Catalogue 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music Department
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Chair: Christine Howlett;
Professor: Jonathan Chenette;
Associate Professors: Christine Howlett, Kathryn Libina; Justin Patchb;
Assistant Professors: Tamyka Jordon-Conlin, Táhirih Motazedian;
Senior Lecturers: Drew Minter, Eduardo Navega;
Visiting Assistant Professors: Drake Andersen, Alexander Bonus;
Adjunct Associate Professor: Susan Bottiab;
Adjunct Instructor: Jon Fuller;
Adjunct Artists: Gail Archer, Trevor Babb, Paul Bellino, Susan Bialek, Cheryl P. Bishkoff, Christopher Brellochs, Courtenay Budd, Frank Cassara, Miriam Charney, Jeanmarie Chenette, Mike DeMicco, Yves Dhar, Danielle Farina, Marija Ilic, Ari Isaacman-Beck, Daniel Merriman, Yenne Leeab, Mary Nessinger, James Osborn, Robert Osborne, Anna Polonsky, Peter Reit, Elisabeth Romano, Rachel Rosales, Susan Rotholz, James Ruff, Thomas Sauer, Jeff Siegel, Peter Tomlinson, Ian Tyson, Marka Young.
a On leave 2022/23, first semester
b On leave 2022/23, second semester
ab On leave 2022/23
Advisers: The department.
Major
Correlate Sequences in Music
The music department offers five correlate sequences, each requiring six units of credit, of which no fewer than five should be taken at Vassar. No more than one course counted toward the correlate sequence may be taken NRO. Specific courses to be taken within each sequence are outlined below.
Students interested in pursuing a correlate sequence in music should discuss it with the music department chair as well as their major advisors during their sophomore or junior year, and they will be assigned a correlate advisor from the music faculty. To apply for the correlate sequence in music, each student will submit a one-page personal statement. Correlate sequences in music must be declared by the end of the junior year.
Music: I. Introductory
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MUSI 101 - Fundamentals of Music Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
1 unit(s)
A beginning study of the elements of music including notation, rhythm and meter, scales and modes, intervals, melody, chord progression, musical terms, and instruments. To facilitate reading skills, class exercises in ear training and sight singing are included. May not be counted in the requirements for concentration. Jeannie Chenette and Tamyka Jordon-Conlin.
Open to all classes. Previous musical training unnecessary.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 105 - Music Theory I Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
The first class of a three-semester sequence devoted to detailed investigation of the fundamental elements of music, including harmony, melody, form, rhythm, meter, texture, and timbre. Skills include analysis, writing, analytical listening and singing, transcription, basic keyboard skills, and musical comprehension. Alexander Bonus, Jonathan Fuller (lab), Tamyka Jordon-Conlin and Táhirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): Familiarity with music notation (bass and treble clefs), key signatures, and basic rhythmic notation.
Open to all classes.
Two 75-minute periods plus a weekly skills lab.
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MUSI 106 - Music Theory II Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
The second class of a three-semester sequence devoted to detailed investigation of the fundamental elements of music, including harmony, melody, form, rhythm, meter, texture, and timbre. Skills include analysis, writing, analytical listening, and musical comprehension. Alexander Bonus, Jonathan Fuller (lab) and Táhirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 or successful completion of departmental advanced placement exam at beginning of fall semester.
Open to all classes.
Two 75-minute periods plus a weekly skills lab.
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MUSI 126 - Our bodies/Our selves: A Systematic Approach for Musicians to Improved Use of the Self
0.5 unit(s)
No matter what our level of proficiency as musicians, we use our bodies as instruments to sense, feel, think and act, whether we are making music or listening to it. In this course, we develop our somatic and proprioceptive awareness through movement, and by doing so increase our pleasure and ability to make music. Drawing from the Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement, Viewpoints, and Deep Listening methods, this six week course welcomes all levels of musician and sizes, shapes and kinds of bodies. All materials are provided. Students need to wear clothing that moves easily. Drew Minter.
Corequisite(s): Students must be currently enrolled in music lessons or a performing ensemble.
