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Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Half-hour lessons in secondary applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Hour lessons in major applied instruments. Permission of School of Music.

Advanced free composition for graduate study, concentrating on individual creative musical inclinations of each student. Seminar and private study of 20th century creative concepts.

Advanced free composition for graduate study, concentrating on individual creative musical inclinations of each student. Seminar and private study of tentieth century creative concepts.

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

Designed to provide the necessary background and practical instruction in the art of teaching music theory and aural skills acquisition. Students will engage in a critical evaluation of the philosophies, materials, curricula, and strategies essential to teaching music theory. The course provides pedogogical training geared toward music theory teaching of students at the K-12 and college levels and in the context of the classroom, rehearsal, and individual applied lesson.

The purpose of the course is to review and expand the knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet, the recognized tool for pronunciation in the world of singing, and to address the rules that govern proper articulation and pronunciation of English, Italian, German, and French in both spoken and sung forms of these languages. In addition, students will learn to transcribe written poetic texts into the International Phonetic Alphabet.

The application of analytical methods, including Schenkerian reductive analysis, to Western tonal music since the latter 17th century. Includes the study of musical forms in Western music and entails a significant prose writing component.

Students will gain the score study skills necessary to conduct top quality repertoire and establish criterion and knowledge of quality repertoires. Students will gain the skills necessary to choose, teach and conduct quality repertoire at the professional level.

Designed to enhance the skills of conductors at every level, topics include repertoire choices, rehearsal techniques, baton technique, ensemble development, and score study. Masterworks will be explored and conducted with development of musical interpretation, movement and conducting technique being the goal. Students will achieve a high level of aural, physical and emotional skill on the podium.

Detailed study of styles, trends, and developments in music, 17th and 18th centuries through preclassic era. Music studied through scores, recordings, and performance. Review of important historical and theoretical developments.

Detailed historical study of 20th century composers, musical trends, and developments. Variety of contemporary styles, experimentation, and performance practice in recent music emphasized.

A seminar/discussion course that will prepare graduate students to teach music composition at the beginning levels. Class and private instruction observation, research and discussion with individual projects and presentations.

The course covers the fundamental concepts of Schenkerian analysis beginning with the interpretation of brief phrases and themes and eventually progressing through short binary forms and larger designs such as sonata form.

The course introduces students to a variety of post-tonal music and analytic approaches. Repertoires covered include free-atonality, twelve-tone music, integral serialism, early electronic music, aleatoric music and indeterminacy.

Advanced choral conducting techniques and analysis of choral scores. Students will conduct in class from choral repertoire which will be chosen from representative works of the important style periods in music history, including Gregorian Chant, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and a variety of 20th century styles. Some class time will also be devoted to presentation and discussion of appropriate choral literature of high quality in the school curriculum. Students should have completed undergraduate fundamentals of conducting classes and all undergraduate theory courses.

Students will read and analyze, in class, a variety of choral repertoire, deemed by the instructor to be of the highest quality. Literature will be chosen from representative works of the important style periods in music history, from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Emphasis will be given to literature that is especially appropriate for junior and senior high school choral programs.

Two semesters of advanced applied instruction for candidates for Master of Music in Performance degree culminating in a public performance.

Two semesters of advanced applied instruction for candidates for Master of Music in Performance degree culminating in a public performance.

Concurrently with MUS 693 or in any subsequent semester, candidate for major in Performance presents public recital under supervision of major instructor and two other instructors from same area.

Candidate for degree in Theory-Composition engages in advanced work culminating in thesis project or composition/arrangement.