CONSVTY 412A      Student Teaching Music In Elementary School
Observation, planning and teaching in an elementary music classroom setting. Students will be expected to spend a minimum of seven weeks teaching full-time under supervision.
Credits: 4-12 hours
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CONSVTY 412B      Student Teaching Music In Secondary School
Observation, planning and teaching in a middle school/junior high or high school music classroom setting. Students will be expected to spend a minimum of seven weeks teaching full-time under supervision.
Credits: 4-12 hours
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CONSVTY 417      Opera Workshop
Introduction to opera and opera performance techniques. Class will include performance of opera scenes. May be repeated for credit.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417A      Singing/Acting Training for Music Theatre
Specific training especially tailored for incoming undergraduate BA in Music/Theatre Concentration students and others interested in Introductory acting and singing/acting techniques. Recommended for Freshman or Sophomore performance track students.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417B      Singing/Acting Training for Opera
Specific training especially tailored for undergraduate Vocal Performance majors and others interested in introduction Singing/Acting techniques for opera. Recommended for singers in their sophomore or junior years.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417C      Community Engagement Opera
Preparation, rehearsal and performance of an outreach opera. Offerings range from a work specifically for children, a cut-down version of a full-length opera, and occasional full-length operas in areas of repertoire not featured in the main-stage opera season. Performed off campus in conjunction with the student opera-lovers organization, Bravi.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417D      Music Theatre Review/Scenes
Preparation, rehearsal and performance of an existing or original review and/or scene work. Productions will vary from year to year. Existing works maybe performed if and only if the music theatre budget allows for proper licensing, rights and rentals. Performances of final production projects may occur off campus.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417E      Scene Study
Preparation, rehearsal and performance of scenes from opera, operetta and music theatre. Scenes will be determined and assigned based on student's needs and development. One-act operas may also occasionally be produced in this class.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 417F      Advanced Opera Workshop
Singer/Actor techniques,dramatic preparation of arias, audition techniques, recitative and role study
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 421A      Music Theory Review For Graduate Students
An intensive review with emphasis placed on analysis.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 421B      Ear Training And Solfege For Graduate Students
An intensive review of ear training and sight singing.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 422A      Music History Review (early)
Graduate-level review of music in Western civilization from antiquity to 1750. Outside listening is required.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 422B      Music History Review (Late)
Graduate-level review of music in Western civilization from 1750 to the present. Outside listening is required.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 422C      Music History Review
Graduate-level review of music in Western civilization from antiquity to the present. Outside listening is required.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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CONSVTY 423      Business Jazz And Commercial Music
An introduction to the various elements of the music industry, including production, marketing, unions, contracts, broadcasting, licensing agreements and copyrights.
Credits: 3 hours
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CONSVTY 424      Acoustics
Study of the propagation of sound, the psychology and physiology of hearing, the acoustics of instruments, and of rooms, and tuning systems. Available for graduate credit.
Credits: 3 hours
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CONSVTY 425A      Arranging For Choral Groups
Practice in transcribing vocal music of the current pop idiom. Analysis and writing in contemporary harmonic idioms. Stylistic analysis of solo and choral writing in operettas and musical plays. Scoring for mixed voices, men's voices, and women's voices.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 425B      Arranging Instrumental
Arranging Instrumental
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 426B      Jazz Arranging For Small Ensembles
This course will teach the art of Calligraphy as well as the techniques of arranging and orchestration for small jazz ensembles for up to five horns. The course will also include an in-dept study of basic voicings, instrumental sonorities, and some extended forms using intensive listening and score study. UMKC combos, or top Kansas City professionals, will perform final assignments.
Credits: 2 hours
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CONSVTY 426D      Jazz Arranging For Big Bands
This course is a continuation of Jazz Arranging for small ensembles. It will cover the basics of arranging and orchestration techniques for big bands. It includes an in-depth study of basic voicing and instrumental sonorities using intensive listening and score study. The students will have a chance to hear their final arrangements performed at the end of the semester by the Concert Jazz Band.
Credits: 2 hours
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