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Music Each student (major or non-major) who enrolls in private applied or class lessons (excluding MUS 151K-Class Piano, MUS 151M-Class Voice, and MUS 151S-Class Guitar) must be concurrently enrolled in a large or small ensemble. APPLIED MUSIC MUS
161,
162
(2
or
4
Credits)
Fall,
Spring MUS 190 (0 Credit) Fall, Spring Recital Attendance (1+0) Recital and concert attendance. MUS 390 (0 Credit) Fall, Spring Junior Recital Half-length solo music performance recital. (Prerequisites: Music major; MUS 262 or equivalent, junior standing in music study, permission of instructor.) MUS 490 (0 Credit) Fall, Spring Senior Recital Full length music solo recital. (Prerequisites: Music major; MUS 362 or equivalent; senior standing in music study; MUS 390 or equivalent; permission of instructor.) MUS 661 (2 or 4 Credits) Fall, Spring Advanced Private Lessons Private instruction in piano, voice, or orchestral instruments consisting of one private lesson per week. Repeatable for credit. See accompanying box for private lesson fees. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing; MUS 462 or equivalent; audition. Course may not be audited.) CLASS LESSONS AND APPLIED MUSIC FEES MUS
151
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Class
Lessons
MUS 153 -- Functional Piano Lesson fees for all students enrolled in 11 or fewer credits: $120.00. Lesson fees for music majors enrolled in 12 or more credits: $60.00. MUS 161-462, 661 -- Private Lessons Lesson fees for non-music majors and music majors enrolled in 11 or fewer credits: $295.00. Lesson fees for music majors enrolled in 12 or more credits: $150.00. MUSIC ENSEMBLES AND CLASS LESSONS MUS
101
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring MUS 153 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Functional Piano (1+0) h Laboratory instruction to help music majors obtain performance, sight-reading, and harmonization-transposition skills needed to pass the Piano Proficiency Examination. It also provides non-music majors an opportunity to study basic piano skills on a space-available basis. See accompanying box for class lesson fees. (Prerequisites: For music majors, MUS 131 or equivalent or concurrent enrollment in MUS 131; For non-music majors, permission of instructor. Course may not be audited.) MUS 203 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Orchestra (0+3) h (Admission by audition.) MUS 205 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Wind Ensemble (0+3) h (Admission by audition.) MUS 206 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Wind Symphony (0+3) h Wind symphony is intended for people desiring a musical experience involving a wide spectrum of music literature. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Must be 18 or over. Course may not be audited.) MUS 207 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring UAF Jazz Band (0+3) h A performance ensemble that performs a feature concert each semester and tours frequently within the state and occasionally outside the state. (Prerequisites: Audition and permission of instructor. Course may not be audited.) MUS 211 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring "Choir of the North" (0+3) h (Admission by audition.) MUS 253 (0 Credit) Fall, Spring Piano Proficiency (0+1) Final phase of completion of piano proficiency examination. (Prerequisites: Music major; MUS 153 and permission of instructor.) MUS 307 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Chamber Music (0+3) h String, brass, or woodwind chamber music; piano chamber music and accompanying; stage band, and Alaska Camerata. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Course may not be audited.) MUS 313 (1, 2, 3 Credits) Fall, Spring Opera Workshop (0+3, 6 or 9) h MUS 317 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Arctic Chamber Orchestra (0+3) h The touring arm of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. Must be a member of the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra. (MUS 203-EV1). By audition only. MUS 319 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Alaska Chamber Chorale (0+3) h An auditioned vocal ensemble of no more than 32 singers, male and female. The music learned and performed will be primarily, but not limited to, a cappella pieces with an emphasis on pre-classical and 20th century music. The group will perform alone and with other UAF music groups. (Prerequisites: Audition and permission of instructor.) MUS 606 (1 - 2 Credits) As Demand Warrants Advanced Chamber Music (0+3) - (1+3) Advanced string, woodwind, brass, vocal chamber music, piano chamber music and accompanying. (Prerequisite: MUS 307, graduate standing, and permission of instructor. Course may not be audited.) MUSIC THEORY, MUSIC HISTORY AND MUSIC EDUCATION MUS
103
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring MUS 122 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall History of Popular Music (3+0) h The development of American popular music from ragtime to rock to rap: its styles, artists, cultural origins, social symbolism, and influence worldwide. How popular music in each decade reflects the social ethos of the times, expresses youth attitudes, and mirrors lifestyle. An examination of music's function in society. MUS 123 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Appreciation of Music (3+0) h A guide to the richer enjoyment of classical music through a study of the main periods, styles, and composers from the time of the Gregorian chant to the present. MUS 124 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Music in World Cultures (3+0) h A survey of traditional and folk music around the world, with an emphasis on Oriental and African music. Examines different uses of music in various societies, and includes demonstration of ethnic musical instruments. MUS 125 (2 Credits) Alternate Spring Enjoying Jazz (2+0) h An overview of the jazz idiom. Learning about the performers, styles and the music by using records, CD's, cassettes, and video tapes. A listening intensive course that should provide students with a better understanding of this art form and the significant styles and artists in