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MUS 2350 - International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
The class exposes students to the purposes and uses of the International Phonetic Alphabet in solo and choral singing, and all of the common symbols used in the most frequently encountered sung languages, focusing particularly on English and Latin.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: The class is restricted to entering voice studio students majoring in: Music Performance: Vocal, Music Ed: Choral/General-Sec, Music Therapy.
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MUS 2400 - Music for the Classroom Teacher
Designed for elementary education students without regard to previous musical training. Students are prepared to use music functionally and developmentally in the elementary classroom through singing, through playing the piano and informal instruments, and through responding to music rhythmically. Creative aspects and values of music are emphasized, and materials are studied in relation to their future uses in the classroom.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 2480 - Teaching and Learning in Music
This course is designed to examine theories of learning as they relate to instruction in music settings. Students will learn to write outcome statements, plan and prepare learning activities to reach those outcomes, and to evaluate and assess the process used and outcomes. Diverse classrooms and differentiated instruction, classroom management, questioning techniques, conceptual hierarchies, sequencing techniques, and lesson planning will be discussed. Students will apply classroom content in required music-based experiences in educational and community-based settings.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1800 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 2590 - Aural Skills III
A continuation of MUS 1630. This course will stress the application of aural skills specific to vocal and instrumental students’ disciplines. Course material will include the study of tonicization and modulation in tonal melodies and harmonic progressions; changing meter, syncopation, and irregular divisions of the beat in simple and compound time; two-part rhythmic and melodic dictation; and continued development of sight-reading, error detection, and improvisation skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1630 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 2595 - MTP Musicianship II
This class is the second in a two-part sequence of courses designed to encompass a study of basic music theory, keyboard fundamentals and aural skills to develop the singer’s ability to understand music on the page and by ear and to hear music internally before it is performed aloud. Recognition of music patterns will result from the development of listening skills (dictation, error detection, musical memory) and performance skills. Restricted to majors in music theatre performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1595 with a grade of “C” or better or departmental examination.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music theatre performance.
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MUS 2600 - Basic Music III
A continuation of MUS 1610. Study of advanced chromatic harmony and 20th century harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic concepts by means of analysis and composition assignments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1610 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 2610 - Basic Music IV
A continuation of MUS 2600. A study of form, process, and style in various musical periods with an emphasis on analysis of complete works.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1610 with a grade of “B” or better or MUS 2600.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2620 - Concert Composition for Musicians
Beginning work in composition for the concert hall, with emphasis on the development of short works utilizing small instrument combinations. Attention is given to melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and textural devices. Includes performances of student compositions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1610 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 2625 - Composing for Concert Hall
Beginning work in composition for the concert hall, with emphasis on the development of short works utilizing small instrument combinations. Attention is given to melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and textural devices. Includes performances of student compositions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1600 with a grade of “C” or better, may be taken concurrently.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 2630 - Sound Art for Musicians
This course provides an introduction to contemporary sound art practices. Students will become familiar with a range of creative sonic practices including audio walks, sound walks, installations, performance hybrids, site-specific works, and collaborative multidisciplinary projects. Students will create new works in these formats based on individual goals and vocabularies.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2635 - Creative Sound Art Practices
This course provides an introduction to contemporary sound art practices. Students will become familiar with a range of creative sonic practices including audio walks, sound walks, installations, performance hybrids, site-specific works, and collaborative multidisciplinary projects. Students will create new works in these formats based on individual goals and vocabularies.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 2640 - Jazz Composition
The fundamental aspects of composition in the jazz idiom, including harmonic progression, melodic design and rhythmic formulation. Intensive study will be made of well-known standard tunes as well as classic jazz compositions. All periods will be studied so that the student will have a well-grounded familiarity with basic compositional idioms, including the blues, standard AABA song forms, modal forms and more complicated sectional forms. All compositions created in class will be performed by class members or by the appropriate ensemble outside of class.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1605 (or instructor consent), MUS 2600 (may be taken concurrently); with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 2 hours
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MUS 2650 - Aural Skills IV
A continuation of MUS 2590 and the final course in the 4-course aural skills sequence. This course focuses on advanced aural skills practices specific to different fields of study. This is a multiple-topic course. Topics may include, but are not limited to, advanced chromatic and contemporary aural skills, aural skills for jazz, aural skills for improvisation, and aural skills for electronic music. Additional topics may be offered based on emerging interests in the field. The course title of each section will reflect the specific topic.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2590 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2655 - Jazz Aural Skills
This course will explore aural skill development through: jazz melodic and harmonic exercises, etudes and literature. Chord identification and reproduction of all relevant qualities and extensions *(9, b9, #9, 11, #11, 13, b13) will be explored, jazz harmonic scheme identification, aural demonstration of the 10 jazz nomenclatures and their appropriate scales and exploration of basic aural improvisatory skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1600 and MUS 1620; with a grade of “C” or better required in all prerequistes.
