Music Applied Courses
Courses
Athletic Dance Team: A course for dancing, twirling, pom-pom and marching activities, participation in football shows, basketball games, and other public appearances. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: Admission by try-out only.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
6 Total Contact Hours
6 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Special Focus Ensembles. Small to medium sized ensembles studying a variety of specialized repertories. May be repeated for credit. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
3 Total Contact Hours
1 Lab Hour
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Symphonic Band (2-1) May be repeated for credit. Equipment maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
3 Total Contact Hours
1 Lab Hour
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Percussion Ensemble (2-1) The study of percussion ensemble literature in a performance setting. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
3 Total Contact Hours
1 Lab Hour
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
University Chorus (2-1) A mixed singing organization open to all students interested in any kind of choral work. Audition is not required. Oratorios and operas are presented with orchestral accompaniment, occasionally in combination with the University Chorale. Open to all. May be repeated for credit.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
3 Total Contact Hours
1 Lab Hour
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Orchestra-Winds and Percussion (2-1) May be repeated for credit. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
3 Total Contact Hours
1 Lab Hour
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Chamber Music/Accompanying (1-0) Small ensembles for instrumentalists.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
1 Lecture Hour
0 Other Hours
Individual Instruction (0-0-1) Applied lessons for non-majors and secondary instruments. One thirty-minute lesson per week. May be repeated for credit. Music course fee required. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
0.5 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
.5 Other Hours
Individual Instruction: Private lessons for those preparing for entry into music major curriculum. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area Recital are required. May be repeated for credit. Music Course Fee required. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
1 Other Hour
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of CMUS, MUSC
Individual Instruction (0-0-1) Lower-level applied lessons for music majors. One hour lesson per week. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area recitals are required. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Department approval after a successful audition for lower-level major admission. Music course fee required.
Department: Music Applied
1 Credit Hour
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
1 Other Hour
Marching Band (4-2) Provides instruction in drill design and show music that results in marching band performances. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
6 Total Contact Hours
2 Lab Hours
4 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Wind Symphony (4-2) Study of wind ensemble music in a performance setting. Equipment Maintenance fee required. .
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
6 Total Contact Hours
2 Lab Hours
4 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
University Chorale (4-2) May be repeated for credit.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
6 Total Contact Hours
2 Lab Hours
4 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Orchestra-Strings (2-1) May be repeated for credit. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
6 Total Contact Hours
2 Lab Hours
4 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Piano Class A (0-3) Beginning instruction in piano. Assumes no previous background. Intended for non-music majors. Equipment maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
3 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Piano Class B (0-3) Beginning instruction in piano. Continuation of MUSA 1269. Intended for non-music majors. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
3 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 1269 w/D or better)
Piano Class I (0-3) Equipment Maintenance fee required. Prerequisites: Departmental approval and MUST 1313.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
3 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUST 1313 w/D or better)
Piano Class II (0-3) Equipment Maintenance fee required.
MUSA 1273: Voice Class (2-0) Basic training in the healthy use of the signing voice, vocal techniques, and repertoire. This course is open to all university students desiring to explore the study of voice. May be repeated for credit.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Voice Class (2-0) Basic training in the healthy use of the singing voice, vocal techniques, and repertoire. This course is open to all university students desiring to explore the study of voice. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area Recitals are required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of CMUS, MUSC, MUSG, MUSP, MUST
Beginning Guitar Class (0-0-2) An introduction to beginning techniques of classical and folk guitar styles with emphasis on note reading. Open to all.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
2 Other Hours
Individual Instruction (0-0-2) Applied lessons for non-majors and secondary instruments. One hour lesson per week. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Department approval. Music Course Fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
1 Other Hour
Individual Instruction (0-0-2) Private lessons for those preparing for entry into music major curriculum. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area Recitals are required. May be repeated for credit. Music Course Fee required. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
NaN Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
1,2 Other Hours
Instrumental Conducting Lab (0-0-0) Laboratory course for conducting and secondary instruments classes. Non credit.
Department: Music Applied
0 Credit Hours
0 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Opera Workshop (2-0) Exploration through active participation of all aspects of stage production peculiar to opera and related styles, including acting with music, stage directing problems in treating a musical score, and rudimentary technical production. May be repeated for credit.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Commercial Piano I (0-3) Class piano course. Introduction to chord symbols, modern voicings, chord structure and styles. Prerequisite: MUSA 1272.
Commercial Piano II (0-3) Continuation of Commercial Piano I. Prerequisite: MUSA 2255 with a grade of "C" or better.
