Reserved for seniors who have been approved for Concentration in Performance. Two hours of performance lessons per week during the senior year. Credits: 8 at the completion of two semesters. No early registration. Audition required and Department application required.

Prerequisite: MUS 924Y. This is a full-year course. Credits: 4 at the completion of two semesters.

This is a full-year course. Prerequisite: MUS 914Y. Credits: 4 at the completion of two semesters.

This is a full-year course. Credits: 4, at the completion of two semesters. Prerequisite: MUS 100 or approval of the instructor.

Introduction to the art of conducting. This course examines philosophical and practical aspects of the modern conductor’s role. Topics include a musical gestural vocabulary, baton technique and score study/internalization of the printed page. Prior music performance experience and study of Western music theory is highly recommended; instructor permission required. May be repeated for credit.

Weekly meetings for exploration and coaching of varied repertory for duos and small ensembles. Open to instrumental students by permission of instructors. May be repeated for credit.

This seminar is a practicum on songwriting. Through weekly creative assignments, in-class workshops, and listening, you will develop and strengthen your skills as a musician, performer, and lyricist. By the end of the course, you will have tried your hand at several songwriting and compositional techniques, and will have created and finalized work to be presented on a final concert. Prerequisites: MUS 110 or equivalent. Students should have a basic working knowledge of music notation and theory,

What counts as music? Who decides? Can anyone make music? This course raises these and other questions by focusing on experimental music. We explore the history and practice of experimental music, focusing on text, graphic, and other forms of notation. We also look at the history of experimental music in performance, and make our own in-class performances of several key pieces. Through our reading and practice, we ask questions about musical authority, skill, and even failure, and the role of institutions in shaping our musical ideas.

Offered as MUS 249 and REL 249. Music is a complex issue in many Islamic societies. There are tensions between those who believe that music has no place in Islam and try to prohibit it, those for whom it is a central component of mystical devotion, and those who tolerate it, albeit within well-defined parameters. The debate intensifies in the case of popular music, a core part of the self-identification of young people everywhere. Despite this, there is an amazing variety of vibrant popular music throughout the Islamic world.

Music and theatre are both time-based arts that involve bodies in motion in front of an audience. Though they may be considered separate disciplines, the full extent of what they share often makes them wonderfully indistinguishable. This course probes the intersections of music and theatre through a survey of genres, works, artists, and practitioners.