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Music
  

  • MUS 010EUPO - Euphonium Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010FLPO - Flute Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Rudich
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010GUPO - Guitar Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Sanders; J. Yoshida
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010HDPO - Harpsichord Level I (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010HNPO - French Horn Level I (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): D. Ondarza
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010HPPO - Harp Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Dropkin
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010OBPO - Oboe Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): F. Castillo
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010OGPO - Organ Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010PCPO - Percussion Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Dimond
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010PFPO - Piano Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; G. Blankenburg; M. Kohn; P. Young; J. Jung
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010SAPO - Saxophone Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): K. Foerch
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010TBPO - Trombone Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): P. Keen
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010TPPO - Trumpet Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Burkhart
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010TUPO - Tuba Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010VAPO - Viola Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Fogg
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010VCPO - Violoncello Lev I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Lebow
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 010VNPO - Violin Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Pelev, S. Thornblade
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS010 PO - Individual Instruction, Level I

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
    This course has been revised for 2016-17.  
  

  • MUS010VOPO - Voice Level I (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lytle; U. Kleinecke; G. Geiger; H. Price
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level I. Half-hour lesson weekly. Cumulative credit.
  

  • MUS 020TUPO - Tuba Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 20: half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100: hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 20 series: half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 series: hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department.
  

  • MUS020BAPO - Bass Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Deeter
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020BNPO - Basson Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Beck
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020CLPO - Clarinet Level II (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Bovyer
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020EUPO - Euphonium Level II (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020FLPO - Flute Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Rudich
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020GUPO - Guitar Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Sanders; J. Yoshida
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020HDPO - Harpsichord Level II (Indiv In)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020HNPO - French Horn Level II (Indiv Ins)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): D. Ondarza
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020HPPO - Harp Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Dropkin
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020OBPO - Oboe Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): F. Castillo
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020OGPO - Organ Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020PCPO - Percussion Level II (Indiv Ins)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Dimond
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020PFPO - Piano Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; G. Blankenburg; M. Kohn; P. Young; J. Jung
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020SAPO - Saxophone Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): K. Foerch
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020TBPO - Trombone Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): P. Keen
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020TPPO - Trumpet Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Burkhart
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020VAPO - Viola Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Fogg
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020VCPO - Violoncello Lev II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Lebow
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020VNPO - Violin Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Pelev; S. Thornblade
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS020VOPO - Voice Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lytle; U. Kleinecke; G. Geiger; H. Price
    Credit: 0.25

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS 031 PO - Pomona College Choir

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): D. Di Grazia
    Credit: 0.5

    A large chorus which draws its membership from the College and the community. Rehearses two evenings a week and generally presents two concerts a year of major choral works. Audition required. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS032 PO - Pomona College Glee Club

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): D. Di Grazia
    Credit: 0.5

    The Glee Club, a chamber choir of 20 to 30 members, performs classical music from many historical periods and styles. Concurrent membership in the College Choir throughout the academic year required (except for students who spend their fall semester on study abroad or on official leave from the colleges). Audition required. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS033 PO - Pomona College Orchestra

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm
    Credit: 0.5

    Rehearsal and performance of professional-level orchestral repertoire from the eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Two rehearsals per week. Enrollment by audition. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS 035 PO - Pomona College Band

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Beeks
    Credit: 0.5

    Rehearsal and performance of original compositions and arrangements for concert band. Two rehearsals per week. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS 037 PO - Jazz Ensemble

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): B. Catlin
    Credit: 0.5

    Rehearsal and public performance with opportunity for original work. Enrollment by audition. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS040 PPO - Chamber Music

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; E. Lindholm
    Credit: 0.25

    Program for vocal and instrumental students who participate in small ensembles under the direction of a faculty coach. Students should form ensembles before enrolling. The department will ensure that an appropriate coach is assigned. Weekly rehearsals and at least one performance required. Cumulative credit. (May not be taken more than once per semester, regardless of participation.) P/NC grading only. Not open to first-semester students.
  