Diction I (2-0) English, Italian, Spanish, and Latin diction for vocal majors. Departmental approval required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 1195 w/C or better)
Diction II (2-0) German and French diction for vocal majors. Department approval is required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 2263 w/C or better)
Piano Class III (0-3) Equipment maintenance fee required.
Piano Class IV (0-3) Equipment maintenance fee required.
Intermediate Guitar Class (2-0) Continued work on the classical techniques and literature of the guitar. Prequisite: MUSA 1280 or department approval.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 1280 w/D or better)
Improvisation II (2-0) Advanced level courses for those who pass Intro level. Continuation of chord/scale relationships and contemporary styles of improvisation, including, but not limited to, post-bebop jazz styles, funk and rock styles, salsa, and country. Prerequisite: MUST 2217 with a grade of "C" or better.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 2217 w/C or better)
Improvisation III (2-0) Continuation of chord/scale relationships and contemporary styles of improvisation, including, but not limited to, post-bebop jazz styles, funk and rock styles, salsa, and country. Prerequisite: MUSA 3255 with a grade of "C" or better.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 3255 w/C or better)
Individual Instruction (0-0-2) Upper-level applied lessons for students majoring in Commercial Music, Music Theory and Composition, and General Music leading to Teacher Certification. One hour-long lesson per week. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area Recitals are required. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Requires departmental approval after successful upper-division major audition and four semesters of MUSA 1195 on the same instrument for which the student is auditioning, with a grade of C or higher. Music Course Fee required.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
1 Other Hour
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of CMUS, MUSC, MUSG, MUST, MUTH
Commercial Vocal Styles (2-0) Study and performance of contemporary commercial vocal repertory and techniques. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: Acceptance into upper-level individual instruction in voice and department approval. .
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of CMUS, MUSP, MUTH
Techniques of conducting and organizing vocal and instrumental ensembles, baton techniques, score reading interpretation, rehearsal techniques, and literature of various ensembles. Prerequisites: MUST 2314 and MUST 2112, each with a grade of "C" or better, and a passing grade on the Upper Division Music Theory Advancement Exam and admission to upper level lessons as a MUSG major or MUSP major.
Techniques of conducting and organizing choral ensembles. Baton techniques, score reading, intrepretation, rehearsal techniques, and literature of various ensembles. Prerequisites: MUST 2112 and MUST 2314 each with a grade of "C" or better, and a passing grade on the Upper Division Music Theory Advancement Exam, and admission to upper level lessons as a MUSG major or MUSP major.
Choral Conducting II (3-0) Continuation of Choral Conducting I. Prerequisite: MUSA 3337 with a grade of "C" or better.
Department: Music Applied
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of ALMV
Prerequisite(s): (MUSA 3337 w/C or better)
Individual Instruction (0-0-10) Upper-level applied lessons for music performance majors and applied music minors pursuing BA degrees. Attendance and participation in Departmental and Area Recitals are required May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Department approval after a successful upper-division major audition for acceptance as vocal, woodwind, brass, percussion, string, piano, or guitar performance majors, or applied music minor; and four semesters of MUSA 1195 on the same instrument for which the student is auditioning, with a grade of C or higher. Music course fee required.
Department: Music Applied
3 Credit Hours
1 Total Contact Hour
0 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
1 Other Hour
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of MUAP, MUKP, MUPG, MUSC, MUSK, MUSO, MUSP, MUSV, MWSP
Laboratory course to track participation in music performance or other activities beyond degree requirements. Music Department approval required. May not be used for any degree requirement. Restricted to students in the Bachelor of Music degree. Graded S/U.
Department: Music Applied
0 Credit Hours
4 Total Contact Hours
4 Lab Hours
0 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of CMUS, MUSC, MUSG, MUSP, MUST
Study of the development of the guitar in the history of western music, from early 16th century lute to modern 21st century guitar as well as the music written and the most relevant composers who wrote for the instruments or adapted music for them.
Department: Music Applied
2 Credit Hours
2 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
2 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours
Major Restrictions:
Restricted to majors of MUSC
Pedagogy Of Voice (2-0) Methods of voice development through voice-building and song literature. The study of psychological and physiological vocal problems, including the changing voice, the monotone and registers of all voice classifications. Attention also given to training voices for choral singing a solo performance. Prerequisites: Acceptance to upper-level Individual Instruction, MUSA 2263 and MUSA 2264 each with a grade of "C" or better and department approval.
Piano Repertory (3-0) A study of piano repertory for piano majors. Prerequisite: Department approval.
Department: Music Applied
3 Credit Hours
3 Total Contact Hours
0 Lab Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Other Hours