Courses

All courses carry 3 credits unless otherwise specified.

APPLIED STUDIES

516, 517, 519 and 618A-V Performance: Individual Instruction
Literature and instrumental technique or voice production. Audition required. Credit, 1-4. 

A Applied Piano

C Applied Voice

D Applied Violin

E Applied Viola

F Applied Cello

G Applied String Bass

J Applied Oboe

K Applied Clarinet

L Applied Bassoon

M Applied Saxophone

N Applied Trumpet

O Applied French Horn

P Applied Trombone

R Applied Baritone Horn

S Applied Tuba

T Applied Percussion

U Applied Flute

V Applied Piano Accompaniment

586 Fundamentals of Electronic Music

591B Seminar: 20th Century Performance Practice

591F French Art Song

592G German Lied and Poetry

592K Survey of Keyboard Chamber Music

630 Graduate Recital
Credit, 2.

631 Graduate Composition Project
Credit, 2.

659 Composition
Credit, 1-4

 

CONDUCTING

692 (G,O,W) Conducting Recital

697 (C,D,E,F) Choral Conducting

697 (J,D,L,M) Orchestral Conducting

697 (N,O,P,Q) Wind Ensemble Conducting

697I Advanced Orchestral Conducting

 

MUSIC HISTORY

501 The 17th Century: The Baroque Era

502 Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

503 The 19th Century: Romanticism

504 Music of the 20th Century

505 History of Opera

506 Music of the Renaissance

507 The Age of Bach and Handel

591A Seminar: American Music

591S Seminar: Post-Tonal Music

593F Seminar: Musical Biography

593K Seminar: Introduction to Music Perception & Cognition

593M Seminar: Minimalism

593S Seminar: The Symphony in the 19th and 20th Centuries

593U Seminar: Post-Modern Music

595J Seminar: History of Jazz

600 Musicology Seminar I: Bibliography

601 Musicology Seminar II: Research in Musicology

 

MUSIC THEORY

510 Counterpoint

511 Orchestration

615 Pedagogy of Theory

691 Graduate Musicianship

691A Analysis of Music Since 1945

691C Analysis of Counterpoint

691E General Readings in Music Theory

691F Musical Forms

691M Motivic Analysis

691O Analysis of Opera

691P Analysis for Performance

691R Analysis of Rhythm and Meter

695T History of Theory

697S Schenkerian Analysis

697G Jazz Styles and Analysis

795B Seminar: Practice Teaching

795I Seminar: Independent Teaching

 

MUSIC EDUCATION

ME590M New Trends, Techniques and Research in Music Education

ME591F Assessing Music Learning

ME591W Curriculum Design for Music Learning

ME621 Research in Music Education

ME691L Critical Analysis of Issues, Policy and Practice in Music Education

ME691M Diversity in Music Education

ME691N Musician Health and Wellness

ME691P Philosophy of Music and Art

ME691T Techniques and Research in Alternate Music Education Methods

 

INDEPENDENT STUDY/SPECIAL TOPICS

696 Independent Study
Credit, 1-6.

697 Special Topics
Credit, 1-6.

699 Master’s Thesis
Credit, 3-10.

899 Doctoral Dissertation
Credit, 18.

 

PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS 

(Each ensemble receives 1 credit.)

(Audition Required)

551-553 Small Ensemble

560 University Chorale

561 University Chorale Chamber Singers

562 Women’s Choir

563 Chamber Choir

565 University Orchestra

566 Marching Band
Fall semester only. Credit, 2.

567 Symphony Band

568 Wind Ensemble

569 Concert Band

570 Jazz Workshop

572 Trombone Choir

574 String Bass Ensemble

575 Chamber Jazz Ensemble

576 Percussion Ensemble

577 UMass Marimbas

578 Collegium Musicum

579 Vocal Jazz Ensemble

580 Performance Workshop for Singers
Credit, 2.

582 Chamber Orchestra—Opus 1

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