Please note: This is NOT the most current catalog.
Music
http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/music/
Chair, 2004-05: Dan Dressen, voice, fine arts
Faculty,
2004-05: Anne Adams, voice, diction;
Jason Alfred, piano; Steven Amundson, orchestra, conducting,
theory; Kathryn Ananda-Owens, piano; Anton Armstrong, choir,
conducting, voice; Linda Berger, music education, theory; Marianne
Bryan, piano pedagogy; David Carter, cello, chamber music, art
of music, string methods; Mary Ellen Childs, composition; Beth
Christensen, music librarian; Anna Clift, cello; Donna Dixon,
voice; Andrea Een, violin, viola, chamber music; Julia Elkina,
piano; Alison Feldt, voice, vocal pedagogy, vocal literature;
John Ferguson, organ, church music, choir, chapel cantor; Helen
Foli, violin, viola; Charles Forsberg, theory, composition; Kenneth
Freed, violin, viola; Yakov Gelfand, piano; Jan Gilbertson, music
education; Tracey Gorman, voice; Loretta Graetz, music education;
Charles Gray, violin, viola, chamber music; David Hagedorn, jazz,
percussion, theory, percussion methods; Alice Hanson, music history;
J. Robert Hanson, trumpet; Janis Hardy, voice, lyric theater;
Martin Hodel, theory, trumpet; Gerald Hoekstra, music history,
early music ensembles; Anthony Holt, voice; Sigrid Johnson,
choir, voice; Scott Kallestad, saxophone, woodwind methods;
Mark Kelley, bassoon; Jill Mahr, handbell ensembles; Timothy
J. Mahr, band, conducting, composition, music education; Dennis
Malmberg, music education; Mary Martz, voice; Harriet McCleary,
voice; Keith McCutchen, choir, jazz piano; James McKeel, voice,
lyric theater; Kent McWilliams, piano; Karrin Meffert-Nelson,
clarinet; Justin Merritt, composition, theory; Elinor Niemisto,
harp; Paul Niemisto, band, low brass, brass methods, music
education; Paul Ousley, string bass; Nancy Paddleford, piano;
Dione Peterson, music education; Michael Petruconis, French
horn; Jo Ann Polley, clarinet, orchestra; Catherine Rodland,
organ, theory; Margaret Rowland, theory; Kay Sahlin, flute;
Robert Scholz, choir, voice, conducting, choral literature;
Miriam Scholz-Carlson, string methods; Mark Seerup, oboe; Ray
Shows, violin, viola; Robert Smith, voice, vocal literature;
Karen Solgard, hardanger fiddle; Cynthia Stokes, flute; A.
DeWayne Wee, piano; Theo Wee, organ, piano; Paul Westermeyer,
church music; Herbert Winslow, French horn; Larry Zimmerman,
low brass
Inspired by the conviction that
music is a divine gift, the St. Olaf College Music Department
devotes itself to the cultivation of this gift in the lives of
its students and in the broader community. We dedicate ourselves
to creating an educational experience that unites the artistic
standards of a professional program with the intellectual rigors
and academic breadth of the liberal arts in an environment of
free, creative and critical inquiry. Through music we affirm
the college’s mission to foster
the development of the whole person in mind, body and spirit.
The Music Department
offers extensive opportunities to explore, practice and celebrate
the musician’s art with an ongoing
commitment to a distinctive ensemble program, excellent individualized
instruction and a comprehensive undergraduate music curriculum.
We honor St. Olaf’s rich heritage spanning more than a
century of international artistry and scholarship and will continue
to cultivate a spirit of exploration and innovation, seeking
and celebrating the transcendent and transforming power of music.
GENERAL EDUCATION CREDIT
Among the courses that meet the Artistic and Literary
Studies requirement of the General Education curriculum are:
Performance Studies (lessons in voice and instruments), The Art
of Music, The Music Spectrum, World Music, Orchestral Music,
Music in the Electronic Medium, History of Jazz, America’s
Hit Parade, Russian Music and The Music of Indonesia.
DEGREES
OFFERED
The Music Department offers Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
and Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degrees, which are accredited by
the National Association of Schools of Music:
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music
This is a liberal arts degree, with approximately
one-third of the course work in music. It is available in general
music studies or with a teaching credential or with an emphasis
in history-literature or theory-composition. The breadth of study
of a liberal arts degree offers students a wide range of career
options in music and related fields. Examples include performance,
broadcasting, multimedia, arts administration, advertising,
education, arts journalism, music librarianship or music therapy.
This degree also prepares students to pursue graduate study.
Students are admitted to the program by audition, either as
part of their application process or after beginning their
studies at St. Olaf.
Bachelor of Music Degree
This is a professional music degree with approximately
two-thirds of the course work in music. Students are admitted
to the program by audition, either as part of their application
process or after beginning their studies at St. Olaf.
1. Bachelor of Music in Performance
Students with this degree often continue with
graduate work in preparation for careers in performance or private
and college teaching. This degree is also a good base for an
advanced degree in such fields as pedagogy and music therapy.
Piano and organ performance majors may also pursue an emphasis
in collaborative keyboard performance.
2. Bachelor of Music in Church Music
Students in this program usually go on to graduate
school or directly into parishes as church musicians. They may
also pursue careers in conducting or college teaching or attend
seminary to prepare for the ordained ministry.
3. Bachelor of Music in Theory-Composition
After receiving this degree, students typically
continue with graduate study. Other options include work in film
music or other media, teaching or conducting.
4. Bachelor of Music in Music Education
This degree typically leads to a public school
teaching career immediately after graduation, although graduate
study is an option as well.
Admission to the Music Major
Students wishing to pursue a music major (either
B.A. or B.M. degree) are required to audition on their principal
instrument/voice, complete an examination covering basic music
knowledge and have their keyboard skills assessed. Students may
apply for entrance into the music major before enrolling at St.
Olaf or after beginning their studies here. Credit for lessons
taken before being accepted into the major may count toward the
major. For more information, please contact the Music Department.
Lesson Fees
The lesson fee is $300
$320 per semester for each weekly
half-hour lesson (0.25 credit). [Refund policy: The fee is refundable
only if the student drops the course by the first fifth day of the semester.
No refund is given thereafter.]
CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
Applications for the Music Education program,
both B.A. and B.M., are processed in the second semester of the
sophomore year. All prospective music education students are
classified as B.A. music majors until that time.
Before applying to the Teacher Education program,
the student must have completed or be enrolled in Music 112 (Ear
Training II), Music 114 (Theory II), and Music 251 (Conducting).
The application procedure includes a performance in a recital
and examinations in conducting (Music 251).
