Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102. Investigation of standard keyboard repertory from the early Baroque through the early Romantic.
Prerequisite(s): MULT 201. Investigation of standard keyboard repertory from the early Romantic to the present.
Prerequisite(s): MUPR 131. Restriction(s): Majors only; or John J Cali School of Music approval. Overview of styles, genres, and performance practices of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its musical environment.
Prerequisite(s): MUPR 131. Restriction(s): Majors only; or John J Cali School of Music approval. A survey through performance and discussion of the origins and development of the 19th century German Lied and the French Melodie.
Prerequisite(s): MUPR 131. Restriction(s): Majors only; or John J Cali School of Music approval. The development of the art song in the 20th century through a survey of solo vocal literature of Europe and the Americas.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102. Survey of various instrumental genres for solo, small ensemble and orchestra.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102. A study of music for larger ensemble formations from 1600 to the present. Through a great deal of listening to the literature, this course will locate similarities between musics for radically different performing forces that extend beyond chamber music.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 102. A survey of music for large instrumental ensembles in the European classical tradition from the early Baroque era to the present. Equivalent course MUGN 238 effective through Spring 2022.
Prerequisite(s): MUCP 250. Analysis, performance, and memorization of basic level repertoire of the Jazz idiom, including historical perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): MULT 301. Analysis, Performance, and memorization of intermediate level repertoire of the Jazz idiom, including historical perspectives.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor required. This course will explore the literature and performance practice of woodwind instruments, with a strong emphasis on the Broadway and commercial woodwind doubling tradition. Throughout the semester, students will be exposed to classical, jazz and commercial styles of music on all 5 families of woodwind instruments: 1) flutes, including piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, recorders and whistles 2) oboe, English horn and other members of the oboe family 3) clarinets, including B-flat, A, E-flat, and bass clarinet 4) bassoon and contrabassoon 5) all saxophones This class is an elective for woodwind students, and is required for completion of the M.A(M.M.) in Performance with a Certification in Multiple Woodwinds. This class will be a mixture of lecture, performance, interactive discussion and critical listening. Multiple Woodwind Certificate students will perform excerpts from orchestral and commercial repertoire, including recent Broadway woodwind books during the semester.
An exploration within a specific topic within the literature of music, e.g. Hindemith's instrumental sonatas. Primarily intended for students in the conducting and collaborative artist programs, but open to all graduate music students as space permits. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.
An exploration of specific works within the canon of western orchestral music, e.g. the nine symphonies of Beethoven. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credits.
An exploration of specific works within the canon of western symphonic band music. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credits.
Restriction(s): Undergraduate degree in Music or equivalent. An exploration of a specific topic within the literature of keyboard music, e.g. the keyboard works of the Tcherepnin family: Alexander, Nikolai, and Ivan. May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite(s): UG vocal literature courses or equivalent. An exploration of a specific topic within the literature of music. E.g., song settings of the poems of Ranier Maria Rilke or the operas of Mozart. Analysis, transcription, pronunciation of texts and singing examples of vocal repertoire are part of the course work. Fluency with the International Phonetic Alphabet required. Final public performance. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours if topic differs. This course, unlike the undergraduate vocal literature courses, is not a survey of the broad standard repertoire for singers. If students in the MM do not have those competencies they would take the UG vocal literature courses as prerequisites.
An exploration of a specific area of music literature, taught by an renowned expert in the field. May be repeated for a maximum of 8 credits.
Study of the stylistic elements of the different eras of jazz history. Theoretical analysis, memorization, and performance of the relevant repertoire of the Jazz idiom. Exploration into the improvisatory elements and musical contributions of important artists.