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2018-2019 Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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  • MUSC 164 Hip-Hop: A Sonic History


    Course focuses on hip-hop as a musical culture, exploring the social conditions of the music’s emergence and the factors that have facilitated its broad dissemination. We will investigate the social and technological factors that have affected hip-hop’s development, as well as considering the ways in which the work of hip-hop musicians has affected both American music and social dynamics. With its ubiquitous presence at the top of the pop music charts, in mainstream advertising, and as a component of personal style, hip-hop has established itself as one of the most significant cultural movements of the last half-century. Course will strive to explore hip-hop’s musical language in considerable depth. Through close listening and intensive analysis of a broad selection of musical examples, and through careful study of the musical techniques and aesthetics of hip-hop artists, course will offer students a detailed exploration of the dense and multi-layered hip-hop soundscape.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1626
    PL
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 165 Introduction to Musics of the World


    Course examines musical traditions from around the world. Many kinds of music are considered, including folk genres, contemporary popular styles, and court and classical traditions. It examines music as a vital component in culture and lived experience. It considers the roles music plays in national society and public culture, and it develops students’ musical vocabularies, teaching them to listen analytically. Classroom instruction will include discussions, lectures, films, and recordings.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1651
    GA
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 167 Jazz Scenes: Chicago and Beyond


    For nearly a century, Chicago has been at the center of the international jazz landscape. This course traces the spread of jazz practice around the world while highlighting the special contributions of Chicago musicians. Through focused listening and discussion, students will learn how to listen to jazz and describe what they hear. Through reading, writing, and research, they will explore the past and present of this vibrant tradition that is intensely local in its practice yet global in its reach.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1631
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 168 The Chicago Blues Scene: From the Past to Preservation


    Course surveys the past, present, and future of the blues and the impact Chicago, as the Blues Capital, has had on the world culturally, sociologically, and economically. This course will give students the opportunity to study the living tradition of the blues through readings, videos, live performances, and the music itself. The class will feature workshop sessions where students perform some of the compositions they’ve encountered.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1628
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 169 The Blues: Chicago to the Mississippi Delta


    Course requires that students travel to Memphis, Tennessee, and Clarksdale, Mississippi for 5 days to examine the sociological, musicological, and historical relationship between the Chicago (urban) and Mississippi (rural) blues experience. Through lectures, performances, site visits, and keeping an ethnographic journal, students will gather knowledge about rural blues and gain a comprehension of its creation and performance from an ethnographic perspective. Some students may perform on the trip, if the composition of enrolled students allows. Students will write a paper based upon their journals and experiences of the trip.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1629J
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 170 Secondary Lessons


    This course offers small group instruction in voice or instrument and is repeatable. Authorization by an area coordinator is required for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-1772
    Prerequisites MUSC 170 Secondary Lessons
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 171 Primary Lessons


    This course offers beginning private instruction in voice or primary instrument for students registered in at least one other music course concurrently. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-1771
    Prerequisites MUSC 171 Primary Lessons, Level 1
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 172 Beginning Secondary Composition Lessons


    This course offers beginning private instruction in composition for students enrolled in primary lessons concurrently. Instructors are available for 14 30-minute sessions per semester or the equivalent.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-1792
    Prerequisites MUSC 172 Beginning Secondary Composition Lessons
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 173 Composition Lessons


    This course offers beginning private instruction in composition for music students. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-1791
    Prerequisites MUSC 173 Beginning Primary Composition Lessons
    Requirements Permission Required (DP) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 174 Guitar Techniques I


    This is course provides the necessary foundation students need prior to beginning private lessons through the study of scales,chords, sight-reading and repertoire. Students will learn chord scale relationships, improvisation,sight-reading and will perform 4 part chorales. Students will study various styles and will begin the study of Jazz harmony. A lab-class, students attend two 75 minute classes and one 50 lab session.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1321
    Co-requisites MUSC 110 Foundations of Music I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 176 Keyboard I


    This course instructs students how to play the keyboard and how to read its notation on the grand staff. Students learn proper playing position and the necessary technique to play pentachords, cadential sequences, and major scales using both hands in all major and minor keys. In addition, students analyze, play, and transpose short melodies in major and minor keys in either hand; harmonize longer melodies in major and minor keys; sight read simple short melodies with both hands; and perform a short piece from a piano score using both hands.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1131
    Prerequisites MUSC 108 Music Prep  or MUSC-T-77 EXAM-MUSC MINIMUM SCORE = 77  
    Co-requisites MUSC 112 Aural Skills I  or MUSC 104 Music Theory for Musical Theatre  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 177 Keyboard Styles and Techniques I


    This course offers basic to intermediate instruction in instrumental technique, repertoire and practice strategies, sight reading, gear and studio use in a variety of styles to students who enter the BA program with rudimentary keyboard performance and reading skills. A lab-class, students attend two 75 minute lab sessions and a 50 minute participation in the Keyboard Forum weekly.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1132
    Prerequisites MUSC 110 Foundations of Music I   or MUSC 176 Keyboard I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 178 Techniques in Singing I


    This course teaches beginning vocal students correct breathing technique, projection, and the necessary skills for articulation of song. Instruction acquaints students with both physical and mental aspects of singing. Students apply technique to exercises in concurrent Introductory Private Voice lesson and appropriate vocal repertoire.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1511
    Co-requisites MUSC 112 Aural Skills I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 179 Vocal Techniques I


