Courses in the Department of Music
*list of Banner codes and former course numbers can be found at the bottom of this page
Note: This page lists the most up-to-date course offerings for Music as we transition to Banner. We are reviewing our Banner listings and making changes as necessary. Please call 401-863-3236 if you have questions about inconsistencies in the listings. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Course Offerings for Fall 2008
MUSC 0021 Freshman Seminar in Music
A seminar designed for students interested in music who are in their first year of study at Brown. No special musical background is required. All students welcome. In order to preserve an intimate environment for dialogue, and to promote active participation of all the students, enrollment will be limited.
S01 Reading Jazz
This course will explore the musical aesthetics of jazz in texts about its world. Students will listen to music and read poetry, fiction, autobiography and criticism to investigate techniques (including improvisation, rhythm, timbre and articulation), which authors such as Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Charles Mingus, Stanley Crouch and Jack Kerouac employed to describe and support a creative community. Enrollment limited.
Th 4:00-6:20 p.m. (M. McGarrell Orwig 109
MUSC 0040 World Music Cultures (Africa, America, Europe, Oceania)
A survey of a variety of musical styles from Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania outside the Western art music tradition. Introduces these musics in their historical, social, and cultural context, in an attempt to understand them in their own theoretical systems and aesthetic frameworks. DP
M,W,F 1:00-1:50 p.m. (E. Haskell) Orwig 315
MUSC 0051 Mozart
Mozart's life and music from soup to nuts. While we'll read some of the rich correspondence that anchors his biography, the heart of the course is a study of his glorious music, from intimate private piano pieces to public operas and ending with the Requiem. A rudimentary ability to read music is necessary. We'll offer an optional listening section.
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 315
Wed. (Lab) 3:00-5:20 p.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 315
MUSC 0071 Opera
A study of opera from Monteverdi to the present. Also examines the concepts of opera as drama, the literary and dramatic scores for librettos, and writings on the changing aesthetic principles underlying opera during the past four centuries.
T,Th 2:30-3:50 p.m. (D. Gooley) Grant Recital Hall
MUSC 0200 Computers and Music
An introduction to the field of computer music, focusing on the use of electronics and computers in music composition, analysis and synthesis of sound, and related topics. Investigates basic acoustics, perception of sound, the history of music technology, and musical applications. No prerequisites, though some experience with computers and some knowledge of music is very helpful. Significant hands-on experience with computer music systems. Enrollment limited to 40. Written permission required. LL
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (T. Winkler) Grant Recital Hall
MUSC 0210 Seminar in Electronic Music: Real-Time Systems [in lieu of MUSC1210 - 2008-09 only]
A study of works employing electronic media, including music on CD, multimedia, and live performance. Technical aspects of the course focus on programming and signal processing using Max/MSP to create interactive projects and algorithmic compositions. Prerequisite: MU 11 or equivalent. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required.
M,W,F 11:00-11:50 a.m. (B. Knoth) Steinert 205
MUSC 0400 Introduction to Music Theory
An introduction to musical terms, elements, and techniques, including notation, intervals, scales and modes, triads and seventh chords, modulation, melody writing and harmonization, analysis, and composition. Ear-training and sight-singing are included. For students with some musical training. Enrollment limited. Written permission required. LL
T,Th 9:00-10:20 a.m. (F. Jodry) Orwig 315
MUSC 0450 Songs and Songwriting
A study of the art and craft of song from the perspective of the listener, the critic, the writer, and the performer. Students will examine a large range of music, from the middle ages to the present. Topics to include: song and memory; voice and literary register; declamation and delivery; melody and melodrama; rhyme and rhythm; phrasing and form. Emphasis will be on both criticism and creation, as students perfect their ear, hone their analytical skills, and try their hand at writing music. Some prior knowledge of music desirable. Course will feature at least one visit by a living songwriter, and will culminate in a performance and a recording of original songs by students enrolled in the class. Enrollment by audition and limited to 25.
T,Th 1:00-2:20 p.m. (K.Bergeron/J. Rovan) Grant Recital Hall
MUSC 0550 Theory of Tonal Music
For students with keyboard ability and knowledge of the rudiments of music. A prerequisite to the music concentration that must be taken by concentrators in freshman or sophomore year. Intensive study of the elements of tonal music, including melody, harmony, voice leading, figured bass, and form. Analysis, ear training, sight-singing, keyboard exercises, listening assignments, and score reading. Students interested in MU 55 must take a placement test administered during first regular class meeting. MU 55 is a prerequisite to MU 56. Enrollment limited. Written permission required. LL
T,Th (S01) 1:00-2:20 p.m. (J. Baker) Orwig 315
T,Th (S02) 1:00-2:20 p.m. (M. Steinbach) Steinert 105
M, W,F (Lab) 9:00-9:50 a.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
M,W (Lab) 12:00-12:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
F (Lab) 12:00-12:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Steinert 105
MUSC 0920 Baroque and Classic Music
A history of music in European society from Monteverdi's opera Orfeo to Beethoven's Ninth, studied through texts, scores, CDs, DVDs, and YouTube. We'll spend two-thirds of our time on five composers: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Prerequisite: MUSC 0550 or equivalent.
