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COURSES

 

Music (Music)

Performing Organizations

All performing organization courses may be repeated for credit and are open to both lower and upper division students. Credit,earned by students with fewer than 45 units does not count toward the 40 units of upper division credit required for graduation.

101T. Vocal Organizations (1-2)
Technical, stylistic, and aesthetic elements of musical literature; rehearsal and public performance.

101.1. Concert Chair (2)

101.2. Chamber Singers (2)

101.3. Opera Workshop (1-2)

101.4. Collegiate Chorale (1)

101.5. Men's Chorus (1)

101.6. Women's Chorus (1)

102T. Instrumental Organizations (1-2)
Technical, stylistic, and aesthetic elements of musical literature; rehearsal and public performance.

102.1. Brass Ensemble (1)

102.2. Percussion Ensemble (1)

102.3. String Ensemble (1)

102.4. Woodwind Ensemble (1)

102.5. Keyboard Prosemirtar (1)

102.6. Orchestra (2)

102.7. Band Workshop (1-2)

102.9. Contort Band (1)

102.9. Jazz Workshop (1)

102.10. Contemporary Ensemble (1)

102.11. Marching Bond (1-2)

110T. Instrumental and Vocal Lessons (2; repeatable for credit)
Open to all lower and upper division students. Credit earned by students with fewer than 45 units does not count toward the 40 units of upper division credit required for graduation. Studies in technical, stylistic, and aesthetic elements of artistically performing repertory from the standard literature of etudes, solo, chamber, and large ensemble music.

110.1. Brass

110.2. Percussion

110.3. Wings

110.4. Woodwinds

110.5. Piano

110.6. Accompanying

110.7. Harp

110.8. Organ

110.9. Electronic Instruments

110.10. Voice

110.11. Lyric Diction




THEORY AND COMPOSITION

4T. Elementary Theory (2-3)
Prerequisite: Music 9 or ability to read music.

4.1. Ear Training and Sight Singing I (3)
Prerequisite: Music 4.2 (concurrent). Notation: rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic ear training, dictation, sight singing, and keyboard skills for tonal and modal music with emphasis on 17th-18th century music; principles of simple formal structure.

4.2. Harmonic-Contrapuntal Practice I (2)
Prerequisite: Music 4.1 (concurrent). Modality, tonality, equal temperament; intervals; melody; diatonic triads, their inversions and connections; nonharmonic tones; rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic motion in two to four parts for instruments and voices; figure, motive, phrase, simple period structure; emphasis on 17th-18th century style.

4.3. Ear Training and Sight Singing II (3)
Prerequisite: Music 4.1, 4.2; 4.4 (concurrent). Continuation of Music 4.1 with emphasis on 18th-19th century music.

4.4. Harmonic-Contrapuntal Practice II (2)
Prerequisite: Music 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 (concurrent). Continuation of Music 4.2. Diatonic seventh chords and secondary dominants; simple chromaticism and modulation; idiomatic homophonic and contrapuntal writing for varied media; chorale and period structure; emphasis on 18th-19th century style.

14T. Advanced Theory (2-3)
Prerequisite: Music 4 series.

14.1. Ear Training and Sight Singing III (2)
Prerequisite: Music 14.2 (concurrent). Rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic training in recognition and sight singing of 19th century tonal structures involving diminished sevenths, altered and extended chords, chromaticism, and modulation to remote keys.

14.2. Harmonic-Contrapuntal Practice III (3)
Prerequisite: Music 14.1 (concurrent). Nineteenth century music; diminished sevenths, Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords, extended chords; chromaticism and modulation to remote keys; accompaniment, imitation, and development; part-forms, variations, rondo, and sonata designs.

14.3. Ear Training and Sight Singing IV (2)
Prerequisite: Music 14.1, 14.2; 14.4 (concurrent). Rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic tra4iing in recognition and sight singing of 20th century idioms and formal procedures.

14.4. Harmonic-Contrapuntal Practice IV (3)
Prerequisite: Music 14.1, 14.2; 14.3 (concurrent). Contemporary concepts of melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, tonality, and modality; free use of dissonance, quartal-quintal and secundal harmony, polyharmony, polymodality, polytonality; pandiatonicism, atonality, serialism, aleatory techniques.

