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Western Musical Traditions.

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A survey of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present. Emphasis on key musical concepts and genres in their historical context and aural recognition of style.

BMus Practical Lessons 1.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Practical Lessons 2.

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Practical examination in clarinet techniques.

Music as a Profession 1.

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Music Professional Development: An introduction to information, resources, and skills related to physical, mental, and professional well-being for the musician and scholar.

Musicianship Training 1.

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Rhythm and metre basic subdivisions and conducting patterns; intervals, chords, and scale patterns; non-modulating tonal melodies with treble and bass clefs; harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.

Musicianship Training 2.

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Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and syncopations; triadic and seventh chord voicings and disjunct pitch collections; chromatically embellished melodies adding alto clef; simple modulating harmonic progressions emphasizing two-part outer voice structures.

Musicianship (Keyboard) 1.

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Harmonic, melodic and rhythmic analysis at the keyboard through the study of rudiments, repertoire, chorale/score reading, transposition and harmonization.

Musicianship (Keyboard) 2.

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Building chordal fluency. Harmonic vocabulary including sequences, chromaticism and modulation. Chorale and score reading with transposing instruments and alto/tenor clefs.

Theory and Analysis 1.

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Diatonic chords and harmonic progressions, focus on outer-voice framework, cadences, embellishments, building chordal fluency in common-practice tonality, applied chords.

Theory and Analysis 2.

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Sequences and modulation, chromatic vocabulary, analysis of simple theme types (sentence, period, hybrids) and fugal techniques.

BMus Practical Lessons 3.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Practical Lessons 4.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Performance Examination 1.

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Assessment of student's progress in the practical area.

BMus Practical Lessons 5.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Practical Lessons 6.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Performance Examination 2.

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Assessment of student's progress in the practical area.

BMus Practical Lessons 7.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Practical Lessons 8.

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Practical instruction on an instrument or voice.

BMus Performance Examination 3.

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Assessment of student's progress in the practical area.

Introduction to Lyric Diction.

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Rules of lyric diction and the sounds of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Italian Diction.

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Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Italian pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.

French Diction.

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Study of French pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.

English Diction.

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Study of International Phonetic Alphabet. Study of Standard English pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts with a special emphasis on problematic vowels, diphthongs and consonants.

German Diction.

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Study of German pronunciation in singing using song and opera texts.

Theory and Analysis 3.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Compositional resources of late 18th and early 19th century music. Analysis of forms common to the period c. 1770 - 1840, including Classical sonata forms in several media.

Theory and Analysis 4.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Expanded harmonic resources of the 19th century (e.g., advanced chromaticism including enharmonic reinterpretation and symmetrical division). Analysis of characteristic small and large forms. Writing and analytical skills with a goal toward perceiving how levels of musical structure interact.

Theory and Analysis 5.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Exploration of 20th and 21st century organizations of pitch, rhythm, timbre etc. Written and analytical skills for the purpose of gaining insight into the compositional techniques and aesthetics of this repertoire.

Musicianship Training 3.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Rhythm and metre mixed divisions and two-part work; additional chordal voicings and pitch collections; melodies modulating to closely-related keys adding tenor clef; harmonic progression including applied chords; two-part keyboard-style passages.

Musicianship Training 4.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Changing metres; chord voicings and atonal pitch collections; modulating tonal melodies and score reading of transposing instruments; harmonic progression including chromatic chords; two-part passages.

Critical Thinking About Music.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Examination of various periods and styles: e.g., central works from different traditions, the interaction of music and society, performance practice, and music's relation to other arts.

Music as a Profession 2.

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An overview of the responsibilities and skills required of professions in music and of the varied career paths leading from a music degree.

Introductory Opera Repertoire Experience.

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Instruction on Acting Methods, Aria as Monologue, theatrical movement, and script/score analysis as well as take part in production singing roles, covering roles, and/or singing in the ensemble. The course culminates in a Scenes Program that may include repertoire from the last 400 years of opera, operetta, Singspiel, op茅ra comique, musical theatre, and 21st century works.

Opera Studio.

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Coachings, rehearsals, stagings, technical/dress rehearsals in the theatre, and performances in front of an audience.

Jazz Vocal Workshop.

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Vocal workshop for jazz musicians.

Tabla Ensemble.

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Performance and practice of the tabla of North India.

Cappella Antica.

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An ensemble of 8 to 12 voices specializing in early music. N.B. This ensemble may substitute as a Basic Ensemble in programs that specify Choral Ensemble, with Departmental approval.