T,Th 2:30-3:50 p.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 109
MUSC 1010 Advanced Musicianship I
Training in advanced musicianship skills relevant to Western art music from the sixteenth Century to the present, including sight singing, ear training, score reading, keyboard harmony, improvisation, and musical transcription.Prerequisite: MU 56 with a grade of B or permission of the instructor. Written permission required.
M,W,F 2:00-2:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
MUSC 1040 Advanced Music Theory I
A study of chromaticism and advanced tonal techniques, with a focus on 19th-century European art music. Analysis, ear training, sight singing, keyboard exercises, and score reading are included.. Prerequisite: 56 with grade of B, or the equivalent. Written permission required.
M,W,F 11:00-11:50 a.m. (J. Baker) Orwig 112
Music 1110 Seminar in Composition
The focus is on finding a personal voice as a composer. Assignments develop familiarity with large forms and increasingly complex structures. Analysis of compositions from the recent past serves to elucidate the issues of aesthetic and political stance inherent in compositional activity while teaching technical facility and range of expression. The problems of rehearsal and performance for new music are considered. Written permission required.
Mon. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (S. Headrick) Orwig 315
MUSC 1250 Sound Design
This production seminar is a study of techniques and aesthetics used to create sonic environments and effects that enhance a variety of media including video, radio and audio art, new media, theater, and installation art. Technical topics include audio production in multi-channel formats, advanced audio editing and mixing techniques, and audio system design. Permission of instructor required.
Tues. 2:30-5:00 p.m. (J. Moses) Steinert 205
Thurs. (Lab) 2:30-4:00 p.m. (J. Moses) Steinert 205
MUSC 1610 Writing About Music
A study of music criticism through three intertwined enterprises: analyzing classic 19th- and 20th-century writings on Western art music; analyzing representative writings on popular music in recent newspapers and magazines; and writing short critical pieces on a mixture of art and popular music, some assigned, some chosen by the student. Non-music concentrators welcomed. Prerequisite: MUSC0550 or written permission. Enrollment limited to 15. Written permission required.
Thurs. 4:00-6:20 p.m. (R. Subotnik) Orwig 112
MUSC 1690 Seminar in Jazz Studies
Surveys contemporary musicology, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies of jazz, combining music with analytical and ethnographic perspectives. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited. Written permission required.
S01 Miles Davis: An Evolution in Jazz
This seminar examines the life, music, and iconic status of Miles Davis, the most complex and varied figure in the history of jazz. From the mid-40s, when he emerged as a sideman to bebop virtuoso Charlie Parker, to his death in 1991, Davis was often on the cutting edge of jazz’s evolution, spurring on the development of cool jazz, hard bop, progressive jazz, modal jazz, post-bop, and various forms of fusion. He was at the same a powerful though elusive personality who continues to inspire critical controversy. We will examine his creative evolution in the context of the history of popular music taste, race relations, gender roles, and social class in America. Readings include biographies, studies of his music, and collections of critical essays. There will be extensive listening assignments and occasional required video screenings.
Wed. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (D. Gooley) Orwig 112
MUSC 1900 Introduction to Ethnomusicology
The study of people making music. Ethnographic research and writing on musical practices; history of ethnomusicology; musical case studies from around the world highlighting such issues as authenticity, tradition, commercialism, amateurism, postcolonial politics, and the ethics of fieldwork. Prerequisite: MUSC0550 or written permission.
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (K. Miller) Orwig 109
MUSC 1920 Music and Modern Life
Examines topics related to the everyday use of music: popular music and the music industry; the impact of technology; the determinants of musical taste; fandom; record collectors; and music-based subcultures (e.g., Deadheads). The reading of empirical studies (and original field research by class members) are combined with theoretical readings drawn from sociology, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. Enrollment limited to 20. Written permission required. LL DP
Mon. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (M. Perlman) Orwig 112
MUSC 2070 Music and Identity
From 19th-century European nationalism to 20th-century American multiculturalism, people have used music to affirm their identities. Drawing on anthropological and sociological theory, we examine the variety of connections between music and identity in several case studies. We consider the possible contributions of music to cross-cultural understanding, and discuss the ethics of musical border-crossing. Written permission required.
