and instruments; idiomatic writing, score reading, and clef transposition. 3 cr.
• CFA MT 635: Composing with Electronic Sounds and Computers 1
  This course seeks to give 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 MT 641: Modal Counterpoint
  Analysis and writing of sixteenth-century vocal styles based on the practices of Palestrina, Lassus, and others. 2 cr.
• CFA MT 661: Schenkerian Analysis
  Critical discussion and training in the theory and analytic techniques of Heinrich Schenker and his followers. Lectures leading to individual projects utilizing his methods. 3 cr.
• CFA MT 671: 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 MT 701: Doctoral Theory 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 MT 751: Special Topics in Theory and Analysis
  Close study of important topics in music theory and analysis. Individual papers and projects assigned by the instructor. 3 cr.(May be repeated for credit).

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