  • MUS041 PO - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): N. Wenten
    Credit: 0.5

    Balinese Gamelan Ensemble. Introduction to the Balinese gong kebyar gamelan ensemble and its related performance traditions. As is customary in Bali, students learn to play multiple instruments in the ensemble. Attendance is mandatory. Performance emphasized, with some guided listening. No previous musical experience required. Some additional rehearsal required; students enrolled in Music 41 but not Dance 150C will rehearse until 6:40pm. Half-course. P/NC grading only.
  

  • MUS042B PO - Afro Cuban Music Ensemble

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Addington
    Credit: 0.5

    Introduction to Afro-Cuban drumming with emphasis on the music of the polytheistic tradition known as Santería. Students learn to play different rhythmic patterns on a variety of drums and other percussion instruments and to sing traditional songs.
  

  • MUS 051 PO - Engaging Music

    When Offered: Fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): D. Di Grazia
    Credit: 1

    This course seeks to expand and refine one’s active engagement with composed music throughout history, from plainchant and Palestrina to Bach and Mozart, from Beethoven and Wagner to Stravinsky and Adams, from Duke Ellington and Pete Seeger to Elvis and the Beatles, and from Bob Dylan and Billie Holiday to more contemporary artists such as Elton John, Lady Gaga, and John Legend. (Actual course content will vary from semester to semester.) Emphasis on developing skills of close and critical listening to gain an awareness of and fluency with different musical styles, approaches, and functions. Focuses on the various forms and genres of music (e.g., symphony, opera, motet, ballad, gospel, film).
  

  • MUS052 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 1

    A study of music in Paris within its cultural context. Examination of works by Debussy and Ravel, as well as other notable composers (including Fauré, Satie, Milhaud, Poulenc and Lili Boulanger). Consideration of Impressionism, Symbolism and musical life in the shadow of World War I and the formulation of post-war neo-classicism.
  

  • MUS054 PO - Music and National Identity

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 1

    A study of music and national identity from the French Revolution through the World War II. Examination of instrumental and vocal works by selected composers including Chopin, Liszt, Wagner, Smetana, Dvorak, Ives, Debussy, Hindemith and Shostakovich. Includes examination of nationalist music in relation to wartime culture (emphasis on World War I and World War II).
  

  • MUS055 PO - Seven Musical Wonders of the Western World

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm, G. Lee
    Credit: 1

    Historical, analytical and aural study of seven major works from the Western European and American concert tradition. Genres include symphony, opera, solo, chamber, vocal and instrumental music. Some field trips. No previous musical experience required.
  

  • MUS057 PO - A Survey of Western Music

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 1

    Historical survey of Western art music from chant to recent compositions. Study of selected works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, Adams and others that illustrate significant stylistic and historical developments. This course enriches the student’s experience of music by emphasizing the refinement of listening skills. Lecture, discussion, guided listening, musical score-reading, listening assignments, writing assignments and selected readings.
  

  • MUS058 PO - Beethoven and his Sphere of Influence

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): D. Di Grazia
    Credit: 1

    This course examines Beethoven’s life and creative output in the context of the political and social milieu of early nineteenth-century Europe, as well as his considerable sphere of influence on composers throughout the rest of the century. Students will study works from Beethoven’s entire career, including symphonies, concertos, sonatas, chamber music and vocal music. Discussions will include music by earlier composers, such as Mozart and Haydn, from which Beethoven drew considerable inspiration and works by later nineteenth-century masters, including Hector Berlioz, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Antonín Dvorák, Gustav Mahler and others whose works owe a significant debt to Beethoven’s genius.
  

  • MUS 060 PO - History of Jazz

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): B. Bradford
    Credit: 1

    History of jazz from its roots in blues and ragtime through New Orleans jazz, Dixieland, bebop, cool jazz, free jazz and contemporary styles. Emphasis on innovators, characteristics of style and jazz as a reflection of the Black perspective.
  