    Students in this course study and apply aspects of good vocal technique that include intonation, breath management, articulation, and tone quality. The examination of the physical and psychological functions of the body and mind and the development of stage performance are in preparation for private instruction.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2512
    Co-requisites MUSC 110 Foundations of Music I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 180 Ensemble: Style & Technique


    Ensemble course is an introductory-level performance class for instrumentalists and/or vocalists. Repertoire is drawn from foundation-level material appropriate to the style. Ensembles are an integral component of the music program, focusing on musicianship as it applies to technical ability, music literacy, theory, history, and aural skills. Students regularly apply ensemble awareness and effective rehearsal and performance techniques, building confidence in their own abilities and in their ability to function as an effective team.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-1890
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 210 Foundations of Music III


    Foundations of Music III is the third course of the Music Core Curriculum and includes instruction in the areas of theory, aural skills, keyboard (or equivalent) and digital audio workstations.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 111 Foundations of Music II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV


    Foundations of Music IV is the fourth course of the Music Core Curriculum and includes instruction in the areas of theory, aural skills, keyboard (or equivalent) and digital audio workstations.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 210 Foundations of Music III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 212 Aural Skills III


    This course continues development of skills acquired in Aural Skills II with extensive dictation and sightsinging of melody and rhythm in one, two, three, and four parts. Non-diatonic melodies as well as compound meters and polymeters are explored. Students perform seventh chord inversions, chromatic melody in major, minor, or any mode without aid of an instrument; sightsing a chromatic melody in major, minor, or any mode; and sing a melody while playing a two-hand accompaniment on the piano.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2112
    Prerequisites MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 213 Aural Skills IV


    This course continues development of skills acquired in Aural Skills III with extensive dictation and sightsinging of melodies and rhythms that include current musical procedures. Students perform one, two, three, and four part music containing chromatics, seventh chords, and mixed meters; sightsing a melody employing mixed meters; and sing a melody while playing an accompaniment that includes chromatics, seventh chords, and mixed meters.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2113
    Prerequisites MUSC 212 Aural Skills III 
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 214 Theory III


    Theory III builds upon the previous two levels of analysis with a focus on form. Students expand their understanding of binary and ternary forms. New concepts include analysis of inventions, fugues, sonata, variations, and rondo forms. Popular music and various vocal forms are also explored. Extensive analysis focuses on art music or popular and jazz traditions depending upon the section. Students write in four-parts, explore phrase structure within the context of form and present extensive analysis including written papers and in-class presentations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2122
    Prerequisites MUSC 115 Theory II  or MUSC-T-77 EXAM-MUSC MINIMUM SCORE = 77  
    Co-requisites MUSC 177 Keyboard Styles and Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 215 Theory IV


    Theory IV continues development of material taught in Theory III with an emphasis on late romantic and twentieth-century compositional developments. Topics include advanced chromatic harmony, set theory, serialism, tone rows, matrices, new musical forms, and contemporary popular music. Students work with contemporary part-writing practice, explore contemporary form and present extensive analysis including written papers and in-class presentations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3121
    Prerequisites MUSC 214 Theory III 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 220 Notation and Recording Lab


    This course is a computer lab component, taken in conjunction with Composition I. The Lab class (1 hour per week) introduces students to the rules and protocols of score preparation, basic audio recording and video synchronization techniques.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2910
    Co-requisites MUSC 112 Aural Skills I 
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 221 Composition I: The Composer in the Modern World


    This introductory course in composition consists of three five-week modules. Each module introduces the students to the practical applications of composition skills in one of three media: film, video games and theatre. Students compose short assignments in electronic medium for each module. Course introduces students to the basic materials of music composition: pitch, rhythm and timbre; and the uses of music as atmospheric and dramatic elements in these and other media.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2211
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 220 Notation and Recording Lab  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 222 Composition II


    This course introduces composing for acoustic instruments; continues the application of the materials of music and introduces modern techniques and practices in  composition; teaches how to build melodic phrases and how to compose two and three-part forms. The final project sets text to music for voice and piano.  Works are recorded; the best pieces are performed in a public concert  at the end of the semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2212
    Prerequisites MUSC 221 Composition I: The Composer in the Modern World 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 223 Elements of Music Design


    Materials of Music Design is an intermediate project based music course to be taken after completing Foundations II in the music sequence. The course is designed to prepare the student to identify music through aural transcription and write music in a specific style. This course is intended for the developing musician in the creation of music in a global context.

    Repeatable: N
    Co-requisites MUSC 210 Foundations of Music III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 228 Digital Music Composition and Performance I


    This course develops the foundational skills and knowledge necessary for the creative use of technology in music composition and performance. Students will learn the basics of electroacoustic music, object-oriented computer programming, psychoacoustics, and live and automated manipulation of audio as it relates to sound production and music composition. This course will give students an understanding of the technology essential to today’s composer/performer in a hands-on environment that emphasizes the immediate creative application of new knowledge.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2261
    Prerequisites MUSC 110 Foundations of Music I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 229 Writing for Musical Theatre


    Students from the Music and Theatre departments will collaborate on writing a scene for the musical theatre stage. This scene can be an original story or adaptation. The participants will practice the art of collaboration; learn how to develop a story-line for musicals; how music functions in drama; setting lyrics to music, writing for voice with accompaniment; as well as producing the performance. The classes consist of individual and group meetings with faculty, rehearsals and a final performance.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2995
    Prerequisites MUSC 222 Composition II  
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 235 Techniques for Improvisation II


