Courses Offered Fall 2004

Note: Details listed on this web page are up-to-date.
They may differ from those in the Course Offerings Directory, and are subject to change.  Most classes are held in Old Cabell Hall (OCH).

MUSI 131: Basic Musical Skills
Mary Simonson
3 credits
MWF, 10:00–10:50, OCH rm. 107
Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music is required. This course is not open to students already qualified to elect MUSI 231 or 331.
This course begins by establishing a basic competency in reading and writing musical notation, and subsequently examines principles of melody, and the construction and progression of chords. The class will study rhythm, melody and harmony in selected single pieces, including some popular songs.

MUSI 193: Independent Study

1-3 credits

Instructor Permission Required

MUSI 204: Symphonic Masterworks
Carl Roskott
3 credits
TR 15:30-16:45, Wilson 402
Prerequisite: For non-majors. No previous knowledge of music necessary. A UVA e-mail address is required. All handouts for the class are distributed through e-mail.  An introduction to some of the great masterpieces for symphony orchestra. Primarily a listening course, lectures cover historical background, musical forms, and compositional technique for the works of such composers as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Mahler, Ravel, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Bartok and, Barber.

MUSI 208: American Popular Music and Africa

Heather Maxwell

3 credits

TR 14:00-15:15, MRY 209

No previous knowledge of music is required.

This course explores influences and cross-currents of Africa in American popular musics. Students will learn to analyze music from both a historical and performance approach to understand these relationships in popular genres from minstrelsy to MTV. Important themes include music and technology, identity, race, globalization, and Africanisms. Course materials include selected readings in popular music and ethnomusicology literature, commercial music recordings, and some live festival/concert footage of prominent African artists.

MUSI 210 Film Music

Stephan Prock

3 credits

MW 14:00-15:15, CLM 201

Scholarly and critical study of music in cinema. Specific topics for the semester announced in advance. No previous knowledge of music required.

MUSI 230A: Keyboard Skills

TBA

2 credits

MWF 900-950, OCH 113

MUSI 230B: Fretboard Harmony

Michael Rosensky
2 credits

MWF 11-11:50am, OCH 113

This course covers the history of Western music from the beginnings of Gregorian Chant until approximately 1500. The course will offer a blend of study of the music itself with a consideration of the history that brought the music into being and provided its place in European society. There will be no textbook for the course; instead, students should expect extensive listening assignments and a few reading assignments. Historical context will be provided primarily through class lectures. In addition to a mid-term and a final exam, the course load will include two brief written papers on topics assigned in class. Ability to read music is the only prerequisite for this course.

The course will begin with a thorough study of Gregorian Chant and its place in Western music followed by consideration of vernacular secular song and finally by the development of polyphony from the beginnings of organum through the 15th-century works of Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Ockeghem, and others.

In addition to the three credits of the course itself, there will be an additional ½ hour of credit required of all students as a performance lab. This portion of the course will meet one hour per week at a different time and will involve all of the students in the performance of Medieval music (MUSI 300A).

MUSI 331: Theory I

Fred Maus

3 credits

M,W,F 1100:1150,  OCH B012

Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style. Prerequisite: Ability to read music, and familiarity with basic concepts of pitch intervals and scales; corequisite: MUSI 333, 334, or 335, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 335.

MUSI 333 A, B, and C

These lab courses give practical experience with many aspects of musical perception and performance, such as accurate vocal production of pitch, musical memory, identification of intervals and rhythmic patterns, and uses of notation in dictation and sight-singing. Students entering the sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. At the end of each course, students take a placement test to determine whether they may enter a higher level course.
Courses may be repeated for credit, but each course may be counted toward the major only once. MUSI 333A, B, and C are co-requisites for MUSI 331, 332, and 431. This means that students pre-registering in the latter courses must also pre-register in MUSI 333A, B, or C unless they have already taken the highest level course and have been passed out of further co-requisite requirements.
Students interested in taking Musicianship but not Theory are encouraged to register for MUSI 333A, B, or C as space permits. Such students may not pre-register. They should plan to register by adding in Fall after taking a placement exam.

MUSI 333A, Musicianship I
Michael Slon

1 credit
MW 1200-1250, OCH 107
Prerequisite: permission of instructor (please see information above).