Wed. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (M. Perlman) Orwig 109
MUSC 2080 Seminar in Ethnomusicology
An intensive study of a single topic in ethnomusicology. Written permission required.
S01 Ethnography of Popular Music
This seminar explores ethnographic work on popular music, including scholarship rooted in ethnomusicology, sociology, and performance studies. We will discuss case studies from around the world and will compare contemporary ethnographic research with other approaches to popular music (e.g., Frankfurt School critical theory, Birmingham School cultural studies, and text-oriented popular music studies). Prerequisite: graduate standing or written permission.
Mon. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (K. Miller) Orwig 109
MUSC 2200 Composition Seminar
A forum for graduate composers to share and critique current projects. Visiting artists and analysis of relevant outside repertoire will augment the group and one-on-one meetings. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required. May be repeated for credit.
Mon. 2:00-5:00 p.m. (J. Rovan) Steinert 101
MUSC 2210 Digital Performance
A production seminar examining the artistic impact and creative potential of digital media in the context of live performance. Readings and analysis of work examine innovations in performance practice from dance, theatre, performance art and music. Collaborative assignments investigate video projection, sound design and interactive sensor technology, culminating in a final large-scale performance. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required. May be repeated for credit.
Wed. (Lab) 1:00-1:50 p.m. (T.Winkler) Steinert 205
Performance Offerings - Fall 2008
MUSC 0220 Electroacoustic Improv Ensemble(Half credit each semester) An ensemble devoted to free improvisation with new media. Experimental approaches to sound and focused listening techniques are explored with acoustic instruments, live electronics, real-time video, together with networked improvisation, and more. By audition. May be repeated for credit. Limited enrollment.
Wed. 7:00-10:00 p.m. (J. Rovan) Steinert 205
MUSC 0600 Chorus (Half credit each semester) A practical study of choral literature, techniques, and performance practice from Gregorian chant to the present, offered through rehearsals, sectionals, and performance. Reading and listening assignments may be required. Enrollment by audition, based on voice quality, experience, and music-reading ability. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Mon, Wed. 6:00-9:00 p.m. (L. Jodry) Steinert 105
MUSC 0610 Orchestra (Half credit each semester) A practical study of the orchestral repertory from Bach to the present, offered through coaching, rehearsals, and performances. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Tues, Thurs. 7:15-9:45 p.m. (P. Phillips) Alumnae Hall
MUSC 0630 Jazz Band (Half credit each semester) A practical study of jazz from the 1920s to the present through coaching, rehearsals, and performances. Seminars on arranging, ear training, and improvisation are conducted for interested students but the focus is on performance. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists and vocalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Mon, Thurs 7:30-8:50 p.m. (M); 6:00-7:20 p.m. (Th) (M. McGarrell) Fulton Rehearsal Hall
MUSC 0640 Ghanaian Drumming (Half credit each semester) A dynamic course in the performance of contemporary drumming and dancing styles of West Africa. Students learn to perform diverse ceremonial and recreational music from Ghana through rehearsals, discussions, readings and listening. No prerequisities. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited to 15. Written permission required. Half credit each semester.
Wed. 5:00-7:20 p.m. (Sec.01) (M. Obeng) Orwig 301
MUSC 0650 Javanese Gamelan (Half credit each semester) Instruction, rehearsals and performances of the music of Indonesia using the Department's Javanese gamelan ensemble, "Sekar Setaman." The Javanese gamelan is an orchestra consisting of gongs, bronze metallophones, xylophones, drums, a flute, singers, and a bowed string instrument. No prerequisite. May be repeated for credit. Limited enrollment.
Tues. 6:00-9:00 p.m. (M. Perlman) Orwig 111
MUSC 0660 Sacred Harp/Shape-Note Singing (Half credit each semester) Students will learn the traditional performance practices associated with the shape-note tunebook The Sacred Harp, a compilation of American vernacular hymnody first published in Georgia in 1844. This is an unaccompanied, four-part, participatory singing tradition. Ability to read Western music notation helpful but not required. No concert performances. No prerequisites. Repeatable for credit. S/NC.
Thurs. 5:00-7:00 p.m. (K. Miller) Steinert 105
MUSC 0670 Old-Time String Band (Half credit each semester) Southern Appalachian Mountain music on such acoustic instruments as fiddle (violin), banjo, mandolin, and guitar. Music taught by ear. Prerequisite: audition. May be repeated once for credit.