    This is an intermediate study in improvisation. Students in this course will explore standard jazz and contemporary repertoire through application of theoretical and technical concepts. This course is a part of a sequence for music majors. Students must pass a scale proficiency test and improvisation final to enroll in the next level. Students will apply the methods taught in this class in their private study.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2382
    Prerequisites MUSC 135 Techniques for Improvisation I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 251 Digital Music Production II


    This course focuses on intermediate to advanced concepts of writing, producing and performing music in the digital workspace for club-based genres such as Techno, House and Hip-Hop. Students apply various software and hardware combinations to create successful club and radio productions in expanding their understanding of creative processes. Techniques include mixing and mastering process, digital signal processing, reverb, delay, equalization, and compression. Students will create and develop a three-track EP suitable for submission to prospective record labels and mix series.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2912
    Prerequisites MUSC 151 Digital Music Production I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 270 Intermediate Secondary Lessons


    This course offers intermediate private instruction in a secondary instrument or voice type for music students enrolled in primary lessons concurrently. Instructors are available for 14 30-minute sessions per semester or the equivalent.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2772
    Prerequisites MUSC 270 Intermediate Secondary Lessons
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 271 Primary Lessons


    This course offers intermediate private instruction in voice or primary instrument for students registered in at least one other music course concurrently. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2771
    Prerequisites MUSC 271 Primary Lessons, Level 2
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 272 Secondary Composition Lessons


    This course offers intermediate private instruction in composition for students enrolled in primary lessons concurrently. Instructors are available for 14 30-minute sessions per semester or the equivalent.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2792
    Prerequisites MUSC 272 Secondary Composition Lessons
    Requirements Permission Required (DP) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 273 Composition Lessons


    This course offers private instruction in composition for music students. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2791
    Prerequisites MUSC 273 Composition Lessons, Level 1
    Requirements Permission Required (DP) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 274 Guitar Techniques II


    This course, a continuation of Guitar Techniques I, extends study of harmonic and sight-reading skills on the fretboard and mechanical skills necessary for professional-level performance. A lab-class, students attend two 75 minute classes and one 50 lab session.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-1322
    Prerequisites MUSC 174 Guitar Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 277 Keyboard Styles and Techniques II


    This course offers advanced instruction in instrumental technique, repertoire and practice strategies, sight reading, gear and studio use in a variety of styles to students who want to continue in the BA or BMus program with an emphasis in keyboard performance or who need advanced keyboard instruction for music production. A lab-class, students attend two 50-minute lab sessions, and may be taken with secondary lessons concurrently.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 111 Foundations of Music II  and MUSC 177 Keyboard Styles and Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 279 Vocal Techniques II


    This course, for the intermediate contemporary singer, focuses on how to identify, analyze, and communicate a variety of musical singing styles and demonstrate this knowledge through performance and written reports. Topics include interpretation, stage presence, microphone technique, beginning improvisation techniques, and communicating with other singers and instrumentalists. Collaboration, effective rehearsal procedures, common music terminology, and the independent and collective roles of each participant in a performance are the skills demonstrated in a culminating final performance.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2522
    Prerequisites MUSC 179 Vocal Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 280 Ensemble: Performance


    Ensemble course is an intermediate-level performance class for instrumentalists and/or vocalists. Repertoire is drawn from intermediate-to-moderately advanced-level material appropriate to the style. Ensembles are an integral component of the music program, focusing on musicianship as it applies to technical ability, music literacy, theory, history, and aural skills. Students regularly apply ensemble awareness and effective rehearsal and performance techniques, building confidence in their own abilities and in their ability to function as an effective team.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2890
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 299 Special Topics in Musicology


    This repeatable course presents an in-depth series of special topics responding to student interests and current areas of emphasis in the field of musicology. The course will explore specific musical practices with focused attention paid to their aesthetic, ideological, social, methodological, and/or technological contexts. Topics may include: gender and sexuality in 21st century composition, rock mainstreams and undergrounds, the avant-garde, producers and mixers, music and postcolonialism, sacred music in the marketplace, among many others.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-2660
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 315 Contemporary Harmony and Rhythm


    This course extends and applies the student’s core music theory and ear-training knowledge to practices and conventions specific to popular music and jazz idioms. Students will further explore the creation and interpretation of advanced chord symbols; the identification, application, and more complex variations of commonly used chord progressions, rhythm patterns, and additional scales and modes; the analysis of song forms, scores, and arrangements; and application of harmonic analysis to concepts such as modal interchange, chord substitutions, alterations, and modulations.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3161
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV  or MUSC 214 Theory III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 321 Composition III


    This course examines larger forms, extended tonality, and atonal and serial techniques. Students compose for small chamber ensemble. Additional assignments include composing pieces for various media that make use of compositional techniques studied in class. During their coursework, the students are encouraged to explore a wide variety of musical styles. Works are recorded; the best pieces are performed in a public concert  at the end of the semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3211
    Prerequisites MUSC 222 Composition II 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 322 Composition IV


    This advanced course, the fourth level in the composition sequence, helps the composer to find his/her individual voice.  It teaches a wide variety of compositional techniques of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students apply knowledge by composing several miniatures for various chamber ensembles performed in class. Final assignment is a concerto movement for soloist and chamber ensemble to be recorded.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3212
    Prerequisites MUSC 321 Composition III  and MUSC 323 Orchestration I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 323 Orchestration I


