Music
College of Fine Arts
Music Education
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Arts Engagement as Active Hope: Attuning, Reflecting, and Writing Our Way Towards a Sustainable Fu
CFA ME 377
Undergraduate Prerequisites: First-Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CAS WR 100 or CAS WR 120). Online offering. Explore the arts and writing to contemplate nature, identify unsustainable practices, and propose viable alternatives. Learners of all ability levels in the arts are welcome. Effective Summer 1 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, The Individual in Community, Creativity/Innovation. 4 cr.
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Empowering Song: Music with Body, Mind, and Heart
CFA ME 550
Focuses on progressive and imaginative modes of music education. Draws on the best practices of music and other artistic disciplines to inspire singers, teachers, and arts practitioners of all ages and abilities to discover the power of their own voices and the importance of including others in collaborative music-making. 4 cr.
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String Teaching in the 21st Century
CFA ME 671
Strategies for string performers and educators to thrive in the 21st century. Topics include: motivating and engaging music learners; health/wellness; entrepreneurship; and collaborative performance of eclectic string styles. Activities are suitable for students with beginning to advanced string playing experience. 4 cr.
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R&B, Motown, and Classic Funk: Soundtracks of Empowerment and Civil Rights
CFA MH 430
Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Motown, Soul, and Funk are seminal in the development of rap, hip-hop, fusion, and contemporary urban and R&B styles. These styles provided the soundtrack for African American identity, empowerment, and protest from the civil rights struggle of the late 1950s and early '60s to the Black Power commentary of the 1970s, and, eventually into the hip-hop era. This course places these styles within their cultural and historical contexts and examines their musical characteristics in detail. This course does not require previous training in music. Effective Spring 2022, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness. 4 cr.
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History of Jazz
CFA MH 432
No prereq; open to all students. A chronological study of the history of--and topics in--jazz, from its beginnings to the present. Focuses on styles, major performers and recordings, individuality and sound, instruments, voices, and forms, as well as social and cultural issues, such as race, popularity and commercialism, the individual versus and within the group, American identity, and global rejection/admiration. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking. 4 cr.
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Applied Piano (Half-Hour)
CFA ML 502
Seven half-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $488 for seven half-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 502. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 1 or 2 credits. Variable cr.
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Applied Voice (Half-Hour)
CFA ML 508
Seven half-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $488 for seven half-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 508. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 1 or 2 credits. Variable cr.
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Applied Guitar for Non-Music Majors (Half-Hour)
CFA ML 566
Seven half-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $488 for seven half-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 566. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 1 or 2 credits. Variable cr.
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Applied Piano (Hour)
CFA ML 501
Seven one-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $975 for seven one-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 501. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 3 or 4 credits. Variable cr.
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Applied Voice (Hour)
CFA ML 507
Seven one-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $975 for seven one-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 507. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 3 or 4 credits. Variable cr.
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Applied Guitar for Non-Music Majors (Hour)
CFA ML 565
Seven one-hour private lessons provided by CFA faculty. Students should make personal arrangements with the School of Music for private lessons. There is an Applied Music fee during Summer Term of $975 for seven one-hour lessons per session for CFA ML 565. In addition, standard tuition rates also apply. Register for 3 or 4 credits. Variable cr.