Credits: 1 hour
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MUS 2700 - Music History I
A survey of music from late Antiquity through the Baroque era.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1700 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 2710 - Music History II
A survey of the music from the Classic, Romantic, and Twentieth-Century eras.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1700 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2790 - Instruments of the Band and Orchestra
Students survey the string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments commonly used in the band and orchestra. The major aim of the course is to make the student aware of the unique sound which characterizes each instrument and how that sound is produced. In developing perception and discrimination in this regard, the student investigates such things as the acoustical properties of the instruments, the correct formation of the embouchure for the brasses and woodwinds, the techniques of bowing string instruments, and the physical attributes required to perform successfully on certain instruments. All will learn the proper techniques for playing various percussion instruments commonly used in the classroom and will be given the opportunity to explore one or more of the brasses and woodwinds.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2800 - Instruments of the Music Classroom
Students will survey the instruments commonly used in the music classroom. All will learn the proper techniques for playing and teaching autoharp, ukulele, recorder, dulcimer, and others. Emphasis is placed on inclusion of these instruments in the music classroom.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Acceptance into Music Education curriculum.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 2810 - Introduction to Music Therapy
An orientation to the discipline of music therapy via classroom lectures, video tape presentations, and clinical observations. This course should be taken following or concurrent with PSY 1000.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 2890 - Music Therapy Activities for Children
This class will examine labels and categorizations involved in children populations, offer instruction in social-recreational instruments, allow for a more in-depth study of appropriate music materials and activities, and allow for experience in designing and implementing music therapy treatment procedures for individuals and groups. Class time will be primarily used for instruction with some selected help times to allow for more individualized instruction. Exams will be of a written, playing, and/or presentational format.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1260 and MUS 2810, or both may be taken concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 2900 - Music Therapy Activities for Adults
This class will examine labels and categorizations involved in adult populations, offer instruction in social-recreational instruments (e.g., guitar, ukulele, etc.), allow for a more in-depth study of appropriate music materials and activities and allow for experience in designing and implementing music therapy treatment procedures for individualized instruction. Exams will be of a written, playing and/or presentational format.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1260 and MUS 2810, or both may be taken concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 2940 - Multi-track Recording
This course will teach students the steps required to successfully complete a multi-track recording and mixing project. Students will learn the signal flow of the recording console and patch bay, how to set proper levels, how to record with a multi-track recording device, how to create headphone (cue) mixes, and other tasks necessary for basic multi-track recording projects. Students must plan and execute multiple recording sessions and create a final mix of the recorded tracks.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1940 with a grade of “B” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 2950 - Music Theatre Performance Workshop I
A workshop format utilizing exercises, scene rehearsals and performances in order to develop students’ performing ability in musical theatre with particular emphasis on audition techniques. Content includes sound and motion exercises, routining of a song or aria, and projection and auditioning techniques.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: THEA 1420, THEA 2900, MUS 1595, MUS 2595 (may be taken concurrently), and (DANC 1200, DANC 2200 or DANC 3200) (may be taken concurrently).