    This course examines all instruments of the orchestra with respect to range, capability, and characteristics of timbre. Students arrange piano scores for smaller ensembles during four in-class workshops where players sight read students’ arrangements. Coursework includes preparation of scores and parts critiqued by instructor and participants.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2251
    Prerequisites MUSC 115 Theory II  and MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 324 Orchestration II


    This course examines the use of the orchestra as a means to amplify and enhance musical ideas. Through the study of symphonic scores, students learn how to use the orchestra as an instrument that can provide color, depth, and volume to basic musical material. Final assignment consists of orchestrating a piano score for chamber orchestra that will receive a public performance at semester’s end.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3252
    Prerequisites MUSC 323 Orchestration I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 325 Arranging and Orchestration


    This course examines arranging and orchestration, including acoustic and electronic instruments, their ranges and sound characteristics. Students will learn to construct basic lead sheets and create arrangements for large and small ensembles in various genres. Topics also include score and part preparation according to industry standards.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2250
    Prerequisites MUSC 210 Foundations of Music III  or MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  and MUSC 115 Theory II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 326 Jazz Arranging I


    Students will apply their theoretical skills to arrange music for contemporary small ensembles.  This course is a study in writing and analyzing chord progressions, melodic inventions, form, use of the chief wind instruments (trumpet, trombone, and saxophone) and rhythm instruments (piano, guitar, bass, drums) score layout, transposition, preparation of parts, span, weight, and density.  This course is a part of a sequence for music majors.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2255
    Prerequisites MUSC 135 Techniques for Improvisation I  and MUSC 115 Theory II 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 327 Songwriting I


    The course examines the craft of popular songwriting from both a historical and applied practical viewpoint. The course is designed for composers and lyricists who are already writing songs, and wish to broaden their understanding of the craft, as well as for singers and instrumentalists in learning to collaborate effectively.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2221
    Co-requisites MUSC 210 Foundations of Music III  or MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  and MUSC 115 Theory II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 329 Composing for Films


    This course introduces students to the aesthetics and technology of basic film and video scoring. Topics covered include timings, playing the drama, underscoring, orchestration, and enhancing the story through music. Assignments include the scoring of short clips and of a complete sequence as final assignment.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3241
    Prerequisites MUSC 321 Composition III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 330 Studio Composition I


    This introductory course in composition consists of three five-week modules and Introduction to Counterpoint. Each module introduces the students to the practical applications of composition skills in one of three media: film, video games and theatre. Students compose and produce the short assignments in electronic medium for each module. Course introduces students to the basic materials of music composition: pitch, rhythm and timbre; and the uses of music as atmospheric and dramatic elements in these and other media. The course introduces the students to the elements of tonal counterpoint. If acoustic instruments are used, the students produce the parts according to the professional standards.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV   and MUSC 223 Elements of Music Design  and MUSC 228 Digital Music Composition and Performance I  and MUSC 325 Arranging and Orchestration  
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6

  
  • MUSC 331 Studio Composition II


    The project-driven Studio Composition II emphasizes rhythmic writing, writing for instrumental solo and duo with and without the use of DAW and MIDI; the course also discusses the setting of lyrics to music. The smaller in scope counterpoint and harmony projects are also included in the coursework. The final project is a piece for acoustic instrumental duo. The students will produce score and parts according to professional standards. All compositions are recorded; the best pieces are performed in a public concert at the end of the semester. The students assist production and recording of the pieces.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 330 Studio Composition I  
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6

  
  • MUSC 332 Vocal Improvisation I


    This course assists the advanced pop and jazz voice student with the application of improvisational techniques. The student will learn to imitate and apply vocal stylizations of established popular singers while also recognizing and singing all modes and blues and pentatonic scales. Through the process of singing transcriptions of improvisations from masters of popular styles, students will garner vocal agility and confidence for singing with instrumental ensembles.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3531
    Prerequisites MUSC 115 Theory II  and MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  and MUSC 179 Vocal Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 333 Vocal Improvisation II


    This course is designed specifically for the continuing development of the Jazz Studies Vocal Major. It is a comprehensive study of jazz vocal styles and skills based on jazz progressions and lyric phrasing. The topics will include an overview of advanced chords, progressions, and scales along with scatting syllables and improvisational melodic embellishments commonly used in jazz.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3532
    Prerequisites MUSC 332 Vocal Improvisation I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 335 Creative Improvisational Practice I


    This is an advanced study in improvisation. Students in this course will explore standard jazz and contemporary repertoire through application of theoretical and technical concepts. This course is a part of a sequence for Music Majors. Students will apply the methods taught in this class in their private study.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3383
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV   or MUSC 235 Techniques for Improvisation II  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 340 Fundamentals of Conducting


    This course focuses on physical technique of conductor: beat patterns, preparatory beats, cutoffs, and gestures for dynamics, tempo, and character. Students conduct one another in a varied repertoire of vocal, choral, and instrumental music. Through ear training exercises, students also drill the ability to accurately hear several musical lines simultaneously. Students learn rehearsal techniques, how to study and memorize a score, and how to organize and plan performances for a music ensemble.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2411
    Prerequisites MUSC 214 Theory III 
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 350 Applied Music Production