Students are reviewed for continuance in the Teacher
Education program, usually in the first semester of the junior
year. The continuance procedure includes a performance in a recital,
examination in conducting (Music 252 or 253), piano and guitar
proficiency and observations of teaching behavior, which are
assessed in Education 330 (Principles of Education). A student
not approved for continuance in the program is no longer in
that program.
Students whose principal performing instrument
is piano must perform only on their secondary instrument/voice
(i.e., the one pertaining to music education licensure) in recital
during the entrance and continuance semesters. They will be assessed
on piano via the regular jury system.
Teacher licensure requirements may change at any
time. If you plan to obtain a teaching license, you are advised
to consult with the Education Department, Music Education Adviser(s)
and department web pages to ensure that you meet all current
requirements.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Music Ensembles
All full-time students are eligible to audition
for membership in the musical ensembles of the college:
Vocal Ensembles: St. Olaf Choir,
Chapel Choir, St. Olaf Cantorei, Early Music Singers, Manitou
Singers, Viking Chorus, Gospel Choir, Collegiate Chorale
Instrumental Ensembles: St. Olaf
Band, Norseman Band, St. Olaf Orchestra, St. Olaf Philharmonia,
Collegium Musicum and Jazz Ensembles. Additional opportunities
in ensemble performance include Clarinet Choir, Flute Choir,
Handbell Ensembles, Horn Club, Percussion Ensemble, Trombone
Choir and Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble.
Master of Arts in Sacred Music (Luther Seminary)
This cooperative program with Luther Seminary,
St. Paul, Minn., prepares persons for service in the church as
professional, theologically educated, pastoral musicians. For
more information, contact Luther Seminary at (651) 523-1609 /
www.luthersem.edu/admissions/degrees/firsst/msm.shtm.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL
BACHELOR OF ARTS MUSIC MAJORS
- General Education Requirements for
All Bachelor of Arts Music Majors:
The General Education
requirements of the college must be met by all B.A. music
majors. See Index for details.
- Music Course Requirements
for All Bachelor of Arts Music Majors:
Ear Training,
Sightsinging and Keyboard 111, 112, 211 (0.25 each); Improvisation
and Aural Skills 212 (0.25); Theory 113, 114, 213, 214
(0.75 each); History-Literature 241, 242; one course selected
from the following: History-Literature 341, 342, 343, 344,
345 (the three history-literature courses together meet
the Music Department’s requirement for writing in
the major).
- Performance Studies Credit, Level and Practice
Requirements for All Bachelor of Arts Music Majors:
Performance
studies course credit is 0.25, Course Level I, for a weekly half-hour
lesson and six hours of practice per week, one hour per day. Performance
study transferred from the Bachelor of Music program to the Bachelor
of Arts program retains its original value.
- Performance Requirements for All Bachelor of
Arts Music Majors:
Two solo performances on a student recital,
of which one must be in the junior or senior year. Students must
be registered for lessons on the instrument/voice on which they
perform in a recital during the semester of the performance.
- Ensemble and Recital Attendance Requirements
for All Bachelor of Arts Music Majors:
Four semesters of participation in an official
ensemble are required. All Bachelor of Arts music majors are
required to attend a minimum of 10 recitals or concerts per semester,
with a minimum of 60 required for graduation. Senior music majors
who have completed the requirement are not required to verify
further recital attendance. See Music Handbook for details.
- Admission to the Major:
Students wishing
to pursue a music major (either B.A. or B.M. degree) are required
to audition on their principal instrument/voice, complete an
examination covering basic music knowledge and have their keyboard
skills assessed.
- S/U Policy:
All music courses that fulfill
a requirement of the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in
music (including all required courses for the teaching credential
or for emphasis in history-literature or theory-composition)
must be taken as graded courses; they may not be taken on a
satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.
A. Requirements for the Major
- Requirements for All Music Majors
in the Bachelor of Arts Program (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, six semesters (0.25 each), with four
on the same instrument/voice.
One additional course selected from the following: Analysis
313, 314, Counterpoint 222, Composition 223, History-Literature
341, 342, 343, 344, 345, World Music 237.
B. Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Music Major
with Teaching Credential
This degree leads to K-12 certification and may
be pursued with instrumental or vocal specialization.
- Requirements for All Music Majors in
the Bachelor of Arts Program (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, principal performing area, minimum of
six semesters (0.25 each) required for graduation. Once
a student is admitted to the Bachelor of Arts Music Education
program, Performance Studies on the principal instrument
must continue in every semester of study except the professional
semester. For instrumental specialization, the principal performing
area must be brass, percussion, string, woodwind or piano;
for vocal specialization it must be voice or piano. For
students with voice as the principal perfoming medium,
the first semester of study may be voice class.
Performance Studies, secondary performing area, two or four semesters
(0.25) (see item 7 below).
Conducting 251 (0.5); The Child and Adolescent Voice 365 (0.25);
World Music 237.
Instrumental Specialization:
Conducting 253 (0.5); Instrumental Techniques 166, 167,
168, 169 (0.25 each); Instrumentation 221 (0.5); Voice
or Voice Class, one semester (0.25) and at least one semester
of participation in a choral ensemble.
Vocal Specialization:
Conducting 252 (0.5); Vocal Pedagogy 364 (0.25); Choral Literature
I 287; Instrumentation 220 (0.25) (or 166, 167, 168, and
169).
Music Methods Courses:
Education 355, 356 (0.5), and 359
(0.5) (instrumental specialization) or 358 (0.5) (vocal
specialization).
- Professional Education Courses:
Education 231 (0.0),
290, 291, 330, 372 (0.5), 375 (0.5), 381 (0.5), 382 (0.0),
385 (0.5), 389 (3.0). For additional requirements and/or changes
in teacher licensure requirements since the printing of this
catalog, please see the Education Department.
- Additional Non-Music Course Requirements:
1.0 course, Art or Theatre; 0.25 course, Dance Technique.
- Performance Requirements:
The two solo performances (see “Performance Requirements for all Bachelor
of Arts Music Majors”) must be on the student’s principal instrument/voice.
In addition, two performances are required on a student recital in a small
ensemble in the student’s area of certification (instrumental
or vocal). See Music Handbook for details.
- Requirements for Secondary Performing Area and Keyboard
and Guitar Proficiency:
Students must have two semesters (0.25 each) of a secondary performing
area, except in the following cases:
- Instrumental specialization:
Students with piano as the principal performing area must
have four semesters (0.25 each) of a brass, percussion, string
or woodwind instrument as the secondary area.
- Vocal specialization:
Students who have piano as the principal performing area
must have four semesters (0.25 each) of voice as the secondary
area.
