Music Courses

History and Appreciation of Music

• MUS 052 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930
• MUS 054 PO - Music and National Identity
• MUS 055 PO - Seven Musical Wonders of the Western World
• MUS 056 PO - Words and Music: History of Black Song
• MUS 057 PO - A Survey of Western Music
• MUS 058 PO - Beethoven
• MUS 060 PO - History of Jazz
• MUS 061 PO - Musical Theatre in America
• MUS 062 PO - Survey of American Music
• MUS 064 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach
• MUS 065 PO - Introduction to World Music
• MUS 068 PO - Listening to American Popular Music
• MUS 070 PO - Ethnomusicology in Theory, Method and Practice
• MUS 072 PO - Gendering Performance
• MUS 073 PO - Music, Gender and Ritual in Latin America
• MUS 074 PO - Music on the Margins: Roma Performance in Europe
• MUS 076 PO - Performing the Sacred: Toward a Theology of Sound
• MUS 078 PO - Performance Traditions of the African Diaspora: Shango in the New World
• MUS 091 PO - Perception and Cognition of Sound in the Modern World
• MUS 120A PO - History of Western Music
• MUS 120B PO - History of Western Music

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  All courses numbered 152-179 require written permission of instructor for enrollment.

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• MUS 152 PO - Musical and Cultural Currents in Paris, 1870–1930
• MUS 154 PO - Music and National Identity
• MUS 161 PO - Musical Theatre in America
• MUS 164 PO - Johann Sebastian Bach
• MUS 184 PO - 20th-Century Music History and Theory

Theory of Music

• MUS 004 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
• MUS 081 PO - Music Theory II
• MUS 082 PO - Music Theory III
• MUS 086 PO - Music in Theory and Practice
• MUS 113 PO - Orchestration and Instrumentation
• MUS 184 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 department secretary 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. For weekly half-hour lessons (10 and 20), one-quarter (cumulative) course credit is earned. Students at Level I (10) are normally limited to a maximum of four semesters of credit. In order to take Level II lessons, students must pass a qualifying examination. Weekly hour lessons at Level II (100) earn a half-course credit per semester. All enrollment for private music instruction must be made with the Music Department administrative coordinator during the regular enrollment periods. (Students planning to take a qualifying examination must consult with the department administrative coordinator concerning the requirements.)

If a student chooses to fulfill the Area 1 Breadth of Study Requirements through performance courses, one course credit (four cumulative courses, two half-courses, etc.) must be earned by enrolling either in applied music lessons (individual instruction) or ensemble courses, all of which must be sponsored by the Department of Music. For students satisfying the requirement through individual instruction, any combination of 10, 20 or 100, adding up to one credit fulfills the Area I requirement, provided that the lessons are all on the same instrument. Enrollment in ensembles or lessons must be in consecutive semesters.

• MUS 010 PO - Individual Instruction, Level I
• MUS 020 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II
• MUS 100 PO - Individual Instruction, Level II
• MUS 117 PO - Conducting
• MUS 183 PO - Advanced Topics in Performance

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 appear on the transcript for each semester in which it is taken.

• MUS 031 PO - Pomona College Choir
• MUS 032 PO - Pomona College Glee Club
• MUS 033 PO - Pomona College Orchestra
• MUS 035 PO - Pomona College Band
• MUS 037 PO - Jazz Ensemble
• MUS 040 PO - Chamber Music
• MUS 040 HPO - Chamber Music
• MUS 041 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.
• MUS 042B PO - Afro Cuban Music Ensemble
• MUS 042G PO - Sea Chanty and Maritime Music Ensemble

Special Topics

• MUS 089C PO - Music in Punjabi Culture
• MUS 096A PO - Electronic Music Studio
• MUS 096B PO - Electronic Music Studio
• MUS 190 PO - Senior Colloquium
• MUS 191 PO - Senior Thesis
• MUS 192 PO - Senior Project
• MUS 199DRPO - Music: Directed Readings
• MUS 199IRPO - Music: Independent Research
• PHYS 003 PO - The Physics of Music