it. Also available via Independent Learning. MUS 131 (2 Credits) Fall MUS 132 (2 Credits) Spring Basic Theory (1+2) h First semester: Intensive training in fundamentals of music, pitch and rhythm notation, scales, modes, triads, and techniques of harmonization. Second semester: Concentration upon acquisition of skills in harmonization and techniques of formal and harmonic analysis. (Prerequisites: For MUS 131, concurrent enrollment in 133; For MUS 132, concurrent enrollment in 134 unless exempted by music theory placement test.) MUS 133 (2 Credits) Fall MUS 134 (2 Credits) Spring Basic Ear Training (2+0) h Ear training skills including sight reading, sight singing, error detection, and dictation. Use of programmed materials in a laboratory situation in addition to classroom instruction. (Prerequisites: For MUS 133, concurrent enrollment in 131; For MUS 134, concurrent enrollment in 132 unless exempted by music theory placement test.) MUS 200X (3 Credits) Fall, Spring Aesthetic Appreciation: Interrelation of Art, Drama, and Music (3+0) h (Cross-listed with ART 200X and THR 200X) Understanding and appreciation of art, drama, and music through an exploration of their relationship. Topics include the creative process, structure, cultural application and diversity, the role of the artist in society, and popular movements and trends. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor.) MUS 221 (3 Credits) Fall MUS 222 (3 Credits) Spring History of Music (3+0) h Fall semester: Music before 1750. Spring semester: Music since 1750. (Prerequisites: MUS 131 and 132 or permission of instructor.) MUS 223 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Native Alaskan Music (3+0) h Eskimo and Indian dance and song styles in Alaska. Emphasis on the sound, effect, and purpose unique to each and the collection methods, analysis, and the development of a broad musical perspective. MUS 231 (2 Credits) Fall MUS 232 (2 Credits) Spring Advanced Theory (1+2) h Continued study of harmony and musical form through analysis of representative works from the standard repertoire. The second semester is devoted to study and synthesis of 20th century stylistic and harmonic idioms. (Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 233 for 231 and 234 for 232 unless exempted by music theory placement test.) MUS 233 (1 Credit) Fall MUS 234 (1 Credit) Spring Advanced Ear Training (0+2) Continued training in sight singing and melodic dictation skills begun in MUS 133 and 134. Harmonic dictation and error detection skills also included. (Prerequisites: MUS 134 or equivalent; For MUS 233, concurrent enrollment in MUS 231. For MUS 234, concurrent enrollment in MUS 232 unless exempted by music theory placement test.) MUS 309 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Elementary School Music Methods (3+0) (Cross-listed with ED 309) Principles, procedures, and materials for teaching music to children at the elementary level. MUS 315 (2 Credits) Fall, Spring Music Methods and Techniques (1+2) Instruction in voice and the basic instruments of band and orchestra. Emphasis on teaching methods. Course may be repeated for credit. See Music Department Handbook. Materials fee: $75.00 for brass section only. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; for voice prerequisites: Permission of instructor.) MUS 319 (1 Credit) Fall, Spring Alaska Chamber Chorale (0+3) h An auditioned vocal ensemble of no more than 32 male and female singers. The music learned and performed will be primarily, but not limited to, a cappella pieces with an emphasis on pre-classical and 20th century music. Performances alone and with other UAF music groups. (Prerequisites: Audition and permission of instructor. Course may not be audited.) MUS 331 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Form and Analysis (3+0) h Formal and stylistic musical elements in historical context with special application to problems of proper stylistic performance. (Prerequisite: MUS 232 or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) MUS 332 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Introduction to Computer-based Music Technology (3+0) h An introduction to personal computer-based software and music synthesis hardware to enable the student to print music scores and/or develop MIDI format sequencer files. May be repeated for credit. (Prerequisites: MUS 232 or equivalent or permission of instructor. MUS 432 recommended. Next offered: 2004-05.) MUS 351O (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Conducting (3+0) h Principles of conducting; interpretation of vocal and instrumental ensemble music. (Prerequisite: COMM 131X or 141X; MUS 232.) MUS 405W (3 Credits) Spring Secondary School Music Methods (2+3) Principles and methods of teaching music in junior and senior high school with emphasis on philosophies, management, objectives, teaching techniques, choral, and general music programs. Includes use of teaching plans in classroom and rehearsal settings. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X, and permission of instructor. Should be taken prior to ED 453.) MUS 410 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Women in Music History (3+0) h (Cross-listed with WMS 410) Lives and works of female musicians, composers, and performers will be traced from the earliest days of the ancient and mythological through the medieval, Baroque Classical, and Romantic periods with special emphasis on composers of the 20th century. (Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor.) MUS 421W (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Music before 1620 (3+0) h Music from its origins in Greek antiquity through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance up to and including the emergence of opera at the turn of the seventeenth century. Includes study of prominent composers, early musical forms, original sources in translation, development of musical notation, and development of early musical instruments. