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MU 105 MUSIC APPRECIATION     (FA/CS)    (3 hours)
  Introduction to music: history, styles, forms and composers. Lecture, discussion, listening, analysis of live and recorded music. Required attendance at selected concerts and recitals.
[Required Courses]
MU 110 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC THEORY    (FA)   
(3 hours)
Assumes no prior musical instruction. Notation of pitch and rhythm, time signatures, intervals, scales, key signatures, triads, melody, harmony, and introduction to musical forms. Open to all students.
[Required Courses]

MU 120 DIATONIC THEORY AND FORM   (FA)    (3 hours)
A course for music minors that includes an introduction to four-part writing in the tonal style and examination of the structure of music from the smallest elements through complex musical organizations.  Incorporates sight-singing/ear-training and keyboard harmony.  Prerequisite: MU 110 or equivalent.
[Required Courses]

MU 213 CHROMATIC THEORY AND FORM   (FA)    (3 hours)

Continuation of Diatonic Theory and Form. Borrowed and augmented sixth chords, diminished seventh chords, chromatic harmony, modulation. Form and analysis of 18th and 19th century forms. Incorporates sight-singing/ear-training and keyboard harmony. Prerequisite: MU 120 and consent of the instructor.
[Required Courses]

MU 214 TWENTIETH CENTURY TECHNIQUES AND FORM    (FA)    (3 hours)
Continuation of Chromatic Theory and Form. Analysis of late 19th and 20th Century styles and forms with keyboard application. Incorporates tonal and atonal sight-singing/ear-training. Prerequisite: MU 213 and consent of the instructor.
[Required Courses]

MU 310 FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR SINGING    (1 hour)
Study of phonetic pronunciation of Latin, Italian, German and French, with emphasis on the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
[Required Courses]

MUTHR 330 THE BROADWAY MUSICAL   (FA)    (3 hours)
Historical/stylistic development of the American Musical from eighteenth century origins to the present.
[Required Courses]

MU 420 MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I     (FA/CS/WCF)    (3 hours)
The art of music from the Greeks through the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque eras. Important styles, trends, works and composers. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
[Required Courses]

MU 421 MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II    (FA/CS/WCF)    (3 hours)
The art of music from the end of the Baroque era through the Classical era, the Romantic era and the Twentieth Century to the present. Important styles, trends, works and composers. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
[Required Courses]

MU 501 PIANO PEDAGOGY     (1 hour)
Methods and materials for piano teaching.
[Required Courses]

MU 598 INDEPENDENT STUDY   (H)        (1-3 hours)
Subject to instructor approval
[Required Courses]

MU 131 CONCERT CHORALE/HANDBELLS      (1 hour)
Instruction in choral singing with emphasis on the preparation of major works for performance. Handbell choir primarily in fall semester. Open enrollment. Check university calendar for required performance dates.
[Required Courses]

MU 135 INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE       (1 hour)
String, Woodwind, Brass, Chamber Music, Handbell Choir. Enrollment by consent of instructor. Check university calendar for required performance dates.
[Required Courses]

MU 136 UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY BAND      (1 hour)
Rehearsal and performance of concert, brass, and/or jazz band repertoire. Open enrollment. Check university calendar for required performance dates.
[Required Courses]

MU 431 OPERA WORKSHOP       (1 hour)
Role preparation, acting, and stagecraft. Class concludes with a public performance of scenes or an entire opera. Check university calendar for required performance date
[Required Courses]

 

APPLIED MUSIC
PIANO
MU 141, 142, 143 CLASS PIANO       (1-2 hours)
Fundamentals class for beginners. 
[Required Courses]

MU 151, 152, 251, 252
PRIVATE PIANO       (1-2 hours)

Lower-level piano study. 
[Required Courses]

MU 451, 452, 551, 552 PRIVATE PIANO      (1-2 hours)

Upper-level piano study. 
[Required Courses]
MU 599 APPLIED MINOR RECITAL   (1 hour senior year)

[Required Courses]
 
VOICE
MU 151, 152, 251, 252
PRIVATE VOICE       (1-2 hours)

Lower-level voice study.
[Required Courses]

MU 451, 452, 551, 552
PRIVATE VOICE      (1-2 hours)

Upper-level voice study. 
[Required Courses]

OTHER INSTRUMENTS
MU 151, 152, 251, 252 PRIVATE INSTRUMENT       (1-2 hours)

Lower-level study. 
[Required Courses]
MU 451, 452, 551, 552 PRIVATE INSTRUMENT       (1-2 hours)

Upper-level study. 
[Required Courses]
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  • In January 2006 USM Concert Chorale members undertook a 10-day choir pilgrimage to Italy, which included performances at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice and for Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican in Rome.

    "At USM we expose our students to great music and provide numerous opportunities for them to develop their musical skills through studio instruction, ensemble participation and public performances."

    Dr. William Krusemark
    Music
     
     
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