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Individual or group instruction in voice or musical instrumental. Proficiency in Applied Music is judged on an individual basis through recital at term end. Students may register for this course more than once. No previous musical experience is required. 2-5 quarter hours Counts in the Fine Arts Area of General Education Requirements.

This course will provide an introduction to the understanding of how music works, and it will provide opportunities for self-guided explorations of music within different cultural contexts. Examining a variety of individual compositions within spiritual, healing, political and emotional contexts, as well as the context of film, students will learn to identify different aspects of musical experience, and will gain a musical vocabulary to expand musical perception and increase listening skills. Counts in the Fine Arts OR Humanities Area of General Education Requirements. Prerequisite(s): None 5 quarter hours

Upper division seminar investigating music of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classic periods. Emphasis on changes in stylistic implementation of musical elements by composers such as Josquin Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Prerequisites: LAU210. 5 quarter hours. Counts in the Fine Arts or Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.

Upper division seminar investigating music of the Romantic Era and the Twentieth Century. Emphasis on changes in stylistic implementation of musical elements by composers such as Schubert, Schumann, Berlioz, Brahms, Wagner, Liszt, Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Bartok, Hindemith and Stockhausen. Prerequisites: LAU320. 5 quarter hours. Counts in the Fine Arts or Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.

Seminar investigating the music of Africa and non-Western music of the Americas. Emphasis will be on the importance of musical traditions of each culture and transmission of these traditions through theater, dance and religious ritual. Prerequisite: LAS110 or equivalent. 5 quarter hours Counts in the Fine Arts or Humanities Area of General Education Requirements.