Introduction to musical concepts and active listening skills. Students develop musical understanding through critical readings, selected repertoire, fundamental concepts related to rhythm, pitch, and genre. Students apply those concepts to music from a wide range of historical and cultural origins.

(IV)

Introduces students with no musical background to the dramatic and performance conventions of opera, and suggests ways of developing a critical stance vis-a-vis the social, political, gender-related and moral conflicts that are presented by composers and librettists.

(IV)

Examines the cultural, social, political, and economic dimensions of popular music in the United States over the last century and a half, with an emphasis on matters related to class, race, ethnicity, and gender.

(IV)

Through a study of the music of the Beatles, students are introduced to selected broader historical and cultural themes (e.g., race and music, gender and music, music and the counterculture) while developing an understanding of the basic elements of music.

(IV)

Surveys the social and cultural fabric of the post-World War II United States (from the late 1940s through the early 1970s) as seen through the prism of music - rock and roll music.

(IV)

For Music majors with little or no piano experience. Provides the necessary background for realizing keyboard exercises required in the theory and harmony courses, and develops skills to play and sight-read simple music from different periods.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Interval and chord quality identification, melodic and harmonic dictation, tonal and chromatic sight-singing, and rhythmic reading and dictation.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Review of music fundamentals. Triad and seventh chords, musical texture, chord spacing, embellishing tones, and introduction to diatonic harmony. Part-writing and model composition with tonic, dominant seventh, and subdominant harmonies.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Introduction to phrase structure. Part-writing and harmonization with predominants, linear dominants, 6/4 embellishing chords, leading-tone and other diatonic seventh chords. Advanced meters and rhythmic-metric dissonance. Diatonic sequence. Introduction to tonicization and modulation through motion to V and III.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16A. MUSIC 16A with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only. Music Majors only.

Tonicization and modulation to closely related keys. Simple binary and ternary forms. Voice-leading reductions and simple forms. Diatonic sequence with seventh chords. Introduction to chromatic harmony I: modal exchange and mixture chords, the Neapolitan and augmented sixth chords.

Prerequisite: and MUSIC 16B. MUSIC 16B with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only. Music Majors only.

Extended homophonic and contrapuntal formal designs (continuous variations, rondo form, sonata form, invention, fugue). Embellishing chromatic chords, dominant prolongation, modulations to foreign keys, extended harmonies, chromatic sequence, chromatic voice-leading and symmetrical divisions of the octave.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C. MUSIC 16C with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Designed to develop the foundational skills of sight-reading, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, figured bass realization, and score reading.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Lower-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Designed to develop the foundational skills of sight-reading, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, figured bass realization, and score reading.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Lower-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Designed to develop the foundational skills of sight-reading, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, figured bass realization, and score reading.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Lower-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Gain comprehensive insight into the fundamental concepts of music theory, including notation, harmony, and score analysis. Designed for students of all levels to improve their understanding of how music is composed, performed, and heard. Formerly MUSIC 25A.

(IV)

An introduction to the analysis of musical styles and forms, to the sources for constructing music history and reconstructing historical music, and to J.S. Bach.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C. MUSIC 16C with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Music - Performance Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

(IV and VIII ).

An introduction to the analysis of musical styles and forms, and to the sources for constructing music history and reconstructing historical music, to Richard Wagner.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B. MUSIC 40B with a grade of D or better. Recommended: MUSIC 16D

Restriction: Music Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Music - Performance Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

(IV and VIII ).

Survey of principal composers, movements, and compositional techniques of Western art music of the modern era.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C. MUSIC 16C with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Music - Performance Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

(IV and VIII ).

Study of the works of an important composer with emphasis on their significance in historical and social contexts. Composers selected represent a wide variety of historical periods, nationalities, and stylistic orientations.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

(IV)

Explores various intersections between music and gender. Examines ways in which gender and sexuality have played a vital role in the creation, dissemination, and consumption of music ranging from medieval Christian mysticism to contemporary hip-hop artists.

(IV and VIII ).

Examines some ways in which classical music has played an integral role in aspects of society. Studies pieces from different cultural, political, and historical contexts in order to understand how musical meaning is created and interpreted.

(IV and VIII ).

Course provides an overview of film music history. Special emphasis will be placed on developing an analytic vocabulary for musical elements and cultivating an understanding of how music can function within a film.

(IV)

Students explore intersections between music and other media forms through creating multimedia projects, readings, lectures, and discussion. Students produce music, edit video, increase media literacy, and study theories behind how music communicates meaning.

(IV)

Introductory topics in electronic music, digital audio, and other aspects of music technology.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

(IV)

Examines music and musical practices in different historical periods, societies, and cultural settings.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

(IV)

A study of the influence of technology on the musical culture and aesthetics from the 20th century to the present, with particular emphasis on the role of the computer. Work includes lectures, readings, listenings, discussions, demonstrations, writing, and experimentation.