    An intermediate course to be taken after completing Foundations of Music sequence. The course prepares students for more advanced concepts in music technology, and further develops student’s fluency in current music technology tools used in courses throughout the program. Applies the digital environment towards the creation of larger-scale projects and includes concepts in music production, arranging, orchestration, and score preparation. An intermediate course to be taken after completing Foundations of Music sequence. This intermediate course for instrumentalists, singers, and songwriters prepares students for more advanced concepts in the creation of music and further develops students’ fluency in current music technology tools used in courses throughout the program. Applies the digital environment toward the creation of larger-scale projects and includes concepts in music production, arranging, orchestration, and score preparation.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2925
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV   or MUSC 152 Technology for Musicians I  and MUSC 177 Keyboard Styles and Techniques I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 352 Concert and Video Performance Technique


    Through textual and musical analyses, students prepare for concert and video performance while exploring presentation techniques, including movement, and stylistic elements, such as improvisation, as means to discover distinctive qualities of sound and expressive character. Class culminates in a final staged performance and/or video shoot.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3520
    Prerequisites MUSC 279 Vocal Techniques II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 361 Music, Time, and Place I


    This course addresses ways in which music shapes and is shaped by its social, cultural, and historical contexts. Through reading, writing, and focused listening, students explore the range of philosophies undergirding diverse musical practices and the processes through which those philosophies change over time. Students examine the technical features of specific musical examples as they engage with the aesthetic and ideological issues animating musical practice. Section 01: Western classical tradition; Section 02: World music traditions; Section 03: cross-cultural themes.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2611
    Prerequisites    
    Co-requisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV  or MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  and MUSC 115 Theory II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 362 Music, Time, and Place II


    This course addresses the extraordinary social and cultural upheavals associated with music since 1900. Through reading, writing, and focused listening, students explore the range of challenges to the traditional high art canon asserted through new technologies, new philosophies, and the ascendency of African-American musical practices. While all sections examine a range of modern musical practices, specific sections focus on particular traditions. Section 01: European-derived composition (for composition and performance students); section 02: Jazz (for jazz and performance students); section 03: American popular music (for CUP and performance students).

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2612
    WI
    Co-requisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV  or MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  and MUSC 115 Theory II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 363 Music Styles and Analysis


    Music Styles and Analysis is an advanced theory and criticism class designed to be taken after completing the Foundations of Music Sequence. The course develops a sensitivity to stylistic markers acquired through aural analysis with the ability to apply such appropriately in composition, arranging and performance.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3630
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV   or MUSC 235 Techniques for Improvisation II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 371 Primary Lessons


    This course offers advanced private instruction in voice or primary instrument for students registered in at least one other music course concurrently. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3771
    Prerequisites MUSC 371 Primary Lessons
    Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 373 Composition Lessons


    This course offers advanced private instruction in composition for music students. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3791
    Prerequisites MUSC 228 Digital Music Composition and Performance I   and MUSC 373 Composition Lessons 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 376 Pop/Jazz Keyboard: Styles and Harmony


    This course applies topics covered in Theory, Harmony, and Analysis classes to the keyboard, while concentrating on styles and voicings common to popular and jazz idioms. Course further develops the student’s facility for the keyboard as both a creative and interpretive tool.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-2310
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 378 Techniques in Singing III


    This course further develops skills learned in Techniques in Singing II. Student continues to identify vocal strengths and weaknesses, set goals, and implement effective performance techniques.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3513
    Prerequisites MUSC 179 Vocal Techniques I  
    Co-requisites   MUSC 214 Theory III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 380 Ensemble: Showcase


    Ensemble course is an advanced-level performance class for instrumentalists and/or vocalists. Repertoire is drawn from advanced-level material appropriate to the style. Ensembles are an integral component of the music program, focusing on musicianship as it applies to technical ability, music literacy, theory, history, and aural skills. Students regularly apply ensemble awareness and effective rehearsal and performance techniques, building confidence in their own abilities and in their ability to function as an effective team.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3890
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 385 Music Immersion: Music Workshop


    This course is a unique experiential learning opportunity for students interested in music, music business, and audio arts to engage these disciplines in an accelerated, hands-on environment. Students will be coached on the development of their musical, technical, and management skills through collaborative projects encompassing song development and arranging, live performance, live sound, recording, artist management, and music company operations. The course will include students, faculty and facilities from the Departments of Music, Audio Arts and Acoustics, and Business and Entrepreneurship.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3943
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 386 Music Immersion: Songwriters Week


    The course centers on a writing-for-hire model, in a collaborative team setting. Potential projects are presented on day one by Music Licensing student teams participating in the parallel BusE course, and may include publishing house briefs for upcoming artist releases, commercial and PSA themes, or TV and film scenes and scoring. Students teams develop and produce demos for final competitive client presentations.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 421 Renaissance Counterpoint


    This course explores modal counterpoint from the 16th century and examines the history, the ecclesiastical modes, the species in two to four parts, and the motet and the ordinary of the mass through the study of Palestrina’s music. Students apply knowledge in the writing of two choral works in the style of late Renaissance.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3215
    Prerequisites MUSC 115 Theory II  and MUSC 113 Aural Skills II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 422 Baroque Counterpoint


    This course explores tonal counterpoint from the 18th century and deals with the style and forms of baroque instrumental music through the study of the works of J. S. Bach and his contemporaries. Students apply their knowledge in the writing of suite movements, canon, invention, and fugue for piano.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3216
    Prerequisites MUSC 214 Theory III  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 425 Contemporary Arranging and Production


