Music Courses

History and Appreciation of Music

• MUS 051 PO - Engaging Music
• MUS052 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930
• MUS054 PO - Music and National Identity
• MUS055 PO - Seven Musical Wonders of the Western World
• MUS057 PO - A Survey of Western Music
• MUS058 PO - Beethoven and his Sphere of Influence
• MUS 060 PO - History of Jazz
• MUS061 PO - Musical Theatre in America
• MUS062 PO - Survey of American Music
• MUS064 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach
• MUS065 PO - Introduction to World Music
• MUS068 PO - Listening to American Popular Music
• MUS070 PO - Ethnomusicology in Theory, Method and Practice
• MUS 074 PO - American Maritime Musical Worlds
• MUS 075 PO - Opera
• MUS 088 PO - Global Musical Instruments: Routes, Travels, and Transformation
• MUS091 PO - Perception and Cognition of Sound in the Modern World
• MUS120A PO - History of Western Music: From the Middle Ages to Bach and Handel
• MUS120B PO - History of Western Music: From the Mid-18th Century to Mahler and Debussy
• MUS 177 PO - Music for Composers and Performers
• MUS184 PO - 20th-Century Music History and Theory

Theory of Music

• MUS004 PO - Materials of Music

• Note: MUS 080 PO , MUS 081 PO , MUS 082 PO  constitute a three-semester sequence. Music writing and analysis, exploring properties of compositional materials: melody, rhythm, meter, harmony, timbre, texture and their relation to formal structure. Focuses on the Western tradition. Music chosen from a broad historical and cultural spectrum. Theory courses are supplemented by two musicianship labs per week. Student must receive a Grade of C or better in a course to continue to the next course in the sequence. An online placement test may be accessed through the Courses & Requirements section at www.music.pomona.edu.

• MUS 080 PO - Music Theory I
• MUS081 PO - Music Theory II
• MUS082 PO - Music Theory III
• MUS086 PO - Music in Theory and Practice
• MUS113 PO - Orchestration and Instrumentation
• MUS184 PO - 20th-Century Music History and Theory

Performance of Music: Individual and Class Instruction

Students may enroll for instrumental or vocal study in the Music Department. Lessons may be terminated by the instructor, after fair warning, for unsatisfactory preparation or attendance. When lessons must be missed, students should notify the instructor as far in advance as possible. Students studying privately are expected to participate regularly in the appropriate performing organizations to the full extent of their ability.

Credit with letter-grades is granted for courses in private music instruction. Weekly half-hour lessons earn one-quarter course credit. Students at Level I (MUS 010 PO ) must demonstrate considerable progress after four semesters of credit in order to continue. To be eligible for Level II lessons, students must pass a qualifying examination. Weekly hour lessons at Level II (MUS 100 PO ) earn a half-course credit. All enrollment for private music instruction must be made with the Music Department academic coordinator during the regular enrollment periods. (Students planning to take a qualifying examination must consult with the department academic coordinator concerning the requirements.)

If a student chooses to fulfill the Area 1 Breadth of Study Requirements through individual instruction, any combination of MUS 010 PO , MUS 020 PO  or MUS 100 PO , adding up to one credit fulfills the requirement, provided that the lessons are all on the same instrument.

• MUS006 PO - Group Voice
• MUS007 PO - Group Piano
• MUS010 PO - Individual Instruction, Level I
• MUS020 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II
• MUS100 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II
• MUS117 PO - Conducting

Performance of Music: Ensembles

The performing ensembles sponsored by the Music Department are open to all qualified students of The Claremont Colleges. Credit may be granted for regular attendance and participation in each ensemble. To obtain credit, students must enroll during the regular enrollment periods. Auditions are normally held during the opening weeks of each academic year. Each ensemble may be taken for credit no more than four times (for the equivalent of two course credits); however, the course will also appear on the transcript for each subsequent semester in which it is taken for no credit.

If a student chooses to fulfill the Area 1 Breadth of Study requirement through ensemble courses, the same ensemble course must be taken in two consecutive semesters.

• MUS 031 PO - Pomona College Choir
• MUS032 PO - Pomona College Glee Club
• MUS033 PO - Pomona College Orchestra
• MUS 035 PO - Pomona College Band
• MUS 037 PO - Jazz Ensemble
• MUS040 PPO - Chamber Music
• MUS041 PO - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble
• MUS 42A-Z - Ensembles in Residence. Staff. Introduction to non-Western ensemble performance. Ensemble changes each year. Linked with offerings of Dance Department. Weekly rehearsals culminate in end-of-semester performance. Attendance is mandatory. Year-long participation recommended. Some musical background preferred. Permission of instructor is required. P/NC grading only. Half-course. Each semester.
• MUS042B PO - Afro Cuban Music Ensemble

Special Topics

• MUS096A PO - Electronic Music Studio
• MUS096B PO - Electronic Music Studio
• MUS140 PO - Chamber Music
• MUS147 PO - Linguistic Approaches to the Analysis of Music
• MUS190 PO - Senior Colloquium
• MUS192 PO - Senior Project
• MUS199DRPO - Music: Directed Readings
• MUS199IRPO - Music: Independent Research
• PHYS003 PO - The Physics of Music