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Classes:
MUS 101 - Music Fundamentals
- 3 Credits
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Prerequisite:
None, but students may find it helpful to take Group
Piano
(Music 131) at the same time.
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This course provides the
student and opportunity to develop a working knowledge of
the elements of music. Students learn the basic skills
needed to read, write, analyze, and compose simple music.
This course prepares a student for Music Theory 1.
MUS 107 - Audio Engineering
1 - 3 Credits
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Prerequisites: MUS
101, MUS 118 and MUS
119.
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Audio engineering is available
for students who are seeking the tools to work and
function as a recording engineer in a recording environment
(i.e., recording studio or live concert recording). Students
will meet with the instructor in the recording
studio where the following topics, among others, will be
addressed and demonstrated: sound and hearing, studio
acoustics, microphones (choices and positioning), mixing
board, recording technology, tracking, audio editing, signal
processing, monitoring, mixing, mastering, work flow, and
professionalism. Successful completion of this class leads
to opportunities to work with a faculty producer on future
defined projects in the recording studio.
MUS 109 - Audio Engineering
2 - 3 Credits
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Prerequisite: Audio
Engineering (MUS 107)
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This class is the second
term of a three term sequence. These classes are designed to
take the student through the entire process of recording,
mixing, producing audio. It meets in the recording
studio. Read the description
of MUS 107 above for further details.
MUS 110 - Audio Engineering
3 - 3 Credits
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Prerequisite: Audio
Engineering (MUS 109)
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This class is the third
term of a three term sequence. These classes are designed to
take the student through the entire process of recording,
mixing, producing audio. It meets in the recording
studio. Read the description
of MUS 107 above for further details.
MUS 111 - Music Theory
1 - 4 Credits - Generally offered fall term.
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Prerequisite:
Placement test or MUS 101 required.
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Co-requisite:
Sight Reading/Ear Training (MUS 114).
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First term of a three
term sequence. Thorough review of the fundamentals of music
followed by their application to melody, harmony and rhythm
through analysis and composition. Students having little or
no piano background should take Group Piano for a better
understanding of the keyboard.
MUS 112 - Music Theory
1 - 4 Credits - Generally offered winter term.
MUS 113 - Music Theory
1 - 4 Credits - Generally offered spring term.
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Prerequisite: Music Theory 1
(MUS 112).
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Co-requisite:
Sight Reading/Ear Training (MUS 116).
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Second term of a three
term sequence. Thorough review of the fundamentals of music
followed by their application to melody, harmony and rhythm
through analysis and composition. Students having little or
no piano background should take Group Piano
for a better
understanding of the keyboard.
MUS 114 - Sight
Reading and Ear Training - 3 Credits - Generally offered
fall term.
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Co-requisite:
Music Theory 1 (MUS 111).
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First term of a three
term sequence. In this class one will develop the skills necessary
to read melodies at sight and to notate melodies one hears.
It includes the study of rhythm and meter, tonality and
modality (solfeggio) scales, triads and seventh chords,
cadences, and conducing patterns.
MUS 115 - Sight
Reading and Ear Training - 3 Credits - Generally offered
winter term.
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Co-requisite:
Music Theory 1 (MUS 112).
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Second term of a three
term sequence. In this class one will develop the skills necessary
to read melodies at sight and to notate melodies one hears.
It includes the study of rhythm and meter, tonality and
modality (solfeggio) scales, triads and seventh chords,
cadences, and conducing patterns.
MUS 116 - Sight
Reading and Ear Training - 3 Credits - Generally offered
spring term.
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Co-requisite:
Music Theory 1 (MUS 113).
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Third term of a three
term sequence. In this class one will develop the skills necessary
to read melodies at sight and to notate melodies one hears.
It includes the study of rhythm and meter, tonality and
modality (solfeggio) scales, triads and seventh chords,
cadences, and conducing patterns.
MUS 118 - Music
Technology MIDI/Audio 1
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Prerequisite: None
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This course provides a
student with an opportunity, through group instruction and
hands-on experience, to study current applications of music
technology in a comprehensive MIDI/audio studio. Students
will learn to use various music production tools, using MIDI
sequencing, patch editing, digital audio recording, MIDI
networking, digital effects devices and plug-ins, and both
digital and analog mixing systems. Each student is assigned to
one of the twenty MIDI/audio studios,
where they will complete creative lab assignments. Students
will work in the studios a minimum of 3 hours per week
outside of class.
