A study of the visual and aural symbolics of music and their application to the comprehension of the architectural, organizational, and aural elements of music literature.
An intensive study of the theoretical language of music. Stresses part writing in S.A.T.B. and basso continuo realization with a free instrumental part which utilizes free voice leading relative to the use of non-harmonic activity and the harmonic principles through first and second inversion triads. Instruments of the string section are covered, and appropriate listening assignments are given. Original composition in the style being studied is required.
Co-Req: 71.103 Aural Skills 1
Serves as a continuation of the practices of 71.101 relative to part writing (both vocal and instrumental) including secondary triads, the Neapolitan sixth, modal interchange, dominant sevenths in inversion and root position, modulation, and secondary dominants. Instrumentation covers the woodwind section, and original composition in the style being covered is required.
Pre-Req: 71.101 Music Theory 1 and Co-Req: 71.104 Aural Skills 2
Development of basic sight singing, listening, and dictation skills as they relate to music theory and analysis. Activities include singing (using moveable do/tonic do solmization), listening, and dictation (melodic, harmonic and rhythmic) of diatonic music. Music majors only. Coreq. 710.101
Co-Req: 71.101 Music Theory 1
Development of basic sight singing, listening and dictation skills as they relate to music theory and analysis. Activities include singing (using moveable do/tonic do solmization), listening, and dictation (melodic, harmonic and rhythmic) of more diatonic music. Music majors only. Prerequisite: 71.101 and 71.103. Coreq. 71.102
Pre-Req: 71.101 Music Theory 1 and 71.103 Aural Skills 1 and Co-Req: 71.102 Music Theory 2
Studies the symbolics of music and their application to the comprehension of the architectural, organizational. and aural elements of music literature. Non-Music majors only.
A continuation of practices of Music Theory II relative to part writing both vocal and instrumental including remote modulation and satellite keys, the diminished seventh, augmented sixth, ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth extensions, sequential secondary dominants and secondary sevenths. Instrumentation covers the brass section; original work in the style being covered and in various formal configuration is required.
Pre-Req: 71.102 Music Theory 2 and 71.104 Aural Skills 2 and Co-Req: 71.203 Aural Skills 3
A study of twentieth century music theory via a compositional approach relative to tertial, quartal, and secundal vertical sonorities, and linear combinations featuring modal and synthetic scale resources as well as serial and preserial atonality.
Pre-Req: 71.201 Music Theory 3 and 71.203 Aural Skills 3 and Co-Req: 71.204 Aural Skills 4
Presents an intensive application of requisite skills to chromatic and non-diatonic music, changing and composite meters, displaced accents, cross rhythms, and a vertical approach to reading often necessary in the study of scores. Advanced tonal as well as tonal literature is considered. Harmonic dictation continues to follow the sequence and progress of 71.201.
Pre-Requisite: 71.102 Music Theory 2, and 71.104 Aural Skills 2
A concentration on the techniques employed in solving the notation and musical problems of the music of the 20th century. The consideration include synthetic and nonwestern scales, pitch sets and twelve-tone serialism.
Co-Req: 71.202 Music Theory 4 and Pre-Req: 71.201 Music Theory 3 and 71.203 Aural Skills 3
Analysis and practical application of techniques of scoring for vocal and instrumental combinations in varied configurations. Scoring projects for in-class performance, effective arranging of music in a variety of styles, and problem solving for the arranger will be included.
This course covers jazz notation, the basic harmonic vocabulary of jazz, chord progressions, chord voicings, voice-leading, harmonization of melodies, chord-scale theory, non-functional harmony, and jazz forms. Regular assignments will include writing, analyzing, and performing arrangements of standard melodies and original tunes. Music Majors only.
Pre-Reguisite: 71.203 Aural Skills 3
A study of the structure and organizational principles of music.
Individual work under the supervision of a member of the music theory faculty on a wide variety of topics approved by the instructor and the theory faculty. Permission of chairperson required.