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3000 - Applied Music
This level of applied music indicates “upper division” standing in applied music and is used to designate junior-and senior-level applied music. A maximum of four credits per semester may be earned at this level.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3120 - Explorations in World Music
An introduction to the field of ethnomusicology, this course explores the transition of “traditional” and “folk” musics into newer forms of music expression, including “popular”, “cosmopolitan” and “modern” music. Through an examination of socio-cultural contexts in North America, South America, Asia, the Middle East, and Sub-Sahara Africa, students investigate the relationship of music to history, religion and philosophy.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 3170 - Opera Workshop
A production experience in the acting, singing, accompanying, and producing of musical theatre. The class is offered each semester and culminates in the performance of an opera or operatic scenes. Open to advanced singers, pianists, and persons interested in production techniques. Admission is by personal interview with the instructor.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3200 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship
Course emphasis is on the development of sight-reading and harmonization skills, introduction to four-part, open-score reading, modal improvisation, improvisation on specified progressions, and playing by ear.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2210 with a grade of “C” or better, or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3210 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship II
A course designed to continue development of keyboard skills necessary for music therapists and voice majors in performance and music education. The course content will include accompanying techniques, harmonization, playing by ear, transposition, improvisation, open-score reading and sight-reading, with frequent in-class student performances.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3200 with a grade of “C” or better or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3240 - Effects Processing and Synthesis
This course will teach students the concepts necessary to apply effects processing and synthesis in generative audio projects. Students will learn the parameters and typical applications for filters and equalization, dynamics processing, delay and delay-based effects, distortion, pitch shifting, granular processes, and processes involving Fast Fourier Transforms. Students will learn the parameters and typical applications of low frequency oscillators, additive synthesis, subtractive synthesis, wave-shaping, and modulation processes.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 3300 - Choral Conducting and Literature
The fundamentals of choral conducting are presented, including patterns and rehearsal techniques. The study and selection of literature appropriate to various levels of junior and senior high school choirs is included.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2150 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall or Spring
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MUS 3310 - Instrumental Conducting and Literature
Beginning methods for homogeneous and heterogeneous groups will be used with students acting as conductor-teachers and playing secondary instruments. Literature appropriate to various levels of junior and senior high school bands and orchestras will serve as materials for conducting with students performing on major instruments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2150 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3360 - General Music Methods
A study and survey of sequential musical experiences in general music classes in grades K-8. The course will include education objectives, philosophical concepts, instructional methods and materials and various innovative approaches used in the general music class. Administration and implementation of the class will be examined. The course is especially designed to acquaint the student with various teaching techniques. Each student will have an opportunity to participate in general music classes in area schools one-half day a week.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2480 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music education.
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3390 - Choral Techniques
A course which develops the principles of vocal pedagogy, diction, and improvisation as they apply to choral settings. Study will include the development of the child’s and adolescent’s voice, selecting and arranging appropriate music for those voices, the problem of vocal abuse, and the rationales behind group vocal warm-up practices.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2150 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall or Spring
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MUS 3400 - Choral Methods
Extensive involvement with actual teaching of choral music in public schools is a central part of this course. Various philosophies of music education, music reading programs, and choral music education will be discussed. Students will focus on the development of aesthetic behaviors and performance objectives for choral ensembles. Administrative duties needed to implement and maintain a choral program will be identified. Advanced techniques for production of musicals and madrigal dinners, and the principles involved with developing show/jazz choirs will be examined. Job seeking and professional growth will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3360 with a “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music education.
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3440 - Instrumental Methods I
Students will apply various learning theories, behaviorist techniques, and cognitive learning skills to the instrumental music lesson. Administrative skills needed to implement and maintain an instrumental program will be developed. Field experiences in the schools will be central to this course. Elementary and middle school literature will be reviewed and studied. While this course will primarily focus on beginning and middle school instrumental music programs, marching band techniques and arranging will also be studied.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2480 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music education.
