Non-auditioned ensemble of mixed SATB voices which performs a variety of choral literature from all music periods and styles. Membership open to all students. Some singing ability and understanding of musical notation expected. Fulfills large ensemble requirement for majors. Three hours per week.

Non-auditioned ensemble open to all University wind and percussion students who wish to continue their performance experience at the university level. Performances include select athletic events, on-campus functions and special activities. Two hours per week.

Study and performance of a variety of jazz styles including swing, bebop, cool, hard bop, contemporary, blues, fusion and Latin. Study and application of improvisation skills as an integral part of the ensemble experience. Open to all students and community players. Fulfills large ensemble requirement for music major and minor. Prerequisites: Performance background, sight-reading skills preferred. Three hours per week.

Study, rehearsal and performance of selected works for small ensembles, both vocal and instrumental (designated by the department for any given semester). Advanced students with prior performing experience and full-time undergraduate students only. Prerequisites: Audition, approval of the instructor/department in writing. Two hours per week.

Research, study, rehearse and perform songs and scenes from American Musical Theatre. Study of vocal and audition techniques, staging, blocking, characterizing a song, musical theatre style and performance etiquette. Open to all students. Fulfills large ensemble requirement for music major and ensemble requirement for music minor. Prerequisite: Audition.

Study and performance of standard orchestral literature and contemporary compositions. Players from all majors may participate. The orchestra is a full-size symphonic ensemble comprised of students, faculty, professionals and community players. Fulfills large ensemble requirement for majors. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours per week.

Selected choral ensemble whose members assume individual responsibility for professionalism, commitment, awareness of musical objectives and excellence in performance. Attendance at all rehearsals mandatory; outside preparation required to equalize differing levels of ability. Open to all students by audition only. Fulfills small ensemble requirement for majors. Three hours per week.

Select ensemble of wind and percussion instrumentalists. Performance of “chamber” and “large” ensemble repertoire spanning all musical epochs. Open to all majors. Fulfills large ensemble requirement for majors. Attendance at all rehearsals and performances mandatory. Three hours per week.

Introduction to vocal techniques through voice placement, breathing, tone production and diction. Recommended for the general student as well as students interested in musical theatre and communication arts. Includes introduction to art song literature and musical theatre repertoire. Two hours per week.

Salisbury Chorale is a mixed - soprano, alto, tenor, bass - choral ensemble whose membership is comprised of persons from the community and University faculty, staff and students. Members assume individual responsibility for professionalism, commitment, awareness of musical objectives and excellence in performance. Provides an opportunity for all members of the greater community to sing masterworks of the choral literature. Two hours per week.

Designed for ensemble work in instrumental and vocal studies. Two semesters required for majors with keyboard emphasis. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Two hours per week.

Study of fundamental skills appropriate to the instrument or voice with survey of basic literature. Prerequisite: entrance audition, permission of department chair. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Continues MUSC 138 with study of fundamental voice or instrument skills and survey of relevant literature. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSC 138. Corerequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Group piano instruction with individual help, to develop fundamental piano skills for students with little or no piano experience. Basic skills included are reading, harmonization, transposition, improvization, and compositional techniques. Each course may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or equivalent; Piano I a prerequisite to Piano II. Two hours per week.

Group piano instruction with individual help, to develop fundamental piano skills for students with little or no piano experience. Basic skills included are reading, harmonization, transposition, improvization, and compositional techniques. Each course may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or equivalent; Piano I a prerequisite to Piano II. Two hours per week.

Fundamentals of six-string guitar techniques, chords and basic classical guitar using musical notation, accompaniment styles, melodies and appropriate literature. May be repeated once for credit. Two hours per week.

Fundamentals of six-string guitar techniques, chords and basic classical guitar using musical notation, accompaniment styles, melodies and appropriate literature. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: MUSA 209. Two hours per week.

Introduction to the international phonetic alphabet (IPA) and the application of English and Italian diction to contemporary English and 18th century Italian art song literature. Required for vocal track. Co-requisite: Applied voice study. Two hours per week.

Continued study of diction through application of the international phonetic alphabet (IPA) and German and French diction to German “Lieder” and French “Melodie.” Required for vocal track. Prerequisite: MUSA 213. Co-requisite: Applied voice study. Two hours lab per week.