MUSI 333B, Musicianship II
Michael Slon
1 credit
W,F 1200-12:50, OCH 113
Prerequisite: passing score on the exit test for MUSI 333A.
(Please see information above.)

MUSI 333C, Musicianship III
Michael Slon
1 credit
M,F 1200-1250, OCH B012
Prerequisite: passing score on the exit test for MUSI 333B (please see information above).

MUSI 351-358, Applied Music Lessons**
(0.5 – 2 credits)
** You cannot register for these lessons through ISIS. See this music department webpage for more information: www.virginia.edu/music/appliedlessons.html.  Registration information is also posted outside the music office at the start of each semester.

MUSI 351: VOICE
Pamela Beasley
Edmund Najera
Stephanie Nakasian O'Brien
Louisa Panou-Takahashi
Dawn Thompson

MUSI 352: PIANO
Ruth Barolsky
Mary Kathleen Ernst
Bob Hallahan (Jazz)
Barbara Moore
Mimi Tung 

MUSI 353: HARPSICHORD or ORGAN
Paul Walker

MUSI 354: STRINGS   
Hasse Borup (Violin)
Amy Leung (Cello)
Constance Gee (Viola)
Peter Spaar (Doublebass/Jazz)

MUSI 355: WOODWINDS
Jeff Decker (Saxophone/Jazz Studies)
Nancy Garlick (Clarinet)
Tabatha Easley (Flute)
Scott Perry (Oboe) 
Ibby Roberts (Bassoon)

MUSI 356: BRASS
John D'earth (Jazz Trumpet, Jazz Improv)
Paul Neebe (Trumpet)
Dwight Purvis (Horn)
Barry Slayton (Tuba)

MUSI 358: HARP & GUITAR
Heidi Lehwalder (Harp)
Michael Rosensky (Jazz and Classical Guitar)

MUSI 360: Jazz Ensemble
John Dearth

1-2 credits
TR, 1530-1730, OCH B018
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition.
The Jazz Ensemble, with John D’earth as musical director, consists of a big band and a small combo, performing a repertory ranging from the Swing Era of the 1930’s to modern jazz-rock arrangements. Opportunities for solo improvisation as well as sectional playing are available. Students already participating in the Jazz Ensemble are requested to pre-register for the class. Musicians wishing to audition should pre-register and sign up for an audition time during the registration period. If they are not selected in the auditions, they may drop the course.

MUSI 361: Symphony Orchestra - Strings
Carl Roskott
2 credits
M, 17:30 - 19:00, Rm. 107 OCH
and
W, 19:30 - 22:00, Rm. 101 OCH
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition.  Information about auditions is on the music website.
Performance of works from both the standard and the contemporary repertoire. (The orchestra presents a full subscription concert season of five pairs of concerts and an annual children’s concert.)

Sections:
(000A) String-Bass
Peter Spaar
M, 17:30-19:00, OCH B012

(000B) String-Cello
Amy Leung
M, 17:30-19:00, Rm. 113

(000D) String-Viola
Constance Gee
M, 17:30-19:00, S008

(000E) String-Bass
Hasse Borup
M, 17:30-19:00, OCH 107

MUSI 361: Symphony Orchestra - Winds
Carl Roskott
2 credits
W, 19:30 - 22:00pm, Rm. 101 OCH
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition. Information about auditions is on the music website.
Performance of works from both the standard and the contemporary repertoire. (The orchestra presents a full subscription concert season of five pairs of concerts and an annual children’s concert.)

(000F) Wind-bassoon

Elizabeth Roberts

F, TBA

(000G) Wind-clarinet

Nancy Garlick

TBA

(000H) Wind-flute

TBA

TBA 

(000J) Wind-horn

Dwight Purvis

TBA

(000K) Wind-oboe

Scott Perry

TBA  

(000L) Wind-percussion

Eric Stassen

TBA

(000M) Wind-trombone

TBA

TBA  

(000N) Wind-trumpet

Paul Neebe

TBA

MUSI 362, Wind Ensemble
Bill Pease
2 credits
MW 12:00 - 13:50, OCH 101
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition.
Performance of works from both the standard and the contemporary repertoire. 