MUS 119 - Music
Technology MIDI/Audio 2 -
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Prerequisite:
Music Technology 1 (MUS 118).
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This course provides a
student with an opportunity, through group instruction and
hands-on experience, to study advanced techniques in the
field of music technology in a comprehensive MIDI/audio
studio. Students will learn advanced applications of
synthesizers, professional sound recording/editing software,
MIDI networking, MIDI sequencing, digital effects and both
analog and digital mixing. In addition, students will gain
experience in syncing sound and music to digital movies.
Students will also have the opportunity to work with many
audio formats such as AIFF, SDII, WAV, and MP3 as they work
n heir sound event projects. Students will work in the
studios a minimum of 3 hours per week outside of class.
MUS 120 - Music Notation
in Finale - 3 Credits -
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Prerequisites:
Three terms of Music Theory 1 (MUS 111,
MUS 112, and MUS
113.)
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Learn to operate Finale,
a music notation software program.
MUS 131 - Group Piano
- 2 Credits -
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Prerequisite:
None.
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Intended for readers,
non-readers and music theory students. This course is for
students who are interested in learning to play piano or
continuing their keyboard studies. There are sections for
students who have no experience reading music and for people
who do. The course provides group instruction covering
principles of piano playing and may be repeated for credit.
Up to six credits may be transferred.
MUS 134 - Group Voice
- 2 Credits -
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Prerequisite:
None.
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This class is designed to
help students develop their voices for singing. They will be
instructed in vocal techniques that will improve the quality
of their voices. They will learn about diction, phrasing,
dynamics, expression, posture, breath control, and vocal
resonance. They will also learn how to cope with the fear of
singing in front of others.
MUS 137 - Group Guitar
- 2 Credits -
MUS 161 - Jazz Improvisation:
Instrumental - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: Music Reading or concurrent enrollment in MUS101 is recommended.
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Students will study
elements of jazz theory as they relate to jazz
improvisation. Jazz standards, melodies and chord
progressions will serve as the focus of study. Students will
improvise, transcribe solos and memorize jazz
"heads."
MUS 164 - Jazz Improvisation:
Vocal - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite:
Music Reading or concurrent enrollment in MUS101 is recommended.
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This course will expose
students to a variety of styles in the jazz idiom and
provide an opportunity for the growth and development of
improvisational skills within this idiom.
MUS 185 - Instrumental Performance
- 1 Credit
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Co-requisite - Individual
Lessons (Instrumental)
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Instrumental performance
is designed for instrumental students at MUP 170 or above
who are taking individual lessons and are preparing for a
career in music. This class focuses on the art of
performance.
MUS 186 - Vocal
Performance - 1 Credit
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Co-requisite - Individual
Lessons (Voice)
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The vocal performance
class is an advanced level class designed for serious
students of singing who are studying privately and wish to
prepare for a career in performance or education and/or
excel in the craft for personal reasons.
MUS 201 - Introduction to
Music and its Literature - 3
Credits - Generally offered fall term.
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Prerequisite: None.
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This course is the first
term of a three term series. Students survey, listen to and
study classical music from antiquity to the present. Music
of representative composers from each of the musical periods
will be studied to follow the effect of musical
experimentation and outside influences of the growth of
musical style.
MUS 202 - Introduction to
Music and its Literature - 3
Credits - Generally offered winter term.
MUS 203 - Introduction to
Music and its Literature - 3
Credits - Generally offered winter term.
MUS 205 - Introduction to Jazz
History - 3 Credits
MUS 211 - Music Theory
2 - 4 Credits - Generally offered fall term.
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Prerequisite:
Three terms of Music Theory 1 ( MUS 111,
MUS 112, and MUS
113.)
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Co-requisite: Sight Reading and
Ear Training (MUS 224)
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This is the first term of
a three term series. In this sequence, the second year of
music theory, students continue their study of the disciplines
of composing, analyzing, performing and improvising original
and published music of different style periods. Emphasis is
on terminology and music concepts from the Renaissance to
the present day, Practical keyboard skills are also emphasized.