First six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 135 - The International Phonetic Alphabet
0.5 unit(s)
An introductory study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Students learn the sounds and symbols of IPA and apply these principles through written assignments and oral drills, with projects focused on the student’s area of interest. The study of IPA is particularly useful for students studying vocal/choral music, drama, languages, and phonetics. Christine Howlett.
First six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 136 - Introduction to World Music Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ASIA 136 ) This course examines the development and practices of musical styles in diverse locales around the world from an ethnomusicological perspective. We study the intersection of musical communities and social identity/values, political movements (especially nationalism), spirituality, economy, and globalization. We explore these general issues through case studies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Justin Patch.
This course is open to students with or without musical training.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 180 - Orpheus and Eurydice in the Arts, from Ancient Greece to Hadestown Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This seminar considers a sampling of the many adaptations and appropriations of the ancient, musically-rich myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. We focus primarily on major literary and musical adaptations from the past few decades, including poems by Gregory Orr, a play by Sarah Ruhl, and the recent Broadway hit, Hadestown, by Anaïs Mitchell. We also consider significant treatments in other media such as the visual arts, opera, and film. Our methods emphasize close reading, discussion, collaboration, writing, peer review, and revision. Jonathan Chenette.
Open only to first-year students; satisfies college requirement for a First-Year Writing Seminar.
May not be counted in the requirements for the concentration.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS
Music: II. Intermediate
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MUSI 201 - Opera
1 unit(s)
A study of the history, style, drama, and music in selected operatic masterworks from 1600 to the present.
Prerequisite(s): One unit in One of the following: art; drama; Italian, French, German, or English literatures; music; or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 202 - Black Music Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 202 ) An analytical exploration of the music of certain African and European cultures and their adaptive influences in North America. The course examines traditional African and European views of music performance practices while exploring their influences in shaping the music of African Americans from the spiritual to modern. Tamyka Jordon-Conlin.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 205 - Music Theory III Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
The third class of a three-semester sequence devoted to detailed investigation of the fundamental elements of music, including harmony, melody, form, rhythm, meter, texture, and timbre. Skills include analysis, writing, analytical listening, and musical comprehension. Táhirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 207 - Musicianship Skills I Semester Offered: Fall
0.5 unit(s)
An aural-skills class based on diatonic and chromatic melody and harmony. Class exercises include sight singing, ear training, clef reading, keyboard skills, score reading, improvised accompaniment, and basic conducting patterns. A continuation of skills acquired from 105/106 skills lab. Christine Howlett.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 106 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 208 - Musicianship Skills II Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
A continuation of MUSI 207 , developing aural, keyboard, and clef-reading skills to a higher degree of proficiency. Eduardo Navega.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 207 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 209 - Jane Austen and Music in the Domestic Sphere Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as GNCS 209 ) Music is a significant thematic thread running through most of Jane Austen’s novels, reflecting a lively and varied musical practice in the domestic sphere of late Georgian Britain. In this six-week course we examine musical scenes, settings, and characters in the novels, and study the role of music in the extended Austen family through the primary sources of its digitized music collection. We analyze musical works known to Jane Austen and her contemporaries, explore their role in household instruction and entertainment, and also critique musical scenes in selected film adaptations of Austen’s novels. Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): One course in music or British literature, or permission of the instructor.
First six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 210 - Afrofuturism Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
(Same as AFRS 210 ) Afrofuturists reconfigure notions of race and identity by appropriating science fiction tropes while speculating potential futures free from any Eurocentric gaze. Their eclectic art casts “past-future” visions where Black people can safely exist and thrive. These alternate realities are birthed in the unique ways Afrofutrists utilize image, text, and sound. Beginning with Afrofuturist progenitor Sun Ra, we go “black to the future” and closely encounter other Afronauts such as Octavia Butler, Janelle Monáe, Nnedi Okorafor, OutKast, Parliament-Funkadelic, Ishmael Reed, and Fatimah Tuggar, among others. Readings include Samuel Delaney, W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Gilroy, Alondra Nelson, J.G. Rollefson, Alexander Wehiliye, and Ytasha Womack. Tamyka Jordon-Conlin.