Required attendance at scheduled Thursday Recital Hours and ten concerts/recital each semester from those listed on the Department of Music Performance Calendar. Seven semesters required of all music majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.101 Applied Keyboard 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.111 Applied Voice 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.121 Applied Woodwinds 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.131 Applied Brass & Perc 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.141 Applied Strings 1; Bass Players only
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.102 Applied Keyboard 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.201 Applied Keyboard 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.112 Applied Voice 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.211 Applied Voice 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.122 Applied Woodwinds 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.221 Applied Woodwinds 3
Pre-Req: 72.132 Applied Brass & Perc 2
Pre-Req: 72.231 Applied Brass & Perc 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.142 Applied Strings 2; Bass Players only
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.241 Applied Strings 3; Bass Players only
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.152 Perf Keyboard 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.251 Perf Keyboard 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.162 Perf Voice 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.261 Performance Voice 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.172 Performance Woodwinds 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.271 Performance Woodwinds 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.182 Performance Brass & Perc 1
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.281 Perf Brass & Perc 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.192 Performance Strings 1
Pre-Req: 72.291 Performance Strings 2
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.202 Applied Keyboard 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.301 Applied Keyboard 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.212 Applied Voice 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.311 Applied Voice 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.222 Applied Woodwinds 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.321 Applied Woodwinds 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.232 Applied Brass & Perc 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.331 Applied Brass & Percussion 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.242 Applied Strings 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.341 Applied Strings 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.252 Perf Keyboard 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.351 Performance Keyboard 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.262 Performance Voice 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.361 Performance Voice 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.272 Performance Woodwinds 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.371 Performance Woodwinds 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.282 Perf Brass & Perc 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.381 Perf Brass & Perc 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.292 Performance Strings 3
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.391 Performance Strings 4
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.302 Applied Keyboard 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.401 Applied Keyboard 7
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.312 Applied Voice 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.411 Applied Voice 7
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.322 Applied Woodwinds 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.421 Applied Woodwinds 7
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.332 Applied Brass & Percussion 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.431 Applied Brass & Percussion 7
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.342 Applied Strings 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument.
Pre-Req: 72.441 Applied Strings 7
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.352 Performance Keyboard 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with keyboard as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.451 Performance Keyboard 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.362 Performance Voice 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with voice as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.461 Performance Voice 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.372 Performance Woodwinds 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with woodwind as the principal instrument for performance majors
Pre-Req: 72.471 Performance Woodwinds 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.382 Perf Brass & Perc 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with brass or percussion as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.481 Perf Brass & Perc 6
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.392 Performance Strings 5
Studio instruction in graduated sequence with strings as the principal instrument for performance majors.
Pre-Req: 72.491 Performance Strings 6
Music/Applied Music 400 elective
An aural introduction to the various types of European concert music from the 18th through the 20th century. This course emphasizes aural acquaintance with literature and genre and consists of in-class listening and discussion designed to enhance the aural experience. Required of all first year music majors as a prerequisite to Music History 1 and 2.
An introduction to selected world musics from a contextual perspective which explores music as an integral part of both society and culture and its function in labor, ritual and celebration. Aspects of instrumental classification, spontaneity and improvisation, as well as elements of music as both organized sound and silence in all cultures will be considered. This includes timbre, melody, rhythm, harmony, form, and texture. Required of all first year music majors as a prerequisite to Music History 1 and 2.
Survey of the role of women in music from ancient times to the present, with primary emphasis on composers of art music in the western tradition. Open to music and non-music majors.
A survey of music from earliest times to the present. Significant forms, styles, composers, and aesthetic concepts are examined. Open to non-music majors only.
Studies sacred and secular musical forms from pre-Christianity to 1750.
Analyzes musical forms and styles from 1750 to present.
An historical, cultural and contextual survey of diverse styles of concert and vernacular music in the United States from the colonial era to the present. Open to music and non-music majors.
