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This course is designed for theatre majors who want to learn the basics of singing. The objectives of this course are to learn why vocalizing is necessary to maintain and build a healthy voice; to learn exercises to expand range and improve tone quality; to demonstrate knowledge of breath control, tone production; diction and posture through repertoire performed; and to become familiar with basic vocal repertoire.

This new course is designed to offer a semester of 30-minute lessons to non-music majors who are interested in personal musical enrichment in singing and/playing a musical instrument. It is for .5 credit and may be taken as an elective and repeated. This course is repeatable for credit.

An exploration of musical improvisation with emphasis on the jazz and contemporary idioms. Emphasis on acquiring basic improvisational skills and techniques. This course is repeatable for credit.

This course will acquaint students with the crucial issues, methodologies, vocabulary, personalities, styles and important compositions in the musical experience.

This course is designed to provide an in-depth and historically informed listening experience with regard to the major styles and traditions of music of Europe and North America, as well as of a number of important musical cultures from around the world. Basic music analysis and theoretical discussions will provide the environment for a culturally enriched hearing of the music within a context of political, social and cultural history. Intended for any student with a background of formal music instruction. Useful for music majors as preparation for taking more advanced courses in music history.

This course is designed to equip music majors with functional keyboard skills as required on the departmental Functional Keyboard Proficiency Exam.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1210 or permission of instructor. Completion of skill development begun in MUSC 1210.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1220 or permission of instructor. Continuation of skill development from MUSC 1220.

This course is designed primarily for non-music majors who wish to learn how to play acoustic (folk) guitar and is oriented toward the basics of guitar playing. The students will have fun learning and understanding basic musical notation and fundamental guitar technique. This course can be taken as an elective by any non-music major. This course is repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: MUSC 1240 or Permission of instructor. This class is oriented toward the beginning guitarist who has some basic skills as a musician such as knowledge of the treble clef, basic rhythmic comprehension, basic sight-reading capability of single melodic lines, proper left and right hand usage, knowledge of the notes of the major scale and the first position of the guitar and basic strum patterns. This course will not only build on these fundamental techniques but will also use them to make more advanced techniques more accessible. This course is non-repeatable for credit.

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Study of compositional and analytical procedures appropriate to 18th century tonal music. First of four sequential courses. Should be taken concurrently with its laboratory component, MUSC 1501.

Sight-singing, ear training and keyboard applications of material covered in MUSC 1500. Required in all Music-based programs.

Prerequisite: C or better in MUSC 1500. Continues the study of compositional and analytical procedures appropriate to 18th century tonal music. Second of four sequential courses. Should be taken concurrently with its laboratory component, MUSC 1511.

Prerequisite: C or better in MUSC 1500. Sight-singing, ear training and keyboard applications of material covered in MUSC 1510. Required in all music-based programs.

Practical exposure to musical events through attendance of concert programs and recitals. Required of music majors and music minors.