Fall 2026

Musica Practica 3

MUSICA PRACTICA 3 teaches advanced strategies for composing, understanding, and writing about music.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Arika KleinschmidtDaria TennikovaEdward Klorman +1 more

Summary

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Historical reviews of David Crook, Leslie Blasius: Difficulty ratings are moderate, with one review noting a low difficulty level when students actively engage and ask questions.

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Prerequisites

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MUSIC 122 and 172

MUSIC 221 used by

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.3% A/AB (n=70 letter grades).

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

EDWARD KLORMAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LESLIE BLASIUS is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021. 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
DIS 301Classroom Instruction18 / 180
LEC 001Classroom Instruction48 / 780
DIS 303Classroom Instruction13 / 180
DIS 305Classroom Instruction17 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of David Crook, Leslie Blasius: Reviews describe the course as engaging and funny, with a generally positive teaching quality that relies on student participation to clarify unclear moments.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.69 GPA, 88.1% A/AB (n=42 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.75 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.65 GPA, 84.3% A/AB (n=70 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of David Crook, Leslie Blasius: Difficulty ratings are moderate, with one review noting a low difficulty level when students actively engage and ask questions.

Historical reviews of Leslie Blasius: Students report that the instructor is effective when they listen and ask questions, though he can seem unclear if they do not.

Topics

  • Composition
  • Music analysis
  • Music writing

Skills

  • Advanced composition strategies
  • Music understanding and analysis
  • Music writing

Grades

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1320 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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
MUSIC 221 · Fall 2026

Musica Practica 3

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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