Music 250 - ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT: MUS/VOICE

An introduction to a broad range of vocal music, from the Middle Ages to the present, and an investigation of such issues as text setting, interpretation, extended vocal techniques and the use of technology as it relates to vocal performance. Topics of study includes chant, 19th-century art song and opera. Composers to be considered include Mozart and Wagner as well as such recent and contemporary figures as John Cage and Steve Reich, and popular and crossover artists including Duke Ellington, the Rolling Stones and Bjork. Open to all students (including first years) who have had previous musical experience or who have obtained the permission of the instructor. (E)