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Special Topics in Music explores wide-ranging topics in music history, music theory, or music education.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.73 GPA, 81.8% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026MUSPERF 547 is MASTERS LEVEL COMPOSITION, offering private composition at the master's degree level.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Doctoral level composition course in the Music: Performance graduate program.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
No recorded grade history
Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2027 | MUSIC 497 | Special Topics in Music |
| Spring 2027 | MUSPERF 547 | Masters Level Composition |
| Spring 2027 | MUSPERF 747 | Doctoral Level Composition |
| Fall 2026 | MUSIC 720 | Music and the Academic Profession |
| Fall 2026 | MUSIC 990 | Masters Thesis |
| Fall 2026 | MUSPERF 547 | Masters Level Composition |
| Fall 2026 | MUSPERF 747 | Doctoral Level Composition |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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