    Course examines the approaches used in arranging and orchestrating for small to large ensembles, and includes writing for rhythm section, horns, string instruments, woodwinds, and electronic instruments, as well as the professional application of the notation and technology tools available to the contemporary arranger. Course addresses the stylistic elements that are idiomatic to various popular genres, while focusing on the creative and compositional aspects of writing and arranging for contemporary music ensembles and orchestras. The course is required for students in the Contemporary, Urban and Popular Music program.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3250
    Prerequisites MUSC 350 Applied Music Production  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 426 Jazz Arranging II


    Students will apply their theoretical skills to arrange music for contemporary, large ensembles. This course is a study in writing and analyzing chord progressions, melodic inventions, form, use of wind and rhythm instruments, score layout, transposition, preparation of parts, span, weight, and density. This course is a part of a sequence for Music Majors.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3256
    Prerequisites MUSC 326 Jazz Arranging I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 427 Songwriting II


    This course extends and expands topics discussed in Songwriting I, and addresses additional topics for the professional songwriter. The class includes lyric, harmonic, melodic and formal analysis, and looks at the resulting symbiosis of these elements in forming a well-crafted and coherent whole. Also addresses application of these elements to create more artful narrative approaches and their application in larger and more complex musical forms. The class includes intensive workshops for discussion and development of student works in progress. Aspects of publishing, royalty structures and professional alternatives for the working songwriter are also addressed.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3222
    Prerequisites MUSC 327 Songwriting I  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 428 Digital Music Composition and Performance II


    This course explores advanced concepts and techniques in electroacoustic composition and performance. With a strong focus on sonic and musical materials, this course will also examine ways in which other digital and non-digital media can inform and be included in the creative process and presentation. Students will approach the course materials in a collaborative, hands-on environment where they will be creating original works for live performances, installations, and new forms of media distribution.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3262
    Prerequisites MUSC 228 Digital Music Composition and Performance I 
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 429 Semester in LA: Film Scoring


    This course is an intensive immersion experience for undergraduate composers consisting of three areas of study: Composing for Film; the History and Aesthetics of Film Music; and the Business and Politics of Film Music. Students spend four weeks in Los Angeles where they will meet 8 hours each day with additional access to film scoring labs in the evenings and on weekends. Students receive an historical review and analysis of major film scores, with an emphasis on the symphonic film score, especially those of Steiner, Korngold, Herrman, Bernstein, Goldsmith, Morricone, Newman, and others. Students also hear lectures from prominent professionals in the industry (composers, orchestrators, copyists, music editors, music supervisors, chief executives, agents, contractors), who cover the major aspects of the professional world of scoring for films. Finally, students compose original music (underscores) for three short scenes from contemporary films. Two of the scenes are scored using Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and the third is recorded by a professional orchestra. Students use Apple’s Logic Pro as a composing tool (the industry standard) as well as the Garritan Personal Orchestra. Scores and parts for the final recording are prepared using Finale. Student work is critiqued and assessed by the faculty of the program and industry professionals, with opportunities for students to critique each other’s work.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3248L
    Prerequisites MUSC 322 Composition IV 
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 9 Maximum Credits 9

  
  • MUSC 430 Studio Composition III


    The project-driven Studio Composition III explores writing for solo instruments, solo instruments with electronic accompaniment; and the final small chamber ensemble piece (instrumentation varies) with multimedia and audience participation. During the course of the semester, the students will be exposed to non-Western and Eastern European musical idioms, elements of common-practice tonality and extended chromatic tonality. The projects in the week 1-7 and 8-15 will involve working with the master-composers-in-residence at MFA Music Composition for the Screen. These composers-in-residence will bring to the class their most recent and current projects, keeping the students abreast with the latest developments in the music industry, as well as their unique perspective to the students’ class projects. The students will produce score and parts according to professional standards. All compositions are recorded; the best pieces are performed in a public concert at the end of the semester. The students assist production and recording of the pieces. This project-driven course explores writing for solo instruments, solo instruments with electronic accompaniment, and the final small chamber ensemble work with multi-media and audience participation. The students will work directly with the composers-in residence in the MFA Music Composition for the Screen program in order to understand current industry practice. Students will be expected to conform to such practice in the preparation of scores and parts. Selected compositions will be performed in a public concert late in the semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 331 Studio Composition II  
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6

  
  • MUSC 431 Studio Composition IV


    The project-driven Studio Composition IV explores writing for solo, ensemble, and orchestra with and without digital media. The students will work directly with the composers-in-residence in the MFA Music Composition for the Screen program in order to understand current industry practice. Students will be expected to conform to such practice in the preparation of scores and parts. Final projects will be composed for soloist and chamber ensemble with digital media and recorded at the end of the term.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 430 Studio Composition III  
    Minimum Credits 6 Maximum Credits 6

  
  • MUSC 435 Creative Improvisational Practice II


    This is an advanced study in improvisation. Students in this course will explore standard jazz and contemporary repertoire while developing their own voice as an improviser. This course is a part of a sequence for Music Majors. Students will apply the methods taught in this class in their private study.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3384
    Prerequisites MUSC 335 Creative Improvisational Practice I  
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 442 Music Pedagogy


    This course provides an overview of modern pedagogical theories, an exploration of educational resources, and a series of hands-on experiences in planning and implementing music instruction. Through reading, in-class discussion, individual research, and practical teaching exercises, students will be exposed to the foundations of music education. Students will develop the tools to successfully construct lesson plans, deliver individual and group-based music instruction, evaluate method books and repertoire, use technology in the classroom, and assess student progress.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3671
    Requirements Senior Standing (SR) Music Majors Only (M320)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 450 Advanced Music Production