MUSI 363: Chamber Ensembles
1-2 credits
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition. Ensembles listed below.

Flute Ensemble
Tabatha Easley
T, 18:00-19:30, Rm. 113 OCH

Double Reed Ensemble
Scott Perry
W, 17:30-19:00, Rm. 113 OCH

Clarinet Choir
Nancy Garlick
M, 17:00-18:30, Garrett Hall Common Room
Exploration of repertoire from past four centuries with emphasis on improving intonation and musicality in ensemble playing.

Woodwind Quintet

Ibby Roberts

W 9:30-11am, JPA 1512, rm. 201

Explore, rehearse and perform woodwind quintets, including both standard and more obscure works.  Focus on developing chamber music playing skills, learning the tendencies of the woodwind instruments, developing musicianship, and enjoying making and sharing music!

Horn Ensemble
Dwight Purvis
F, 13:00-15:00, Rm. 101

Jazz Chamber Ensemble
Pete Spaar
TR 17:30 – 19:30, Rm. B018
Prerequisite: Instructor permission required.

Brass Quintet
Paul Neebe
W, 17:00 - 18:30, Rm. B012

Jazz Improvisation Workshop
John D'earth
TR 17:30-19:00, OCH S008
Prerequisite: Instructor permission required.
The Jazz Improvisation Workshop is open to musicians with prior jazz experience at the discretion of the instructor. Come to first class meeting.

MUSI 366  Opera Workshop
1-2 credits
M, 19:00 - 22:00pm, Rm. 107, OCH
Louisa Panou-Takahashi
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition.
Applied acting in operatic and musical theater scenes is the heart of the Workshop learning experience. The scenes, or entire work, will be chosen from current operatic and musical theater repertory and will be sung in the original language, with a few exceptions.  All singers will be asked to alternate, singing lead and secondary parts, as well as chorus. Individual coaching, choreography and many opportunities for solo singing for all. Outreach program.

MUSI 367, Early Music Ensemble A,B,C
1-2 credits
Paul Walker
Times 1530-1720, Rm. 113 OCH
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor by audition.
Study and performance of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music on instruments appropriate to each period. Students are taught to perform on recorders, viols, and other authentic instruments. Singers are also encouraged to audition.

MUSI 367A: Baroque Orchestra

Paul Walker

1 credit

R, 1900-2100, OCH 113

MUSI 367B: Early Music Vocal

Paul Walker

1 credit

1530-1720,  OCH 113

MUSI 367C: Renaissance Consort

Paul Walker

1 credit

TBA

Prerequisite: by audition (held the first day of class)
This small, eight-ten piece ensemble will learn to appreciate and perform a wide range of Afro-pop music. The repertoire will draw from great West African classics such as “Lady” and “Ya Pon Sah,” from South African mbqanga tunes (“Pata Pata”, “Malaika”) and from East Africa’s Tarab style. Other tunes will draw on newer kinds of African Jazz that are currently “hot” in New York and other major American, African, and European cities. The objective of the course is to acquire practical experience and familiarity with Afro-Pop. Through performance, students will develop critical insight into African concepts of improvisation, music aesthetics, performance ethics, and verbal and nonverbal communicative forms and messages. They will also have the opportunity to work with visiting professional African Afro-Pop musicians.

Especially encouraged to audition are singers, percussionists (hand drum and drumset), electric bassists, pianists (keyboard), guitarists, and trumpet and sax players. The ensemble meets twice a week and will perform a concert at the end of the semester.

MUSI 393: Independent Study
TBA
1-3 credits  
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

MUSI 424:  Field Research

Michelle Kisliuk

3 credits

W 1400-1630, OCH S008

Prerequisite: MUSI 305, 307 or 309, or instructor permission.  Satisfies second writing requirement.

