Music course offerings

Ensemble courses
MUSI 012 Wind Ensemble
MUSI 014 Concert Band
MUSI 015 Chamber Singers
MUSI 016 Opera Workshop (Fall semester)
MUSI 017 Concert Choir
MUSI 018 Brass Ensemble
MUSI 019 Accompanying
MUSI 020 Singin' Knights Vocal Jazz Ensemble (Spring semester)
MUSI 021 Jazz Ensemble
MUSI 022 Woodwind Ensemble
MUSI 023 Flute Choir
MUSI 024 Clarinet Choir

Applied music lessons
Individual applied music lessons are available on a credit-only basis (no audits), and consist of a private lesson each week and a studio performance class. Students taking music lessons must also register concurrently for one of the following performing ensembles: MUSI 012, 014, 015 or 017. Each course is listed with two course numbers, 05x and 06x, representing lower and upper division lessons, respectively. Students may register for upper division numbers following a minimum of four semesters at the lower division level and successful completion of a comprehensive performance exam.

MUSI 051, 061 Voice
The study of vocal production, literature and performance techniques consisting of one lesson per week and participation in a voice studio class. MUSI 061 culminates in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

MUSI 052, 062 Piano
Lower division lessons emphasize the development of technical facility and knowledge of various styles of keyboard literature. Upper division lessons will concentrate on the preparation of specific selections for performance. For keyboard and piano pedagogy majors, MUSI 062 will culminate in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

MUSI 053, 063 Brass
One lesson per week on a brass instrument and participation in an applied class. Lesson material is designed to give students a solid foundation in the areas of performance, literature and pedagogy. MUSI 063 culminates in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

MUSI 054, 064 Woodwinds
One lesson per week on a woodwind instrument and participation in an applied class. Lesson material is designed to give students a solid foundation in the areas of performance, literature and pedagogy. MUSI 064 culminates in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

MUSI 055, 065 Organ
One lesson per week on the organ and participation in an applied class. Lesson material is designed to give students a solid foundation in the areas of performance, literature and pedagogy. MUSI 065 culminates in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

MUSI 058, 068 Percussion
One lesson per week on percussion instruments and participation in an applied class. Lesson material is designed to give students a solid foundation in the areas of performance, literature and pedagogy. MUSI 068 culminates in a recital performance. Ensemble participation required. Prerequisite: audition.

Music history, theory and pedagogy
MUSI 150 Survey of the World Musics
This course provides a basic introduction of world music methods and problems, and surveys several non-Western musical cultures including the cultures of Africa, the Middle East, Japan, Southeastern Europe, Latin America, India and Native America. Students will listen to and analyze representative works and do independent research on a pertinent topic. Fulfills General Education Area 5 - Creative Expression Requirement.

MUSI 167 Comprehensive Musicianship I
This is the first of a sequence of courses in which students will learn the elements of music and standard notation, aural and score analysis of compositions and style characteristics within their musical and historical contexts and the development of composition, appreciation and interpretive skills. Basic music theory skills emphasized. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard labs are included. Fall semester.

MUSI 168 Comprehensive Musicianship II
This course emphasizes part writing, and harmonic and formal analysis of Western music from Ancient times through the Renaissance. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard labs are included. Prerequisite: MUSI 167 or consent. Spring semester.

MUSI 176 Music Appreciation
Designed for minors and non-majors, this course is concerned with the art of intelligent and perceptive music listening for those interested in increasing their knowledge and enjoyment of music. The course traces the development of music up to the present day. Various media are employed. Note: Course not open to music majors. Fulfills General Education Area 5 - Creative Expression Requirement.

MUSI 267 Comprehensive Musicianship III
Skills learned in MUSI 167 and 168 are developed, with concentration on harmonic modulation, the development of major/minor tonality and functional harmony. Harmonic and formal analysis of Western music from the Baroque and Classical eras. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard labs are included. Prerequisite: MUSI 168 or consent. Fall semester.

MUSI 268 Comprehensive Musicianship IV
The study of Baroque and Classical genres continues from MUSI 267, with emphasis placed on advanced part writing, augmented sixth chords and figured bass composition. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard skills are included. Prerequisite: MUSI 267. Spring semester.

MUSI 289 Special Topics in Music
A course that is offered whenever a mutual interest in a more specialized topic in music exists for a member of the faculty and a sufficient number of students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

MUSI 290 Independent Study
Individual study of an approved topic in music under the supervision of a music faculty member. This course permits faculty and students to explore together a subject of special or personal interest. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

MUSI 315 Introduction to Opera
This course is designed to meet the needs and interests of the general student rather than the music major. The class will view selected operas on videotape and study the development of opera from Monteverdi to the present, exploring the opera as a social and cultural phenomenon and an expression of national musical styles. The course attempts to make the student aware not only of the history of opera in its many forms, but also to appreciate the extent to which modern music, including popular musical drama, is indebted to the success and popularity of opera. Since opera includes universal human themes such as ambition, revenge, betrayal, sacrifice, love and death, the course also has a values dimension. Note: Course not open to music majors. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Tradition Requirement.

MUSI 317 Evolution of Jazz
The study of jazz from its origins in New Orleans to the present day. The course will focus on important performers and songwriters, types of literature and an appreciation of jazz improvisation, as well as the interaction of social, political and economic elements that strongly influenced the genre. Audio and video presentations will be used extensively. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Tradition Requirement.

MUSI 328 Piano Practicum
This course is designed to give the junior and senior high school vocal teacher practical application of the skills studied in the music theory piano lab. Material to be covered includes warm up exercises, part reading and a comprehensive survey of the Wisconsin School Music Association festival solo and ensemble list. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Fall semester.