Prerequisite(s): One course in Africana studies, Music, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 211 - Counterpoint Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
An in-depth study of modal and tonal counterpoint practices. Course work will include analysis and composition of motets, inventions, canons, and fugues. Jonathan Chenette.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 213 - American Music
1 unit(s)
The study of folk, popular, and art musics in American life from 1600 to the present and their relationship to other facets of America’s historical development and cultural growth. Brian Mann.
Prerequisite(s): One unit in one of the following: Music; studies in American History, Art, or Literature; or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 214 - History of American Jazz
1 unit(s)
(Same as AMST 214 ) An investigation of the whole range of jazz history, from its beginning around the turn of the century to the present day. Among the figures to be examined are: Scott Joplin, “Jelly Roll” Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Thomas “Fats” Waller, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and Miles Davis. Alexander Bonus.
Prerequisite(s): One unit in one of the following: Music; studies in American History, Art, or Literature; or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 215 - Composition I Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Creative work in various contemporary idioms. Analysis of selected works; study of instrumental resources. Drake Andersen.
Prerequisite(s): 1.5 units of first-year study in music, including MUSI 105 , and either MUSI 106 or applied work in lessons and ensembles.
If a senior project in composition is planned, the student should elect Music 215/MUSI 216 in the sophomore year and MUSI 315 in the junior year.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 216 - Composition II Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Creative work in various contemporary idioms. Analysis of selected works; study of instrumental resources. Drake Andersen.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 215 and permission of the instructor.
If a senior project in composition is planned, the student should elect MUSI 215 /216 in the sophomore year and MUSI 315 in the junior year.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 219 - Electronic Music Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
A practical exploration of electronic music, composition, and production techniques. Compositional and creative aspects are emphasized with extensive lab time provided for student projects. No prior knowledge of computer music or programming is required. Drake Andersen.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 and MUSI 106 .
Yearlong course 219/MUSI 220 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 220 - Electronic Music Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A practical exploration of electronic music, composition, and production techniques. Compositional and creative aspects are emphasized with extensive lab time provided for student projects. No prior knowledge of computer music or programming is required. Drake Andersen.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 219 .
Yearlong course MUSI 219 /220.
Two 75-minute periods.
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MUSI 231 - Women Making Music
1 unit(s)
(Same as WFQS 231 ) A study of women’s involvement in Western and non-Western musical cultures. Drawing on recent work in feminist musicology and ethnomusicology, the course studies a wide range of music created by women, both past and present. It explores such topics as musical instruments and gender, voice and embodiment, access to training and performance opportunities, and representations of women musicians in art and literature. Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): One unit in Music, or Women’s Studies, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 232 - Faust, Music, and Romanticism
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as GERM 232 ) No literary text of the early Romantic era was read more avidly than Goethe’s Faust. After its publication in 1808, composers rapidly began setting it to music. In this six-week course, we begin with a close reading of Faust Part I (in English translation), then study musical interpretations of it by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Liszt, and others. Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): One course in Music or German, or permission of the instructor.
Recommended: One course in Music or German.
First six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 233 - Sounds of Faith: Sacred Choral Music Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
The sound of massed voices creates a sense of community and a spiritual reverberation that composers have explored for worship, for celebration, and to reveal or touch the divine. In this six-week course, we examine sacred choral works by composers from varying historical and spiritual contexts, and how they have used music to express faith. Kathryn Libin.
Recommended: One course in Music (especially MUSI 105 ).
Second six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 238 - Music in Film
1 unit(s)
(Same as FILM 238 ) Why do films have music? How do music and sound influence (and sometimes even control) what we see and experience in film? This course delves into the terminology and methodologies for analyzing and interpreting the interaction between filmic image and sound. Tahirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): One course in Music (not performance) or Film.
Two 75-minute periods plus outside screenings.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 246 - Music and Ideas I — Medieval and Renaissance Music in Global Context Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This team-taught course introduces major historical, theoretical, and intellectual ideas of music in cultural centers of the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, from the ancient world to the early 17th century. The first six weeks explore music and its transmission along the Silk Road between Persia, the Middle East, and Asia. In the second six weeks the focus shifts to development of sacred and secular musical genres in the West. Alexander Bonus (lab) and Justin Patch.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 , MUSI 136 , or a 100-level MRST course.