Tues. 7:00-9:00 p.m. (R. MacLeod/S. Astrausky) Orwig 301
MUSC 0680 Chamber Music Performance (Half credit each semester) The practical study of the literature of chamber music through participation in a small ensemble. Regular rehearsals, coaching by department staff, and performances are required. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Arr. (P. Phillips)
MUSC 1960 Ghanaian Drumming (Half credit each semester) Building on the knowledge and skills required in MU 67/68, students will learn to perform a more challenging and specialized repertoire of contemporary drumming and dancing styles of West Africa, through more advanced rehearsals, discussions, readings and listening. Prerequisite: 67/68 or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited to 15. Written permission required. Half credit each semester.
Wed. 7:30-10:00 p.m. (M. Obeng) Orwig 301
MUSC 0810, 0820, 0830, 0840, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840
Applied Music Program: Instruction in Vocal or Instrumental Music (Half-Credit each semester) Half-credit each semester. Restricted to skilled musicians. Openings are limited. Enrollments and re-enrollment by audition and jury. Lessons given by teaching associates. A fee is charged for enrollment. Copies of the Applied Music Guidelines giving detailed information are available online at www.brown.edu/music. Written permission required.
Course Offerings for Spring 2009
MUSC 0010 Introduction to Western Music
A study a thousand years of music of Europe and America through CDs, DVDs, and YouTube. We'll explore how individuals, institutions, and societies create music, use it, experience it, pay for it, and control it. We'll discuss music and time, music and politics, music and identity. Still, the heart of the course is listening to great music, and learning how it works. We'll offer an optional listening section.
M,W,F 1:00-1:50 p.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 315
W (Lab) 3:00-5:20 p.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 315
MUSC 0030 History of Jazz
The development of jazz from its roots in West Africa, Europe, and the colonial U.S. through “free jazz” of the 1960s. Focuses on the study of style types (including New Orleans style, early piano jazz, swing, bebop, and cool jazz) and their major instrumental and vocal exponents. Jazz as a social phenomenon is studied in relation to contextual aspects of folk, popular, and art music traditions in the U.S.
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (M. McGarrell) Orwig 315
MUSC 0041 World Music Cultures (Middle East and Asia)
Introductory survey of several of the world’s musical traditions, with an emphasis on East, South and Southeast Asia. Expands powers of musical appreciation through lectures, guided listening, and active participation in music-making. Focuses on traditional music and its relations to dance and theatre, and to its social, religious, and historical contexts, but also includes popular music and the effects of modernization. No prerequisites. DP
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (M. Perlman) Orwig 109
MUSC 0061 Blues
Down-home, classic, 'Chicago', and urban blues. History, musical structure, musical styles, singers' lives, and meanings of blues lyrics. The current blues revival, blues and tourism,, race and revisionist blues scholarship, and the relation of blues to African American poetry and fiction. Artists such as Ma Rainey, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray. Limited to 60 students.
T,Th 2:30-3:50 p.m. (J. Titon) Orwig 315/Grant
MUSC 0062 Musical Youth Cultures
A cross-cultural examination of music-oriented youth subcultures. Topics will include youth-produced vs. youth-consumed music, club culture and associated media technologies, online communities, activist musical collectives, student organizations, and concepts of the mainstream vs. the underground. Students will undertake ethnographic projects and will use web-based multimedia to present their findings. No prerequisites.
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (K. Miller) Steinert 105
MUSC 0560 Theory of Tonal Music
MUSC 0550 is a prerequisite to MUSC 0560. Enrollment limited. Written permission required. LL
T,Th (S01) 1:00-2:20 p.m. (P. Phillips) Orwig 315
T,Th (S02) 1:00-2:20 p.m. (M. Steinbach) Steinert 105
M,W,F (Lab) 9:00-9:50 a.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
M,W (Lab) 12:00-12:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
F (Lab) 12:00-12:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Steinert 105
MUSC 1011 Advanced Musicianship II
Continuation of MUSC 1010. Prerequisite: MUSC 1010 or permission of the instructor. Written permission required.
M,W,F 2:00-2:50 p.m. (A. Cole) Orwig 315
MUSC 1020 Modal Counterpoint
An introduction to contrapuntal techniques of the 16th century with particular attention to the music of Lassus and Palestrina. Prerequisite: MUSC 0560 or equivalent. Written permission required.
T,Th 1:00-2:20 p.m. (G. Shapiro) Orwig 112
MUSC 1120 Technique of Orchestration
Introduction to standard instrumentation; exercises in basic principles; analysis of styles of scoring. Written permission required.
