Course listings in 2005
The following list is from 2005. Consult the current Calendar and Beartracks for latest listings.
Note: The ability to read music is required for all courses numbered 170 and greater, except MUSIC 201.
MUSIC 100 Rudiments of Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Fundamentals of music theory approached through aural and written training. Note: Not available for degree credit to students enrolled in a BMus (all routes) degree program.
L MUSIC 101 Introduction to Western Art Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
A study of music literature with an emphasis on listening and analytical tools. A brief survey of the history of Western music will be included. Note: Not open to BMus (all routes) students.
O MUSIC 102 Introduction to World Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 165.
MUSIC 103 Introduction to Popular Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
A survey of popular music's development as a category of musical and cultural practice, an industry and an object of study, during the twentieth century.
MUSIC 122 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/ BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 124 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 125 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd students.
MUSIC 126 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 127 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six one-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 129 Fundamental Keyboard Skills
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department. Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 132 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 140 Choral Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Choir or Madrigal Singers. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 141 Instrumental Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Academy Strings, Orchestral Winds, or Jazz Band I or II. Prerequisite: consent of Department based on audition.
O MUSIC 143 Indian Music Ensemble I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
The classical music of India, through group instruction in singing, tabla (drums), sitar (plucked lute), sarangi (bowed lute), bansuri (flute), harmonium, and ensemble performance. A set of instruments will be available. The ability to read music is not required. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 144 West African Music Ensemble I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Polyphonic and polyrhythmic music of West Africa, primarily through ensemble performance of the percussion and vocal music of the Ewe people of Ghana. A set of Ewe percussion instruments will be available. The ability to read music is not required. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 151 Aural and Keyboard Skills I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-3L-0)
The development of basic musicianship skills through dictation and performance of pitch, rhythmic, and keyboard exercises. Prerequisite: MUSIC 100 or satisfactory completion of Dept. of Music Theory Placement Exam and Aural Skills Exam for other than BMus students. Corequisite: MUSIC 155 or 156. Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, BA (Honors) Music Major, and BA Music Major/Minor students.
MUSIC 155 Music Theory I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
A study of common-practice harmony, including elementary analysis with preliminary discussion of elements of formal contrapuntal writing and chorale texture. Prerequisite: MUSIC 100 or satisfactory completion of Department of Music Theory Placement Examination. Registration priority given to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, BA (Honors) Music Major, and BA Music Major/Minor students.
MUSIC 156 Music Theory II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Continuing the study of common-practice harmony and elementary formal analysis. Prerequisite: MUSIC 155. Registration priority given to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, BA (Honors) Music Major, and BA Music Major/Minor students.
MUSIC 201 Western Music and Contexts
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Study of selected works and their significance in a variety of musical, social, and historical contexts. Prerequisite: MUSIC 101 or equivalent. Not open to BMus (all routes) students. Not applicable to BA Music Major students.
MUSIC 207 Instruments for Children
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Laboratory experience with recorder ensemble, small winds, chording and percussion instruments. Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151.
MUSIC 209 Woodwind Techniques I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Practical and theoretical instruction on single-reed instruments. Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151. Corequisite or prerequisite: MUSIC 121 or 125, 124, or equivalent. Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 211 Woodwind Techniques II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Practical and theoretical instruction on flute, oboe and bassoon. Prerequisite: MUSIC 209. Note: Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 216 Brass Techniques I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Practical and theoretical instruction on trumpet. Prerequisite: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151. Corequisite or prerequisite: MUSIC 121 or 125, or 124 or equivalent. Note: Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/ Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 217 Brass Techniques II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Practical and theoretical instruction on brass instruments. Prerequisite: MUSIC 216 or proficiency examination. Note: Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 220 Percussion Techniques
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Practical and theoretical instruction on percussion instruments. Prerequisites: Music 150 or 156, and 151, or equivalent. Corequisite or prerequisite: MUSIC 121 or 125, or 124, or equivalent. Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 222 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 224 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisites: MUSIC 121 or 125, or 124 or equivalent and consent of Department.
MUSIC 225 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd students. Prerequisite: MUSIC 121 or 125, or 124 or equivalent.