Song Interpretation 1.

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Normally open only to Voice and Piano Performance students. Study of the standard song repertoire with emphasis on the singer and pianist as partners. A public recital will be given at the end of each term.

Song Interpretation 2.

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Study of song repertoire for singers and pianists.

Early Music Ensemble.

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An ensemble of 4-6 vocalists and instrumentalists which performs music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Cappella 黑料社.

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An ensemble of 16 voices performing challenging repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. Since the expectation is a level of performance equivalent to a professional chamber ensemble, singers wishing to join this group should have had considerable ensemble experience, and advanced vocal and sight-reading skills.

Choral Ensembles.

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Students enrolling in Choral Ensembles will be assigned to one of the above groups.

Contemporary Music Ensemble.

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Ensemble for contemporary music - instruments and voice.

Voice Coaching 1.

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Individual coaching on repertoire.

Voice Coaching 2.

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Individual coaching on repertoire.

Acting for Voice.

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Acting methods focused on improvisation, open scenes, and script analysis, including Laban theory and character development based on environments, relationships, objectives, obstacles, tactics and stakes.

Movement for Voice.

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Critical awareness of the body in space, interpersonal and intrapersonal knowledge of one's own spine, torso, and extremities and their function in movement as well as stillness. Methods may include Feldenkreis, period dance, Tai Chi and/or Alexander Technique.

Music Performance Strategies.

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Exploration of topics and strategies to optimizepractice and performance. Topics include:individual characteristics and habits inperformance and practice, stress and anxietymodels theories, physiological response,coping strategies and skills (e.g., mental imagery,time management, goal setting,attention/concentration, relaxation andmeditation).

Advanced Diction.

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Advanced lyric diction.

Song Repertoire Class.

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Art song repertoire from the late eighteenth century to the present, including the reciprocal relationship between poet and composer and it's expression through performance and performance history.

Oratorio Class.

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Standard solo oratorio repertoire with an emphasis on performance, performance practice and the interpretation of sacred text within a concert setting.

Contemporary Repertoire for Voice.

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Techniques on learning and performing music from the beginning of atonality to music of the present day. Exploration of unique notations and extended vocal techniques.

Post-Tonal Musicianship.

Terms offered: Summer 2025

Extended tonal and post-tonal harmonic and contrapuntal structures, rhythmic practices of the 20th and 21st century, score reading.

Musicianship for Voice.

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Fundamental musicianship issues in the context of performance with an emphasis on intonation accuracy, rhythm, voice-leading and sound texture.

Introduction to Improvisation and Ornamentation.

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Principles of improvisation and ornamentation for music before 1800, including harmonic progressions and voice-leading and contrapuntal patterns for instrumentalists and singers, along with examples of ornamented vocal and instrumental works from 17th and 18th century sources.

Topics in Musicianship.

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Advanced ear training challenges in rhythm, pitch, harmony, form, or timbre.

Singing Renaissance Notation.

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Choral sightsinging of mensural notation, with a focus on white notation c. 1420-1600. Development of basic fluency in the notation, interpretation of values in triple meter, addition of accidentals given the contrapuntal context as perceived aurally, Renaissance solmisation.

Baroque Opera.

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History of opera from its origins in the musical, literary, and philosophical models available to the Florentine Camerata to the end of the baroque. The development of opera will be studied from the perspective of artistic style and in the light of historical, political, social, and economic conditions.

Opera from Mozart to Puccini.

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Mozart's operas and the seria, buffa, and Singspiel traditions. Ottocento opera, grand opera, and cross-fertilization between France and Italy. German Romantic opera. Wagner. Eastern European opera. Verismo and fin-de-si猫cle opera in Vienna and Paris. Sociology of opera. Emphasis on critical understanding of music's role in articulating drama.

Opera After 1900.

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Major early twentieth-century works by Debussy, Strauss, Schreker, Bart贸k, Stravinsky and Schoenberg. Opera in Europe between the Wars including operas of Berg, Milhaud, Krenek, Hindemith and Weill. Politics, sociology, and literature in relationship to musical style. Approaches since 1945 in selected works by Britten, Henze, Zimmermann, Ligeti, Somers and Glass.

The German Lied.

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Survey of the German Lied from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century, focusing on songs and song cycles by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern. Topics include text, musical form and text-music relationships, melodic style and harmonic organization, accompaniment, and performance practice.