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3470 - Instrumental Methods II
Advanced study of the materials and methods needed for successful teaching of instrumental music in the schools. Various philosophies of music education and curriculum development will be discussed. Extensive involvement with actual teaching of bands and orchestras in public schools is a central part of this course. Students will focus on the development of aesthetic behaviors and performance objectives for middle school/junior and senior high instrumental ensembles. Specialized ensemble techniques including jazz and chamber ensemble and solo and small ensemble contest and festival preparation in band and orchestra will be discussed. Literature for the various high school level ensembles will be reviewed and studied. In addition to administration and development of various types of instrumental ensembles, students will study chamber ensemble performance utilizing secondary instruments.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3440 with a “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3500 - American Music
A survey of 20th-Century music in the United States including a comprehensive look at roots, jazz, concert, and experimental art-music styles. Influences of earlier American traditions and from other continents will be traced. The relationships between America’s diverse modern music and its complex society will be explored. The course does not require any previous music experience or the ability to read music. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Societies and Cultures Category.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3520 - World Music in Theory and Practice
A study of the traditional and popular musics of China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East, as well as music transmitted orally, such as Native American, Australian Aborigine, African, and Micronesian musics. One or several cultures will be selected for close study to examine the customs and attitudes of a people through their music.
Credits: 4 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3620 - Applied Music Composition
Original work in composition through private lessons accompanied by the study and analysis of current trends and creative concepts in contemporary music.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2630 or MUS 1000 (Composition), with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3800 - Psychology of Music
Physical, psychological and physiological aspects of sound and systems of tonal relationships. The effects of music on the individual and the consideration of music as a form of communication; the nature and measurement of musicality; the nature of musical memory; the underlying bases for musical taste and for aesthetic experience in music with emphasis on cultural influences.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: PSY 1000
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 3810 - Research in the Psychology of Music
Development and employment of research methods and techniques applied to the psychology of music. Experimental projects will be required in areas dealing with music and/or musical behavior.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3800 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3811 - Your Brain on Music
An introduction to music neuroscience which explores one of the most exciting and relevant topics in current cognitive psychology and neuroscience. The effects of music on brain and behavior functioning will be addressed through both scientific and musical frames of reference. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Science and Technology Category.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Summer
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MUS 3830 - Observation and Measurement in Music Therapy
Overview of techniques of behavior measurement and accountability paired with actual clinical observations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2810 or concurrent. Reserve time for observation.
Credits: 1 hour
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 3850 - Senior Seminar in Music Education
The primary focus of this course will be on the diversity of learners and differentiated instruction in music classrooms. The seminar format will provide senior students an opportunity for analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, in relation to prior practicum or observational experiences, and contemporary learning theories. An independent project combining observation and application will be an outcome of this course.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3400 or MUS 3470; with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in music education.
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MUS 3860 - Music Technology Concepts
This course explores principles of sound synthesis and audio sequencing. Additionally, the course investigates the use of microprocessors and sensors to effect the environmental control of music performance in real time.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors and minors in Multimedia Arts Technology-Music.