T,Th 10:30-11:50 a.m. (G. Shapiro) Orwig 112
MUSC 1200 Seminar in Electronic Music: The Recording Studio as Compositional Tool
A study of advanced techniques of composition employing electronic media, including composition in large forms, use of the recording studio, mixed media, and live electronic performance. Prerequisite: MUSC 0200 or equivalent. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required.
Tues. 2:30-4:50 p.m. (J. Moses) Steinert 205
Thurs. (Lab) 10:30-12:00 p.m. (J. Moses) Steinert 205
MUSC 1220 Interactive Installation
Production class exploring ideas and techniques using multiple digital media to create audio-video installations. Technical issues focus on programming with Max/MSP/Jitter and using various types of sensors for human-computer interaction. Collaborative projects may combine performance, sculpture, computer music, hypertext, live video processing, and graphics in order to stimulate experimentation with new integrated art-forms. Prerequisite: MUSC 0200 or equivalent. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required. May be repeated for credit. S/NC
Wed. 2:00-4:50 p.m. (T. Winkler) Steinert 205
Fri. (Lab) 12:00-12:50 p.m. (T. Winkler) Steinert 101
MUSC 1240 Topics in New Media Theory and Composition
Topic TBA
Thurs. 7:00-10:00 p.m. (D. Miller) Steinert 101
MUSC 1661 Death and Dying in Modern Western Culture
A study of the cultural treatment of death in Europe and America from the French Revolution to the Vietnam War. Using CDs, DVDs, and YouTube, we'll listen to operas, songs, Requiems and oratorios, and instrumental and orchestral works, from Mozart's Don Giovanni to Crumb's Black Angels. We'll also read short stories, novels, and poems; watch war films; and study art, architecture, cemetery sculpture and design, mourning rituals, and state funerals.
Mon. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (D. Josephson) Orwig 109
MUSC 1710 Choral Conducting
An introduction to the art of conducting, with emphasis on choral training. A study of the relationship of gesture to sound will be combined with a survey of the choral repertoire, beginning with Gregorian Chant and covering renaissance motets, masses and madrigals, Baroque works with instruments, excerpts from Mozart's vespers, 19th C. Romantic part songs, and selected 20th-century. Issues of basic vocal production, warm-ups, rehearsal planning, editing, programming and concert production will also be included. Prerequisite: MUSC 0560. Written permission required. May be repeated for credit.
Mon 3:00-5:20 p.m. (F. Jodry) Steinert 105
MUSC 1910 Music and Mind
Explores music perception in terms of auditory and cognitive processes such as auditory perception, memory, and learning. Lectures, discussions, and demonstrations review and analyze a body of scientific research on the psychology of music. Problem sets and a collaborative laboratory project. Prerequisites: PSYC 0010 and MUSC 0010 or permission of the instructor. Enrollment limited to 25. Written permission required.
T,Th 2:30-3:50 p.m. (M. Perlman/L. Heller) Hunter 160
MUSC 2000 History of Ethnomusicological Thought
A history of thought about music outside the Western art music tradition. Three historical paradigms -- comparative musicology, musical folklore, and ethnomusicology -- and the search for a new approach to ethnomusicology in the postcolonial era. Prerequisite: MUSC 1900 or consent.
Wed. 12:30-2:50 p.m. (J. Titon) Orwig 112
MUSC 2090 Seminar in Ethnomusicology: World Music in Theory and Practice
This seminar investigates "world music" as a contested term in ethnomusicology, a music-industry marketing category, and a college classroom subject. We will read critical accounts of the development and significance of the "world music" concept, compare several world music textbooks, experiment with teaching the exercises/assignments therein, and explore the scholarly literature on multiculturalist pedagogy. Prerequisite: graduate standing or written permission.
Wed. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (K. Miller) Orwig 109
MUSC 2100 Seminar in Music Theory: The Instrumental Sonatas of Beethoven
An analytic survey of Beethoven's sonatas for piano, violin and piano, and cello and piano from a variety of perspectives, including: topical, semiotic, and hermeneutic analysis; Schenkerian analysis; historical and critical studies; and recent developments in theory of sonata form. Students who have taken MUSC 1040 may request permission to enroll in this course. Written permission required.
Wed. 3:00-5:20 p.m. (J. Baker) Orwig 112
MUSC 2280 Designing Large-Scale Multimedia Projects
A production seminar designed for students working on a single, large project in Multimedia and/or Computer Music. The course covers planning and implementation strategies, with group critiques of proposals and works-in-progress. The class structure includes individual lessons. The course is also appropriate for students working on a graduate or undergraduate thesis project. Enrollment is limited. Written permission required. May be repeated for credit.
