Music 120 - Music Decoded

The primary goal of this course is to deepen students’ understanding of the music they like, while forging connections to music that is unfamiliar to them, making them a more well-informed music consumer. Throughout the course, students hone active listening skills, helping them to identify technical components and to connect with the music on an emotional level. These skills help students describe more specifically what they hear, and decode increasingly complex music. Classes cover folk, popular, jazz, non-western classical and other styles.