(IV)

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Corequisite: MUSIC 15

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Development of jazz from African and African American folk origins through blues, early jazz, swing, bebop, "cool" jazz, fusion, free jazz, and contemporary trends.

Restriction: Music Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Music - Performance Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

(IV and VII ).

Scientists explain the cognition of music using experimental methodology; artists expand the domain of music by trying previously unknown ways of making it. These two types of experiment deepen our understanding of music, from both scientific and artistic vantage points.

Restriction: Campuswide Honors Collegium students only.

(IV)

Survey of art music in Iran and basic structures of classical Persian music, with emphasis on MAHUR modal system and different instruments of classical Persian music. No musical experience required, but interest in vocal music is strongly recommended.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Survey of art music in Iran and basic structures of classical Persian music, with emphasis on HOMAYUN modal system and famous musicians and performers of classical Persian music. No musical experience required, but interest in vocal music is strongly recommended.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Survey of art music in Iran and basic structures of classical Persian music, with emphasis on the SHUR modal system and different poetic rhythms in classical Persian music. No musical experience required, but interest in vocal music is strongly recommended.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Survey of stringed keyboard literature from the English Virginalists through twentieth-century composers. Historical, formal, and stylistic considerations of music presented. Performances by class participants and occasional outside guests.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16A and MUSIC 16B and MUSIC 16C

Restriction: Upper-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Survey of stringed keyboard literature from the English Virginalists through twentieth-century composers. Historical, formal, and stylistic considerations of music presented. Performances by class participants and occasional outside guests.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16A and MUSIC 16B and MUSIC 16C

Restriction: Upper-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Survey of stringed keyboard literature from the English Virginalists through twentieth-century composers. Historical, formal, and stylistic considerations of music presented. Performances by class participants and occasional outside guests.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16A and MUSIC 16B and MUSIC 16C

Restriction: Upper-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

The materials and methods of piano instruction are examined and evaluated.

Restriction: Upper-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Significant harmonic, rhythmic, and structural practices since 1900. Analysis and written work exploring free atonality and serialism; neo-tonal practices such as use of extended tertian harmonies, modalism, pandiatonicism, and non-tertian harmonies; structural principles such as aleatory, metric modulation and minimalism.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16D

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Study of jazz harmony and melody construction in improvisation. Covered topics include terminology, chord symbols, notation, voicings, and scales as commonly used in jazz and popular music. Issues regarding tonality and ramifications of the blue scale are also examined.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16D

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Ranges and capabilities of modern orchestral instruments. Exercise in writing for various combinations of wind, string, and percussion instruments and for full orchestra.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in medieval music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B. MUSIC 40B with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in renaissance music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B. MUSIC 40B with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in Baroque music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B. MUSIC 40B with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in Baroque music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B. MUSIC 40B with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

(Ib)

Topics in Classical music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40C. MUSIC 40C with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in Classical music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40C. MUSIC 40C with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

(Ib)

Topics in Romantic music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40C. MUSIC 40C with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in Romantic music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40C. MUSIC 40C with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only.

(Ib)

Topics in 20th century music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40D. MUSIC 40D with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Topics in 20th century music.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40D. MUSIC 40D with a grade of D or better. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Upper-division students only. Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

(Ib)

Topics in Jazz Music.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Specialized topics in electronic music, computer-aided music, and other aspects of music technology.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times as topics vary.

Topics in Ethnomusicology.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Specialized topics in musical genres; culture and social issues; performance practices; and interrelated arts.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 40B and MUSIC 40C and MUSIC 40D. Satisfactory completion of the lower-division writing requirement.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times as topics vary.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Exercises and projects for diverse instrumental-vocal combinations; contemporary techniques and problems. Participation in the improvisation ensemble and working with electronic media.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Exercises in the composition of music uniquely possible by computer, including digital signal processing, computer control of synthesizers and processors, and algorithmic composition. Demonstrations and musical analyses in class; considerable studio work outside class.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 51

Study of artistic issues and programming techniques involved in the development of interactive computer art and music. Theoretical background, basic tenets of programming, and practical exercises in programming interactive computer multimedia art.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 51 or ART 65A or DANCE 163

Studies in contrapuntal practices of various style periods such as the 16th, 18th, and 20th centuries.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16B. MUSIC 16B with a grade of C- or better

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Methods of formal analysis applicable to all Western musical styles: additive, continuous, transformational, and hierarchic forms; rhythm, texture, and sonority as form and process.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16D

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

A survey of song literature. Designed as an overview of the song repertoire, German Lieder.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

A survey of song literature. Designed as an overview of the song repertoire, French mélodie.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Individual weekly lessons in composition.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 150. MUSIC 150 with a grade of C- or better

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

In-depth study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), including its transcription and pronunciation, and its application for singers. Introduction to IPA and Italian diction.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only. Music Majors only.