Notes: The course fulfills the University’s computer literacy requirement.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 3940 - Advanced Recording I
Advanced Recording I is the third course in the sequence of classes in audio engineering in the School of Music. Students will spend several weeks learning a professional digital audio workstation and associated hardware in depth. Students will learn mono/stereo microphone techniques, in addition to advanced application of compression, reverb, and delay. Students are required to complete two recording/mixing projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 4240 - Audio Programming
Students will learn the basics of programming algorithms for applications for audio synthesizers, samplers, and effects processing. Students will also develop skills to create control structures and presets for these audio devices.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 3240 and MUS 2220. A grade of “C” or better is required for all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 4500 - Music Appreciation: The Symphony
This non-major survey looks at music for symphony orchestra from the listener’s point of view. It focuses on the ways that musical materials, designs, instrumentation, compositional innovations, and cultural considerations have influenced the development of various styles and types or orchestral music since the mid-1700s. Attendance is required at selected live orchestral concerts in the Kalamazoo area. This course does not require any previous music experience or the ability to read music. This course satisfies WMU Essential Studies Level 2: Exploration and Discovery – Artistic Theory and Practice Category. MUS 4500 may not be elected by graduate music majors, or undergraduate music majors except those in the MAT-Music degree program.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4720 - Clinical Practicum in Music Therapy I
A practicum course to provide an opportunity for the music therapy student to apply music therapy principles with assigned individual/group clientele in the Music Therapy Clinic and/or affiliated community agencies. Students will develop and expand basic clinical foundations.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2810, MUS 2890, MUS 2900, and MUS 3830 with a grade of “C” or better. Reserve time for clinical participation.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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MUS 4730 - Clinical Practicum in Music Therapy II
A continuation of MUS 4720.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation.
Credits: 2 hours
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4790 - Influence of Music on Behavior
Justification for the use of music to change human behaviors through analysis of historical evidence, theoretical assumptions, and published research. Description of the therapeutic process with the intervention of music from assessment to community transfer.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation. Liability insurance required.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Fall
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MUS 4800 - Music Therapy Methods and Materials
Study of phenomenological, cognitive, and behavioral orientation to treatment as applied to the music therapy setting. Review of contemporary issues affecting the clinical practice of music therapy.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4720. Reserve time for clinical participation. Liability insurance required.
Credits: 3 hours
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 4810 - Music Therapy Internship
A music therapy internship involving in-depth, supervised clinical training at the professional level. The internship must be at an approved facility and consist of a minimum of 900 training hours. This is required by the American Music Therapy Association for board-certification as a music therapist. Students enrolled in this course will be classified as having full-time student status for the purpose of international student visas, loan deferments, and insurance eligibility.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Department approval.
Credits: 1 to 2 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to the following majors: Music Therapy (MUYJ) and Music Therapy (MUYM).
Notes: May be repeated for credit.
When Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer I, Summer II (Summer sessions when appropriate for financial aid)
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MUS 4900 - Undergraduate Workshop in Special Problems
Designed for students interested in some special field of music not formally listed for instruction. All special problems must be approved by the Director of the School of Music, but may be under the direct guidance of any member of the Music faculty.
Credits: 1 to 3 hours
Notes: This course may be elected as many as three times.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 4940 - Advanced Recording II
Advanced Recording II is the fourth course in the sequence of audio engineering classes in the School of Music. The goal of the course is for students to learn how to combine their technical knowledge with assessments of client’s goals and budgets, session planning, set-ups, etc., in order to deliver professional quality recording services. Students will also learn how to properly synchronize multiple audio recorders and how to appropriately prepare mixes for mastering or replication. Close listening skills will also be developed through demonstrations of microphone and pre-amp selection. Students are required to complete two recording projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
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MUS 5000 - Applied Music
Private lessons for the graduate student in a non-major area of performance.
Credits: 1 - 2 hours
Restrictions: This course is restricted to graduate Music majors.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5100 - Graduate Bands
The Graduate Bands are made up of outstanding graduate musicians who embrace the challenge of performing the finest in wind band literature and transcriptions in a variety of concert settings.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership by audition. Open to graduate students only.