    An advanced course to be taken after completing MUSC 350 Music Technology. The course prepares students for more advanced concepts in music technology, and further develops student’s fluency in the various music technology tools used in courses throughout the program. Applies the digital environment towards the creation of larger-scale projects and includes concepts in music production, arranging, orchestration, and score preparation.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3926
    Prerequisites MUSC 350 Applied Music Production  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 461 Music History, Ethnography, and Analysis


    This is an advanced course in the history, ethnography, and analysis of contemporary music. Students will study several music traditions, inquiring into their history, musical structure, and social significance. In addition, each student will undertake an original analysis and research project that involves working with a Chicago musician, tradition, or repertoire; conducting interviews; engaging in musical transcription and analysis; and coming to an understanding of how musical practice engages and responds to its social context. This course complements the broad view of music taken in Music Time and Place II and advanced theory by engaging in more in-depth study of specific areas;

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3621
    Prerequisites MUSC 362 Music, Time, and Place II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 462 Music Analysis and Criticism


    This is an advanced course in the history, ethnography, and analysis of contemporary music. Students will study several music traditions in media and contemporary concert music, inquiring into their history, musical structure, and social significance. In addition, each student will undertake an original analysis and research project that involves ethnographic research; conducting interviews where possible; engaging in musical transcription and analysis; and coming to an understanding of how musical practice engages and responds to its social context.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3122
    Prerequisites MUSC 461 Music History, Ethnography, and Analysis  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  
  • MUSC 471 Primary Lessons


    This course offers advanced instruction in voice or primary instrument for students registered in at least one other music course concurrently. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment

    Repeatable: Y
    Prerequisites MUSC 471 Private Lessons
    Requirements Junior Standing or Above (JR) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 473 Composition Lessons


    This course offers advanced private instruction in composition for music students. The course is repeatable, but requires authorization by an area coordinator for first-time enrollment.

    Repeatable: Y
    Prerequisites MUSC 473 Composition Lessons
    Requirements Permission Required (DP) Music Department Students Only (8MUS)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 475 Private Lessons: Senior Recital


    Required course for all graduating BMusic students that provides private instruction during the semester of the student’s senior recital. Students will prepare the music for their recital under the close supervision of the instructor. The instructor will act as a performance coach, as a guide for choosing repertoire, and as a consultant on non-musical aspects of the senior recital, such as printed program preparation and staging. You must be currently enrolled as a student in a BMus program.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3797
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 478 Repertoire and Performance Traditions


    In this course, students will study the evolution of music literature and performance practices. The course will also examine the technological advances, culture, traditions and mores that have contributed to stylistic development. Materials include musical scores, lyrics, historical treatises, and historical recordings and videos. Students will analyze and compare selections from each of the historical periods studied and may perform representative examples. Specific sections will be offered for vocal and instrumental students, with sections for different disciplines as numbers warrant.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3674
    Prerequisites MUSC 214 Theory III  and MUSC 135 Techniques for Improvisation I  or MUSC 214 Theory III  and MUSC 332 Vocal Improvisation I 
    Minimum Credits 2 Maximum Credits 2

  
  • MUSC 479 Collaborative Performance


    In this advanced ensemble course students form several small groups in which they develop and rehearse multiple examples of selected repertoire. Students meet once per week for group instruction and perform for and critique one another. Individual groups spend a minimum of 4 hours per week in unsupervised rehearsal. Students are expected to collaboratively arrange, rehearse and perform assigned material. Besides the in-class performances, there will be at least two public performances of finished work per semester.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3891
    Prerequisites MUSC 135 Techniques for Improvisation I  or MUSC 332 Vocal Improvisation I  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 480 Recording and Performance Ensemble


    Performance-intensive course draws upon all of the skills the student has gained throughout the ensemble experience as applied at the professional level. The ensemble includes work in the multi-track recording studio as well as performing for live audiences in venues throughout the city, supplying experiences that take the student outside of the comfort zone of the academic environment and place them in an arena that represents the challenges of the professional music industry. Enrollment in this ensemble requires concurrent registration in private lessons.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3889
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 485 Music Immersion: PopAkademie Music Workshop


    As part of Columbia College Music’s exchange agreement with PopAkademie, Mannheim, this course is a unique experiential learning opportunity for students to engage in an accelerated, hands-on environment in an international setting. Students will be coached on the development of their musical, through collaborative projects, encompassing song development, live performance, and recording.

    Repeatable: Y
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 488 Music Capstone


    A required course for all graduating BA Music students which will help and supervise the compilation of a comprehensive portfolio consisting of a CV and resume, as well as help organize, prepare, build and navigate contemporary print, electronic and digital media necessary for self-promotion. In addition, essential professional information about musicians unions, guilds, and associations will be discussed.