In-depth study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), including its transcription and pronunciation, and its application for singers. German diction.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 158A

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only. Music Majors only.

In-depth study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), including its transcription and pronunciation, and its application for singers. French Diction.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 158A and MUSIC 158B

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only. Music Majors only.

Survey about the physical structure of the singing mechanism, science, and philosophy of studio instruction.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Study and performance of standard orchestral repertory and works by contemporary composers. Membership is open to all qualified students by audition only.

Prerequisite: Audition required.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Study and performance of works written for varying combinations of wind and percussion instruments. Membership is open to all qualified students by audition only.

Prerequisite: Audition required.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Make-up of the ensembles varies and may include University Chorus, Chamber Choir, Madrigal Singers, Women's Chorus, and Reading Choir. Membership is open to all students.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Keyboard accompanying for one of the UCI choral organizations, with individual coaching in sight reading, score reading, and other accompanying skills.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 12 times.

Preparation and performance of operatic repertoire, including arias, scenes, and fully staged operas, and/or stage training and role analysis.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Training in techniques and operatic repertory for keyboard players.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Chamber ensemble experience with the solo string repertory for keyboard, participation in the weekly string master class, performance in public recitals.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Private weekly lessons. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

Private weekly lessons and a weekly master class/workshop for the discussion of solo repertory and performance practice, including special topics such as historical notational systems, traditional American guitar styles, and demonstrations of period plucked instruments. Materials fee.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Music - Performance Majors only.

A select ensemble specializing in vocal chamber music from all periods. Frequent performances on and off campus. Membership is open to all singers by audition.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Make-up of the ensembles varies and may include various Classical ensembles, Latin Jazz Ensemble, Small Jazz Combos, Percussion Ensemble, and Guitar Ensemble. Membership is open to all qualified students by audition only.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors have first consideration for enrollment. Music - Performance Majors have first consideration for enrollment.

Rehearsal and performance of literature written for large jazz ensemble with emphasis on methods and materials. Laboratory setting for new arrangers and/or composers of modern jazz pieces.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Improvisation has been central to all music traditions. Course explores real-time music-making in a variety of non-notated contexts. Different improvisational styles are presented, including jazz, Asian improvisation, and experimental modern music. Emphasis on actual classroom performance.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Small-group jazz ensemble and improvisational workshop. Range of music covered encompasses the full traditional jazz from improvised ragtime up through the most current avant-garde musical techniques.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Performance and lecture course for writing and performing original jazz compositions. Emphasis is placed on composing as a way to create new improvisational frameworks. Cyclical forms, modal compositions, blues-oriented compositions, and ballad writing.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 78 and MUSIC 132

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Performance and lecture course for writing and performing original jazz compositions. Emphasis is placed on composing as a way to create new improvisational frameworks. Non-functional harmony, contemporary forms, free-bop, and current trends.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 78 and MUSIC 132 and MUSIC 183A

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Performance and lecture course for writing and performing original jazz compositions. Emphasis is placed on composing as a way to create new improvisational frameworks. Study of modern tonal-center compositions, intervallic compositions, and alternate rhythms.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 78 and MUSIC 132 and MUSIC 183A and MUSIC 183B

Restriction: Music Majors only.

Students apply theory to their instruments as they learn the basics of pre-1800 continuo playing and post-1900 jazz charts. Includes discussions of appropriate repertory, treatment of harmonic progressions, and finer points of style and technique.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16C

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Supplemental instruction related to student's area of study. Taken only when the materials studied lie outside regular departmental offerings, and when the student has no formal chance to pursue the subject.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate advisor approval required.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Introduces students to the basic techniques employed in the practice of conducting and includes score study and development of leadership skills.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 16D and MUSIC 40B and MUSIC 40C

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

With consultation in regularly scheduled meetings, students identify and study relevant texts and materials and prepare a prospectus for an original thesis.

Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Honors Program in Music and Culture.

Grading Option: In Progress (Letter Grade with P/NP).

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Students submit an outline and preliminary drafts of section of their thesis to the instructor, on a schedule supervised by the instructor. The final version will address the instructor's comments and criticisms.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 195A

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Performance class for advanced singers and pianists with emphasis on collaborative approach to vocal literature.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Student-devised research/composition project, with faculty guidance, resulting in a formal paper/project. Taken only when materials studied lie outside regular departmental offerings or when students have no formal chance to pursue the subject.

Prerequisite: Undergraduate or graduate advisor approval required.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Restriction: Music Majors only. Music - Performance Majors only.

Required of all entering students. A systematic introduction to the bibliographical tools both in the general field of music and in the student's areas of specialization.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Seminar focusing on different analytical methods, modal, tonal, and post-tonal, and their applications to repertories drawn from various historical periods through to the present day.

