Fall 2026

Music in Performance

MUSIC 113 provides descriptive lectures on chamber music accompanied by live performances.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Johanna Wienholts3.9/5Eireann MurphyJavier Calderon +1 more

Summary

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The workload is minimal, requiring weekly attendance, listening to music, and completing short quizzes or paragraphs. One review mentions that quiz answers are sometimes posted, and the final class offers extra credit.

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Prerequisites

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 4.80/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Johanna Wienholts is described as sweet, enthusiastic, and responsive to student emails. Reviewers appreciate her passion for music and positive attitude, noting that she works hard to engage students with great musical selections.

The course is characterized as extremely easy, often called 'clap for credit,' requiring only attendance, listening, and brief quizzes. However, one reviewer noted that Canvas quizzes occasionally contained unanswerable questions despite lecture attendance.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.85 GPA, 91.7% A/AB (n=637 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 89.8% A/AB (n=420 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=604 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 96.8% A/AB (n=661 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.89 GPA, 95.6% A/AB (n=633 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.92 GPA, 96.4% A/AB (n=671 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

No reviews exist for current instructors Eireann Murphy, Javier Calderon, Johanna Wienholts, or Tom Curry. Historical reviews for Mark Fink, John Stowe, and others describe the course as extremely easy with minimal workload. No specific strengths or concerns are reported for the current teaching staff.

AARON HILL is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANDREAS OESTE is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAVIER CALDERON is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHANNA WIENHOLTS is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOHN STOWE is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KONSTANTINOS TILIAKOS is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARC FINK is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARC VALLON is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction428 / 6870
LEC 003Classroom Instruction441 / 6870
LEC 002Classroom Instruction618 / 6870

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Student experience

the class

Johanna Wienholts teaches a highly accessible course described as an easy A with low difficulty. Students appreciate her enthusiasm for music and supportive nature, though one reviewer noted occasional issues with unanswerable quiz questions.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.84 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=1949 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 91.9% A/AB (n=1561 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.83 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=1805 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The workload is minimal, requiring weekly attendance, listening to music, and completing short quizzes or paragraphs. One review mentions that quiz answers are sometimes posted, and the final class offers extra credit.

Students enjoy the curated performances and the instructor's positive attitude. However, one reviewer found that some Canvas quiz questions were unreasonable even after attending lectures, creating a minor frustration.

Topics

  • Chamber music

Grades

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The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.04 GPA average error.

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1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
MUSIC 113 · Fall 2026

Music in Performance

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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