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; MUS 221 and 222; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.) MUS 422W (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Music in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (3+0) h Style and performance practices of opera, oratorio, cantata, sonata, and concerto, as well as chamber music. Development of keyboard instruments as well as other instrumental genres: strings, winds, and brasses. Style study of representative works from early Baroque composes through Bach, Handel, Bach's sons, Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven, and others. Musical developments in Italy, England, France, Germany, Austria, and cross-cultural influences. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; MUS 221 and 222; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003 - 04.) MUS 423W (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Music of the Nineteenth Century (3+0) h Musical trends in the 19th century. Romanticism, Nationalism, Italian Opera, and Wagnerian Music Drama, as exemplified by representative works, chosen from the music of Weber, Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Chopin, Tchaikowsky, and others. Related readings in other aspects of the Romantic movement. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; MUS 221 or 222; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.) MUS 424W (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Music in the Twentieth Century (3+0) h Music since 1900. Style studies of significant works from the modern repertoire. Hindemith, Bartok, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, the avant-garde, and others. (Prerequisites: ENGL 111X; MUS 221 or 222, or permission of instructor.) MUS 426 (2 Credits) Fall, Spring Music Literature (2+0) h Intensive study of music literature of brass, strings, keyboard, voice, or winds, on a rotating basis, as announced for the semester of offering. Course may be repeated four times for a total of 10 credits. (Prerequisites: MUS 261 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Recommended: MUS 221, 222 and one course from MUS 421-424.) MUS 431 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Counterpoint (3+0) h Contrapuntal techniques by means of analysis and synthesis of pieces in contrapuntal idioms. MUS 432 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Orchestration and Arranging (3+0) h Instrumentation and arranging for vocal and instrumental ensembles. (Next offered: 2003-04.) MUS 433 (2 - 3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Seminar in Musical Composition (2+0, 3+0) h Development of compositional skills based upon the works of predominately twentieth-century composers. Repeatable for credit. (Prerequisites: MUS 232 or equivalent; permission of instructor.) MUS 434 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Advanced Harmonic Analysis (3+0) h Strengthens understanding of functional harmony through a series of case studies with each gradually increasing in analytical difficulty. Chromatic music of late-nineteenth century European art music, represented by composers such as Chopin, Franck and Scriagin. (Prerequisite: MUS 232 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2004-05.) MUS 601 (3 Credits) Fall Introduction to Graduate Study (3+0) Materials, techniques, and procedures for research in music. Examination of bibliographic sources. Required of all graduate students in Music. Students should register for this class during their first Fall semester in residence. (Prerequisites: Provisional admission to graduate study and permission of instructor.) MUS 607 (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Seminar in elementary and Secondary General Classroom Music (3+0) Discussion of the theoretical basis for developing objectives for general and classroom music in the elementary and secondary schools. Evaluation of current curricula, methods, and materials with respect to stated objectives. Evaluative methods in music. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.) MUS 608 (2 Credits) As Demand Warrants Seminar in Secondary Music Education (2+0) Examination of current trends and problems in all aspects of secondary music eduction. Emphasis on curriculum development, philosophy and goals, instrumental and choral program administration, and aspects of music learning and evaluation. (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.) MUS 625 (1 - 3 Credits) Fall, Spring Topics in Music History (1 - 3+0) Detailed study of selected topics in music history and/or literature. Specific topic and number of credits to be announced in advance of course offering. MUS 626 (2 Credits) Fall, Spring Advanced Music Literature (2+0) Intensive study of advanced music literature of brass, strings, keyboard, voice, or winds, on a rotating basis. Topics announced each semester. Course may be repeated up to four times for a total of 10 credits. (Prerequisites: MUS 461 or equivalent; or permission of instructor. Recommended: MUS 221, 222; and/or courses from the MUS 421-424 sequence.) MUS 631 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall Seminar in Music Theory: History and Pedagogy (3+0) Study of 1) historical development of music theory, and 2) music theory pedagogy (current teaching practices, and survey of available teaching materials.) (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Next offered: 2003-04.) MUS 651 (2 - 3 Credits) As Demand Warrants Advanced Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques (2 - 3+0) Study of conducting style and techniques and their application to representative compositions for different instrumental and vocal mediums. Repeatable for credit. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing; MUS 351 or equivalent and/or permission of instructor.) MUS 671 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring Psychology of Music (3+0) Study of the relationship of music to the human mind emphasizing such factors as musical perception, pattern recognition, psychoacoustics, and related topics. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing; MUS 232 or equivalent and/or permission of instructor.) MUS 690 (0 Credit) Fall, Spring Graduate Recital Full length solo performance recital. (Prerequisite; MUS 490 or equivalent, graduate standing in applied music study, permission of instructor.) |
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