MUSIC 226 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 227 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six one-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 230 Choral Techniques and Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151, or equivalent. Note: Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
MUSIC 232 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus.BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 239 Vocal and Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 240 Choral Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Choir or Madrigal Singers. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 241 Instrumental Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Academy Strings, Orchestral Winds, or Jazz Band I or II. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 243 Indian Music Ensemble II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 143. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 244 West African Music Ensemble II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 144. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 245 Introduction to Music Technologies
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3L-0)
Computer technology with a focus on MIDI, synthesis, and software programs for sequencing, music notation, audio recording and transformation, and music on the Internet. Prerequisites: MUSIC 151 and 156, or consent of Department. Registration priority will be given to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BEd Music Major/Minor and BA (Honors) Music Major students.
O MUSIC 246 Opera Workshop
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
The coaching and staging of opera literature. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 247 Conducting Ensembles
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Vocal), Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Instrumental), or Graduate Recital Choir. Prerequisite: Consent of Department, based on audition. Note: Does not fulfill large-ensemble requirements in BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd programs.
MUSIC 251 Aural and Keyboard Skills II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-3L-0)
A continuation of MUSIC 151. Prerequisite: MUSIC 151. Corequisite: MUSIC 255 or 256 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 255 Music Theory III
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
A continuation of the study of common-practice music with an emphasis on form and contrapuntal principles. Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 155 and 156.
MUSIC 256 Music Theory IV
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Theories of art music composed between 1900 and 1950. Prerequisite: MUSIC 255.
MUSIC 259 Introduction to Composition
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151 or equivalent. Note: Public performance of works completed in the course will be expected. Registration priority given to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, BA (Honors) Music Major, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA Music Major students.
MUSIC 260 Composition
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 259. Registration priority given to BMus, BA (Honors) Music Major, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA Music Major students.
MUSIC 263 Instrumentation and Arranging
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
A study of the technical and expressive characteristics of the standard orchestral instruments. An introduction to historical developments in orchestration is included. Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156 or equivalent. Formerly MUSIC 462.
MUSIC 281 Early European Music History
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Middle Ages to 1750. Prerequisite: MUSIC 155. Not open to students with credit in MUSIC 271.
MUSIC 282 History of Western Art Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
1750 to present. Prerequisite: Music 156. Not open to students with credit in MUSIC 272 or 273.
MUSIC 303 Piano Pedagogy I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 221, 224, 225, or equivalent.
MUSIC 304 Piano Pedagogy II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 303.
MUSIC 311 Latin America and the Cultures of Popular Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Popular music and its role in the formation of regional and national identities, with a focus on concepts such as high and low cultures, mass culture and mass media, cultural hybridity, diaspora, and creativity. Prerequisite: LA ST 205 or 210, or MUSIC 102 or 170, or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in LA ST 311.
MUSIC 313 History of Jazz
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
A historical survey of the main evolutionary trends in jazz through analysis of distinctive jazz styles and listening to recorded examples. Prerequisite: MUSIC 100 or satisfactory completion of the Department of Music Theory Placement Examination for other than BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd students. Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 213.
MUSIC 314 Canadian Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
The history of music in Canada from colonial times to the present. Prerequisite: MUSIC 101 or equivalent. Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 215.
MUSIC 315 Introduction to Conducting
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Development of basic conducting techniques and score reading. Prerequisites: MUSIC 150 or 156, and 151, or equivalent
MUSIC 320 Diction for Singers
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
The application of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to singing in English, Italian, German and French. Prerequisite: MUSIC 125 (Voice), or consent of Department.
MUSIC 342 Specialized Ensemble I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 343 Indian Music Ensemble III
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 143. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 344 West African Music Ensemble III
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 144. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 347 Conducting Ensembles
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Vocal), Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Instrumental), or Graduate Recital Choir. Prerequisite: Consent of Department, based on audition. Note: Does not fulfill large-ensemble requirements in BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd programs.
O MUSIC 365 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 101 or 102 or consent of Department for students not in the BMus (all routes) or BMus/BEd program. Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 265.