Thurs. 1:00-3:50 p.m. (T. Winkler) Steinert 101
Performance Offerings - Spring 2009
MUSC 0221 Electroacoustic Improv Ensemble(Half credit each semester) An ensemble devoted to free improvisation with new media. Experimental approaches to sound and focused listening techniques are explored with acoustic instruments, live electronics, real-time video, together with networked improvisation, and more. By audition. May be repeated for credit. Limited enrollment.
Wed. 7:00-9:50 p.m. (J. Rovan) Steinert 205
MUSC 0601 Chorus (Half credit each semester) A practical study of choral literature, techniques, and performance practice from Gregorian chant to the present, offered through rehearsals, sectionals, and performance. Reading and listening assignments may be required. Enrollment by audition, based on voice quality, experience, and music-reading ability. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Mon, Wed. 6:30-8:50 p.m. (L. Jodry) Steinert 105
MUSC 0611 Orchestra (Half credit each semester) A practical study of the orchestral repertory from Bach to the present, offered through coaching, rehearsals, and performances. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Tues, Thurs. 7:15-9:45 p.m. (P. Phillips) Alumnæ Hall
MUSC 0621 Wind Symphony (Half credit each semester) A practical study of the wind band repertory from Mozart to the present, offered through coaching, rehearsals, and performances. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Mon, Wed. 6:00-7:20 p.m. (M); 6:00-8:20 p.m. (W) (M. McGarrell) Fulton Rehearsal Hall
MUSC 0631 Jazz Band (Half credit each semester) A practical study of jazz from the 1920s to the present through coaching, rehearsals, and performances. Seminars on arranging, ear training, and improvisation are conducted for interested students but the focus is on performance. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists and vocalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Mon, Thurs 7:30-8:50 p.m. (M); 6:00-7:20 p.m. (Th) (M. McGarrell) Fulton Rehearsal Hall
MUSC 0641 Ghanaian Drumming (Half credit each semester) A dynamic introductory course on drumming, dancing, and singing of Ghana and the diaspora. Students learn to perform diverse types of African music, including Ewe, Akan, Ga, and Dagomba pieces on drums, bells, and shakers. No prerequisites. May be repeated for credit. Enrollment limited to 15.
Wed. 5:00-7:20 p.m. (Sec.01) (M. Obeng) Orwig 301
MUSC 0651 Javanese Gamelan (Half credit each semester) Instruction, rehearsals and performances of the music of Indonesia using the Department's Javanese gamelan ensemble, "Sekar Setaman." The Javanese gamelan is an orchestra consisting of gongs, bronze metallophones, xylophones, drums, a flute, singers, and a bowed string instrument. No prerequisite. May be repeated for credit. Limited enrollment.
Tues. 6:00-9:00 p.m. (M. Perlman) Orwig 111
MUSC 0661 Sacred Harp/Shape-Note Singing (Half credit each semester) Students will learn the traditional performance practices associated with the shape-note tunebook The Sacred Harp, a compilation of American vernacular hymnody first published in Georgia in 1844. This is an unaccompanied, four-part, participatory singing tradition. Ability to read Western music notation helpful but not required. No concert performances. No prerequisites. Repeatable for credit. S/NC.
Thurs. 5:00-6:50 p.m. (K. Miller) Steinert 105
MUSC 0671 Old-Time String Band (Half credit each semester) Southern Appalachian Mountain music on such acoustic instruments as fiddle (violin), banjo, mandolin, and guitar. Music taught by ear. Prerequisite: audition. May be repeated once for credit.
Tues. 7:00-8:50 p.m. (Staff) Orwig 301
MUSC 0681 Chamber Music Performance (Half credit each semester) The practical study of the literature of chamber music through participation in a small ensemble. Regular rehearsals, coaching by department staff, and performances are required. Enrollment by audition. Restricted to skilled instrumentalists. May be repeated for credit. Written permission required.
Arr. (P. Phillips)
MUSC 1961 Ghanaian Drumming (Half credit each semester) Students with experience in African and related musical traditions perform drumming, dancing, and singing of Ghana and the diaspora. Focus on a more challenging repertoire with emphasis on multi-part, lead, and improvisational playing. Prerequisite: audition. May be repeatable for credit. Written permission required.
Wed. 7:30-9:50 p.m. (M. Obeng) Orwig 301
MUSC 0810, 0820, 0830, 0840, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840
Applied Music Program: Instruction in Vocal or Instrumental Music (Half-Credit each semester) Half-credit each semester. Restricted to skilled musicians. Openings are limited. Enrollments and re-enrollment by audition and jury. Lessons given by teaching associates. A fee is charged for enrollment. Copies of the Applied Music Guidelines giving detailed information are available online at www.brown.edu/music. Written permission required.