Writing ethnography is writing life.  A redoubled attention to field experience is reshaping the nature of ethnographic inquiry, especially in performance studies.  What then, are the methods and implications of evoking experience in ethnographic writing, and what tools do they offer for understanding the layers of constructed realities?  Working with and critiquing ideas such as those presented by Stoller,  Behar, Jackson, and Clifford, we will spend the semester exploring epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues as they relate to field research.  In our writing exercises we will push the envelope of "creative non-fiction" in the ethnographic realm.  As a group we will discuss ethnographies such as those by Sklar, Reed, and Hagedorn, and each student will choose a research site and prepare an ethnographic project.  These projects may include performing as well as writing. This is an intensely interactive and participatory seminar that meets together with the undergraduate level version of the course (MUSI 424).

MUSI 425:World Popular Music, Culture and Performance

Natalie Sarrizan

3 credits

TR 1400-1515, OCH B012

Addresses specific issues and cultural areas according to the interests of the students and instructor. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

MUSI 431: Theory III

Michael Puri

3 credits

TR 14:00-15:15, OCH 107

Studies in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century techniques and styles through analysis and composition. Prerequisite: MUSI 332 or instructor permission; corequisite: MUSI 333, 334, or 335, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 335.

MUSI 435  Interactive Media
Matthew Burtner

3 credits

T 1700-1930, CAB 323

The class is designed for composers, performers and all students interested in interactive technology for music, programming real-time computer music systems, and in music for multimedia. Emphasis is placed on gaining both technical and artistic understanding of the possibilities of real time music technology and multimedia. Prerequisite: MUSI 339 or MUSI 443 or MUSI 447 or instructor permission.
 

MUSI 471: Instrumental Conducting

Carl Roscott

3 Credits

TR 1100-1215

Studies the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 332 and instructor permission.

MUSI 493, Independent Study
1-3 credits

Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

MUSI 581: Composition

TBA

Instructor Permission

MUSI 707: Verdi

Elizabeth Hudson

3 credits

T 1400-1630, OCH S008

Study, announced in advance, of the life and works of a composer (or school of composers). Prerequisite: instructor permission.

MUSI 724: Field Research and Ethnography of Performance

Michelle Kisliuk

W, 1400-1630

OCH S008

Working with and critiquing ideas about ethnography and performativity, students explore epistemological, ethical, and aesthetic issues as they relate to field research, and push the envelope of "creative non-fiction" in the ethnographic realm through writing. A final essay as well as a final performance presentation are required. Prerequisite: instructor permission.

MUSI 735  Interactive Media
Matthew Burtner

3 credits

T 1700-1930, CAB 323

Prerequisite: instructor permission or MUSI 339.
Topics involving the composition, performance, and programming of interactive computer music systems.
Required Lab: Day & Time TBA, Rm. B011 OCH.

MUSI 747  Materials of Contemporary Music:

The Temporal In Post-Tonal Music

3 credits

MW 1530-1645, OCH B012
Judith Shatin

The focus of this graduate seminar will be on the meanings of the temporal in post-tonal music. We will consider issues such as the relation between duration and perception, proportion and form, problems of rhythmic notation and the relation between temporal conceptions and performance. Our readings will include Kramer’s The Time of Music, The Contemporary Music Review Time in Contemporary Musical Thought, as well as a variety of other sources, such as Lochhead and Auner’s Postmodern Music/Postmodern Thought. Musical examples will include acoustic and electroacoustic examples, drawn from a range of composers such as Dhomont, Feldman, Gubaidulina, Hovda, Kurtag, Messiaen, Schoenberg and Stravinsky. Assignments will include readings, short analytic papers, compositions that respond to elements of our discussion , and a seminar paper (12-15 pages).

MUSI 811: Introduction to Critical and Comparative Studies in Music

Richard Will

3 credits

T 1400-1630, OCH S008

Prerequisite: Instructor Permission

Introduction to current issues in music scholarship; training in techniques and methodologies important for the practice of music scholarship today. Intensive reading; weekly writing assignments.

MUSI 881: Composition

Judith Shatin – Instructor Permission

Matthew Burtner – Instructor Permission

3 credits, TBA

MUSI 891: Supervised Research

Instructor Permission

3 credits

MUSI 893: Independent Study

1-3 credits

Instructor permission.

MUSI 896: Thesis

1-6 credits

MUSI 897 Non-topical Research

1-12 credits

MUSI 991: Supervised Research

3 credits

MUSI 993: Independent Research

3 credits

MUSI 997: Non-topical Research

3-12 credits