MUSIC 403 Piano Literature I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 404 Piano Literature II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 413 Studies in the History of Jazz
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 313.
MUSIC 416 Instrumental Conducting
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 315.
MUSIC 417 Choral Conducting and Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 315.
MUSIC 420 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six one-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 422 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 424 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisites: MUSIC 224 or equivalent and consent of Department.
MUSIC 425 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd students. Note: Students intending to enrol in MUSIC 526 are required to have successfully presented a public recital while enrolled in MUSIC 425. Prerequisite: MUSIC 225.
MUSIC 426 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 431 Band Techniques
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3L-0)
Musical and practical aspects of band conducting. Prerequisite: A conducting course or substantial conducting experience.
MUSIC 432 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus.BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 433 The Organ and Its Literature I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 434 The Organ and Its Literature II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 435 Vocal Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 221 or 225, or 224, or equivalent.
MUSIC 439 Vocal and Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 440 Choral Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Choir or Madrigal Singers. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 441 Instrumental Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, Academy Strings, Orchestral Winds, or Jazz Band I or II. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 442 Specialized Ensemble II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department based upon audition.
O MUSIC 443 Indian Music Ensemble IV
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 143. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 444 West African Music Ensemble IV
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 144. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 445 Electroacoustic Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,0-3L-0)
Electroacoustic music techniques, history and repertoire. Prerequisite: consent of department. Registration priority will be given to BMus (all routes), BA (Honors) Music Major, BEd Music Major/Minor, BA Music Major and graduate students in Music.
MUSIC 446 Opera Workshop
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
The coaching and staging of opera literature. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 447 Conducting Ensembles
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Vocal), Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Instrumental), or Graduate Recital Choir. Prerequisite: Consent of Department, based on audition. Note: Does not fulfill large-ensemble requirements in BMus (all routes) and BMus/BEd programs.
MUSIC 451 Aural and Keyboard Skills III
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-3L-0)
The development of advanced musicianship skills. Prerequisites: MUSIC 250 or 256, and 251, or equivalent.
MUSIC 455 Music Theory V
credits: 3 (fi 6) (first term,3-0-0)
Theories of art music composed since 1950. Prerequisite: MUSIC 255.
MUSIC 456 Music Theory VI
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
Analysis of popular musics. Prerequisite: MUSIC 255.
MUSIC 457 String Literature
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 459 String Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: Music 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, or consent of Department.
MUSIC 460 Composition
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,3-0-0)
Emphasis on writing in larger forms. Public performance of works completed in the course will be required. Prerequisite: MUSIC 260 or equivalent, portfolio review, and consent of Department. Corequisite or prerequisite: MUSIC 263 or equivalent. Registration priority given to BMus, BA (Honors) Music Major, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA Music Major students.
MUSIC 462 Topics in Orchestration
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Contemporary acoustic and/or electroacoustic orchestration techniques and practices. Prerequisite: MUSIC 463 or equivalent, or consent of Department.
MUSIC 463 Orchestration
credits: 3 (fi 6) (second term,3-0-0)
A detailed study of orchestration and its historical developments. Prerequisite: MUSIC 263.
MUSIC 464 Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music and Religion
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Explores music and sound as central aspects of religious concepts, meaning, and performance, with special emphasis on ritual. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 465 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 466 Topics in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 467 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: India and South Asia
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 468 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: The Arab World
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 469 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: Music and Islam
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Addresses the sonic practices of Islamic rituals, Muslim discourses about music, and the relation of both to the rich diversity of religious and musical practices in Muslim societies around the globe. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 480 Survey of Contemporary Repertoire
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Overview of acoustic and/or electroacoustic repertoire from c. 1950. Co- or Prerequisite: MUSIC 256.
MUSIC 481 Studies in Avant-Garde Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 256.
MUSIC 482 Studies in Music and Gender
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 483 Studies in Musical Genre
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 484 Studies in Music and Society
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 485 Composer Studies
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 487 Period Studies
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 501 Music History Seminar I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 502 Music History Seminar II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 504 Honors Essay
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Restricted to BA Honors Music major students.