    Repeatable: N
    Prerequisites MUSC 211 Foundations of Music IV  
    Requirements Senior Standing (SR) Music Majors Only (M320)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 489 Senior Music Seminar


    Required course for all graduating Music students provides supervision for preparation of the student’s senior recital and portfolio. Students will create a proposal for their senior recital under the supervision of the instructor and with the input of their private lesson instructor and concentration coordinator. Students will have the opportunity to present their work to their peers, receive career counseling, attend special presentations, and participate in senior assessment procedures.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-3999
    Prerequisites MUSC 214 Theory III 
    Requirements Senior Standing (SR)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 495 Directed Study: Music


    This course consists of learning activities involving student independence within the context of regular guidance and direction from a faculty advisor. Directed Studies are appropriate for students who wish to explore a subject beyond what is possible in regular courses or for students who wish to engage in a subject or activity not otherwise offered that semester by the College. Directed Studies involve close collaboration with a faculty advisor who will assist in development and design of the project, oversee its progress, evaluate the final results, and submit a grade.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3995
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 4

  
  • MUSC 496 Independent Project: Music


    Course is an independent project designed by the student, with the approval of a supervising faculty member and department director, to study an area not at present available in the curriculum. Prior to registration, the student must submit a written proposal outlining the project.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-3998
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 4

  
  • MUSC 521 Scoring I


    This is the first course of the four-semester scoring sequence at the center of the Music Composition for the Screen MFA program. Guided by the original composer, students work on actual full-length film, TV and interactive media projects - spanning a wide variety of styles, genres, and types of media - following the same trajectory through the creative process the original composer did, from creating the first demo to the final delivery. In this first course students work on two contrasting feature films.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6221
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 525 Electronic Orchestration  
    Music Composition for the Screen MFA majors (G320)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  
  • MUSC 522 Scoring II


    The second course in the four-semester sequence continues the intensely practice-focused curriculum with two more commercially released full-length projects for students to work on under the guidance of the original composer, following the same trajectory through the creative process as it originally happened on the project in question - from creating the first demo to the final delivery. During the second half of the semester, the second project in this course is led by one of Columbia’s Composers-in-Residence - active media composers at the height of their careers, who come and join the program to guide our students through the process of scoring.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6222
    Prerequisites MUSC 521 Scoring I  
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 526 Acoustic/Hybrid Orchestration  
    Music Composition for the Screen MFA majors (G320)
    Minimum Credits 4 Maximum Credits 4

  
  • MUSC 525 Electronic Orchestration


    This studio course begins the media music orchestration sequence by examining the electronic elements in the production process. This examination includes considering the sonic and dramatic consequences of various elements of recording, mixing, and sound production, as well as ear training as it pertains to style and production and mixing characteristics of electronic music styles commonly used in film music. The semester concludes with the study of orchestral mock-up creation, to prepare for the second orchestration class in the spring.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6251
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 550 Film Production Survey  
    Music Composition for the Screen MFA majors (G320)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 526 Acoustic/Hybrid Orchestration


    The course continues the orchestration course sequence by looking at traditional symphonic orchestration, with emphasis on the special techniques and habits in regards to notation, score/part layout and orchestration techniques that were developed in Hollywood as part of the scoring process in order to get the best possible take with no rehearsal time. After exploring traditional symphonic instruments and other acoustic instruments commonly used in modern media music, the lessons of acoustic and electronic orchestration are combined in the study and emulation of various acoustic/electronic hybrid styles. The orchestration course sequence also prepares students for the recording sessions in the second year of the MFA program.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6252
    Prerequisites MUSC 525 Electronic Orchestration  
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 555 Games, AR, and VR Production Survey  
    Music Composition for the Screen MFA majors (G320)
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

  
  • MUSC 550 Film Production Survey


    This one-credit, five-week intensive survey class provides an overview over the technical and creative steps of the contemporary film and TV production process - from screen writing and development/pre-production, through the various departments involved in production (directing, acting, camera, set design, costumes), all the way to post-production (editing, sound editing, picture and audio post, and delivery/distribution) - as well as how music relates to each of these production steps.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6630
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 560 Music in Media Survey  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 555 Games, AR, and VR Production Survey


    This one-credit, five-week intensive survey class provides an overview over the technical and creative steps of the contemporary video game, interactive media, augmented reality, and virtual reality production process. It also provides an overview over the different types of interactive and immersive media currently being created, and insights on the different roles music can play in them.

    Repeatable: N
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 601 Media Music Tech Lab  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 560 Music in Media Survey


    This one-credit, five-week intensive survey class provides an overview over the various ways music and visual media interact. This overview includes exploring the various musical styles and traditions media music currently draws from, the many different relationships music and visual media have in today’s practices, the various functions music fulfills in the different genres and types of media, the effect current production and consumption technologies have on media music, and an overview over today’s influencers in the field.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6631
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 601 Media Music Tech Lab  
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 567 Film Analysis


    This course focuses on exploring the techniques used by current composers in creating their scores.  Spotting (the practice of cues entering and exiting) will be noted, as well as the dramatic event that triggered the entrance of each cue.  Each week one student will analyze the film score of the week and give a brief lecture about the composer, the style of music and approach used in creating the score, and its effectiveness in achieving the enhancement of the film.

    Repeatable: Y
    Formerly 32-6651
    Requirements Permission Required (DP)
    Minimum Credits 1 Maximum Credits 1

  
  • MUSC 599 Topics in Scoring


    This course will introduce the role of dramatic music in a variety of media and applications other than film. Students will study elements unique to composing dramatic music for media that include, for example, live theater and advertising, avenues where a composer will encounter different sets of limitations and constraints. Students will produce a number of short scoring projects designed for these particular applications.

    Repeatable: N
    Formerly 32-6229
    Prerequisites MUSC 521 Scoring I   
    Concurrent Requisite MUSC 522 Scoring II  
    Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3

 

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