For students with voice as the secondary performing area,
the first semester of voice may be voice class, except
for students with vocal specialization and piano as the
principal performing area. For students with piano as the
secondary performing area, up to two semesters of piano
class may be counted toward the requirement.
- Keyboard and Guitar Proficiency Requirement:
Students must pass a keyboard proficiency exam (which includes
sight-reading, harmonization and performance) or earn a
B or higher in Music 261, Practical Skills for Keyboard
Proficiency, and they must pass a guitar proficiency exam.
- Ensemble Requirements:
Once a student is admitted to the Bachelor of Arts Music
Education program, participation in an official ensemble
is required in every subsequent semester of study except
the professional semester. Ensemble participation must
be in the area of certification (instrumental or vocal).
- Program Admission and Continuance:
See Candidates for Teacher Education above. Consult the
Music Education Adviser(s).
C. Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Music Major
with History-Literature Emphasis
- Requirements for All
Music Majors in the Bachelor of Arts Program (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, six semesters (0.25 each), with four in
the same instrument/voice. Voice class can serve as the first
semester of study if voice is the principal area of study.
Three courses selected from the following: History-Literature 341, 342, 343,
344, 345, World Music 237; one course selected from the following: Counterpoint
222, Analysis 313, 314.
- Senior Writing Portfolio:
During the final semester the student must submit to the music
history faculty a portfolio of at least three papers previously
submitted for Level III music courses. One of these papers
must be revised with faculty supervision in order to demonstrate
the student’s best work in research and historical
inquiry.
- Program Admission:
Students wishing to pursue this program must register with a member of the
music history faculty before the end of the junior year, preferably earlier.
In addition, students should must complete an application in the Music Office.
D. Requirements for Bachelor of Arts Music Major
with Theory-Composition Emphasis
- Requirements for All
Music Majors in the Bachelor of Arts Program (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, six semesters (0.25 each), with four in
the same instrument/voice. Voice class can serve as the first
semester of study if voice is the principal area of study.
Instrumentation 221 (0.5); Composition 223; Music in the Electronic Medium
225 (Interim); two courses selected from the following: Counterpoint 222,
Analysis 313, 314, Composition 324, either 325 or a second semester of 324.
- Requirements for Keyboard Proficiency:
Theory-composition majors must have four semesters of keyboard or demonstrate
adequate keyboard facility by examination.
- Program Admission:
Students wishing to pursue this program should consult with a member of the
theory-composition faculty and complete an application in the Music Office.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE
A. Requirements for All Bachelor of Music Students
- General Education Requirements for All
Bachelor of Music Majors:
First Year Writing (FYW) — one course; Courses with Writing (WRI) — four
courses; Foreign Language (FOL) — completion of a second semester course
or proficiency examination (Vocal performance majors must complete a second
semester course or proficiency examination in each of two foreign languages,
one of which must be French or German.); Oral Communication (ORC) — one
course (fulfilled by Education 330); Mathematical Reasoning (MAR) or Studies
in Natural Science (NST) (lab not required) — one course; Physical Activity
(PHA) — two courses (0.25 each) (for Music Education students one of
these must be in Dance Technique); Historical Studies in Western Culture (HWC)
or Literary Studies (ALS-L) — one course; Multi-Cultural Studies (MSC-G
or MSC-D) — one course or one component; Biblical Studies (BTS-B) — one
course; Theological Studies (BTS-T) — one course; Studies in Human Behavior
and Society (HBS) — one course; Ethical Issues (EIN) — one course.
- Music Course Requirements for All Bachelor of Music Majors:
Ear Training, Sightsinging and Keyboard 111, 112, 211 (0.25 each); Improvisation
and Aural Skills 212 (0.25); Theory 113, 114, 213, 214 (0.75 each); History-Literature:
241, 242; one course selected from the following: History-Literature 341,
342, 343, 344, 345 (the three history-literature courses together meet
the Music Department’s requirement for writing in the major); World
Music 237; Conducting 251 (0.5).
- Ensemble Participation and Recital Attendance Requirements
for All Bachelor of Music Majors:
All Bachelor of Music students must participate in an official music ensemble
every semester they are in the program. All music majors are required to attend
a minimum of 10 recitals or concerts each semester, with a minimum of 60 required
for graduation. Senior music majors who have completed the requirement are
not required to verify further recital attendance. See Music Handbook for details.
- S/U Policy:
Music courses that fulfill a requirement of the Bachelor of Music degree cannot
be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.
B. Requirements for Bachelor of Music Performance
Majors
- Requirements for All Bachelor of Music
Students (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, principal performing area: Once a student
is admitted to the Bachelor of Music Performance program, Performance
Studies (1.00 credit) on the principal instrument must continue
in every semester of study. The performance major must accrue
a minimum of six semesters of 1.00 credit lessons in the principal
instrument.
Performance Studies, secondary performing area: four semesters (0.25 each);
one course selected from the following: Analysis 313, 314, Composition 222,
223, History-Literature 341, 342, 343, 344, 345.
Wind and Percussion Instrument Majors Only: Instrumental Chamber Music 275,
two semesters (0.25 each); Music Electives: 2.5 courses (cannot include lessons
beyond the stated requirement).
String Instrument Majors Only: Instrumental Chamber Music 275, two semesters
(0.25 each); String Literature and Pedagogy Music 368 (0.50). Music Electives:
two courses (cannot include lessons beyond the stated minimum requirement).
Piano Majors Only: Piano Pedagogy 361 (.50 0.25); Music Electives: 2.50
2.75 courses
(cannot include lessons beyond the stated minimum requirement).
Voice Majors Only: Lyric Diction 263, 264 (0.25 each); Vocal Solo Literature
281, 282 (0.25 each); Vocal Pedagogy 364 (0.25); Music Electives: 1.75 courses
(cannot include lessons beyond the stated minimum requirement).
Other Majors: Music Electives: 3 courses (cannot include lessons beyond the
stated minimum requirement).
In areas with small enrollment, pedagogy and literature competencies are fulfilled
by Independent Study. In these cases, the music elective requirement is reduced
by one course.
- Performance Studies Credit, Level and Practice Requirements:
A weekly one-hour lesson in the principal performing area counts as 1.0 course
per semester, Course Level I, until the fifth semester of study of 1.0 credit
lessons, when it earns Level II credit. The minimum practice requirement is
two hours per day for voice majors and three hours per day on all other instruments.
All other performance study is 0.25 for a weekly half-hour lesson, Level I.
The minimum practice requirement is one hour per day.