A contextual study of the American stage musical and its development from the late 18th century to the present, with particular emphasis on the 20th century and on the ways in which shows of a given era reflect or disrupt the culture and discourse of that era.
Traces the roots of American popular music from its origins and influences from the earliest European song forms to American folk songs, Gospel, Country, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, and other popular forms up through current trends as related to the development of the music industry and other socio-musical influences of the commercial song from the 1500s to the present.
A stylistic study of the music of the period from 1600-1750.
A study of the solo, chamber, symphonic and operatic literature from 1720-1827.
A study of representative vocal, instrumental, and operatic works from Beethoven through Richard Strauss with emphasis on stylistic characteristics, catalogues of the composers, and related aesthetic movements including writers, poets, and painters of the 19th century such as Rousseau, Schoepenhauer, Hegel, Schiller, Pushkin, and J.J.W. Turner.
Individual work under the supervision of a member of the music history faculty. May be repeated with permission of the chairperson.
An intense study of advanced topics in music history.
The emphasis is placed on such keyboard skills as the playing of several scale forms, basic chord progressions, harmonization of melodies, accompaniment patterns, basic solo literature, development of keyboard reading necessary to a working knowledge of the keyboard and basic improvisational concepts.
A study of more advanced chord progressions, ensemble keyboard playing, patriotic songs, more advanced accompaniment patterns and advanced solo literature and a continuation of the use of improvisational techniques.
Pre-Req: 75.131 Intro To Keyboard 1
Training in basic baton technique and related study for instrumental and choral conducting.
Pre-Requisite: 71.102 Music Theory 2, and 71.104 Aural Skills 2
Continuation of 75.233 exploring more advanced choral and instrumental conducting techniques.
Pre-Req: 75.233 Conducting 1
This course is designed for both piano and non-piano majors. A discussion of concepts of form with special emphasis on working together with and being sensitive to other musicians will be emphasized. Accompaniments will consist of music for instrumental and vocal soloists and ensembles and will include simple harmonizations and improvisations based on melodies from folk, classical, jazz, and popular music. Techniques of adjustment and cooperation in performance will also be discussed.
A continuation of Piano Accompanying 1 utilizing more advanced music literature from the genres as well as a refining of the philosophies of sensitivity and working with other musicians.
Pre-Req: 75.255 Piano Accomp 1
A study of basic jazz structures, motives, chord progressions, scales, melodic analysis, use of some approach techniques, tensions and their application to improvisation. Includes in class performance by small instrumental and/or vocal groups.
A continuation of 75.361. Will emphasize the study and performance of more advanced levels of improvisation.
Pre-Req: 75.361 Jazz Improvisation 1
This course is directed toward the development and refinement of instrumental repertoire and pedagogy. The course will examine the application of musical content and learning sequences to the teaching of instrumental music to students at all levels. It will include the sutdy of teaching methods and materials for use in private and group instruction. Observation of studio and class teaching and supervised teaching experience will also be included. This course is directed toward meeting the NASM undergraduate pedagogy component.
Course will introduce students to the basics of teaching singing. It will include an overview of the anatomy of the respiratory and vocal mechanism and their application to singing; the categorization of voice types with suggestions for repertoire for young solo singers; an overview of vocal exercises for various technical goals and the diagnosis of common vocal problems and how to treat them. The class will also cover the child and adolescent voice and include in-class supervised teaching.
The study of orchestral and band instruments relative to intonation. The development of conceptual awareness relative to the various characteristics of pitch, which are inherent in the design of the various instruments. Identification of problematic intonation and procedures to alleviate problems through performance.
The study and performance of selected works from the repertoire of each of the five primary areas of performance; keyboard, voice, woodwinds,strings, and brass/percussion. Emphasis will be placed on student and faculty performance, leading to detailed consideration of the relationship between the demands of the mposer and the problems of the performer and the manner in which these concerns influence the musical and artistic judgments necessary to achieve a quality performance.