Includes an additional listening/discussion section.
Two 75-minute periods and one 75-minute lab.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 247 - Music and Ideas II — Enlightenment, Revolution, Romanticism Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A study of musical genres and trends over the course of the “long eighteenth century” from 1660 to 1830. The course explores significant shifts in musical language from the high Baroque through the age of revolution and early Romanticism, as revealed in great works from Purcell through Beethoven. Alexander Bonus (lab), Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 or permission of the instructor.
Includes an additional listening/discussion section.
Two 75-minute periods and one 75-minute lab.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 248 - Music and Ideas III — Modernism and its Challenges Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
This course begins with progressive composers Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner and traces the development of their schools of thought through the late nineteenth century, the rising importance of popular song and jazz in the twentieth century along with major composers who have found new expression within classical traditions, and “postmoderns” who have worked to bridge genres. Alexander Bonus.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 and MUSI 247 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods plus an additional listening/discussion period.
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MUSI 251 - Deconstructing Pop: Theory about Popular Music
0.5 unit(s)
“Pop” offers upper-level students who are interested in including popular music in their senior theses and correlate projects an opportunity to dig into some of the fundamental texts that have set the debate. These texts derive from a number of different fields: music, sociology, cultural studies, and area studies. This 6-week course provides students with an opportunity to read through these difficult texts slowly and have the opportunity to discuss and get a deeper understanding of the scholarly debate, better preparing them to pursue their senior research projects.
The course starts with the conflicting theories of the Frankfurt and Birmingham schools and then moves into feminist critique, analysis of racialization in popular music, and criticism of global pop and world music. These areas deploy a wide variety of theories from around the social sciences and humanities. This intensive expands the conceptual tool kit available to students for analysis through primary source engagement, analysis, and application. Justin Patch.
Prerequisite(s): Declared major in a thesis required or thesis optional major; intention to write a thesis that includes analysis of popular music.
First six-week course.
One 2-hour period.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 252 - Book Club Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
In-depth exploration of a multi-disciplinary musical topic through student-selected readings and student-led group discussions. The course begins with a pre-selected book, with subsequent readings researched and selected by students. Each week students take turns leading the class through directed discussions of the readings, with summary presentations and prepared discussion points. After the initial pre-selected readings, the reading itinerary expands based on student interest. Each student (in consultation with the professor) selects readings for the entire class to read (books chapters or journal articles either referenced in our primary readings or researched independently), so that by the second half of the semester, the curriculum is entirely student-driven. The course culminates with presentations on subtopics of each student’s choosing. This course is open to students with backgrounds in music or other fields related to the topic, with the hopes of generating richly cross-pollinated discussions from multiple points of view.
Topic for 2022/23a: Music as Pathology, Music as Therapy. Music has always played a central role in human civilization, and because of its incredible power to influence human thought, emotion, and action, music has been both feared and revered since the earliest days. Every age panics over the new music of their time, and the astonishing history (spanning thousands of years) of the pathologization of music includes 18th-century medical diagnoses of “musical hysteria,” systemic music-based sexism and homophobia in the 19th century, music’s role in 20th-century “scientific” racism, and 21st-century fears over correlations between music and violence. All around the world, music has been weaponized in service of brainwashing, political manipulation, warfare, and even torture. On the other side of the spectrum, for thousands of years, people have harnessed the immense power of music as a therapeutic tool for a wide range of physical, developmental, and psychological conditions–not to mention music’s prominent role in spirituality and religion in almost every world culture. In this class, we explore the long and complex histories of music as pathology and music as therapy, tracing the evolution of both threads from their historical origins through the present day. Táhirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): One course in music, science, history, or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 255 - Follow the Lieder
0.5 unit(s)
(Same as GERM 255 ) In the early 19th century Beethoven and Schubert established Vienna as the seat of German song. Brahms, Wolf, and Strauss carried the form forward into the modern era. This six-week course examines the intimate marriage of German poetry and music during the romantic period when the Austrian empire went from being the largest power in Europe to a sentimental land on Europe’s eastern front. This course offers performance opportunities for singers and pianists as well as non-performance related projects. The course is open to all students, regardless of performance background. Drew Minter and Miriam Charney.