Performance study transferred from the Bachelor of Arts program to the
Bachelor of Music program retains its original value. In the semester that
a Performance major is admitted to the program, the double lesson credit
in the principal performing area may be made retroactive to the beginning
of the semester if the student’s course load allows and the practice
requirement has been fulfilled.
- Performance Requirements:
Two solo student recital performances on the principal performing instrument/voice;
a half recital or three additional solo student recital performances on the
principal performing instrument/voice in the junior year; and a full recital
on the principal performing instrument/voice in the senior year. (The student
must successfully pass a pre-recital jury exam prior to the senior recital.)
Students must be registered for lessons on the instrument/voice on which they
perform in a recital during the semester of the performance.
- Requirements for Secondary Performing Area and Keyboard
Proficiency:
Performance majors must have four semesters (0.25 each) in a secondary performing
area. Majors in performance areas other than keyboard must have four semesters
(0.25 each) of piano, organ or harpsichord as the secondary performing area,
but may substitute another instrument or voice if they have adequate keyboard
facility, as demonstrated by examination. Up to two semesters of piano class
can count toward the requirement if piano is the secondary area.
Two semesters of voice class can count toward the requirement for performance majors with voice
as secondary area.
- Program Admission and Continuance:
Prospective students are admitted based on an audition in the principal performing
area and a musicianship examination.
Students already enrolled at the college are admitted based upon performance
in a student recital, a Level III jury exam and written evaluations from all
music faculty who have worked with the student. Application for entrance into
the program must be completed and returned to the Music Office by October 15
for processing in Fall Semester or by March 15 for processing in Spring Semester.
Applications received after those dates will be processed the following semester.
Performance majors are generally reviewed for continuance at the end of the
third semester in the program. A student not approved for continuance in the
program is no longer in that program.
C. Requirements for Bachelor of Music Church Music
Majors
Students seeking this degree have the choice of
organ or choral emphasis.
- Requirements for All Bachelor of Music
Students (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies, principal performing area:
- Organ emphasis: Once a student is admitted to the Bachelor of
Music Church Music program with an organ emphasis, Performance
Studies (1.00 credit) on organ must continue in every semester
of study. The church music-organ major must accrue a minimum
of six semesters of 1.00 credit lessons in Organ Performance
Studies.
- Choral emphasis: Once a student is admitted to the Bachelor
of Music Church Music program with a choral emphasis, Performance
Studies (1.00 credit) in voice must continue in every semester
of study. The church music-choral major must accrue a minimum
of six semesters of 1.00 credit lessons in voice Performance
Studies.
Performance Studies, Secondary performing area: four semesters
(0.25 each); Conducting 252, and either 253 or 354 (0.5
each); Vocal Pedagogy 364 (0.25); The Child and Adolescent
Voice 365 (0.25); Choral Literature 287, 288 (0.5 each);
Music in Christian Worship 235 (Interim); Church Music
Practicum 391, 392 (0.25 each); one course selected from
the following: Analysis 313, 314, Counterpoint 222, Composition
223, History-Literature 341, 342, 343, 344, 345.
- Performance Studies Credit, Level and Practice Requirements:
A weekly one-hour lesson in the principal performing area
is 1.0 course per semester, Course Level I until the fifth
semester of study of 1.0 credit lessons when it earns Level
II credit. The minimum practice requirement is three hours
per day for organ (organ emphasis) and two hours per day
for voice (choral emphasis).
All other performance study is 0.25 for a weekly half-hour lesson, Course
Level I. The minimum practice requirement is one hour per day.
Performance study transferred from the Bachelor of Arts program to
the Bachelor of Music program retains its original value. In the semester
that a Church Music major is admitted to the program, a double lesson
credit in the principal performing area may be made retroactive to
the beginning of the semester if the student’s course load allows
and the practice requirement has been fulfilled.
- Performance Requirements:
Two solo student recital performances on the principal performing instrument/voice;
a half recital or three solo student recital performances on the principal
performing instrument/voice in the junior year; and a full recital in
the senior year, with at least 50% on the principal performing instrument/voice.
(The student must successfully pass a pre-recital jury exam prior to
the senior recital.) Students must be registered for lessons on the instrument/voice
on which they perform in a recital during the semester of the performance.
- Requirements for Secondary Performing Area:
Church Music majors with organ emphasis must have four semesters (0.25
each) of voice as the secondary area; those with choral emphasis must
have four semesters (0.25 each) of a keyboard instrument as the secondary
area. If voice is the secondary area, the first semester of study may
be voice class. If keyboard is the secondary area, the first two semesters
of study may be piano class.
- Program Admission and Continuance:
Prospective students are admitted based on an audition in their principal
performing area and a musicianship examination. Students already enrolled
at the college are admitted based upon performance in a student recital,
a Level III jury exam and written evaluations from all music faculty
who have worked with the student. Applications for entrance into the
program must be completed and returned to the Music Office by Oct. 15
for processing in Fall Semester or by March 15 for processing in Spring
Semester. Applications received after these dates will be processed the
following semester. Church Music majors are generally reviewed for continuance
at the end of the third semester in the program. A student not approved
for continuance in the program is no longer in that program.
D. Requirements for Bachelor of Music Theory-Composition Majors
- Requirements for All
Bachelor of Music Students (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Performance Studies: at least six semesters (0.25 each), with
four on the same instrument/voice; Theory 313, 314; Composition
222, 223, 324, either 325 or a second semester of 324; Conducting
252, 253 (0.5 each); Instrumental Techniques 166, 167, 168,
169 (0.25 each); Instrumentation 221 (0.5); Music in the Electronic
Medium 225 (Interim); Musical Acoustics, Physics 252 (Interim); two courses
selected from the following: History-Literature 341, 342, 343, 344, 345,
an additional Level II or III Music Interim.
- Performance Studies Credit, Level and Practice Requirements:
Performance study receives 0.25 credit for a weekly half-hour lesson, Course
Level I. The minimum practice requirement is one hour of practice per day.
- Performance Requirements:
Two performances in a student recital, of which at least one must be in the
junior or senior year. Students must be registered for lessons on the instrument/voice
on which they perform in a recital during the semester of the performance.
A presentation of original works in a recital. Performances of these works
can be done on one recital or on several recitals. In the latter case, the
music should, when taken together, comprise a substantial musical concert
program. Each student should discuss how this requirement will be met with
the theory/composition faculty no later than the fall semester of the senior
year.
- Requirements for Keyboard Proficiency:
Theory-Composition majors must have four semesters of keyboard or demonstrate
adequate keyboard facility by examination.
- Program Admission and Continuance:
Prospective students are admitted based on a composition portfolio and an
interview with a member of the theory-composition faculty. A performance
audition is optional. Theory-composition students are usually admitted to
the program only after beginning their study at St. Olaf, typically after
enrollment in a composition course.