MUS 212 - Music Theory
2 - 4 Credits - Generally offered winter term.
MUS 213 - Music Theory
2 - 4 Credits - Generally offered spring term.
MUS 224 -Sight Reading and
Ear Training - 2 Credits - Generally
offered fall term.
- Prerequisite: Sight
Reading and Ear Training (MUS 116).
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Co-requisite: Music
Theory 2 (MUS 211)
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This class is the first
term of a three term sequence and is the continuation of
Sight Reading and Ear Training (MUS 114, 115, 116). Students
continue development of perception, knowledge and skills
needed to read and write music.
MUS 225 -Sight Reading and
Ear Training - 2 Credits - Generally
offered winter term.
MUS 226 -Sight Reading and
Ear Training - 2 Credits - Generally
offered spring term.
MUS 261 - Music History
- 3 Credits
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Prerequisites: Two terms
of Music Theory or equivalent.
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MUS 261 is a survey of
the music that influenced the course of Western music.
Studies will cover basic stylistic concepts of the antique
through the early baroque periods. Requirements: Reading and
research, guided listening, and analysis. Students may enter
any term.
MUS 262 - Music History
- 3 Credits
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Prerequisites: Two terms
of Music Theory or equivalent.
MUS 262 is a survey of
the music, lives and times of the composers and music that
influenced the course of Western Music. This section covers
the late baroque, classical and early romantic periods.
Requirements: Reading and research, guided listening, and
analysis. Students may enter any term.
MUS 263 - Music History
- 3 Credits
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Prerequisites: Two terms
of Music Theory or equivalent.
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MUS 263 covers the music
and composers of the late romantic period through the
twentieth century. Requirements: Reading and research,
guided listening, and analysis. Students may enter any
term.
MUS 264 - History of Rock
Music 1 - 3 Credits
MUS 265 - History of Rock
Music 2 - 3 Credits
MUS 270 - Jazz
Theory - 3 Credits
- Prerequisites: MUS 111
and MUS 112
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This one term course in
jazz theory will introduce the student to concepts of jazz
harmony, melody, rhythm, form, timbre and instrumental
performance practice. The focus will be on analyses of jazz
compositions and improvisation techniques as well as
traditional concepts of music theory.
MUS 291 - Chamber Choir - 2 Credits
MUS 292 - Vocal Jazz Ensemble - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: Audition required. Full year commitment.
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Read, rehearse, and perform music of the vocal jazz idiom including swing, blues, Latin, and ballad styles. Student must have the ability to learn music on his or her own, be at rehearsal prepared and on time, and have an enthusiasm for the music.
MUS 293 - Jazz Combo - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: Music reading or concurrent enrollment in Music
Fundamentals (MUS 101) is required. No audition required.
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This course is for
instrumentalists wishing to study jazz styles in a small
group (combo) setting. Students form several small ensembles
of up to seven players to study jazzstandards from the Real
Book and other jazz "fake books." Emphasis is
placed on performance styles as well as
fundamentals/elements of jazz theory as they relate to
harmonic form, improvisation and listening. Heavy emphasis
on rhythm section playing.
MUS 294 - Jazz
Ensemble - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: Audition
required.
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Jazz Ensemble is a class
for students who wish to study jazz music in a performance
environment. The class is limited to six saxophones, five
trumpets, five trombones, piano, bass guitar, and trap set.
MUS 295 - Symphonic Band - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: None. No audition required.
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Symphonic Band provides and opportunity for woodwind, brass, and percussion students to study, rehearse, and perform all types of concert band literature.
MUS 296 - Chamber
Orchestra - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: Audition is
required
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This course blends the talents of experienced community string players with the needs of student musicians creating an excellent ensemble experience for all. Chamber Orchestra plays three programs each year. Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 7-9:50 p.m.
MUS 297 - Concert
Choir - 2 Credits
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Prerequisite: None. No
audition required.
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This class is open to
anyone interested in singing in a large ensemble. No prior
experience is required. Students develop their vocal skills and
learn music of various periods and styles in preparation for
at least one public performance each term.
Included also are independent
study options and a variety of private lessons. Contact the music
department for further details.
For more information about any aspect of the
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