Prerequisite: Placement into MUSIC 201.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Introduces significant issues and recent developments in musicology and music criticism, including exposure to the controversies that have brought change and reflection to the discipline.

Corequisite: Recommended for musicology students: MUSIC 200
Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Intensive work dedicated to researching and writing a Master's thesis under the supervision of a faculty advisor.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Introduction to music theories, analytic approaches, and methodologies as applied to repertories drawn from Western art and popular music.

Corequisite: Recommended for musicology students: MUSIC 200
Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Core first-year seminar required for graduate students in the Integrated Composition, Improvisation, and Technology emphasis of the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. Composition and presentation of original student works, lecture, and discussion.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Intensive private instruction and study of the various choral literatures.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Contents vary according to the student's major instrument. Intensive private instruction and study of the various literatures.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 6 times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Intensive work in composition geared to each student's level of competence.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Intensive private instruction in instrumental conducting.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Performance of public recital.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 2 times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Study of the composition and production of music made uniquely possible by the computer, including usage of prevalent digital music technology, techniques of digital signal processing, and computer control of synthesizers and audio processors.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Study of the artistic issues and programming techniques involved in the development of original applications for computer music composition and interactive performance.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Topics in music history.

Corequisite: MUSIC 200

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Focuses on current scholarship in musicology and related fields with a strong critical content. Addresses topics relative to their historical and stylistic periods. Recent topics have included Stravinsky, Holy Women, Mahler, Historiography, Issues in Performance Practice, and Brahms’s Chamber Music.

Corequisite: Recommended for musicology students: MUSIC 200
Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Typical topics include Schenkerian theory and analysis, contemporary form theory, and advanced techniques in the analysis of late 19th-century and contemporary music (e.g., transformational theory, Neo-Riemannian, and scale network theory).

Corequisite: Recommended for musicology students: MUSIC 200
Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Special seminar projects dealing with contemporary music with emphasis on analytical techniques and style criticism.

Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Introduces the practice and history of improvisation in diverse fields of Western music since 1950. Performance projects and group critiques, weekly reading and listening assignments, participation in a class concert, and a research paper.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

A critical examination of music traditions, institutions, and aesthetics, employing new scholarship in music and new critical studies in other disciplines.

Corequisite: Recommended for musicology students: MUSIC 200
Prerequisite or corequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Seminar studying new genres and topics that integrate composition, improvisation, new technologies, and non-classical cultures.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Study of new practices and techniques that integrate composition, improvisation, new technologies, and non-classical cultures.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

ICIT students present their thesis work-in-progress for discussion and criticism. Faculty and visiting artists/scholars also present their current work.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit for 8 units.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Substantial projects in performance, conducting, or composition (other than those specifically required for the degree), accompanied by a summary paper.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Guided reading for one quarter on a broad subject selected by the instructor, followed by one quarter in which the student undertakes independent research on the selected topic, leading to a substantial term paper.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 200. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better

Grading Option: In Progress (Letter Grade with S/U).

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Guided reading for one quarter on a broad subject selected by the instructor, followed by one quarter in which the student undertakes independent research on the selected topic, leading to a substantial term paper.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 200 and MUSIC 242A. MUSIC 200 with a grade of B or better. MUSIC 242A with a grade of B or better

Restriction: Graduate students only.

In this two-quarter sequence, students gain expertise in a first area of research concentration by undertaking directed reading on a topic of their choice and then writing a paper of near-publishable length and quality on that topic.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 242B. MUSIC 242B with a grade of B or better

Grading Option: In Progress (Letter Grade with S/U).

Restriction: Graduate students only.

In this two-quarter sequence, students gain expertise in a first area of research concentration by undertaking directed reading on a topic of their choice and then writing a paper of near-publishable length and quality on that topic.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 243A. MUSIC 243A with a grade of B or better

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Directed reading in preparation for the Qualifying Examination.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 243B. MUSIC 243B with a grade of B or better

Grading Option: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Research and writing of the Dissertation Prospectus.

Prerequisite: MUSIC 244. MUSIC 244 with a grade of B or better

Grading Option: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Preparation for qualifying exams in ICIT or an individual research project, resulting in a substantial paper or comparable documentation of the research results.

Repeatability: Unlimited as topics vary.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Chamber ensemble for the performance of contemporary music, including newly composed and improvised forms.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Research and writing of a Ph.D. dissertation.

Grading Option: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only.

Student-devised research/composition project, with faculty guidance, resulting in a formal paper/project. Taken only when materials studied lie outside regular departmental offerings or when students have no formal chance to pursue the subject.

Prerequisite: Graduate advisor approval required.

Repeatability: May be taken for credit 3 times.

Restriction: Graduate students only. Music Majors only.

Limited to Teaching Assistants.

Grading Option: Satisfactory/unsatisfactory only.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.

Restriction: Graduate students only.