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MT 098: Fundamentals of Music
0 cr.
Rudiments of music including note identification, rhythm, time signatures, key signatures and the basics of song leading. Required of students who did not pass the Music Qualifying Test.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 3:00–3:50 | FA226 |
| 2 | TH | 3:00–3:50 | FA 11 |
MT 099: Rudiments of Music
0 cr.
Intensified review of music fundamentals: key signatures, scales, intervals, triads, and inversions. Also includes fundamental aural skills. Open to Theory I students who did not pass the Music Fundamentals Test. Meets for six weeks, three times a week. Students who fail are strongly recommended to withdraw from MT 105 Theory I .
Corequisite: MT 105.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MWF | 7:00–7:50 | FA224 |
MT 105: Theory I
4 cr.
Accelerated review of music fundamentals. Introduction to tonality, including partwriting, voice leading and in-depth discussion of tonic and dominant functions. Integrated approach includes analysis, writing, sight-singing, listening and dictation.
Prerequisites: Rudiments of Music Theory Test.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAILY | 8:00–8:50 | FA227 |
| 2 | DAILY | 9:00–9:50 | FA227 |
| 3 | DAILY | 10:00–10:50 | FA227 |
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MT 106: Theory II
4 cr.
Continued study of tonality from harmonic and linear perspectives, including pre-dominant functions, the phrase model and common diatonic harmonic functions. Introduction to phrase-level form, harmonic sequences and chromaticism (applied dominants and tonicization). Integrated approach includes analysis, writing, sight-singing, listening and dictation.
Prerequisite: MT 105.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 205: Theory III
4 cr.
Continued study of tonality from harmonic and linear perspectives, tracing chromaticism from basic modulations through advanced chromaticism of the 19th century, tonal ambiguity and the twilight of tonality. Includes discussion of major tonal forms. Integrated approach includes analysis, writing, sight- singing and dictation. Lecture and lab .
Prerequisite: MT 106.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAILY | 2:00–2:50 | FA227 |
| 2 | DAILY | 3:00–3:50 | FA227 |
MT 206: Theory IV
4 cr.
Introduction to post-tonal music theory. Emphasis on analytical techniques, including basic terms and operations of set theory. Integrated approach includes analysis, writing, sight-singing, listening and dictation. Lecture and lab.
Prerequisite: MT 205.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 291: Theory III Lab
0 cr.
Application at the keyboard for concepts studied in Basic Harmony I and II and Advanced Harmony I, with emphasis on figured bass. Development of a digital awareness of harmonic function within tonality and in modulations.
Corequisite: MT 205.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
11  | T | 8:00–8:50 | FA 10 |
| 12 | T | 1:00–1:50 | FA 10 |
| 13 | TH | 8:00–8:50 | FA 10 |
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MT 292: Theory IV Lab
0 cr.
Application at the keyboard for concepts studied in Basic Harmony I and II and Advanced Harmony I, with emphasis on figured bass. Development of a digital awareness of harmonic function within tonality and in modulations.
Corequisite: MT 206.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 301: Elements of Conducting
1 cr.
Introduction to basic choral and instrumental conducting. Development of hand independence and baton technique through extensive in-class conducting.
Prerequisite: MT 106.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MW | 9:00–9:50 | FA120 |
| 2 | MW | 10:00–10:50 | FA120 |
| 3 | TTH | 8:00–8:50 | FA120 |
MT 302: Choral Conducting
2 cr.
Development of conducting techniques necessary to interpret choral literature from five style periods. Includes score analysis, rehearsal technique and extensive in-class conducting. Lecture and lab.
Prerequisite: MT 301.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 303: Instrumental Conducting
2 cr.
Instrumental conducting and score-reading techniques and rehearsal procedures. Acquainting the student with instrumental repertoire and practical experience in conducting compositions for small ensembles, band, and orchestra.
Prerequisites: MT 301, MT 206.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 392: Choral Conducting Lab
0 cr.
Corequisite: MT 302.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 409: Form & Analysis
2 cr.