Designed as a "master class" experience for students in each of the five primary areas of performance, keyboard, voice, woodwinds, strings, and brass/percussion, with a separate section for each area wherever possible. Class sessions will consist of student performance of selected literature followed by critical analysis from faculty and peers. Each section will be supervised by the appropriate area coordinator and will also involve invited guest performers selected from faculty, applied faculty and other noted artists.
Pre-Req: 75.493 Performance Seminar 1
Permission of chairperson required.
Open to all students by audition. Works from the orchestral repertoire are studied and publicly performed with additional opportunities for solo accompaniment.
Open to all students by audition. Compositions are selected from a wide repertoire of wind ensemble literature for study and performance. Opportunity for solo performance with wind ensemble accompaniment.
Open to all students by audition. Selected band repertoire studied and performed.
Open to all students of the University, without regard for major field of study. The marching band performs at University events and at selected band festivals throughout New England. Custom musical arrangements and visual designs are featured. No audition required.
Open to all students by audition. A wide spectrum of jazz orchestration and solo performance is studied and performed.
This ensemble provides students with an introduction to the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for satisfactory ensemble performance, namely: adequate technical facility for successful ensemble participation; functional knowledge of musical grammar and syntax in reference to its application in ensemble performance; proper application of aural and rhythmic skills in an ensemble setting; music sensitivity in relation to ensemble performance; and a knowledge of the protocols of ensemble preparation and performance. Emphasis on utilization of major scales and chords through application in both classical and jazz styles.
Ensemble Performance 2 is an introduction to the fundamentals of the jazz idiom, jazz teory, and jazz improvization. Topics include correct interpretation of jazz rhythm and articulation, basic jazz theory, and the development of improvised melodies. Students will play in small ensembles, or "combos", in this course. Students are expected to have at least an intermediate level of skill on their instruments at the time they begin this course.
Introduction to multiple styles of American popular music: more advanced harmony and rhythm; improvisiong on common chord progressions; semi-independent combos.
Performing advanced jaz and pop compositions; advanced improvisation; semi-independent combos.
Open to all students by audition. Provides a wide range of performance experience through varied brass literature.
Open to all students by audition. Exploration of the growing body of literature for percussion ensemble. Public performance.
Open to all students by audition. Provides study and performance of literature for guitar, lute, etc. Required of all guitar majors each semester.
Open to all students by audition. Provides performance experiences through varied piano ensemble literature for one and two pianos.
Open to all students by audition. Offers a wide range of performance experience through a selection of literature for varying combinations of instruments.
Open to all students by audition. Provides experience in the performance of string orchestra literature.
Open to all students by audition. Provides experience in the performance of jazz literature for groups ranging from four to eight members.
Open to all students by audition. Provides students with a clear understanding of the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to satisfactory ensemble performance and practical experience in the application of such skills, knowledge and attitudes.
Open to all students by audition. Fusion big band covering a wide variety of contemporary jazz rock literature. Solo improvisational opportunities. Numerous performances.
Explores the elecronic production and manipulation of music in a live ensemble setting. Students will incorporate synthesis, signal processing, sampling, etc. into a musical framework. Beside performing from the contantly expanding repertoire of electronic music, students will be encouraged to create original compositions and arrangements for the ensemble. A public performance will be given at the end of each semester.
A small, select choir open to all singers by audition. Performs music ranging from the present day to the Middle Ages.
Open to all students by audition. Includes the study and performance of a wide variety of choral compositions.
A large chorus open to the campus and the community without audition. Performs larger works in the choral repertoire including oratorios, masses, motets and opera.
Investigate and perform the repertoire of choral music available fpr men's choirs.
Open to all students by audition. Provides experience in performing and interpreting vocal jazz literature. Professional microphone and staging techniques will be presented along with vocal improvisation.
Investigate and perform the repertoire of choral music available for women' choirs.
