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Spring 2027

4,369 courses

Ensemble-string course involving assignments in performing ensemble literature.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

ENSEMBLE-GUITAR involves rehearsal, coaching, and preparation of guitar literature for performing duos, trios, and quartets.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2024–Spring 2025 · limited sample

Musica Practica: Aural Skills 4 provides intermediate aural skills instruction, covering solfege, sight singing, rhythmic proficiency, and harmonic dictation.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Special Topics in Music explores wide-ranging topics in music history, performance, theory, or education.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Margaret Butler

Grading was characterized as unnecessarily tough, with specific complaints about penalties for illness and lack of clear direction.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2023–Spring 2026

Explores U.S. ethnic group music, including marginalized minorities like African American, Asian American, Native American, and Jewish communities, in cultural contexts.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Susan Cook

Past students reported that exams required writing two essays and short answers within 50 minutes, which was often insufficient time. Lectures also involved random call-outs on long reading assignments, causing anxiety for some.

No recorded grade history

Jazz Improvisation covers advanced theoretical concepts, aural skill development, and analysis procedures specific to the jazz idiom.

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historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2024 · limited sample

Comprehensive study of sources, analysis, and style of repertoire for specific instruments or voices.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2025–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Wind Ensemble involves rehearsal and performance of music from wind ensemble and band literature. An audition is required for participation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Concert Band involves rehearsal and performance of wind ensemble and band literature, requiring an audition for placement.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Survey of major genres and composers of monophonic and polyphonic sacred and secular music in Western Europe and England from the 7th to 14th centuries.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Fall 2023 · limited sample

Survey of major genres and composers in Western Europe from ca. 1750-1827.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Margaret Butler

The course featured a heavy reading load and long, difficult assignments. One student advised taking it only during a light credit semester to manage the pace.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2024 · limited sample

Examines the relationship between music and urban space, exploring music scenes, urban planning, creative cities, regional sounds, and how music produces senses of place.

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No recorded grade history

Varsity Band involves rehearsal and performance of music for athletic events, requiring an audition.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Fundamentals of Music Production introduces digital audio recording and editing theory, covering signal flow and hands-on DAW operation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2025–Spring 2026 · limited sample

University Band explores and performs standard and contemporary band literature, focusing on ensemble skills and expressive performance.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Collegium Musicum is an Early Music Ensemble for instrumental and vocal performance using replicas of early instruments. Audition required.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Focuses on acting and stagecraft for opera, covering text work in English and foreign languages and applying skills to arias and scenes.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sample

Marching Band Techniques explores methods and materials for marching band teaching, philosophy, and performance.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Special Topics in Music explores wide-ranging topics in music history, music theory, or music education.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Directed study course for individual research and projects with faculty, requiring department approval of the project and instructor assignment.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Concert Choir offers choral vocal training and the study and performance of concert literature, requiring an audition for entry.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Treble Choir explores, rehearses, studies, and performs choral repertoire for treble voices.

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Advanced Pedagogy covers advanced pedagogical methods for performance, focusing on curriculum development, repertoire selection, and culturally relevant teaching practices for intermediate and advanced students.

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No recorded grade history

Advanced String Pedagogy surveys contemporary and historical string pedagogy for multiple teaching settings and applied research, emphasizing individual projects.

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No recorded grade history

String Literature examines the relationship of string solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature to history, style, form, genre, and performance practice, emphasizing bibliographic sources and a required research project.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

University Opera involves preparation, rehearsal, and performance of an opera role in a University production.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Opera Workshop covers performance of opera and musical theater scenes, including singing, accompanying, dramatic action, voice projection, posture, movement, and staging elements like lighting and costumes.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

CHORALE provides choral vocal training and the study and performance of concert literature. An audition is required for enrollment.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

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