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MUS 5110 - University Orchestra
The orchestra is open to all students who have had a reasonable amount of orchestral experience. Many fine compositions are studied and played during the year, and the orchestra joins with other campus organizations in joint programs. Instruments are available for the use of students.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is by audition. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5120 - University Chorale
An advanced choral ensemble which maintains a very active performance schedule on campus and in the community as well as throughout Michigan and surrounding states.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership by audition. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5130 - Jazz Orchestra
The University Jazz Orchestra is a select ensemble which affords students the opportunity to perform outstanding literature in contemporary and traditional big band jazz. Special consideration is given to the rehearsal and performance of student compositions and arrangements. The ensemble performs regularly on and off campus.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is by audition. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5140 - Instrumental Chamber Music
Special ensembles formed to perform standard instrumental chamber music works. Ensembles may include a variety of combinations, i.e., string quartets, woodwind quintets, brass quintets, percussion ensembles, piano trios, etc. Credit will be granted only if a sufficient rehearsal/performance schedule warrants.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5150 - Advanced Jazz Combo
The Advanced Jazz Combo is a select ensemble that affords students the opportunity to perform literature that is arranged and composed by ensemble members. Arranging, composition and improvisation skills are required. Frequent performances and touring are expected.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Audition required. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5160 - Music Theatre Practicum
A production experience in music theatre. Each semester culminates in an opera or musical comedy production. Open to singers, actors, accompanists, instrumentalists, and persons interested in production techniques. Admission by audition or permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5170 - Collegium Musicum
Performance of early Western music. Open to all students of the University. Additional transcription, arranging, editing and conducting of early music is required of Music History majors.
Credits: 1 hour
Restrictions: Graduate students may count not more than two hours of this course for graduation.
Notes: Membership by audition. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5190 - Gold Company
A select ensemble which specializes in Jazz Show Vocal Entertainment. Specialty acts and choreography are included. A small instrumental ensemble accompanies the group. A very active performance schedule is maintained on campus, in the community, in Michigan and out-of-state.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: Membership is open to all University students by audition. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5220 - KLOrk: Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra
KLOrk is a live performing ensemble using laptops and mobile devices as musical instruments. The course activities include the creation, rehearsal, and performance of original musical compositions and multimedia works.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2220 or instructor approval.
Credits: 1 hour
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5240 - Electronic Music Performance
Students learn to design and execute live electronic music performances with a computer and controllers. These performances will involve triggering audio and MIDI clips, real-time manipulation of audio and MIDI clips, live recording and incorporation of those recordings in real-time performances, and application of effects to live sound sources and rendered content, in addition to automated, performed, and predetermined parameter control of instrument and effect plug-ins.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Spring
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MUS 5300 - Advanced Choral Conducting
Supervised experience in conducting vocal ensembles. The student may be called upon to prepare an ensemble for public performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Audition required.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5310 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
Supervised experience in conducting instrumental groups. The student may be called upon to prepare an ensemble for public performance.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Audition required.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5550 - Jazz Arranging
Jazz Arranging is a study of the art of arranging for the jazz ensemble-both traditional and contemporary. The course will undertake a detailed study of instrument ranges, transpositions and sound potential, and will cover voicings, scoring practices, calligraphy and contemporary trends within the medium.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1605 (or instructor approval) and MUS 1610, with a grade of “C” or better required in each course.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5560 - Advanced Jazz Arranging
A study and application of the art of arranging for the jazz ensemble, studio orchestra, and show orchestra. The course will undertake a detailed study of scoring for winds, brass, strings, voices and percussion in relation to traditional and contemporary trends within the medium.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 5550 and MUS 2640 or concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5580 - Jazz Improvisation I
A study and directed application of the fundamentals of jazz improvisation including basic chord and scale construction and recognition, harmonic function, chord-scale relationships and basic blues and popular song forms. All students will be required to develop aural and performance skills relative to those theory skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1605 (or instructor approval) and MUS 1610, with a grade of “C” or better needed in each class.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5590 - Jazz Improvisation II
A study and directed application of advanced techniques of jazz improvisation including chord extension, voicing, inversions and substitutions, chord function and progressions and complex scales and their applications. All students will be required to develop aural and performance skills relative to those theory skills.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 5580 and MUS 2180 Jazz Ensemble or concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5600 - Counterpoint
A study of the contrapuntal techniques of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Written assignments are closely correlated with the contrapuntal styles of significant composers.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1610 with grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5620 - Advanced Compositional Topics
