CONSVTY 450      Music And Film
Designed for the general university student, this course will survey the use of music in cinema. It will include sections on music, technology, the film medium and the various ways in which music adds to the cinematic experience. Music majors may enroll for elective credit.
Credits: 3 hours
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CONSVTY 457      Vocal Literature I
Literature for the solo voice. A course covering the literature from 1600 to present times, illustrated by recordings and members of the class and the instructor. Requirement for B.M. voice majors.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 458      Vocal Literature II
A continuation of CONSVTY 457.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 459      Advanced Choral Literature
A survey of choral literature including the music of all periods, both sacred and secular, in both small and large forms. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 3 hours
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CONSVTY 461      Piano Literature III (Romantic)
A survey through analysis, reading, listening, and performance of piano repertoire from the Romantic Period to the early 20th Century. .
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 462      Piano Literature IV (Post-Romantic)
A survey through analysis, reading, listening, and performance of piano repertoire from the early 20th Century to the present day.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 464      Wind And Percussion Literature Percussion
A study of solo and ensemble literature for percussion.
Credits: hours
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CONSVTY 469      Organ Literature II
A survey of organ music from 1750 to the present.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 470      Introduction To Pedagogy And Literature Woodwinds
A study of teaching techniques and materials and of solo and ensemble literature. Senior status required.
Credits: hours
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CONSVTY 471      Jazz/Commercial Music Pedagogy
This course is designed to develop skills in the teaching of jazz and commercial music. Students will be exposed to a variety of materials, techniques and philosophies and trained in various techniques of rehearsing and conducting jazz ensembles, including the study of scores and recordings of different styles and rehearsal of the Conservatory's jazz ensembles. Includes an emphasis on structuring jazz and studio music curriculum at the College level.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 476      Collaborative Piano III
Study of collaborative techniques and instrumental literature.Prerequisites 377.
Credits: 1 hours
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CONSVTY 477      Collaborative Piano IV
Continuation of CONSVTY 476.Prerequisites: CONSVTY 476
Credits: 1 hours
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CONSVTY 483      Advanced Instrumental Conducting
A review of techniques and musical styles of literature for all levels and all media through conducting in class.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 490      Independent Study
Intensive reading, research projects, creative work, or special performance in the student's major field, selected by the student in consultation with the appropriate faculty.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 491      Pedagogical Practices I Voice
Credits: hours
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CONSVTY 492      Pedagogical Practices II Voice
A laboratory experience that includes teaching applied voice in preparation for an end of semester concert experience. The course content includes introduction to skill sets required for teaching applied voice and applied voice studio budget and organization. Prerequisite: 491B Pedagogical Practices I Voice
Credits: hours
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CONSVTY 494      Performance Styles
A practical approach to the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Early Classical and Contemporary eras through performance. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 497      Seminar-Workshop In Music
Special courses in techniques, theory, and repertoire taught by the Conservatory staff and visiting specialists.
Credits: 1-4 hours
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CONSVTY 498      Research Problems
Individual study under the direction of a faculty adviser, leading to the writing of a formal paper. A public, non-graded presentation of the paper with performance examples is required. Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY H121      Music Theory I
A course presenting the elementary melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of music through part-writing and analysis. The vocabulary for the first semester includes traditional usage and analysis of triads and their inversions, nonharmonic tones, introduction to chords of the seventh, and elementary modulation.
Credits: hours
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