114T. Proseminar in Contrapuntal Techniques (3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: Music 14 series.

114.1. Seminar in Modal Counterpoint
Polyphony of the 15th and 16th centuries; analysis and composition of melodic lines, simple counterpoint, types of imitation; writing motets with text in three or more parts.

114.2. Seminar in Conan and Fugue
Polyphony of the 17th and 18th centuries; analysis and composition of melodic lines, iniitative, strict and invertible counterpoint, canon and fugue.

114.3. Seminar in Contemporary Counterpoint
Polyphony of the 20th century; analysis and composition of melodic lines and counterpoint using modem procedures.

124T. Proseminar in Orchestration and Arranging (2-3; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Music 14 series.

124.1. Orchestration and Band Arranging (3; max total 6)
Problems in scoring for instrumental ensembles; idiomatic writing for instruments singly and in combinations.

124.2. Band Pageantry (2)
Prerequisite: Music 124.1; 102.7 or 102.8 (concurrent). Practical and creative aspects of producing musical shows and marching formations for athletic events, parades, and public ceremonies.

134T. Proseminer in Composition (3; max total 12)
Prerequisite: Music 14 series or permission of instructor.

134.1. Seminar in Exercises in Composition (3)
Creative writing for voices or instruments in small forms with specified techniques of the 20th century.

134.2. Seminar in Advanced Composition (3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: Music 134.1 or permission of instructor. Seminar in original composition of a thoroughly contemporaneous nature in media, forms, and styles of student's choice.

144T. Proseminar in Conducting (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Music 14 series.

144.1. Choral Conducting (3)
Projects related to directing choral ensembles of varying size and levels of competence; conducting techniques; achieving tone quality and balance; diction; score reading; rehearsal techniques, ensemble organization and management.

144.2. Instrumental Conducting (3)
Projects related to directing instrumental ensembles of varying size and levels of competence; conducting techniques; score reading; rehearsal techniques, ensemble organization and management.


MUSICOLOGY

76T-176T Series. Forms, Styles and Repertory
764-176.0. Forms and Styles (1)
Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in a 2-unit 76T-176T repertory course. Listener's guide to appreciation of musical art; principles of structure and expression, formal designs, and stylistic tendencies of the chief historical eras.

76.1-12, 176.1-12. Repertory (2; max total 24)
Prerequisite: Music 76-176.0 or concurrent enrollment. Musical literature of the important performance areas; analysis of representative works.

76-176.1. Choral

76-176.2. Wind, Brass, and Percussion

76-176.3. String

76-176.4. Chamber Music

76-176.5. Keyboard

76-176.6. Orchestral

76-176.7. Vocal Recital

76-176.8. Operatic

76-176.9. Avant-Garde

76-176.10. Falk and Ethnic

76-176.11. Jaxz and Rock

76-176.12. Musical Theatre

117T. Proseminar and Practicum in Musical Literature (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Music 4 series, 76T or 176T, and for nonmusic majors, permission of instructor.

117.1. Proseminar in Musical Literature I (3)
Prerequisite: Music 117.2 (concurrent). Individual research projects and reports on style systems and major works from antiquity to 1700.

117.2. Practicum in Musical Literature I (1)
Prerequisite: Music 117.1 (concurrent). Practical use of research by small groups through study of historic performance practices; preparation for concert of compositions from antiquity to 1700.

117.3. Proseminar in Musical Literature II (3)
Prerequisite: Music 117.1, 117.2; 117.4 (concurrent). Individual research projects and reports on style systems and major works from 1700 to present.

117.4. Procticum in Musical Literature II (1)
Prerequisite: Music 117.1, 117.2; 117.3 (concurrent). Practical use of research by small groups through study of historic performance practices; preparation for concert of compositions from 1700 to present.


MUSIC EDUCATION

9. Introduction to Music (3)
Not recommended for music majors. Theory necessary for the reading, playing, and understanding of music by the layman and the elementary credential candidate.