Students already enrolled at the college are admitted based on a composition
portfolio, an interview with the theory-composition faculty and written evaluations
from all music faculty who have worked with the student. Applications for
entrance into the program must be completed and returned to the Music Office
by October 15 for processing in Fall Semester or by March 15 for processing
in Spring Semester. Applications received after these dates will be processed
the following semester.
Theory-composition majors are generally reviewed for continuance at the end
of the third semester in the program. A student not approved for continuance
in the program is no longer in that program.
E. Requirements for Bachelor of Music Music Education Majors
This degree leads to K-12 certification and may be pursued with
instrumental or vocal specialization.
- Requirements for All
Bachelor of Music Students (listed above)
- Additional Music
Course Requirements:
Performance
Studies, principal performing area: minimum of six
semesters (0.25 each) required for graduation. One semester of lessons (either the semester of or before the senior
recital) must be taken for .50 credit. Once a student
is admitted to the Bachelor of Music Music Education program,
Performance Studies on the principal instrument must continue
in every semester of study except the professional semester.
For instrumental specialization, the principal performing
area must be brass, percussion, string, woodwind or piano;
for vocal specialization it must be voice or piano. For
students with voice as the principal perfoming medium,
the first semester of study may be voice class.
Performance Studies, secondary performing
area: two or four semesters
(0.25 each) (see item 7 below);
The Child and Adolescent Voice 365 (0.25);
one course selected from the following: Analysis 313, 314, Counterpoint 222, Composition 223, History-Literature 341,
342, 343, 344, 345.
Instrumental Specialization: Conducting 253 and either 252 or 354 (0.5 each); Instrumental Techniques
166, 167, 168, 169 (0.25 each); Instrumentation 221 (0.5); Voice or
Voice Class, one semester (0.25) and at least one semester of participation
in a choral ensemble.
Vocal Specialization: Conducting 252 and either 253 or 354 (0.5 each); Vocal Pedagogy 364
(0.25); Choral Literature I 287 (0.5); Instrumentation 220 (0.25) (or
166, 167, 168, and 169).
Music Methods Courses: Education 355, 356 (0.5), and 359 (0.5) for instrumental, or 358 (0.5)
for vocal. For additional requirements, see the Education Department
information in this catalog.
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Professional Education Courses:
Education 231 (0.0), 290,
291, 330, 372 (0.5), 375 (0.5), 381 (0.5), 382 (0.0), 385
(0.5), 389 (3.0); For additional requirements and/or changes
in teacher licensure requirements since the printing of this
catalog, please see the Education Department.
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Additional Non-Music Course Requirements:
1.0 course, Art or Theatre; 0.25 course Dance (technique).
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Performance Studies Course Credit, Level and Practice
Requirements:
Performance study receives 0.25 credit for a weekly half-hour lesson, Course
Level I. The minimum practice requirement is one hour of practice per day.
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Performance Requirements:
Two solo performances on a student recital on the principal
instrument/voice, at least one in the junior or senior year;
a half recital in the senior year on the principal instrument/voice;
two performances on a student recital in a small ensemble
in the area of the student’s
concentration (instrumental or vocal). See Music Handbook
for details. Students must be registered for lessons on the
instrument/voice on which they perform a recital during the
semester of the performance.
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Requirements for Secondary Performing Area:
Music Education majors must have two semesters (0.25 each) of a secondary performing
area, except in the following cases:
- Instrumental Music Education majors who have piano
as the principal performing area must have four semesters
(0.25 each) of a brass, percussion, string or woodwind
instrument as the secondary area.
- Vocal Music Education majors who have piano as the
principal performing area must have four semesters
(0.25 each) of voice as the secondary area.
For students with voice as the secondary performing
area, the first semester of voice may be voice class,
except for vocal music education majors with piano
as the principal performing area. For students with
piano as the secondary performing area, up to two semesters
of piano class may be counted toward the requirement.
- Piano and Guitar Proficiency Requirement:
Students must pass a keyboard proficiency exam (which
includes sight-reading, harmonization and performance)
or earn a B or higher in Music 261, Practical Skills
for Keyboard Proficiency, and they must pass a guitar
proficiency exam.
- Ensemble Requirements:
Once a student is admitted to the Bachelor of Music Music
Education program, participation in an official ensemble
is required in every subsequent semester of study except
the professional semester. Ensemble participation must
be in the area of certification (instrumental or vocal).
- Program Admission and Continuance:
See Candidates for Teacher Education above. Consult the
Music Education Adviser(s).
F. Requirements for a Bachelor
of Music Organ or Piano Performance Major with Collaborative
Keyboard Performance Emphasis
- Requirements for All
Bachelor of Music Organ or Piano Performance Students (listed above).
- Additional Music Course Requirements:
Vocal Solo Literature I 281 (0.25), Vocal Literature II 282
(0.25), two semesters of Instrumental Chamber Music 275 (0.25,
0.25), Performance Studies — Collaborative
Piano (1.0), one course (1.0) selected from the following: Opera Workshop 269,
Lyric Diction I 263 (0.25), Lyric Diction II 264 (0.25), Choral Literature
I 287, Choral Literature II 288, additional Performance Studies — Collaborative
Piano, additional Instrumental Chamber Music 275.
- Performance Requirements:
Two collaborative performances on a student recital, of which one must be in
the junior or senior year. Students must be registered for lessons in collaborative
piano at the time of performance in order for this requirement to be fulfilled.
- Program Admission:
Students wishing to pursue this program should consult with a member of the
piano or organ faculty and complete an application in the Music Office.
DISTINCTION
Senior music majors, upon nomination by a music
faculty member and a two-thirds majority vote of the Music Department
faculty, are eligible for departmental distinction in Music and
will be advised of this fact by October 1 of their senior year.
Senior candidates wishing departmental distinction
are required to do a special project in their major area of emphasis.
Examples of projects include: a full recital (Performance and
Church Music); a major paper (History-Literature); a substantial
composition (Theory-Composition); a student teaching portfolio
(Music Education). Exceptions to the typical distinction project
will be considered by the Music Department faculty. A music faculty
member must approve the project and serve as project advisor.
For each senior project, the department chair
will solicit three faculty members who will serve on an evaluation
committee. Each member of the committee assigns a letter grade
to the project along with a recommendation and comments which
are shared with the full music faculty. A two-thirds majority
vote of the Music Department faculty in favor of granting distinction
is required.
COURSES
MUSIC PERFORMANCE STUDIES
Music performance studies provide the student
direct access to the experience of thinking in music. They integrate
aspects of music’s cultural and historical contexts, its
theoretical properties and the physical and psychological character
of performance.
