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MUS 601 Applied Music Minor I

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

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MUS 616 Collaborative Piano Performance Seminar

Performance seminar for students in the Collaborative Piano Masters Program. Students will perform with their collaborative partners (instrumentalists and singers), receive critique from both faculty and peers, and discuss performance related issues.

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Prerequisites

MUS 516

MUS 670 Special Topics Seminar

Presentation and investigation of a specific but not regularly scheduled topic of current need or interest. Course may be repeated to a maximum of 6 credit hours (in different topics) and may apply with permission to requirements in categories of theory, history and literature, or electives.

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MUS 602 Applied Music Minor II

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

1

MUS 603 Applied Music Minor III

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

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MUS 604 Applied Music Minor IV

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

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MUS 605 Applied Music Major I

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

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MUS 606 Applied Music Major II

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

2

MUS 607 Applied Music Major III

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

2

MUS 608 Applied Music Major IV

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

2

MUS 609 Composition

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

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Prerequisites

MUS 438 or MUS 439

MUS 610 Composition

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

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Prerequisites

(MUS 438 or MUS 439) and MUS 609

MUS 611 Composition

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

3

Prerequisites

MUS 610

MUS 612 Composition

Continuation of advanced composition pursuing mature, professional creative expression.

3

Prerequisites

MUS 610 and MUS 611

MUS 614 The Pedagogy of Music Theory

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.

3

MUS 615 Graduate Diction for Singers

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.

3

MUS 624 Analytic Techniques

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.

3

MUS 631 Art of Wind Conducting

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.

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MUS 632 Wind Conducting Symposium

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.

1-3

MUS 643 Baroque Period in Music

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.

3

MUS 646 Modern Period In Music

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

3

MUS 651 Pedagogy of Music Composition

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.

3

MUS 652 Schenkerian Analysis

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.

3

Prerequisites

MUS 624

MUS 653 Post-Tonal Analysis

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.

3

Prerequisites

MUS 624

MUS 665 Advanced Choral Conducting and Analysis

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.

3

MUS 666 Choral Literature for Secondary Schools

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.

3

MUS 692 Graduate Performance Major

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

3

Prerequisites

MUS 593

MUS 693 Graduate Performance Major

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

3

Prerequisites

MUS 593

MUS 694 Recital

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.

3

MUS 695 Thesis

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

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