Courses
Course Numbering Scheme
The courses below are representative of the courses that may be taught during a given semester. Select a specific semester to view courses currently offered.
0-99 Advanced Placement Credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars; First-Year Writing; Registrar/Department special purpose
100-199 Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills/activity courses; foundation courses; Focus program courses
200-399 Undergraduate courses above introductory level
400-499 Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses, honors thesis courses
500-699 Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates
700-999 Graduate only courses (not open to undergraduates)
Music, Medicine, and Natural Science
This course explores the history and practice of music as medicine, and the concept of harmony in understandings of the cosmos and human anatomy. Drawing on a variety of texts, including primary source material from Kepler and Galileo through to contemporary writings, this course introduces students to the close connections that have, and continue to exist between the arts and science. Contact... more
Chinese Music Ensemble
The Chinese Music Ensemble is a course for students who would like to further their musical and cultural experiences. In addition to one weekly session (time TBD) coached by GuZheng master Jennifer Chang, all students participate in one performance at the end of semester which includes a variety of Chinese musical styles. Students who play any kind of musical instrument (including vocal... more
Music History III: Beethoven through WWI
Music in the "long" nineteenth century, roughly demarcated by the French Revolution (1789) and the end of the First World War (1918), and tracing, broadly speaking, the waning of classicism and rise of romanticism, and various manifestations of post-romanticism, leading to early examples of musical modernism. Major composers to be considered include Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Mendelssohn... more
Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I
Music 261 addresses the harmonic and contrapuntal techniques of 18th-century music, with emphasis on the music of Bach (We also explore techniques of his contemporaries and other composers of later eras). The first half of the semester emphasizes mastery of basic skills; the second half focuses on four-part diatonic harmony (introduced by some two-part counterpoint). The required lab... more
Instrumental Conducting
Music 318-01 is designed to teach the basic skills of conducting with emphasis on score study, interpretation, and movement. The role of the conductor is to lead, react to, alter, and reinforce the performance of the ensemble. This class will focus primarily on the development of non-verbal vocabulary that will allow each student to clearly and artistically communicate with the... more| Course Number | Title | Crosslisting Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| MUSIC101-1 | Class Piano | |
| MUSIC101-2 | Class Voice | |
| MUSIC101-3 | Class Guitar | |
| MUSIC101-4 | Djembe Class | |
| MUSIC101-5 | Class Improvisation | |
| MUSIC101-5 | Class Improvisation: String Improvisation | |
| MUSIC101-6 | African Dance Percussion | DANCE132 |
| MUSIC101-7 | Class Brass | |
| MUSIC103-1 | Classical Piano | |
| MUSIC103-2 | Jazz Piano | |
| MUSIC103-3 | Organ | |
| MUSIC103-4 | Harpsichord | |
| MUSIC104-1 | Violin | |
| MUSIC104-2 | Viola | |
| MUSIC104-3 | Cello | |
| MUSIC104-4 | Double Bass | |
| MUSIC104-5 | Classical Guitar | |
| MUSIC104-6 | Jazz Guitar | |
| MUSIC104-7 | Harp | |
| MUSIC105-1 | Flute | |
| MUSIC105-2 | Oboe | |
| MUSIC105-3 | Clarinet | |
| MUSIC105-4 | Bassoon | |
| MUSIC105-5 | Saxophone | |
| MUSIC105-6 | Jazz Saxophone | |
| MUSIC106-1 | Trumpet | |
| MUSIC106-2 | French Horn | |
| MUSIC106-3 | Trombone | |
| MUSIC106-4 | Tuba | |
| MUSIC107-1 | Percussion | |
| MUSIC107-2 | Djembe | |
| MUSIC108 | Voice | |
| MUSIC115S | Vocal Diction | |
| MUSIC116S | Vocal Diction | |
| MUSIC203-1 | Classical Piano | |
| MUSIC203-2 | Jazz Piano | |
| MUSIC203-3 | Organ | |
| MUSIC203-4 | Harpsichord | |
| MUSIC204-1 | Violin | |
| MUSIC204-2 | Viola | |
| MUSIC204-3 | Cello | |
| MUSIC204-4 | String Bass | |
| MUSIC204-5 | Classical Guitar | |
| MUSIC204-6 | Jazz Guitar | |
| MUSIC204-7 | Harp | |
| MUSIC205-1 | Flute | |
| MUSIC205-2 | Oboe | |
| MUSIC205-3 | Clarinet | |
| MUSIC205-4 | Bassoon | |
| MUSIC205-5 | Saxophone | |
| MUSIC205-6 | Jazz Saxophone | |
| MUSIC206-1 | Trumpet | |
| MUSIC206-2 | French Horn | |
| MUSIC206-3 | Trombone | |
| MUSIC206-4 | Tuba | |
| MUSIC207-1 | Percussion | |
| MUSIC207-2 | Djembe | |
| MUSIC208 | Voice | |
| MUSIC210-1 | Symphony Orchestra | |
| MUSIC210-2 | Wind Symphony | |
| MUSIC210-3 | Marching Band | |
| MUSIC210-4 | Jazz Ensemble | |
| MUSIC210-5 | Small Jazz Ensemble | |
| MUSIC211-1 | Collegium Musicum | |
| MUSIC211-2 | Chamber Music | |
| MUSIC211-2-11 | Chinese Music Ensemble | |
| MUSIC211-3 | Piano Ensemble | |
| MUSIC212-1 | Djembe Ensemble | |
| MUSIC212-2 | Afro-Cuban Percussion | |
| MUSIC213-1 | Opera Workshop | |
| MUSIC213-2 | Chapel Choir | |
| MUSIC213-3 | Chorale |
| Course Number | Title | Crosslisting Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| MUSIC120 | Music, Sound, and Style | |
| MUSIC161 | Introduction to Music Theory (Advanced) | |
| MUSIC161-1 | Introduction to Music Theory (Beginning) | |
| MUSIC162S | Introduction to Composition: Explorations in Musical Time and Space | |
| MUSIC259 | Music and Modernism | |
| MUSIC261 | Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I | |
| MUSIC281S | Composition I | |
| MUSIC361 | Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II | |
| MUSIC418 | Advanced Study in Conducting | |
| MUSIC461 | Theory and Practice of Tonal Music III | |
| MUSIC463S | Theory and Practice of Post-Tonal Music | |
| MUSIC465S | Counterpoint | |
| MUSIC481S | Advanced Composition | |
| MUSIC490S | Advanced Topics in Music |