MUSIC 505 Bibliography and Methods of Research
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department. Registration priority given to MA students in music, MMus, BMus (Music History), BMus (World Music), and BA (Honors) Music Major students. If space remains, restricted to BMus (all routes) students only.
MUSIC 506 Tutorial Study
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Independent research in a specific area of the student's interest. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 507 Writing About Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Through lectures, assigned readings, and short written assignments, students will investigate technical aspects relevant to writing about music. Uses of grammar, rhetoric, and the graphic design of musical illustrations will be addressed in order to develop facility, as well as a clear and personal style of paper writing. The course will be team taught to cover conventional modes of written expression in music history, theory, and ethnomusicology. Prerequisite: MUSIC 505.
MUSIC 508 Seminar in Canadian Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 520 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 522 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,0.5-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Twenty-six half-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 524 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisites: MUSIC 424 or equivalent and consent of Department.
MUSIC 525 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes) students.
MUSIC 527 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,1-0-0)
For non-BMus students. Twenty-six one-hour lessons for two terms. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 532 Second Practical Subject
credits: 3 (fi 9) (either term,1-0-0)
Restricted to BMus (all routes), BMus/BEd, and BEd students majoring in secondary music education. Thirteen one-hour lessons for one term. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 533 Hymnody and Service Playing I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department. Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 406.
MUSIC 534 Hymnody and Service Playing II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3L-0)
Prerequisite: Music 533 or consent of Department. Not available to students with credit in MUSIC 406.
MUSIC 535 Organ Construction, Tonal Design and the Art of Registration
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 539 Vocal and Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 540 Choral Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Choir or Madrigal Singers. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
O MUSIC 541 Instrumental Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Band Wind Ensemble, Academy Strings, Orchestral Winds, or Jazz Band I or II. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 542 Specialized Ensemble III
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department based on audition.
MUSIC 545 Seminar in Computer Applications to Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Computer applications used in various genres, including acoustic and algorithmic composition, music notation, analysis, live electronics, electroacoustic/acousmatic music, and sound ecology. Prerequisites: Music 445 or equivalent or consent of Department.
MUSIC 546 Opera Workshop
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
The coaching and staging of opera literature. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 555 Issues in Theory and Analysis
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 456.
MUSIC 556 Seminar in Music Theory
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Prerequisites: MUSIC 256 and consent of Department.
MUSIC 560 Composition
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,3-0-0)
Public performance of works completed in the course will be required. Registration priority given to BMus, BA (Honors) Music Major, BEd Music Major/Minor, and BA Music Major students. Prerequisite: MUSIC 460 or equivalent, portfolio review, and consent of Department. Co- or prerequisite: MUSIC 263.
Graduate Courses
Note: The following undergraduate courses may be taken for credit by graduate students: MUSIC 320, 413, 433, 434, 436, 445, 501, 502, 505, 507, 508, 525, 533, 534, 535, 542, 545, 555, 556, 560.
O MUSIC 543 Indian Music Ensemble V
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 143. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
O MUSIC 544 West African Music Ensemble V
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
For description see MUSIC 144. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 547 Conducting Ensembles
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Vocal), Graduate Choral Conductors' Ensemble (Instrumental), or Graduate Recital Choir. Prerequisite: Consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 557 Advanced Studies in String Literature
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 559 Advanced Studies in String Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 562 Advanced Topics in Orchestration
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Contemporary acoustic and/or electroacoustic orchestration techniques and practices. Prerequisite: MUSIC 463 or equivalent, or consent of Department.
MUSIC 564 Advanced Topics in Ethnomusicology: Music and Religion
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Explores music and sound as central aspects of religious concepts, meaning, and performance, with special emphasis on ritual. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 565 Area Studies in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 365 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 566 Topics in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 365 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 567 Advanced Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: India and South Asia
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 568 Advanced Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: The Arab World
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 569 Advanced Area Studies in Ethnomusicology: Music and Islam
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Addresses the sonic practices of Islamic rituals, Muslim discourses about music, and the relation of both to the rich diversity of religious and musical practices in Muslim societies around the globe. Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 580 Advanced Contemporary Repertoire
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Overview of acoustic and/or electroacoustic repertoire from c. 1950. Co- or Prerequisite: MUSIC 256.