Continues MUSC 139 with study of fundamental voice or instrument skills and survey of relevant literature. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSC 139. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Continues MUSC 238 with study of fundamental voice or instrument skills and survey of relevant literature. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSC 238. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Continues MUSA 239 with study of fundamental voice or instrumental skills and survey of relevant literature. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSA 239. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Continuation of MUSA 338. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSA 338, permission to prepare for a public recital. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Individual studio lessons in an instrument or voice as a minor specialty. Open to majors and non-majors. Repeatable under all sections. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Designed as a repertory and performance preparation class for all music majors. All majors are required to take this class while studying their major applied area in the following courses: MUSA 138, 139, 238, 239, 338, 339, 438, 439 or 390. Composition students will present lectures on their own compositions and/or on analyses in lieu of instrumental performing. One hour per week.

Continues MUSA 339 with study of fundamental voice or instrument skills and survey of relevant literature. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSA 339. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Continuation of MUSA 438 with a concentration on selected literature appropriate for a public recital. Must be approved by chair. Prerequisite: Successful panel evaluation at the conclusion of MUSA 339. Corequisite: MUSA 391. One half-hour meeting per week per credit.

Research and performance of major works in orchestral literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Continued research and performance of major works in the field of orchestral literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Research and performance of major works in the field of orchestral literature using advanced conducting techniques. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours studio per week.

Research and performance of major works in choral literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Continued research and performance of major works in the field of choral literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Research and performance of major works in the field of choral literature using advanced conducting techniques. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Research and performance of major works in wind ensemble literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Continued research and performance of major works in the field of wind ensemble literature. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Research and performance of major works in the field of wind ensemble literature using advanced conducting techniques. Prerequisite: Audition. Three hours rehearsal per week.

Individual studio instruction providing a graduate extension of an undergraduate major performing area. Prerequisite: Audition.

Continued individual studio instruction at graduate level in a major performing area. Prerequisites: Audition, MUSA 538.

A continuation of individual studio instruction at the graduate level in a major performing area. Prerequisite: Audition, MUSA 539. 1-2 hours per week.

Continuation of MUSA 540 with a concentration in advanced literture appropriate for a graduate level course. Prerequisites: Audition, MUSA 540. 1-2 hours per week.

An individual, graduate tutorial course including research topics not covered in available courses. May be repeated for a maximum of three hours credit under difference course subtitles recorded with the registrar. Prerequisite: Written specified area of study approved in writing by department chair and supervising faculty member prior to registration.

Stylistic, technical and intuitive aspects of music examined through listening, discussion and creative exercises. Students explore their creative potential in music and are familiarized with newer techniques of composition including synthesized music. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB.

Historical survey of musical styles and genre from around the world. Topics may include: Western classical music, non-western cultures, folk music and jazz. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB.

Principles of music construction based on a historical perspective of music theory in Western culture. Emphasis on the nature of modes and/or tonal centers and the organization of melody, harmony and voice leading utilizing basic elements of keys, scales, chords, notation and ear training. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB.

Broad overview of various hardware and software applications in music. Explores historical and current uses of music and technology hrough composition and presentation projects, online forums, web-page design, and other forms of production. Basic consideration of ethical, aesthetic, economic, and social issues involving music technology applications are also explored. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education Requirement IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

Intermediate music fundamentals including rhythm, basic melodic and harmonic relationships, voice leading, harmonic functions and basic composition. Prior knowledge of music notation, key signatures, scales, and triads recommended. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 and permission of instructor for non-music majors. Three hours per week.

Continuation of MUSC 203 with added emphasis on voice leading with complex diatonic chords, localized musical formal features, non-chord tones, analysis and composition. Prerequisite: MUSC 203 or approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Introduction of traditional woodwind instruments and their development in the Western culture. Basic cognitive and psychomotor techniques involving instrument handling, embouchure, breathing, articulation and fingering combinations are discussed, practiced and demonstrated. Prerequisite: Music major or approval of instructor. Two lab hours per week.

Introduction to traditional percussion instruments and their development in Western culture. Basic cognitive and psychomotor techniques that involve proper handling and traditional performance practices are discussed, practiced and demonstrated. Prerequisite: Music major or approval of Instructor. Two lab hours per week.

