Music
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designates courses in the Quantitative Scientific Cluster |
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the Ideas and Events Cluster |
| B: |
the Human Behavior Cluster |
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the Literature, Language and Arts Cluster |
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Multicultural |
| IDIS: |
Interdisciplinary courses
Multicultural and interdisciplinary courses also fulfill a cluster designation. |
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Asterisk indicates that the course may be offered less than once every two years. |
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Undergraduate Day School |
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Undergraduate Evening School |
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Courses having a more narrow focus than those taught on a regular basis of courses being taught on an experimental basis can be taught as Topics courses. These courses will be assigned numbers based on the student level for which they are intended-first, second, third or fourth year. |
Art of Music
MUSC 1000 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course approaches the study of music as an aesthetic experience. Representative styles and categories from the Middle Ages to the present are explored. Students are required to attend professional concerts. L, C
Beginning Musical Instruction
MUSC 1300 1-3 cr. 3 hr.
Private lessons at Indian Hill Music School are provided for the following instruments: baritone, clarinet, flute, horn, recorder, synthesizer, vibes, bass, double bass, guitar, oboe, saxophone, trombone, viola, bassoon, drums/percussion, harp, organ, Suzuki violin and cello, trumpet, violin, cello, harpsichord, piano, tuba, and voice. See the Humanities department chair. A fee is required. L
Introduction to Music Technology
MUSC 1400 3 cr. 3 hr.
Introduces students to the basic techniques and concepts of electronic music composition. Beginning with a brief review of the physics of sound and music, the class explores topics including the psycho-social roles of electronic music in art and pop culture, sound synthesis, MIDI, multi-media production, sampling technologies and music programming with C-sound. L
World Music
MUSC 1500 3 cr. 3 hr.
This World Music course serves two primary purposes: 1) it teaches students about cultures around the world, and 2) it helps to understand the various intrinsic functions of non-Western and Western music. By examining the music of peoples from various regions, this course addresses multicultural themes and the ubiquitous role of music in society. L, C
Commonwealth of the Arts
MUSC 2000 3 cr. 3 hr.
Music's reflection of the values and ideals of societies past and present are explored. Inter-relationships among the fine arts disciplines are examined. L, I, B, C, IDIS
Commonwealth of Ancient Arts
MUSC 2100 3 cr. 3 hr.
An interdisciplinary study of the humanities in ancient Western and non-Western cultures. It is a systematic overview of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, literature, drama and philosophy in a historical context of significant cultures, including Paleolithic, Neolithic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese, Indian, and American. Influences among these and other cultures will be presented. L, I, C, IDIS
Basic Music Theory
MUSC 2200 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course examines rhythmic notation, including meters and tempo. Emphasis is placed on melodic notation, including intervals, scales and keys. Dynamics, an introduction to key relationships and transpositions, as well as other selected topics are covered. L
Choral Arts
MUSC 2300 1 cr. 2 hr.
The course involves singing choral music from the past and the present, including dramatic music. No more than six semester hours of any combination of MUSC 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 are applicable toward graduation. L
Intermediate Musical Instruction
MUSC 2310 1-3 cr. 3 hr.
Private lessons at Indian Hill Music School are provided for the following instruments: baritone, clarinet, flute, horn, recorder, synthesizer, vibes, bass, double bass, guitar, oboe, saxophone, trombone, viola, bassoon, drums/percussion, harp, organ, Suzuki violin and cello, trumpet, violin, cello, harpsichord, piano, tuba, and voice. See the Humanities department chair. A fee is required. L
Instrumental Arts
MUSC 2400 1 cr. 2 hr.
Small and large ensembles play representative works in this course. No more than six semester hours of any combination of MUSC 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 are applicable toward graduation. L
Class Piano
MUSC 2500 1 cr. 2 hr.
The class involves practical keyboard uses in classroom work; activities include accompaniment, simple transposition and harmonization of melodies at the keyboard. No more than six semester hours of any combination of MUSC 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 are applicable toward graduation. L
Class Voice
MUSC 2600 1 cr. 2 hr.
The principles of voice production are studied. Breath control, phrasing, resonance and diction are stressed. No more than six semester hours of any combination of MUSC 2300, 2400, 2500 and 2600 are applicable toward graduation. L
Symphony
MUSC 3100 3 cr. 3 hr.
Structural and stylistic characteristics of the symphony from the 18th century to the present are studied. L
Opera
MUSC 3200 3 cr. 3 hr.
Students study several works from the standard operatic repertoire. Some significant trends in modern opera are discussed. L
Advanced Musical Instruction
MUSC 3300 1-3 cr. 3 hr.
Private lessons at Indian Hill Music School are provided for the following instruments: baritone, clarinet, flute, horn, recorder, synthesizer, vibes, bass, double bass, guitar, oboe, saxophone, trombone, viola, bassoon, drums/percussion, harp, organ, Suzuki violin and cello, trumpet, violin, cello, harpsichord, piano, tuba, and voice. See the Humanities department chair. L
Twentieth-Century Music
MUSC 3400 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course examines the idioms and aesthetic notions of the present century, together with their relationship to the past. L, C
Appreciating the American Musical
MUSC 3450 3 cr. 3 hr.
Students will read a variety of literary texts and analyze how such texts were adopted as musicals, listen to the musicals and explore recurring themes. Particular attention is given to the historical development of the musical play in the 1940s and the dominance of the American book musical from the 1940s to the 1970s. L, IDIS
American Music
MUSC 3500 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course surveys American music from colonial times with some emphasis on popular and art music of the present century in the U.S. L, C
Baroque and Classical Music
MUSC 3600 3 cr. 3 hr.
The class examines various composers from Monteverdi to Beethoven. Topics covered in the course include opera, oratorio, passion, cantata, sonata forms, dance forms and shifting aesthetic views. L
19th Century Music
MUSC 3700 3 cr. 3 hr.
The class presents a survey of major forms of 19th century music from Beethoven to Mahler. L
History of Jazz
MUSC 3800 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course introduces students to the history of jazz and investigates the musical elements that make up jazz. The role of jazz in American history is explored, and various musical trends that contributed to jazz are traced. L, C
Women, Music, and Society
MUSC 3900 3 cr. 3 hr.
This course looks at the contributions of significant women in music. Compositions by women from different cultures are examined as a reflection of the social, political and economic conditions. Elements of form, structure and historical style are studied from antiquity to modern times in musical genres such as symphony, opera, chamber music, song and solo repertoire. L
Harmony I
MUSC 4500 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course involves the harmonization of simple melodies and studies principles of modulation and key relationships. L
Prerequisite: MUSC 2200.
Harmony II
*MUSC 4510 3 cr. 3 hr.
The course covers further work in modulation, including chromaticism and 19th and early 20th century developments.
Prerequisite: MUSC 4500 or equivalent. L
Independent Study in Music
MUSC 4901-3 1-3 cr. 1-3 hr.
The Independent Study is for selected students who have approval of both the department head and their advising instructor.
Internship in Music
MUSC 4940 3 cr. 3 hr.
Directed Study
MUSC 4975 1-6 cr.
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