MUSIC 581 Advanced Studies in Avant-Garde
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 256.
MUSIC 582 Advanced Studies in Music and Gender
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 583 Advanced Studies in Musical Genre
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 584 Advanced Studies in Music and Society
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 585 Advanced Composer Studies
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 587 Advanced Period Studies
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 601 Tutorial Study
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 602 Tutorial Study
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,1.5-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 603 Practicum in Piano Teaching
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,2-0-3)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 304 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 604 Piano Pedagogy
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 304 or consent of Department.
MUSIC 608 Seminar in 20th-Century Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 613 Seminar in Romantic Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 614 Proseminar in Musicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
An overview of history, methodologies, and current issues in musicology. Prerequisite: MUSIC 505.
MUSIC 615 Seminar in Musicology I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 616 Seminar in Musicology II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 621 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
MUSIC 623 Supplementary Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (two term,1-0-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department.
MUSIC 625 Applied Music
credits: 3 (fi 9) (variable,2-0-0)
Thirteen hours of lessons over either the fall term or over two terms, plus attendance at weekly repertoire class.
MUSIC 630 Choral Conducting
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,3-0-0)
MUSIC 631 Advanced Band Techniques
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Advanced musical and practical aspects of band conducting. Prerequisite: MUSIC 431 or equivalent, or substantial conducting experience, and consent of the Department.
MUSIC 632 Advanced Wind Band Conducting
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,2-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 431 or equivalent, or substantial conducting experience, and consent of the Department.
MUSIC 633 Seminar in Choral Literature I
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 634 Seminar in Choral Literature II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 637 Vocal and Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based upon audition.
MUSIC 639 Vocal and Instrumental Chamber Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Prerequisite: consent of Department, based upon audition.
O MUSIC 640 Choral Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Choir or Madrigal Singers. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based upon audition.
O MUSIC 641 Instrumental Ensemble
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
Concert Band Wind-Ensemble, Academy Strings, Orchestral Winds, or Jazz Band I or II. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based upon audition.
MUSIC 645 Seminar in Computer Music Composition
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
Application and programming of computer music software. Prerequisites: MUSIC 445 or equivalent, or consent of Department.
MUSIC 646 Opera Workshop
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-4L-0)
The coaching and staging of opera literature. Prerequisite: consent of Department, based on audition.
MUSIC 650 Proseminar in Music Theory
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 651 Seminar in Music Analysis
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 653 Seminar in History of Theory
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 654 Seminar in Theory and Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 660 Advanced Composition I
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,3-0-0)
MUSIC 661 Advanced Composition II
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 660.
MUSIC 665 Issues in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 666 Field Methods in Ethnomusicology
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-3s-0)
MUSIC 685 Graduate Keyboard Seminar
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-1.5s-0)
Topics in performance-practice issues. Restricted to pianists and organists in the MMus and DMus programs.
MUSIC 699 Directed Research
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
MUSIC 721 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
MUSIC 725 Applied Music
credits: 6 (fi 15) (two term,2-0-0)
Twenty-six hours of lessons over two terms, plus one hour of repertoire class per week.
MUSIC 737 Special Projects in Chamber Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,0-2L-0)
Restricted to Doctor of Music students.
MUSIC 739 Special Projects in Chamber Music
credits: 3 (fi 6) (two term,0-2L-0)
Restricted to Doctor of Music students.
MUSIC 760 Advanced Composition III
credits: 6 (fi 12) (two term,3-0-0)
Restricted to DMus Composition students.
MUSIC 761 Advanced Composition IV
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,3-0-0)
Prerequisite: MUSIC 760. Restricted to DMus Composition students.
MUSIC 903 Directed Research Project
credits: 3 (fi 6) (either term,unassigned)
This is a pass/fail course.
MUSIC 906 Directed Research Project
credits: 6 (fi 12) (either term,unassigned)
This is a pass/fail course.
MUSIC 909 Directed Research Project
credits: 9 (fi 18) (either term,unassigned)
This is a pass/fail course.
