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 685: Organ Seminar
  Organ Seminar. Contact the School of Music for more information regarding this course.
• CFA MP 695: Phonetics for Choral Conductors
  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.
• CFA MP 702: Choral Conducting Seminar
  Choral Conducting Seminar provides students with a study in choral leadership including in-depth literature analysis, gestural technique, and vocal and choral pedagogy through work with the graduate conductor's chorus. Areas of particular attention are pedagogical techniques, score analysis, and gestural technique.
• CFA MP 703: Orchestral Conducting Seminar
  Students enrolled in Orchestral Conducting Seminar study orchestral repertoire in detail, including the role of the conductor as musical collaborator. Attention is given gestural technique, development of orchestral sound, and study of string, wind, bass and percussion techniques.
• CFA MP 705: Writing for the DMA Recital Track
  Prerequisite: successful completion of MH711. Research, development, and guided preparation of elements of the DMA Recital Track Lecture Recital including: project proposal, literature review, outline, bibliography, powerpoint presentation, and research paper from which the Lecture Recital will be extracted.
• CFA MP 720: Accompaniment Practicum
  Advanced collaborative accompaniment experience and instruction in instrumental sonata repertoire. Required for piano majors in the Performance Diploma curriculum; elective course for all other graduate piano majors; not open to enrollment by undergraduates. Enrolled pianists are assigned to accompany one School of Music instrumental major.
• CFA MP 721: Vocal Coaching Techniques
  Concentrated instruction in vocal coaching techniques from the piano. Required for MM collaborative piano majors; open by permission of instructor to graduate pianists. 1 credit. Fall semester only.
• CFA MP 722: Orchestral Reduction for Pianists
  Instruction for graduate pianists in orchestral score reduction techniques. Repertoire will include opera, oratorio, and instrumental concerti. Required for MM collaborative piano majors; open by permission of instructor to graduate pianists. 1 credit. Spring semester only.
• CFA MP 723: Opera Arias for Pianists 1
  Study and performance of standard opera aria repertoire for collaborative pianists. Topics include study of recitative, operas of Mozart, and the Bel Canto operas of Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi.
• CFA MP 731: Selected Topics in Song Literature
  This course covers classical song literature over selected styles, periods, and languages. Topics rotate each semester; see class notes for current content. Students perform selected repertoire in class and prepare presentations for in-class review. For graduate voice majors only.
• CFA MP 735: Vocal Pedagogy 1
  Introduction to the fundamentals of vocal tract physiology, acoustics, and technique. Open to all graduate students.
• CFA MP 781: Special Topics in Performance Practice 1
  Consideration of major performance issues in the music of Monteverdi, Handel, Bach, et al. Covers topics such as ornamentation, tempo, articulation, tuning and temperament, baroque instruments and their playing techniques, baroque dance, and various national styles of playing. Students perform on their instruments, discuss performance issues, read primary sources and other material about 17th and 18th century performance, compose ornamentation, and listen to and discuss recorded performances. occasional guest lecturers. Required of all historical performance majors. Open to other music graduate students with permission of the instructor.
• CFA MP 782: Special Topics in Performance Practice 2
  Continuation of CFA MP781.
• CFA MP 891: Choral Repertoire of the Renaissance
  Seminar in repertoire and performance practice of the vocal ensemble music from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, approximately 1420-1600. Required for all DMA candidates in Choral Conducting. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 892: Choral Repertoire of the Baroque
  Seminar in repertoire and performance practice of choral music from the Baroque and early Classical periods. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 893: Choral Repertoire of the Late Classical and Romantic Periods
  Seminar in repertoire and performance practice of choral music from the late Classical and Romantic periods. Required for DMA candidates in Choral Conducting.
• CFA MP 894: Choral Repertoire of Twentieth Century and Contemporary Composers
  Seminar in repertoire and performance practice of choral music from the 20th Century. Required for DMA candidates in Choral Conducting. 2 cr.
• CFA MP 899: Independent Project/Directed Study
  Specialized, individually tailored and guided work on projects not connected with a thesis, dissertation or other terminal document, but of particular interest to the graduate student. Variable units.
• CFA MP 929: Research, Directed Study, and Performance in Conducting
  Preparation of project in the field of conducting. Credit amount varies.
• CFA MT 101: Music Theory 1
  Elements of tonal music are explored through listening, writing, improvisation, and analytical work. The course investigates the structure and usage of triads, seventh chords, and basic cadence types. An introduction to general voice-leading principles will be covered through figured-bass exercises and harmonization of tunes. Formal structures such as motive, phrase, period, and sentence will be introduced. A keyboard-harmony component will be covered in separate weekly meetings. Placement test may be required.