NEW BANNER NUMBER |
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MUSC 0010 Introduction to Western Music |
MU0001 |
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MUSC 0020 Popular Music & Society |
MU0002 |
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MUSC 0021 First Year Seminar |
MU0021 |
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MUSC 0030 History of Jazz |
MU0036 |
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MUSC 0040 World Music Culture (Africa, American, Europe, Oceania) |
MU0005 |
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MUSC 0041 World Music Cultures II (Middle East and Asia) |
MU0006 |
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MUSC 0042 Diaspora Music in the Americas |
MU0007 |
(new World Music Cultures course) |
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MUSC 0050 Masters of Music |
MU0030 |
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MUSC 0051 Mozart |
MU0030 S01 |
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MUSC 0052 Beethoven |
MU0030 S01 |
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MUSC 0059 Jazz Masters |
MU0039 |
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MUSC 0060 Bluegrass, Country & Old Time Music |
MU0008 |
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MUSC 0061 Blues |
MU0009 |
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MUSC 0062 Musical Youth Cultures |
MU0010 |
( new course in 8,9 10 series) |
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MUSC 0071 Opera |
MU0037 |
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MUSC 0075 Jazz and American Culture |
MU0095 |
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MUSC 0120 Words About Music: Discovering Music Through Writing |
MU0012 |
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MUSC 0200 Computers and Music |
MU0011 |
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MUSC 0210 Topics in Electronic Music & Multimedia |
MU0086/0082 |
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MUSC 0220, 21 Electroacoustic Improv Ensemble |
MU0081, 82 |
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MUSC 0400 Intro to Music Theory |
MU0040 |
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MUSC 0500 Thinking About Music |
MU0050 |
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MUSC 0550 Theory of Tonal Music I |
MU0055 |
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MUSC 0560 Theory of Tonal Music II |
MU0056 |
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MUSC 0600, 01 Chorus (Fall, Spring) |
MU0061,62 |
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MUSC 0610, 11 Orchestra |
MU0063,64 |
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MUSC 0620, 21 Wind Symphony |
MU0065,66 |
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MUSC 0630, 31 Jazz Band |
MU0075,76 |
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MUSC 0640, 41 Ghanaian Drumming |
MU0067,68 |
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MUSC 0650, 51 Javanese Gamelan |
MU0068,69 |
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MUSC 0660, 61 Sacred Harp |
( new ensemble) |
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MUSC 0670, 81 Old Time String Band |
MU0057,58 |
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MUSC 0675, 76 Jazz Combos |
NEW COURSE - not yet proposed |
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MUSC 0680, 81 Chamber Music Performance |
MU0059,60 |
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MUSC 0810 Applied Music Program |
0071 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 0820 Applied Music Program |
0072 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 0830 Applied Music Program |
0073 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 0840 Applied Music Program |
0074 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 0910 Medieval and Renaissance Music |
MU0091 |
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MUSC 0920 Baroque and Classic Music |
MU0092 |
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MUSC 0930 Romantic and Modern Music |
MU0093 |
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MUSC 1010 Advanced Musicianship I |
MU0101 |
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MUSC 1011 Advanced Musicianship II |
MU0102 |
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MUSC 1020 Modal Counterpoint |
MU0103 |
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MUSC 1030 Tonal Counterpoint |
MU0104 |
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MUSC 1040 Advanced Music Theory I |
MU0107 |
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MUSC 1050 Advanced Music Theory II |
MU0108 |
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MUSC 1060 Analysis & Performance |
MU0109 |
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MUSC 1070 Music After 1945 |
MU0110 |
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MUSC 1100 Introduction to Composition |
MU0141 |
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MUSC 1110 Seminar in Composition |
MU0142 |
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MUSC 1120 Technique of Orchestration |
MU0143 |
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MUSC 1130 Jazz Composition & Arranging |
MU0145 |
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MUSC 1200 Seminar in Electronic Music: Recording Studio as Compositional Tool |
MU0181 |
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MUSC 1210 Seminar in Electronic Music: Real-Time Systems |
MU0182 |
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MUSC 1220 Interactive Installation |
MU0186 S01 |
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MUSC 1240 Topics in New Media Theory & Composition |
MU0184 |
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MUSC 1500 Major Masters and Repertoires of Music |
MU0130 |
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MUSC 1600 Music and Critical Theory |
MU0131 |
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MUSC 1610 Writing About Music |
MU0132 S01 |
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MUSC 1620 Seminar in American Music |
MU0133 S01 |