For the non-music major, half-hour lessons are
offered weekly for 0.25 credit. Course expectations include six
hours of practice per week at one hour per day, participation
in studio classes and attendance at four recitals or concerts
per semester.
Lessons are available in bassoon, clarinet, cornet,
euphonium, flute, English horn, French horn, hardanger fiddle,
harp, harpsichord, oboe, organ, percussion, piano, jazz piano,
saxophone, string bass, trombone, trumpet, tuba, viola, violin,
violoncello and voice.
Students register for lessons in the Music Office,
prior to college registration dates. The lesson fee is $300 for
each 0.25 credit.
Refund policy: The fee is refundable only if the
student drops the course by the first day of the semester. No
refund is given thereafter.
MUSIC COURSES
111 Ear Training, Sightsinging and Keyboard I
(0.25)
Students explore dictation and singing of intervals, rhythmic
patterns, scales, tonal melodies and basic chord progressions.
Keyboard activities include improvising accompaniments; playing
scales, intervals, cadences and chord progressions; and accompanying
melodies. With 113, this course forms the introduction to the
music major. Offered Fall Semester.
112 Ear Training, Sightsinging and Keyboard II (0.25)
Building on principles learned in 111, students encounter more
advanced rhythmic patterns, tonal melodies and chord progressions.
Keyboard activities include harmonizing melodies, realizing
figured basses and playing chord progressions. Prerequisites:
Music 111 and 113. Offered Spring Semester
113 Theory I (0.75)
In this course, students explore the fundamentals of music, including
the elements of pitch and rhythm, music notation, intervals,
triads and inversions, seventh chords, scales, harmonic progression
and basic principles of voice leading. With 111, this course
forms the introduction to the music major. Offered Fall Semester.
114 Theory II (0.75)
Building on principles learned in 113, students develop a harmonic
vocabulary through analysis of seventh chords, secondary functions
and common chord modulation. Studies in melody explore species
counterpoint, develop through melodic reduction and phrase
structure. Binary and ternary forms are also studied. Prerequisites:
Music 111 and 113. Offered Spring Semester.
130 The Music Spectrum
Designed for students with little or no background in music,
this course introduces the fundamentals of music materials
through the keyboard, computer programs and written work in
music theory. Offered during Interim.
131 The Art of Music
Students learn fundamental music materials and a perspective
of music history as well as develop techniques of listening
to aid in the critical perception and fuller enjoyment of the
musical art. The course has a required activity fee. Generally
offered in the Spring Semester.
132 Orchestral Music
In this course, students explore orchestral music, its history,
forms, styles, instrumentation, vocabulary and specific landmark
works. The course includes two orchestral concerts in Minneapolis/St.
Paul. Offered during Interim.
161 Piano Class I (0.25)
Designed to complement the music major’s understanding
of music theory through group instruction in beginning piano,
this course emphasizes sight-playing, basic chord patterns and
scales by using multi-key reading. Offered Fall Semester. Open
to non-majors on a space-available basis only.
162 Piano Class II (0.25)
Piano Class II continues the instruction begun in Music 161.
Prerequisite: Music 161. Offered
Spring Semester.
163 Alexander Technique (0.25 credits)
This course addresses both the theory and the practical application
of F. M. Alexander’s discoveries of the process of human
coordination. Students learn to apply the Alexander Technique
to their practice and performance activities. Offered during
Spring Semester.
164 Voice Class (0.25)
Through group instruction, students encounter the fundamentals
of singing and an introduction to song literature. Class performance
is required. This course may be repeated once. Offered every
semester.
166 Brass Class (0.25)
Intended primarily for music majors, this course introduces basic
techniques for performance on the trumpet, horn, trombone,
euphonium and tuba. Each student develops a basic proficiency
on any three of these instruments. Pedagogical techniques,
repertoire, literature and instrument maintenance are also
included. Students play a solo with piano accompaniment and
perform with the class ensemble at the end of the term. Offered
Spring Semester.
167 Percussion Class (0.25)
Intended primarily for music majors, this course introduces basic
techniques for performance on all instruments of the percussion
family, with an emphasis on the snare drum. Students also study
instrument maintenance and minor repair. Offered Spring Semester.
168 String Class (0.25)
Intended primarily for music majors, this course introduces basic
techniques for performance on the violin, viola, cello and
string bass. Students are also introduced to instrument maintenance
and minor repair. Offered Fall Semester.
169 Woodwind Class (0.25)
Intended primarily for music majors, this course introduces basic
techniques for performance on selected instruments in the woodwind
family. Tone production and technical facility are highlighted.
Discussion topics include posture, breathing, embouchure, history
of the woodwind instruments, instrument families, reed adjustment,
maintenance and basic repair, resource materials, method books,
solo and ensemble editions and similarities and differences
in teaching the various woodwind instruments. Offered Fall
Semester.
211 Ear Training and Keyboard III (0.25)
This course continues to develop the basic skills of sightsinging,
dictation and keyboard taught in 111, Ear Training I, and 112,
Ear Training II. Sightsinging includes melodies with chromatic
pitches and modulation. Greater emphasis is placed on harmonic
dictation and both keyboard and dictation exercises employ
more complex harmonies. Prerequisites: Music 112 and 113. Offered
Fall Semester.
212 Aural Skills and improvisation (0.25)
This course continues the aural study of chromatic harmony, melodies
and 20th-century rhythms introduced in Music 211. Students
also work on basic improvisation skills, including working
from jazz chord symbols, improvising melodies from given guidelines,
improvising cadenzas and improvising jazz melodies. Prerequisites:
Music 211 and 213. Offered Spring Semester.
213 Theory III (0.75)
Continuing the theory sequence from 114, students explore Baroque
counterpoint, Classical and Romantic styles and forms, advanced
modulation techniques and chromatic harmony. The course also
introduces musical acoustics and music technology. Prerequisites:
Music 112 and 114. Offered Fall Semester.
214 Theory IV (0.75)
Building on principles learned in 213, students examine the techniques
and materials of music since 1875, including chromaticism and
extended tonality. Analysis of late 19th- and 20th-century
music is included. Prerequisites: Music 211 and 213. Offered
Spring Semester.
220 Instrumentation (0.25)
Intended for students in vocal music education, this course introduces
fundamental characteristics of orchestral and band instruments,
including orchestration, instrument ranges and transposition.
Prerequisite: Music 114 and junior standing. Offered Fall Semester.