109. Piano in the Classroom (2; max total 4)
Not open to music majors. Class instruction in piano for elementary credential candidates and teachers working on graduate degrees.

119T. Topics in Pedagogy (2)
Prerequisite: Music 4 series. Principles, procedures, and materials for teaching music in the schools and junior colleges.
119.1. Brass
119.2. Percussion
119.3. Strings
119.4. Woodwinds
119.5. Keyboard Instruments
119.6. Children's Instruments
119.7. Voice and Chorus
119.8. Theory and Appreciation

129T. Proseminar in Music Education (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Music 4 series for students majoring in music, Mus 9 for others.

129.1. Children's Music (3)
Individual research on the place and functions of music in the elementary school curriculum; selection, discussion, and analysis of musical materials includ- ing state texts; planning activities that enable children to develop aesthetic sensitivity, musical skills, and understanding.

129.2. Music for Youth (3)
Individual research on the place and functions of music in the secondary school curriculum; selection, discussion, and analysis of musical materials; plan- ning activities that enable adolescents to develop musical skills and understanding.

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.

191. Readings in Music (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Readings in depth and discussions in individual conferences; subject to be selected by student and his adviser. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic.




GRADUATE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)

Music (Music)

204. Studies in Musical Analysis (3, max total 6)
Directed individual research projects in analysis of selected works; special problems in interpretation of form, thematic andmotivic development, harmonic structure, compositional devices and their significance.

210. Studies in Performance (2; max total 6)
Open only to master's degree students majoring in performance or to other master's students by permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Music 220 and permission of department chair. Individually directed studies in performing or conducting instrumental or vocal music; historical and theoretical interpretation applied in preparation for public recitals and concerts of works from the standard literature of all periods in the student's major performance area.

214. Seminar in Theory (3; max total 6)
Prerequisite: Music 204, 220, the equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Individually directed research projects on modern or historical theoretical systems and sources, theories of musical aesthetics, and their applications in analysis and interpretation of compositions.

217T. Seminar in Musicology (3, max total 9 if no era repeated)
Prerequisite: Music 220, the equivalent, or permission of instructor. Critical and analytic study of the historical sources, selected works and composers of various eras; individual research projects and discussions.

217.1. Renaissance and Baroque Eras

217.2. Classic and Early Romantic Eras

217.3. Late Romantic and Contemporary Eras

219T. Seminar in Music Education
(3; max total 9 if no course repeated)

Prerequisite: Music 129.1, 129.2 or equivalents and permission of the instructor. Topics of special concern to the teacher or administrator. Individual research projects and discussion of problems in the area of literature, philosophy, and practices of teaching, administration, and curriculum planning.
219.1. Musical Literature for Children
219.2. Musical Literature for Youth
219.3. Curriculum and Philosophy
219.4. Supervision and Administratiort

220. Research Methods and Bibliography (3)
Prerequisite: Music 117 series or equivalent. Bibliography, sources, and research techniques necessary for graduate study in music. Individual projects and research. Required of all students working for the master's degree in music.

234. Seminar in Composition (3; max total 9)
Prerequisite: Music 114.1, 114.2, 204, and permission of instructor. Independent creative writing with contemporary techniques of an extended work equivalent in substance to a sonata, cantata, or other composition of major proportions.

290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures -- Independent Study.

291. Readings in Music (1-3)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Readings in depth and discussions in individual conferences; subject to be selected by student and his adviser. May be preliminary research in connection with thesis topic.

299. Thesis or Project (2-6, max total 6)
Prerequisite: see Master's Degrees -- Thesis Requirement. Preparation, completion, and submission of an acceptable thesis or project for the master's degree.


IN-SERVICE COURSES

(See Course Numbering System.)

Music (Music)

307. Musical Instrument Repair (l; max total 3)

309A. Workshop: New State Music Textbooks (1)

309B. Workshop: Elementary School Classroom Instruments (1)

309C. Workshop: Folk Music and Dancing (1)

309D. Workshop: Piano Teachers' Workshop (1-2)



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