Music Curriculum: 2013-2014

All courses are year long except those listed (F) = Fall/First semester or (S) = Spring/Second semester

I. Individual Instruction (Composition, Piano, Voice, Instrument)

IIa. Theory and Composition
Required for all students; entry level determined by diagnostic exam:

Theory I: Materials of Music (required)
Theory II: Basic Tonal Theory and Composition (required), taken along with Survey of Western Music
One of the following Advanced Theory* courses is required after Theory II:
- Advanced Theory: Advanced Tonal Theory and Analysis
- Advanced Theory: Continuo Playing
- Advanced Theory: Jazz Theory and Harmony
- Advanced Theory: Twentieth-Century Theoretical Approaches: Post-Tonal and Rock Music
  * Note: With Advanced Theory it is required to take either a year-long seminar or two semester-long seminars in music history, which include Jazz History; Music of the Baroque (Spring); Mozart and Beethoven: Music from 1720-1810 (Fall); Debussy and the French School (Spring); Music and/as Language: Ethnomusicology of North America (Fall); Music and/as Social Identity: Ethnomusicology of the Atlantic Coasts (Spring).
Sight Reading and Aural Skills
- Intermediate and Advanced Aural Skills
- Sight Reading for Instrumentalists
Music Technology:
- Introduction to Electronic Music and Music Technology
- Recording, Sequencing and Mastering Electronic Music
- Studio Composition and Music Technology
Compositional Techniques
- Twentieth-Century Compositional Techniques

IIb. Music History Courses

III. Performance Classes

Choral Ensembles:
- Women’s Vocal Ensemble
- Chamber Choir
Jazz Ensembles and Classes:
- The Blues Ensemble
- Jazz Colloquium
- Jazz Performance and Improvisation Workshop
- Jazz Vocal Ensemble
Voice Classes:
- Jazz Vocal Seminar
- Self Discovery Through Singing
- Seminar in Vocal Performance (required)
- So This is Opera?
- Studio Class
World Music Ensembles:
- African Classics of the Post-Colonial Era (F)
- Bluegrass Performance Ensemble (S)
- West African Percussion Ensemble Faso Foli (S)
Other Ensembles and Classes:
- Chamber Music
- Chamber Music Improvisation
- Conducting
- Guitar Class
- Guitar Ensemble
- Keyboard Lab
- Orchestra Projects (required for instrumentalists)
- Senior Recital (S)
- Violin Masterclass

IV. Concert Attendance/Music Tuesdays Requirement

V. Courses offered to the College community that constitute one-third of a student’s total program (seminars or lecture with conferences)

First Year Studies – Landmarks of Western Music
Lecture (F): Music and/as Language: Ethnomusicology of North America
Seminar (S): Music and/as Social Identity: Ethnomusicology of the Atlantic Coasts

VI. Music Courses in Rotation Not Offered in 2013-2014