Introduction to traditional orchestral string instruments and their development in Western culture. Basic cognitive and psycho-motor techniques involving instrument handling, bowing, finger patterns and shifting are discussed, practiced and demonstrated. Prerequisite: Music major or approval of instructor. Two lab hours per week.

Introduction to traditional brass instruments and their development in Western culture. Basic cognitive and psychomotor techniques that involve embouchure, breathing, articulation, fingering combinations and tone production are discussed, practiced and demonstrated. Prerequisite: Music major or approval of instructor. Two lab hours per week.

Introduction to world musical traditions and practices, such as Africa, China, India, Japan, and the Americas. Ability to read music is not necessary. Open to non-music majors, music majors and minors. Meets General Education IB requirements. Three hours per week.

The study of the development of blues as a song style and the effect it has on modern American music. Traces the historical origins and traditions that developed into a style of its own and the influence the Blues had on rock and roll, Gospel, Country, R&B, and Soul. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

An historical survey of Pop, Rock, and Soul music, from the 1920s to the present. The student will to develop an understanding of the different musical styles as well as the social and cultural issues associated with each. Prior knowledge of music is helpful but not required. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education requirement IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: 1B).

Introduction to the study of landscape interpretations through music analysis. Focuses on the study of 'soundscapes' as aural dimension to the study of past, present or imagined places. No prior knowledge of music or clutrual geography is required. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education requirement IIIA or IIIC (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

Introduction to the role of music in the lives of children. Emphasizes the acquisition of musical skills, experiences, and information needed to help students become a nurturing, self-directed and competent facilitator of musical experiences in the lives of children. Three hours per week with enhancement. Meets General Education requirement IIIA or IIIB (Prior to Fall 2008: IB).

An introduction to jazz melody and harmony with particular emphasis on the innovations of bebop and its resultant styles. A historical perspective, analytical approaches to harmony and melody, and short composition and arranging exercises provide students with tools to sythesize amterials. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Study of chromatic harmonies and their voice leading tendencies and modulation with added emphasis on analysis, composition and musical interpretation. Prerequisite: MUSC 204 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

Theories of advanced chromaticism in late Romantic and twentieth-century music. Study of analytical and compositional techniques used to interpret uniquely structured neotonal, nontonal, and atonal music. Prerequisite: MUSC 303 or permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

A historical survey of musical style from the earliest times to the present. Music History I covers music from the Gregorian chant through the Baroque period. Music History II covers music from the Pre-Classical through the Modern periods. Non-western music is also included in both classes. Analysis, listening and discussion of music in a cultural context is covered. Ability to read music is necessary. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor for non-music majors. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB.

western music is also included in both classes. Analysis, listening and discussion of music in a cultural context is covered. Ability to read music is necessary. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor for non-music majors. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB.

Designed to examine techniques for administering a school instrumental music program. Emphasizes rehearsal techniques, literature, material for school use and the role of instrumental music in the public, andthe development of skills for teaching beginning instrumentalists. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. It is recommended that students have completed one or more of the following: MUSC 215, MUSC 216, MUSC 217, MUSC 218. Two hours per week.

Study of rehearsal techniques for developing appropriate diction, tone, production, intonation, phrasing and interpretation in a choral ensemble. Explores the examination of materials, methods and procedures in organizing school choral ensembles. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Two hours per week.

Application of basic conducting patterns in expressing a variety of styles, dynamics and tempi; analysis of conductor’s score and rehearsal techniques in both choral and instrumental music. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Two hours per week.

Develops the ability of the musician to visually and aurally perceive fundamentally organized musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Focuses on prominent musical constructs including all aspects of simple melody, simple harmony and progression, and basic rhythm. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or proficiency equivalence. Co-requisite: MUSC 203. Two hours per week.

Develops the ability of the intermediate musician to visually and aurally perceive organized musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials outline diatonic chords and large functional progressions embellished by light chromaticism. Harmonic study culminates in inverted diatonic seventh chords being contextualized within tonic, dominant preparation, and dominant relationships. Rhythmic materials explore such concepts as syncopation in complex compound meters and two-against-three patterns. Prerequisites: MUSC 203 and 311 or proficiency equivalence. Co-requisite: MUSC 204. Two hours per week.