This course will cover advanced techniques used by composers. Topics will vary and will be announced when the course is offered.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5640 - Seminar in Electronic Music Composition
Students will create original music compositions or other generative art works involving digital media. This variable topic seminar will include topics related to computer programming for musicians, electronic music aesthetics, and multimedia artworks. The instructor and enrolled students will meet weekly in order to examine electronic music techniques, repertoire, and related aesthetic and conceptual issues.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3240 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5645 - Audio for Video
Audio for Video focuses on generative and sound design projects for video games, film, other commercial projects, installation art, and sonic art. Aesthetic, conceptual, and technological topics in relationship to creating such projects will be discussed at the beginning of the semester. The remainder of the semester will focus on facilitating and discussing student projects.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1950 and MUS 2240, with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5650 - Topics in Music Theory
Advanced study of a specialized topic in music theory. Topics will vary as announced each semester and might include analytical methods, theory pedagogy, technological applications, musical genres, or composer studies.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2610, MUS 2650 and MUS 2710 with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites. Instructor approval required for non-music majors.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: This course may be repeated for credit with different topics. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5655 - Special Topics in Multimedia Arts Technology
A variable topic course focusing on more advanced topics relevant to the intersections between the arts and technology. Potential topics include: Business aspects of being an independent generative artist, working in the video game industry, working in the film industry, and working in the recording industry; aesthetic, historic, theoretical, and conceptual issues surrounding art and technology; advanced concepts of acoustics, sound reinforcement, and specialized recording projects, such as recording a large acoustic ensemble. Specific, relevant technological topics can be covered in this course as needed; examples could include computer programming for audiovisual art (Processing/Jitter), sensors and parametric mapping for multimedia projects, and advanced video filters and audio effect processing for audiovisual art (AfterEffects).
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 1940, MUS 1945, MUS 1950, MUS 2220, and MUS 2240; with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites; or instructor approval.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5670 - Orchestration
A study of the characteristics of instruments, and of arranging for the various individual choirs, for combinations of choirs, and for full orchestra.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2610.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5678 - MAT Capstone Project
The MAT capstone project is designed and completed by students with faculty oversight. The capstone project is an outgrowth of the candidate’s course work and must be approved by the MAT faculty. The project will constitute a significant demonstration of skills with and application of multimedia arts technology. Projects will reflect each student’s technology and artistic focus. The capstone project will provide the student with significant artifacts as part of their portfolio for potential employers or graduate school. Students will register for 2 credit hours each semester during their final year and are required to give a twenty-minute public presentation of the project.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: Junior standing, MUS 1945, MUS 1950, MUS 2240, MUS 4240, MUS 4940, and MUS 5645; with a grade of “C” or better in all prerequisites. Mus 4240, MUS 4940, and MUS 5645 may be taken concurrently.
Credits: 2 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Multimedia Arts Technology - Music.
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Not open to graduate students.
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MUS 5680 - Orchestration for Composers
A study of the characteristics of instruments, and of arranging for the various individual choirs, for combinations of choirs, and for full orchestra.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2620 or MUS 2625, with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5720 - Baroque Music (1600-1750)
A survey of the choral and instrumental music of the Baroque masters such as J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel. Special attention to the development of style from monody through harmonic polyphony.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5730 - Classical Music (1750-1800)
Examination of the chief works of Mozart and Haydn, with intensive study of symphonic form and the development of the classic opera.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5790 - Operatic Literature
A survey of opera from 1600 to the present.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5800 - Solo Literature
Solo literature for a specific medium (voice, piano, violin, etc.) will be studied from a theoretical, historical, and performance point of view. Topics to be announced. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5810 - Choral Music Literature
A survey of choral music (mass, motet, anthem, cantata, oratorio) from the Renaissance through the Romantic period.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5820 - Wind Music Literature
A survey of windband ensembles and literature from the Renaissance period through the twentieth century.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5830 - Jazz History and Literature
A survey of the history of jazz including aspects of sociology and history as they relate to the art form of jazz. All periods in jazz history, from its earliest roots in Africa and the slave culture in the United States, up through the blues, dixieland, swing, bop, mainstream and the more eclectic period of jazz rock and free-form jazz will be explored. Important works will be examined from each period in order to grasp the essentials of a particular style.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 5580 or department’s consent.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5840 - Topics in Musicology and Ethnomusicology
A study of the music of various people, places, eras, and/or events. Attention will focus on the current research methodology in the disciplines of musicology and ethnomusicology and may draw upon related fields (e.g., anthropology, theatre, cultural studies, women’s studies, etc.). Topics will vary each semester and could include studies of world music and cultures, performance traditions, historical repertories, musicians, gender roles, political and sociological structures.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710 with grades of “C” or better, or instructor approval for non-majors.