221 Instrumentation (0.5)
Through this introduction to the practical fundamentals of orchestration,
students learn about instrument ranges, nomenclature, proper
notation, characteristics of orchestral and band instruments,
transposition and scoring for various instrumental combinations
including full orchestra, concert band and marching band. Prerequisite:
Music 114 and junior standing. Recommended: Music 166, 167,
168, 169, or equivalent experience. Offered Fall Semester.
222 Counterpoint
The study of counterpoint is a way of understanding more completely
the compositional techniques of great composers as well as
developing one's own fluency in writing music. Students learn
advanced contrapuntal techniques in Renaissance, Baroque and
20th-century styles, studying the works of such composers as
Palestrina, Bach and Barber. Prerequisite: Music 214. Offered
Fall Semester, 2005-06, and alternate years.
223 Composition I
Students are introduced to a number of compositional techniques
and are given opportunities to create original works of music
and hear them performed. This course also includes listening
to important 20th-century works and discussing current trends
in music, the changing role of the composer in society and
practical composition issues. Prerequisite: Music 112, 114,
or permission of instructor. Generally offered every semester.
225 Music in the Electronic Medium
This course is a hands-on study of the science, aesthetics, history
and current practice of electronic music. Creative projects
include work with MIDI synthesizers and sequencers, as well
as digital sampling and software synthesis. Offered during
Interim, 2003, and alternate years.
231 History of Jazz
This course presents a study of the historical development of
jazz, from its roots in blues and ragtime at the turn of the
century to the present, focusing on its principal forms and
styles, its role in American culture and contributions of major
artists. Offered during Interim.
232 America’s Hit
Parade
This course is an introduction to American sacred, art, folk
and popular music from ca. 1650 to the present. Selected music “hits” from
each genre and era will be examined for their distinctive musical
styles and forms as well as for what they reflect about American
culture and values. Intended for non-music majors, the course
will cover basic listening skills, vocabulary and forms. The
ability to read musical scores is helpful but not required.
Offered during Interim.
234 Russian Music
This course examines the characteristic musical styles and forms
of Russian folk, sacred and art music since the 18th century.
Intended for the non-music major, the course offers an introduction
to the fundamentals of music listening, terminology and basic
analysis of form and provides a framework for the discussion
of Russian music and its social, political and cultural connotations.
Offered during Interim.
235 Music in Christian Worship
Students study the musical history of hymnody and its relationship
to the history of the church. In addition, this course explores
the Biblical Psalms and their use in the worship of the church
and includes references to their musical settings in Gregorian
chant, Anglican chant, responsorial settings and choral music.
Offered during Interim 2005 and alternate years.
237 World Music
An introduction to non-Western music, this course explores ethnically
diverse performance practices and styles, ethnomusicological
techniques for studying non-Western music and the relationship
of music of various cultures to events important to those cultures.
Offered Fall Semester.
238 The Music of Indonesia
This course explores the music of Indonesia and helps students
gain knowledge and awareness of its social and cultural context.
Students acquire basic skills in playing Javanese gamelan (a
gong and chime instrument) music and study the history, geography,
economy, sociology and cultures of Indonesia as a nation-state.
Offered periodically during Interim.
241 History and Literature of Music I
Students encounter the history and development of Western European
music from the Middle Ages to ca. 1750 and study the genres
and styles of music from monophonic chant to concerted music
of the Baroque. Prerequisite: Music 114. Offered Fall Semester.
242 History and Literature of Music II
Continuing the study begun in 241, students encounter the history
and development of Western European music from ca. 1750 to
the present and study the major forms, styles and representative
literature of the Classic and Romantic eras and the 20th century.
Prerequisite: Music 114. Offered Spring Semester.
251 Conducting (0.5)
Students learn basic conducting gestures, with and without baton,
through exercises in meter patterns, preparatory beats and
cut-offs, cueing, dynamics, fermata, articulations, phrasing,
left hand independence and face/eye usage. Prerequisite: Music
114 or permission of instructor. Offered Spring Semester.
252 Choral Conducting (0.5)
Students learn conducting techniques for choral literature including
rehearsal techniques, vocal preparation and auditioning and
selecting voices. Course work includes observation of conductors
on campus and in the community. Prerequisite: Music 251. Offered
Fall Semester.
253 Instrumental Conducting (0.5)
Students learn conducting techniques for instrumental literature,
including rehearsal techniques, score preparation and reading
the full score. They study characteristic examples from standard
band and orchestra literature and receive practical experience
in conducting an instrumental ensemble. Course work includes
observation of conducting faculty. Prerequisite: Music 251.
Offered Spring Semester.
261 Practical Skills for Keyboard Proficiency (0.25)
This course is designed for music education students, who will
learn to harmonize simple melodies by ear, transpose songs,
sight-read music of moderate difficulty and read various kinds
of musical scores. Students earning a grade of B or higher
in Music 261 will meet the department’s keyboard proficiency
standards for music education. Offered both semesters.
263 Lyric Diction I (0.25)
Students study and practice principles for singing in English
and Italian with good pronunciation, enunciation and expression.
Course content includes phonetic analysis using the International
Phonetic Alphabet and identifying and exercising the phonemic
features of English and Italian through class performances
and listening assignments. Prerequisite: two semesters of voice
lessons. Offered Fall Semester, 2004-05, and alternate years.
264 Lyric Diction II (0.25)
Students study and practice the principles for singing in French
and German with good pronunciation, enunciation and expression.
Course content includes phonetic analysis using the International
Phonetic Alphabet and identifying and exercising the phonemic
features of French and German through class performances and
listening assignments. Prerequisite: Music 263 and two semesters
of voice lessons. Offered Spring Semester, 2004-05, and alternate
years.
267 Advanced Acting for the Lyric Stage (1.00
0.5)
Music 267 is a studio course focusing on advanced techniques
of acting and singing for the musical stage with emphasis on
opera. Students explore voice, movement, improvisation and
characterization at an advanced level. They receive coaching
in musical and dramatic style through solo and small ensemble
literature and prepare scenes for class performance. May be
repeated once. Prerequisites: two semesters of voice study
and Theatre 131 (Acting for the Lyric Stage) or permission
of instructor. Generally offered every Fall Semester.
269 Opera Workshop
Opera Workshop focuses on the preparation for performance of
a one-act opera or opera scenes. Students will receive coaching
and performance experience through individual and group singer/actor
exercises. This course culminates in a public performance.
Repertoire includes the Classical and Romantic operas (i.e.
Mozart, Rossini, Puccini), operettas (i.e., Offenbach and Gilbert
and Sullivan), contemporary operas and new works written specifically
for the Opera Workshop. May be repeated once. Offered during
Interim.
275 Instrumental Chamber Music (0.25)
Students study and perform chamber music repertoire for strings,
winds, percussion and keyboard. Ensembles formed frequently
include string quartets, woodwind quintets or brass quintets.