  • MUS061 PO - Musical Theatre in America

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): G. Beeks
    Credit: 1

    Survey of the development of musical theatre in 20th century America through the study of selected musical works involving theatre, dance and mixed media. Previous musical experience not required but helpful.
  

  • MUS062 PO - Survey of American Music

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): G. Lytle
    Credit: 1

    Introduction to the contributions that specific ethnic cultures have made to the diverse fabric of American music. Examines two ethnic populations and the elements that make up the musical life of each group. Lectures, guest presentations and concerts.
  

  • MUS064 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 1

    Study of J.S. Bach and of his instrumental and vocal music. Emphasis on the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B Minor and Bach’s keyboard works. Examination of performance issues, with emphasis on the keyboard instruments he knew (notably harpsichords and organs). Discussion of the critique made of Bach’s music by composers, performers and historians.
  

  • MUS065 PO - Introduction to World Music

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    Functional approach to studying the diversity of musical traditions. Focuses on the function and context of performance in geographically representative samples. Examines such issues as gender, religion, politics and ethnicity through the lens of specific performance traditions.
  

  • MUS068 PO - Listening to American Popular Music

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2015.
    Instructor(s): J. Rockwell
    Credit: 1

    Examines the varied soundscape of popular music in the United States. Through listening, analysis and criticism, the course draws connections between music and meaning in genres ranging from 19th-century song through early blues, hillbilly music, rock, folk, funk, metal, megapop and rap.
  

  • MUS070 PO - Ethnomusicology in Theory, Method and Practice

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    Examines ethnomusicology as a changing and vital discipline. Weekly focus on different case studies to highlight particular issues, including defining ethnomusicology and its practitioners; changing ideologies of the field and field work; feminist approaches to ethnomusicology and performance of healing and notion of authenticity. Course includes performance, proposal for musical ethnography and guest lecturers.
  

  • MUS 074 PO - American Maritime Musical Worlds

    When Offered: Spring 2017.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    Approaches America’s musical development from the perspective of people who have worked and lived on or near the water. Analyzes the formative influence of interactions between immigrant, slave, and transient laborers, of diverse national and ethnic backgrounds, in the creation of American musical genres.
  

  • MUS 075 PO - Opera

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): G. Beeks
    Credit: 1

    Examines the development of opera as a formal synthesis of musical and dramatic expression. Focuses on the evolving relationship between musical and dramatic elements, and on opera’s role within a broader cultural context. Requires online viewing of operas outside of scheduled class time. No previous musical experience required.
  

  • MUS 080 PO - Music Theory I

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty; J. Rockwell; Staff
    Credit: 1

    Two-part counterpoint, four-part writing, using root position and inverted triads, dominant seventh chords. Small forms.
  

  • MUS080 LPO - Lab, Theory I

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 080 PO .
  

  • MUS081 PO - Music Theory II

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; T. Flaherty; J. Rockwell; Staff
    Credit: 1

    Diatonic and chromatic harmony, in four parts and freer styles. Sonata and related forms. Prerequisite: MUS 080 PO .
  

  • MUS081 LPO - Lab, Theory II

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO .
  

  • MUS082 PO - Music Theory III

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; J. Rockwell
    Credit: 1

    Late 19th century harmonic techniques, contrapuntal styles. Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO .
  

  • MUS082 LPO - Lab, Theory III

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0

    Prerequisite: MUS 082 PO .
  

  • MUS086 PO - Music in Theory and Practice

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer; J. Rockwell; G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    A comprehensive and integrated view of music as a field of study. Intensive analysis of concepts involved in the study and practice of Western and non-Western music. Emphasis on current approaches in music history, ethnomusicology and music theory. Critical writing, aural and analytical skills. Some composition. Prerequisite: MUS 004 PO  or MUS 080 PO .
  

