This course provides an introduction to the foundational skills of choral and instrumental conducting. Students will develop and practice fundamental conducting patterns, along with essential technical skills including preparatory gestures, cutoffs, cues, fermatas, and techniques for communicating dynamics, articulation, tempo changes, and irregular meters. Additional emphasis is placed on score study, aural development, and effective…
This course introduces undergraduate voice students to the fundamental principles of vocal production and health. Through lectures, demonstrations, discussions, observation, and practical application, students will explore the anatomy and physiology of the singing voice, healthy vocal function, evidence-based teaching strategies, and preventative vocal care. Emphasis is placed on developing an informed understanding of healthy vocal…
Students will explore the development of Western Music in western civilization from the earliest sources to the eighteenth century (ca. 1750). The course will use readings, discussions, videos, podcasts, and musical analysis to address such important trends as the development of music notation, the formulation of tonality, the emergence of polyphony, the development of harmony,…
This course surveys Late Romantic through contemporary music. While immersing themselves in a music-rich environment, students explore major movements—Impressionism, Expressionism, serialism, minimalism, and beyond—through listening, discussion, and live performance. The course connects musical innovation to cultural, political, and technological change.
This course uses a “place as text” model to connect musical structure with cultural context. Students study formal designs—binary, ternary, sonata, fugue, and variation—alongside site visits and performances abroad. Through analysis, listening, and reflective writing, they explore how historical spaces and traditions shape musical form and meaning. Students will experience the locations and culture that…
This course consists of historical and advanced theoretical study of several glorious works from Mozart’s life. Especially appropriate for those preparing for graduate study, this course will help students develop score study skills and reinforce almost every topic covered in the traditional music theory sequence, all while peering “under the hood” of some of the…
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