Spring 2027

Choral Literature and Performance Practices of Today

A seminar in choral literature from the Renaissance to the present, focusing on performance practices and composer stylistic characteristics.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Bert Pinsonneault

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Accurately describe composer stylistic characteristics and exemplary works.

  • Relate the composer and works contextually to the body of choral literature and parallel developments in music, literature, art, and/or social history.

  • Articulate the meaning, context, and importance of choral literature studied.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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  • Graduate/professional standing
MUSIC 542

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  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027
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BERT PINSONNEAULT is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2011: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=4 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Choral Literature from Renaissance to the Present
  • Performance Practices of Today
  • Contextual analysis of music, literature, art, and social history

Skills

  • Describe composer stylistic characteristics and exemplary works.
  • Relate composers and works to choral literature and parallel developments in music, literature, art, or social history.
  • Articulate the meaning, context, and importance of choral literature.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2022— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

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MUSIC 542 · Spring 2027

Choral Literature and Performance Practices of Today

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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