  • MUS 088 PO - Global Musical Instruments: Routes, Travels, and Transformation

    When Offered: Fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): G. Schreffler
    Credit: 1

    Traces the global historical development and geographic spread of musical instruments in their role as carriers and representatives of social and cultural formations like class, gender, and ethnicity. Includes hands-on organological study through representative examples of widely diffused instrument types.
  

  • MUS091 PO - Perception and Cognition of Sound in the Modern World

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): A. Cramer
    Credit: 1

    This multi-disciplinary course examines sound as a cultural and technological artifact. Surveying recent scholarship in cognitive science, history, musicology, media studies and psychoacoustics, we study film, music, early recording devices, architectural and urban spaces and other sites of sound in the modern world.
  

  • MUS096A PO - Electronic Music Studio

    When Offered: Each fall.
    Instructor(s): T. Flaherty
    Credit: 1

    Introductory laboratory course designed to develop electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required.
  

  • MUS096B PO - Electronic Music Studio

    When Offered: Each spring.
    Instructor(s): T. Flaherty; Staff
    Credit: 1

    Laboratory course designed to continue developing electronic compositions using techniques of analog and digital synthesis. Permission of instructor required. Prerequisite: MUS 096A PO .
  

  • MUS100 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 20 series: half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 series: hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department.
  

  • MUS100BAPO - Bass Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Deeter
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100BNPO - Bassoon Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Beck
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100CLPO - Clarinet Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Bovyer
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100EUPO - Euphonium Level II (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100FLPO - Flute Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Rudich
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100GUPO - Guitar Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): J. Sanders; J. Yoshida
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100HDPO - Harpsichord Level II (Indiv Ins)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson; Staff
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100HNPO - French Horn Level II (Indiv Ins)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): D. Ondarza
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100HPPO - Harp Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): M. Dropkin
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100OBPO - Oboe Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): F. Castillo
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100OGPO - Organ Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): W. Peterson
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100PCPO - Percussion Level II (Indiv Ins)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Dimond
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100PFPO - Piano Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lee; G. Blankenburg; M. Kohn; P. Young; J. Jung
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100SAPO - Saxophone Level II (Indiv Inst)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): K. Foerch
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100TBPO - Trombone Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): P. Keen
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100TPPO - Trumpet Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Burkhart
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100TUPO - Tuba Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): S. Klein
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100VAPO - Viola Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): C. Fogg
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100VCPO - Violoncello Lev II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): R. Lebow
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100VNPO - Violin Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): T. Pelev; S. Thornblade
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS100VOPO - Voice Level II (Indiv Instr)

    When Offered: Each semester.
    Instructor(s): G. Lytle; U. Kleinecke; G. Geiger; H. Price
    Credit: 0.5

    Individual Instruction, Level II. Initial enrollment is dependent upon successful completion of a qualifying examination. MUS 020 PO : half-hour lesson weekly, cumulative credit, each semester; MUS 100 PO : hour lesson weekly, half-course, each semester. Satisfactory grades required for continued study. More information is available from the Music Department secretary.
  

  • MUS113 PO - Orchestration and Instrumentation

    When Offered: Spring 2016.
    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm
    Credit: 1

    Instruments of the orchestra, their historical development and current capabilities. Notation and performance practice. Analysis of selected works since 1700 and exercises in scoring and arranging for orchestra and chamber ensembles to develop historical understanding, imagination and practical skill. Prerequisite: MUS 082 PO , or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
  

  • MUS117 PO - Conducting

    When Offered: Offered alternate years; next offered fall 2016.
    Instructor(s): E. Lindholm; D. Di Grazia
    Credit: 0.5

    Introduction to the skills of baton technique, score reading and projecting musical impulse through gesture and body language. Particular attention paid to developing an aural image of the score and addressing the ensemble appropriately. Prerequisite: MUS 081 PO . Half-course.
  
 

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