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Players, Glimmerglass Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, and the like.
Ben Aldridge, Johana Arnold, Paul Blake, Karlinda Caldicott, Christine Cumming, John Davey, David DeSiro,
Cynthia Donaldson, Jered Egan, Heather Forsha, Ana-Laura González, Daniel Hane, Timothy Horne, Dana
Huyge, Gary LiCalzi, Robert Lipari, Stephen Markuson, Steven Nanni, Andy O’Dell, Kim Paterson, Rene
Prins, Mary-Anne Ross, Charles Schneider, Robin Seletsky, Uli Speth, Dennis Turechek, Ben Whittenburg.
Courses
(MUSI)
102 Basics of Music (3 credits) An introductory course designed to familiarize students with the basic elements of
music. Musical nomenclature and the basics of music harmony, rhythm, and melody will be studied. Oral and written
exercises are used. Primarily for non-majors. (EL)
110 Fundamentals of Guitar (3 credits) A course for the beginning student (including those without any previous
musical experience). Designed to provide basic skills in guitar technique and music fundamentals by exploring a
diverse
repertory that includes classical (course emphasis), folk, country, and popular styles. (EL)
140 Music Theory I (3 credits) An investigation of the basic elements of Western tonal music: major and minor scales,
intervals, diatonic triads and seventh chords, cadences, non-harmonic tones, principles of harmonic relationships,
fundamentals of part-writing and analysis. Students will also be introduced to the use of various music technologies.
This will serve: (1) as a means to complement and enhance student learning about music theory, and (2) as an
introduction to the extraordinarily wide range of technological applications to composition, improvisation, and music
education in general. Prerequisite: The ability to read music. To determine each student’s ability to read music, an
entrance test will be administered on the first day of class. Students must receive a grade of C or higher in order to
enroll in the next course of the Music Theory sequence. (EL)
141 Aural Skills I (2 credits) Sight singing using moveable and fixed “Do” systems, single-voice dictation, interval
work on Mm2, Mm3, P4, P5, P8; distinguishing major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads; introduction rhythmic
exercises in simple and compound meters; chord progressions using major degrees of the scale. (EL)
142 Music Theory II (3 credits) A continuation of work completed in Music Theory I. It includes more advanced part
writing and analysis, harmonization of melodies, chord inversions, diatonic seventh chords, non-chord tones, phrase
structure, small-scale formal structures, and individual and group projects that focus on various analytical, arranging,
and compositional activities. Instruction will be integrated with music technologies. This will serve: (1) as a means to
complement and enhance student learning about music theory, and (2) as an introduction to the extraordinarily wide
range of technological applications to composition, improvisation, and music education in general. Prerequisite: C or
better in MUSI 140. (EL)
143 Aural Skills II (2 credits) Continued progressive work in all areas; incorporating alto clef; increasing complexity
in sight singing and melodic dictation; strengthening intervals including Mm6, Mm7; distinguishing triads in
inversion; integration of notation of dotted rhythms in compound time and differentiating divisions of 3, 4, 6, 8 to a
beat; reading rhythms with a division of 5 or 7 to a beat; the addition of I6, IV6/4, V7, V6, to chord progressions.
Prerequisite: MUSI 141. (EL)
150 Topics in Music (3 credits) Offered periodically in special aspects of music, such as Music and American Culture
(FYS); Ebony and Ivory: White Society and the Black Musical Experience (FYS).
160 Music of World Wars I and II (3 credits) This course is an exploration of the role that music played in World Wars
I and II. Topics covered include: music for and by soldiers, music as propaganda, music in reaction to wartime events,
music on the home front and the civilian experience, music made for and by victims of war time atrocities, and the
music of remembrance. Experience with music helpful but not necessary. (FYS)
170 Country Music (3 credits) A survey of the history, fundamental ingredients, and structure comprising the
American musical genre nicknamed “country.” This is, in the most general dimension, the music of the American rural
dweller, farmer, mountain inhabitant, and the Great Plains states circumventing the Great Depression to the present day.
The course will discuss the influence on American country music by its ancestral styles, incorporating folk music of
Brittan and Ireland, 18th century rural American folk and religious / secular music, vaudeville, 1930-1940 swing band,
popular vocal and instrumental styles of the 1950s, in its formation into an expressive and recognized entertainment
venue. In addition, the course will emphasize the contributions of diverse ethnic cultures and societies (American and
European) in formation of the music, structure, and emotional dimensions of this genre.
172 Progressive Rock (3 credits)An exploration of a popular musical genre originating in Britain from approximately