Application of terms, concepts, and perspectives from Theory I-IV toward insightful, higher-level analysis and theorizing about music. Synthesis of formal analysis, stylistic/critical analysis and other analytical approaches.
Prerequisite: MT 206.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 499: Theory Review
2 cr.
Accelerated review of the elements and principles of musical composition of the common practice era, including application of aural skills. Introduction to key current perspectives in graduate-level theory and analysis. Review class for graduate studies. Credit not applicable to any degree.
This course is not offered this academic year.
MT 501: Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
2 cr.
Analysis of contrapuntal writings of the outstanding composers of the eighteenth century. Writing of counterpoint in two voices. Concentration on the chorale prelude, two-part invention and fugue.
Prerequisite: MT 206.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTH | 10:00–10:50 | FA226 |
MT 502: Choral Composition
2 cr.
Foundational elements of writing choral music. Listening, reading, singing and analysis of model compositions. Applicable readings and exercises.
Prerequisite: MT 206.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTH | 1:00–1:50 | FA224 |
MT 504: Orchestration
2 cr.
Band and orchestral instruments, their ranges, technical and sonorous advantages and limitations, transpositions and place in the score. Extensive practice in arranging technique.
Prerequisite: MT 206.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTH | 10:00–10:50 | FA224 |
MT 506: Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis
2 cr.
Analysis of selected masterworks from Bach to Brahms using techniques developed by Heinrich Schenker, with emphasis on aural comprehension of voice leading.
Prerequisite: MT 501.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTH | 1:00–1:50 | FA120 |
MT 507: Basic Composition
2 cr.
Foundational elements of composition. Exploration of various facets of creativity and craft. Listening, singing and analysis of model compositions. Applicable readings and composition exercises.
Prerequisite: MT 501.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 508: Analytic Techniques for Modern Music
2 cr.
A study of the materials and techniques of art music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
This course is not offered this academic year.
MT 602: Advanced Keyboard Skills
2 cr.
The development of functional skills at the advanced level for pianists and organists.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MW | 8:00–8:50 | FA 10 |
MT 603: Advanced Choral Conducting
2 cr.
Conducting technique and style. Score analysis. Conducting of laboratory ensembles with faculty guidance.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MW | 12:00–12:50 | FA227 |
| 1 | TTH | 10:00–10:50 | FA120 |
MT 605: Composition I
1 cr.
Supervised composition in student-chosen genres with emphasis on concert music. Assigned readings, listening, and analyses applicable to students' interests and projects. Non-composition principals only.
Prerequisites: MT 502, MT 504, MT 507.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBA | FA141 |
MT 606: Composition II
1 cr.
Supervised composition in student-chosen genres with emphasis on concert music. Assigned readings, listening, and analyses applicable to students' interests and projects. Non-composition principals only.
Prerequisite: MT 605.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBA | FA141 |
MT 607: Advanced Instrumental Conducting
2 cr.
Advanced exercises to develop hand and mind coordination: baton techniques, score reading, transpositions, and bowing techniques. Conducting of laboratory ensembles with faculty guidance.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 608: Studies in Schenkerian Analysis
2 cr.
Application of the basic principles of Schenkerian analysis to the study of complete movements and works of the tonal repertoire, including one-part, binary, ternary, rondo, sonata, and sonata-rondo forms.
Prerequisite: MT 506.
This course is not offered this academic year.
MT 610: Church Music Composition
2 cr.
Supervised composition of vocal, choral, and instrumental church music. May include small compositions, readings, listening, analysis, and philosophy. Open to graduate church music majors or others by permission of instructor.
Prerequisite: MT 502.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBA | FA123 |
MT 614: Stylistic Analysis
2 cr.
Overview of musical styles from the Middle Ages through the Classic Era with contextual analysis of works.
Prerequisites: Music Theory Placement Test.
No sections offered in the fall semester…
MT 615: Stylistic Analysis
2 cr.
Overview of musical styles from the Classic Era through the present with contextual analysis of works.
Prerequisites: Music Theory Placement Test.
This course is not offered this academic year.
MT 691: Private Composition
1 cr.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TBA | TBA | TBA |