MUSI 345 Vocal Literature
This class is designed to provide the vocal major with an understanding of significant forms in the history of vocal music, the important compositions within these genres and a functional and practical literature library of compositions for use in a variety of settings.

MUSI 346 Vocal Diction and Pedagogy
Vocal diction study will include the international phonetic alphabet for learning pronunciation of English, Italian, German and French. Students will recite song texts and sing songs in foreign languages with attention to translation, pronunciation, accent and inflection, the differences between the spoken and sung language, and will combine performance with song study and preparation. In pedagogy, singers will be trained in the anatomy, physiology and physics of singing and song production and involve students in teaching voice under the supervision of the instructor. Prerequisites: music majors and minors and others with consent of instructor.

MUSI 347 Choral Repertoire
This class is designed to provide the emerging choral conductor with an understanding of significant forms in the history of choral music, the compositions that hold pre-eminence within those genres and a functional and practical repertoire library of compositions for use in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: junior standing.

MUSI 362 Woodwind Methods
Basic principles of playing and teaching woodwind instruments. Required of all instrumental education majors. Prerequisite: junior standing. Fall semester, alternate years.

MUSI 363 String Methods
Basic principles of playing and teaching string instruments. Required of all instrumental education majors. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Fall semester, alternate years.

MUSI 365 Brass Methods
Basic principles of playing and teaching brass instruments. Required of all instrumental education majors. Prerequisites: sophomore standing. Spring semester, alternate years.

MUSI 366 Percussion Methods
Basic principles of playing and teaching percussion instruments. Required of all instrumental education majors. Prerequisite: MUSI 167. Spring semester, alternate years.

MUSI 367 Comprehensive Musicianship V
The Romantic and Impressionistic eras and compositions of the 20th century are explored, with concentration on chromaticism, advanced harmonic analysis, extended forms and the experimental contributions of contemporary composers. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard labs are included. Prerequisite: MUSI 268. Fall semester.

MUSI 368 Comprehensive Musicianship VI
The concluding course of the sequence, MUSI 368 will continue the study of 19th and 20th century history and theory, including 12-tone and aleatoric compositions and contemporary analysis techniques. Ear training, sight singing, computer skills and keyboard labs are included. Prerequisite: MUSI 367. Spring semester.

MUSI 381 Introduction to Conducting
Baton techniques and conducting problems utilizing a cross section of instrumental and choral music from all periods. Students practice with live performers and are videotaped. Required of all music majors and minors. Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor. Spring semester.

MUSI 382 Advanced Choral Conducting
Development of the ability to interpret the varied forms of choral literature. Conducting projects with choral ensembles are required. Prerequisite: MUSI 381. Fall semester.

MUSI 383 Advanced Instrumental Conducting
Development of the ability to interpret the varied forms of instrumental literature and to read from the full score. Conducting projects with the wind ensemble are required. Prerequisite: MUSI 381. Fall semester.

MUSI 384 Orchestration
A study of the instruments of the concert band and orchestra, their tonal characteristics and transpositions. Assignments involve scoring for orchestra, concert band and various small ensembles. Classwork includes score analysis, listening and computer generation of assignments. Prerequisite: junior standing or consent of instructor. Spring semester, alternate years.

MUSI 388 Piano Pedagogy I
Piano pedagogy explores the various theories of teaching the piano and technical analysis of the playing mechanism. Teaching methods and procedures are developed for establishing efficient practice and working with individual learning styles. Students will survey and evaluate teaching materials and learn to analyze the technical requirements of keyboard music. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Fall semester.

MUSI 389 Piano Pedagogy II
This course is designed to give students experience in the practical application of piano teaching skills and concepts of the mechanism. Prerequisite: MUSI 388 and consent of instructor. Spring semester.

MUSI 420 Merit Recital
A full recital with research paper for exceptional students in performance. Contingent upon completion of junior and senior recitals, and an audition before the entire music faculty. Results in an automatic waiver of the eighth applied half-course during that semester. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

MUSI 489 Special Topics in Music
A course that is offered whenever a mutual interest in a more specialized topic in music exists for a member of the faculty and a sufficient number of students. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

MUSI 490 Independent Study
Individual study of an approved topic in music under the supervision of a music faculty member. This course permits faculty and students to explore together a subject of special or personal interest. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Music education
EDUC 315 Choral Music Methods for Junior and Senior High School
A study of the techniques of choral singing, performance style of various periods of music, swing choir techniques, the presentation of high school musicals, choral arranging and the administration of a choral program for junior/senior high school. Prerequisite: MUSI 381. Fall semester.

EDUC 316 Instrumental Music in the Schools
All aspects of administration, budgeting, music literature and rehearsal techniques for the total instrumental music program will be explored. The unique problems of brass, percussion, string and woodwind instrumental music will be studied. The course will include observation and participation in the schools, current marching band techniques and arranging. Prerequisite: MUSI 381. Fall semester.

EDUC 317 General Music in the Elementary School
General music program content for the elementary grades is reviewed. Methods of presentation for developing musical experience through listening, moving singing, playing and creating music are studied. Music education majors only. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Fall semester.

EDUC 318 General Music in Secondary School
General music programs for junior/senior high school are reviewed in depth. This course explores the possibilities for music offerings other than performance. The basic principles of folk instruments, including guitar and autoharp, are taught. The study of adolescent musical capabilities and learning attitudes is included in the course. Music education majors only. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Spring semester.