2022-2023 Course List

Kindergarten and elementary grades. For elementary education majors only.

Required of all music education majors. Techniques and methods leading to licensure to teach General Music K-12. Music majors only.

Required of all music education majors. Techniques and methods leading to licensure to teach General Music in grades 6-12. Music majors only.

This pedagogical ensemble is part of the music education sequence, and this course allows students to focus on the skills needed for successful teaching in school music settings.

Applying the International Phonetic Alphabet to song texts in English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.

An intensive examination of the music of Western Civilization from 1450-1600.

An intensive investigation of the music written from 1600-1750.

Music of the age of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

An intensive study of Romanticism in music.

Music since 1900.

Significant musical forms, past and present.

An independent study in compositional techniques.

Prerequisites:

Consent 

Writing techniques for instrumental groups of various types.

Arranging music for choral ensembles.

Writing and analyzing 2-part, 3-part, and 4-part counterpoint.

Class and/or individual projects for music industry majors only.

This course is interdisciplinary in nature and designed to give students an overview of many aspects of the Music Industry including music publishing, copyright, public relations, audience development, financial management, fundraising, donor development, and grant writing.

This class will cover the legal systems, legal reasoning statutes and contracts, that impact the music industry. Emphasis will be on copyright, publishing and recording agreements.

Prerequisites:

MUS 298

This class will examine a broad grouping of musicians, companies, and arts organizations to better understand their growth and development. By understanding the relative value propositions of these current and legacy organizations, students will gain a better understanding of how to place themselves within a larger cultural context.

Music Industry Composition Seminar is a composition class for advanced music industry and composition students. Topics include artistic critiques, song form analysis, and production topics.

Film Scoring and Multimedia is a course that examines historical trends in film scoring, from orchestral scores to electronic scoring. Students will be able to work with both audio and visual components, developing their own visual material, and create short electronic film scores using common electronic synthesis techniques.

Prerequisites:

MUSC 111, MUSC 112

Creative Audio Production is a course that examines advanced aspects of songwriting composition and production. Topics include production-oriented songwriting analysis and composition and leadsheet design.

A survey of solo and small ensemble vocal literature through classical art song, musical theater and contemporary styles.

Principles of applied voice instruction and application of healthy vocal techniques.

Technical problems in relationship to different styles.