Credits: 2 to 3 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with different topics. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5850 - Medieval Music
A survey of music in Western Europe from the end of Antiquity to the early fifteenth century. The major developments in style, theory, and notation will be explored within the context of the general cultural and political environment of the era. Problems of performance practice will receive special attention with emphasis on primary manuscript sources and scholarly performing editions.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: MUS 2700 and MUS 2710.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5870 - Contemporary Music
A survey of trends in European music and music of the Americans from about 1910 to the present day.
Credits: 3 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5885 - Global Music Cultures
“World music” has alternately been used to describe the diversity of global music cultures; traditional musics of non-Western cultures; and commercial recordings of popular musics from around the globe. In this course, we will interrogate these definitions and the term’s use from both a historical and contemporary perspective. This course will also serve as an introduction to the main music academic discipline related to studying global music cultures: ethnomusicology.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
Restrictions: Restricted to majors in Music, Bachelor of Musical Arts, Multi media Arts Technology - Music, Music Composition, Music Education major: Choral/General Emphasis, Music Education major: Instrumental Emphasis, Music Performance: Instrumental, Music Performance: Jazz Studies, Music Performance: Keyboard, Music Performance: Vocal, Music Therapy, and minors in Music.
Notes: Repeatable for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5900 - Studies in Pedagogy
Topics to be announced. Selection will be made from the following: Keyboard Pedagogy, Vocal Pedagogy, String Pedagogy, Brass Pedagogy, Woodwind Pedagogy, Pedagogy of Teaching Theory, or similar topics. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 3000-level applied music or permission of instructor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5950 - Workshops in Music Education
Intensive, short term courses that address the instructional and pedagogical issues found in today’s schools, as well as issues of specific concern for current teachers in the field of music. Topics will be from all areas of music education.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: advisor’s consent.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5965 - Sound Reinforcement Practicum
Provides students hands-on experience with audio system setup (e.g., microphones, speakers, mixers), control, and live sound reinforcement at School of Music and/or other events.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 1945 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 2 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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MUS 5970 - Projects in Music
A program of independent study to provide the unusually qualified music student with the opportunity to explore a topic or problem of interest, under the guidance of one of the faculty of the School of Music. The initiative for planning the project must come from the student and must be approved by the faculty member proposed to supervise the study.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Application approved by music advisor.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5990 - Projects in Recording Technology
An independent study allowing the unusually qualified student the opportunity to explore a topic or problem in recording technology.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: MUS 4940 with a grade of “C” or better.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: Open to upper level and graduate students.
When Offered: Fall, Spring
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MUS 5995 - Special Topics in Music
Study of a specialized music or music-related topic. Examples could include topics in performance practice, entrepreneurship and multimedia production; thematic topics which are linked to special musical events or combine multiple sub-disciplines in music (e.g., history and theory); and interdisciplinary studies (e.g., music and communication, music and computer science, music and health sciences, etc.). Topics will vary and be announced each semester offered.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisite: Instructor approval.
Credits: 1 to 4 hours
Notes: May be repeated for credit with different topic or by instructor approval. Open to upper level and graduate students.
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