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MUSC 1622 American Musical Theater |
MU0134 S01 |
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MUSC 1630 Seminar in Music and Theatre |
MU0134 S01 |
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MUSC 1640 Seminar in Opera Studies |
MU0135 |
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MUSC 1650 Adorno Goes to the Opera |
MU0137 S01 |
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MUSC 1660 Seminar in Classic & Romantic Music |
MU0137 |
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MUSC 1661 Death and Dying |
MU0137 S01 |
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MUSC 1670 Seminar in 20th-Century Music |
MU0138 |
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MUSC 1671 Great Conductors |
MU0138 S01 |
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MUSC 1672 Hitler’s Gift |
MU0138 S01 |
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MUSC 1673 Interpreting Debussy |
MU0138 S01 |
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MUSC 1690 Seminar in Jazz Studies |
MU0119 |
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MUSC 1700 Score Reading and Conducting |
MU0144 S01 |
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MUSC 1710 Choral Conducting |
MU0144 S01 |
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MUSC 1720 Topics in Conducting |
MU0144 |
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MUSC 1810 Advanced Applied Music |
0171 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 1820 Advanced Applied Music |
0172 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 1830 Advanced Applied Music |
0173 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 1840 Advanced Applied Music |
0174 |
plus section numbers for instruments |
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MUSC 1900 Introduction to Ethnomusicology |
MU0120 |
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MUSC 1905 Studies in Ethnomusicology |
MU0123 |
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MUSC 1910 Music and Mind |
MU0123 S01 |
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MUSC 1920 Music & Modern Life |
MU0126 |
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MUSC 1930 Music of Indonesia |
MU0169 |
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MUSC 1931 Music of Ireland |
MU0123 S01 |
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MUSC 1932 American Roots Music |
MU0129 |
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MUSC 1933 Music of India |
MU0127 |
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MUSC 1940 Applied Ethnomusicology |
MU0123 S01 |
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MUSC 1950 Jazz Transcription & Analysis |
MU0125 |
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MUSC 1960 Advanced Ghanaian Drumming |
MU0167 |
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MUSC 1961 Advanced Ghanaian Drumming |
MU0168 |
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MUSC 1970 Individual Independent Study |
MU0191, 192 |
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MUSC 1980 Group Independent Study |
NEW COURSE - not yet proposed |
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MUSC 1990 Senior Thesis |
NEW COURSE - not yet proposed |
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MUSC 2000 History of Ethnomusicological Thought |
MU0221 |
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MUSC 2010 Field Research in Ethnomusicology |
MU0222 |
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MUSC 2020 Interpretation in Ethnomusicology |
MU0223 |
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MUSC 2030 Modernizing Traditional Music |
MU0225 S01 |
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MUSC 2040 Current Directions in Ethnomusicology |
MU0226 S01 |
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MUSC 2050 Musical Thinking |
MU0225 S01 |
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MUSC 2060 Musical Efficacy |
MU0225 S01 |
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MUSC 2070 Music and Identity |
MU 0226 S01 |
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MUSC 2080 Seminar in Ethnomusicology |
MU 0225 |
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MUSC 2090 Seminar in Ethnomusicology |
MU 0226 |
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MUSC 2100 Seminar in Music Theory |
MU0228 |
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MUSC 2200 Composition Seminar |
MU0280 |
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MUSC 2210 Digital Performance |
MU0286 S01 |
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MUSC 2220 Instrumentalities: Designing & Playing Alternate Controllers |
MU0282 |
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MUSC 2230 Composing for Real-Time Systems |
MU0286 |
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MUSC 2240 Improvising with Real-Time Systems |
MU0286 |
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MUSC 2250 Timbre as Form and Process |
MU0287 |
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MUSC 2260 Topics in Computer Music Theory & Analysis |
MU0287 |
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MUSC 2270 Topics in Digital Media Research & Production |
MU0286 |
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MUSC 2280 Designing Large-Scale Projects |
MU0288 |
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MUSC 2300 Seminar in Music and Culture |
MU0230 |
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MUSC 2600 Adorno’s Writings on Music |
MU0229 S01 |
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MUSC 2610 The Interface of the Aesthetic and the Ethical in Music |
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MUSC 2620 Seminar in Critical Theory |
MU0229 |
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MUSC 2970 Prelim Exam Prep |
MU0289 |
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MUSC 2980 Reading and Research |
MU0291, 292 |
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MUSC 2990 Thesis Preparation |
MU0299 |
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