Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• CFA MP 635: Opera Performance Workshop, for Singers and Conductors
  An active, performance-based class that focuses on a particular corner of the operatic repertoire (TBD). Open to all graduate music majors.
• CFA MP 636: Opera Performance Workshop for Singers and Conductors
  Opera performance workshop, for singers and conductors: An active, performance-based class that focuses on a particular corner of the operatic repertoire (TBD). Open to all graduate music majors.
• CFA MP 640: Orchestral Techniques: Strings
  For advanced performers on orchestral instruments. Focused study of standard orchestral excerpts in preparation for professional orchestra auditions. Graduate students only. 1 cr.
• CFA MP 641: String Literature 1: Solo
  Study through score study, lecture, listening, and other modes of presentation of solo string literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 642: String Literature 2: Solo
  Study through score study, lecture, listening, and other modes of presentation of solo string literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 643: String Literature 3: Chamber
  Study through score study, lecture, listening, and other modes of presentation of string chamber music literature from the Baroque to the present. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 644: String Literature 4: Chamber
  Study through score study, lecture, listening, and other modes of presentation 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 pedagogues' approaches to teaching musical skills and understanding. 2 cr. When taken with CFA MP 646, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Individual in Community, Ethical Reasoning, Creativity/Innovation.
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• CFA MP 646: String Pedagogy and Practicum 2
  Teaching methods and materials for use in private instruction; literature concerned with leading pedagogues' approaches to teaching musical skills and understanding. 2 cr. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Ethical Reasoning, Creativity/Innovation.
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• CFA MP 649: Harp Pedagogy, Literature, and Ensembles
  Teaching methods and materials for use in harp instruction; study of harp solo literature from the Baroque to the present; study of harp ensemble literature.
• 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 651: Symphonic Literature 1
  This course is an in-depth score study of a wide range of symphonic & orchestral music from the beginning of orchestral repertoire to the current day.
• CFA MP 652: Symphonic Literature 2
  This course is a survey of symphonic music from the 20th century to the present.
• 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: Orchestral Techniques: Percussion
  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. 1 cr
• CFA MP 680: Score Reading
  This course is designed to refine skills for effective score reading. Students will study topics crucial to studying and analyzing full scores. Topics include reading clefs and transpositions away from and at the piano, score reduction, aural skills, principles of sight reading, and developing skills to read and reduce full scores.
• 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: Harpsichord 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.