Existing ensembles may enroll, or new groups may be formed.
The course requires regular and frequent rehearsals, coaching
sessions with faculty and recital performances. May be repeated:
Students may earn up to one course credit, but only 0.25 per
semester. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Offered every
semester.
281 Vocal Solo Literature I (0.25)
Students survey the solo vocal repertoire (art song) of Germany,
Italy and Spain. This course will provide the materials for
the study of song literature, highlighting the significant
features and developments inherent in the form. Course work
will include class performances. Prerequisite: Music 263 and
264, or permission of instructor. Offered Fall Semester, 2005-06,
and alternate years.
282 Vocal Solo Literature II (0.25)
Students survey the solo vocal repertoire (art song) of France,
England, the United States and the Nordic countries. This course
will provide the materials for the study of song literature,
highlighting the significant features and developments inherent
in the form. Course work will include class performances. Prerequisite:
Music 263 and 264, or permission of instructor. Offered Spring
Semester, 2005-06, and alternate years.
287 Choral Literature I (0.5)
This course is a study of the smaller forms of choral literature
from the Renaissance to the present with an emphasis on music
suitable for junior and senior high school and church choirs.
Students will study scores and discuss interpretation and conducting
problems. Prerequisite: Music 114 and junior standing. Offered
Spring Semester.
288 Choral Literature II (0.5)
This course is a study of the larger forms of choral music from
the Baroque to the present. Students will study scores and
recordings and discuss interpretation and conducting problems.
Prerequisite: Music 114 and junior standing. Offered Spring
Fall
Semester, 2005-06, and alternate years.
294 Internship
298 Independent Study
313 Analysis of Tonal Music
Analysis is a course of discovery, using advanced tools of music
theory to examine the ways in which great works of music are
put together. Students examine principles of form and style
and, using a range of analytical techniques, come to a deeper
understanding of tonal music. The course focuses on Classical
and Romantic literature, with some work in 20th-century tonality.
Prerequisite: Music 214. Offered Spring Semester, 2004-05,
and alternate years.
314 Analysis of 20th-Century Music
An analytical study of the wide range of musical styles found
in the 20th century, this course provides an opportunity to
study important works from our time and to come to a deeper
understanding of their structure and meaning. Students study
atonal music theory in depth and examine some of the new approaches
to tonality in our time. Prerequisite: Music 214. Offered Spring
Semester, 2005-06, and alternate years.
324 Composition II
Students develop more advanced technique in writing for instruments
and voice through individual study in creative composition,
focusing on smaller ensembles. This course may be repeated.
Prerequisite: Music 223. Generally offered every semester.
325 Composition III
This course continues the study in creative composition begun
in 223 and 324 and includes writing for large ensembles. This
course may be repeated. Prerequisite: Music 221, 223, 324,
and permission of instructor. Generally offered every semester.
341 Music of the Renaissance Era
This course offers an in-depth study of the music literature
and styles of the Renaissance, ca. 1430-1600. Prerequisite:
Music 241, 242. Offered in alternate years.
342 Music of the Baroque Era
This course offers an in-depth study of the music literature
and styles of the Baroque, ca. 1600-1750. Prerequisite: Music
241, 242. Offered in alternate years.
343 Music of the Classical and Romantic Eras
This course offers an in-depth study of the music literature
and styles of the late 18th and 19th centuries. Prerequisite:
Music 241, 242. Offered in alternate years.
344 Music of the 20th Century
This course offers an in-depth study of the music literature
of the 20th century (ca. 1890-present). Prerequisite: Music
241, 242. Offered in alternate years.
345 Advanced Study in Music History
Students encounter in-depth studies in a specific topic or area
of music history. The content and nature of this course are
determined by the instructor and the department. Sample topics
include American music, studies in classical music, opera and
folk and pop in art music. May be repeated if topics are different.
Prerequisite: Music 241, 242. Offered every semester.
354 Advanced Conducting (0.5)
Students study advanced baton techniques, including meter changes,
asymmetrical meters, advanced fermata situations, pattern variety,
melds and 20th-century demands (including the contemporary
score and aleatoric music). Students also study the art of
programming, score preparation, score reading, score interpretation,
memorization, handling different stylistic traditions and conducting
recitative. Students practice conducting an ensemble and observe
rehearsals on and off campus. Prerequisite: Music 252 or 253,
and permission of instructor. Offered Fall Semester.
361 Piano Pedagogy (0.50 0.25)
This course introduces principles and varied methods of effective
and creative piano teaching, along with piano studio management.
Although the focus is on teaching young beginners, the course
also addresses the teaching of intermediate students. Students
develop skills through actual teaching experience. Prerequisite:
three semesters of piano lessons, of which the first semester
may be piano class, or permission of the instructor. Offered
Fall Semester, 2005-06, and alternate years.
364 Vocal Pedagogy (0.25)
This course introduces a systematic pedagogical approach to the
study of voice production for use in the studio or classroom.
Students examine basic voice physiology, the healthy use and
care of the voice, voice problems and appropriate vocal literature.
Prerequisite: three semesters of voice lessons, one of which
may be voice class; or permission of instructor. Offered every
Fall Semester.
365 The Child and Adolescent Voice (0.25)
This course introduces the principles of vocal pedagogy applied
to the child and adolescent voice with an emphasis on understanding
the developing voice and establishing good vocal habits with
appropriate techniques and literature. Prerequisites: Music
251, completion of one semester of voice or voice class and
junior standing, or permission of instructor. Generally offered
every semester.
368 String Literature and Pedagogy (0.5)
Students study a broad range of literature from beginning to
advanced, examining scores and listening to string etudes,
solos, sonatas, concertos and orchestral excerpts. Special
emphasis will be placed on appropriate repertoire for beginning
and intermediate students. Pedagogy, discussion of well-known
string performers (past and present) and the basics of studio
management will be accentuated through required readings, videos,
discussion and actual teaching experiences. Offered Spring
Semester, 2004-05, and alternate years.
391 Church Music Practicum I (0.25)
Students study the role of music in worship with an emphasis
on strategies for developing music groups, including handbells
and Orff instruments, in worship and church education. Prerequisite:
Music 214 or permission of instructor. Offered Fall Semester,
2004-05, and alternate years.
392 Church Music Practicum II (0.25)
This course continues the studies begun in Music 391. Students
consider recruitment and music administration and composing
and arranging music for worship. Prerequisite: Music 391. Offered
Spring Semester, 2004-05, and alternate years.
394 Internship
398 Independent Research
Independent Study and Research are available in many areas not
regularly taught.
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