Develops the ability of the intermediate musician to visually and aurally perceive complex musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials explore chromatic alterations within the tonal contexts of secondary functions and modulation. Harmonic study emphasizes secondary functions and modulations to closely related keys. Meter changes, simple metric modulations, and simple polyrhythms are considered. Prerequisite: MUSC 204 and 312 proficiency equivalence. Co-requisite: MUSC 303. Two hours per week.

Develops the ability of the advanced musician to visually and aurally perceive complex musical events for the purpose of accurately performing and notating them. Melodic materials involve advanced chromaticism, modulations and intervals, as well as modal idioms. Harmonic study culminates in highly chromatic progressions involving secondary leading-tone, Neapolitan, and augmented-sixth chords. Rhythmic materials incorporate advanced tuplets, meters with unequal beats, complex meter changes, and tempo modulation. Prerequisites: MUSC 303 and 313 or proficiency equivalence. Co-requisite: MUSC 304. Two hours per week.

Analysis and discussion of a particular past or contemporary musical style, compositional or analytical techniques, composer or aspect of music. May be used as an upper-level music theory requirement for the music major. May be repeated three times for degree credit under different course titles. Prerequisite: MUSC 201 or approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Special topics course. Studies and discussion of a particular past or contemporary period or aspect of music literature. Such topics may include world music, folk music, jazz, rock, blues, and modern music. May be used as an upper-level music literature requirement for the music major. May be taken three times under different course titles. Three hours per week. Meets General Education IB

Designed to address the physiological and psychological issues that are encountered by all types of performers. Specific issues concerning injury/illness, wellness concepts, practice techniques and performance preparation will be examined. The course addresses all students who need pedagogical help with performance preparation, regardless of instrument. Open to all students in areas of music, acting, musical theatre, sports, dance and public speaking. Three hours per week. Meets General IB

Comprehensive study of the piano and its predecessors. Traces the history of keyboard instruments, emphasizing the ways in which the development of the instruments interacted with the development of keyboard literature and performance practices. Includes familiarization with the principal keyboard composers, performers and instrument makers from earliest times to the present. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

Continues MUSC 310 with review and refinement of skills in conducting. Students develop a common language in which cognitive understanding and psychomotor skills can be aesthetically communicated to an ensemble via the conducting gesture. Prerequisite: MUSC 310. Two hours per week.

Study of the history, interpretation and poetic content of Italian, French, German and English art song from the Baroque period to the present. Requires score study as well as textual and musical analysis of representative works with emphasis on compositional styles and performance practices. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Three hours per week.

Study of the organizing principles of musical composition and their application to the most prevalent forms through the sonata-allegro and fugue. Analysis of music literature illustrating the basic vocal and instrumental forms and some original composition in these forms. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: MUSC 303. Two hours per week.

Fundamental techniques of scoring for various cappella and accompanied voice combinations, special characteristics of each choir of instruments, range of voices, selection on suitable literature for treatment in different ensembles, with considerations of style. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: MUSC 304. Two hours per week.

Class investigation and evaluation of choral music for all voice combinations appropriate for elementary school through senior high school and adult ensembles. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Class investigation and evaluation of choral music for all voice combinations appropriate for elementary school through senior high school and adult ensembles. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Class investigation and evaluation of new methods and materials for bands, orchestras and instrumental ensembles. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Class investigation and evaluation of new methods and materials for bands, orchestras and instrumental ensembles. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. Three hours per week.

Study of a single composer, musical form, performance medium or technique, or topic in music education. Topic varies semester to semester. May be taken twice for credit. Possible prerequisite(s) listed according to topic by semester. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit. Three hours per week.

Tutorial in any area of music; open to seniors and graduate students. May include continuation of a skills development program begun in the lower-level independent study course, or any type of individual research in music not normally included in courses offered by the department, or individual study of an area needed for teacher certification but not offered by the department in the current semester. Approval in writing of department chair and supervising faculty member prior to registration, with the area of study to be specified in writing. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. May be offered for undergraduate or graduate credit.

Designed to encourage students to pursue an important area of original research in either music history, theory, composition or performance. Allows student to study a subject area in more depth than possible in the traditional classroom setting. Public presentation required. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor. One to three hours per week.