Courses

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  • CFA MP 145: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Strings (Hour)
    14 1-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate string majors for students not majoring in string performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior string experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 146: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Strings (Half-hour)
    14 1/2-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate string majors for students not majoring in string performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior string experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 0.5 cr.
  • CFA MP 155: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Woodwinds (Hour)
    14 1-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate woodwind majors for students not majoring in woodwind performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior woodwind experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 156: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Woodwinds (Half-hour)
    14 1/2-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate woodwind majors for students not majoring in woodwind performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior woodwind experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 0.5 cr.
  • CFA MP 165: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Brass (Hour)
    14 1-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate brass majors for students not majoring in brass performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior brass experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 166: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Brass (Half-hour)
    14 1/2-hour private instrument lessons provided by CFA graduate brass majors for students not majoring in brass performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior brass experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 0.5 cr.
  • CFA MP 175: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Percussion (Hour)
    14 1-hour private lessons on classical concert percussion provided by CFA graduate percussion majors for students not majoring in percussion performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior percussion experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 176: Non-major Private Music Instruction: Percussion (Half-hour)
    14 1/2-hour private lessons on classical concert percussion provided by CFA graduate percussion majors for students not majoring in percussion performance. Class is offered to students with or without prior percussion experience and no pre-requisites are required. Open to CFA and non-CFA students. Course requires applied music fee. 0.5 cr.
  • CFA MP 231: English Diction
    Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of English lyric diction. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 232: Italian Diction
    Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of Italian lyric diction. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 233: French Diction
    Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of French lyric diction. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 234: German Diction
    Performance for singers: emphasis on style, interpretation, and perfection of German lyric diction. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 235: Opera Project 1
    Designed to provide a basic understanding of how to prepare and perform appropriate selections from the operatic repertoire, with a dual focus on stagecraft and musical preparation. Class performance projects include recitative, staged operatic arias and opera scenes. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 236: Opera Project 2
    Continuation of CFA MP235. Designed to provide a basic understanding for undergraduate singers (freshmen and sophomores) of how to prepare and perform appropriate selections from the operatic repertoire, with a dual focus on stagecraft and musical preparation. Class performance projects include recitative, staged operatic arias and opera scenes. Students in the class will be considered for ensemble participation in the mainstage productions. Admission by audition. 1 cr.
  • CFA MP 331: 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. This course is part of a Hub sequence. Effective Fall 2020, this course, when taken with MP 332, fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Part of a Hub sequence
  • CFA MP 332: Song Literature 2
    The development of the melodie genre will be traced from the 19th through 20th centuries, focusing on the poetry and musical setting, as well as an overview of Russian art song. Study and performance, including works of Berlioz, Faure, Duparc, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. 2 cr. 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. This course is part of a Hub sequence. Effective Fall 2020, this course, when taken with MP 331, fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Writing-Intensive Course, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
    • Writing-Intensive Course
  • CFA MP 333: 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 MP 335: Performance Techniques for the Singing Actor 1
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: Voice Majors. Fundamental stage techniques. Basic stage language, movement, presentation skills, and fundamentals of acting for recital and opera. No audition necessary. Some Opera Workshop participants may be asked to take Performance Techniques as a pre-requisite to casting in scenes. 2 cr.
  • CFA MP 336: Performance Techniques for the Singing Actor 2
    Continuation of CFA MP335. 2 cr.
  • CFA MP 381: Introduction to the Organ
    Introduction to the Organ, a companion course to CFA MP382 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.

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