Prerequisite(s): One course in Music or German.
First six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods plus extra periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 256 - Vassar Music Treasures Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Vassar’s Skinner Hall of Music houses a valuable collection of historical instruments that represent the tastes and affinities of many generations of collectors, and offer important insights into social history, performance practices, and material culture. In this Intensive course, students work individually and in collaborative teams to combine research with hands-on examination and analysis of the instruments. The data generated will be used to build a new digital collection, Vassar Music Treasures, which will permanently reside in Vassar’s Digital Library as a resource for study and research. Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): One 100- or 200-level Music course.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 290 - Community-Engaged Learning Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 298 - Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Special projects in theory, history, or performance that supplement the curriculum.
Open to qualified students with permission of department. Proposals for a project must first have the approval of a faculty advisor and then be submitted for departmental approval by the end of the previous semester.
Course Format: OTH
Music: III. Advanced
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MUSI 302 - Senior Recital Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 unit(s)
By permission of the department and private instructor. A proposal is required in the junior year.
Prerequisite(s): A minimum of five semesters of private lessons must be completed prior to the semester of the recital. At least three semesters of lessons must be taken for credit.
Corequisite(s): 1.5 units. Co-requisites include music theory, history, or composition and up to 0.5 credits of a faculty-led ensemble.
Proposals for a project must first have the approval of an appropriate faculty adviser and then be submitted for departmental approval by the end of the junior year.
Individual conferences with the instructor.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 315 - Composition III Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Further work in original composition; analysis of examples illustrating current practice. Drake Andersen.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 and MUSI 215 /MUSI 216 or equivalent. Permission of the instructor required; qualification to be determined by submission in advance of original work.
Music 315 may be taken twice for credit.
Yearlong course 315/MUSI 316 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 316 - Composition IV Intensive
1 unit(s)
Advanced study in original composition, with a focus on collaborative campus- or community-based composition projects.
Topic for 2021/22b: Community-Engaged Composition. This Intensive focuses on creating music for off-campus contexts. Under the auspices of the Office of Community-Engaged Learning, students develop partnerships with community organizations, businesses, schools, houses of worship, advocacy groups, museums, or other entities in their areas of interest to create music and musical experiences that serve community needs. The aim is to build students’ capacities for constructive music-based collaborations in the communities they will inhabit following graduation. Jonathan Chenette.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 315 , or MUSI 216 and permission of instructor.
One 2-hour period and individual conferences with the instructor.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 320 - Advanced Studies in Musical Genres Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
A senior seminar in advanced studies in musical genres.
Topic for 2022/23b: Pop/Rock Music. An in-depth exploration of harmony, form, rhythm, and meter of pop and rock music (broadly defined). During the second half of the semester, students select their preferred sub-genres or related genres (e.g., funk, punk, electronic, hip hop, etc.) to study and present to the class. Learn what makes your favorite music tick! Táhirih Motazedian.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 205 .
One 3-hour period.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 321 - Composer in Focus
1 unit(s)
Kathryn Libin.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 , MUSI 106 , MUSI 246 and MUSI 247 , or permission of the instructor.
One 3-hour period.
Not offered in 2022/23.
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MUSI 322 - Advanced Studies in Music Theory and Composition
1 unit(s)
Topics in the advanced study of music theory, some of which may introduce elements of composition.
Topic for 2021/22a: Orchestration. This course focuses on the art and practice of arranging pre-existing music for orchestral instruments. Students learn about the techniques and capabilities of modern orchestral instruments, analyze concepts and styles of orchestration from study of full scores, and use music notation software to produce professional-quality orchestral scores and parts. The course includes demonstrations of musical instruments by Vassar faculty and at least one open rehearsal or reading of orchestrations created during the semester. Students who have completed MUSI 216 may use an original composition to fulfill one class assignment, with permission of the instructor. Jonathan Chenette.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 205 or 216 .
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 323 - Intersections in Music and Literature
1 unit(s)
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 105 /MUSI 106 ; MUSI 205 ; MUSI 246 /MUSI 247 , or permission of the instructor.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 324 - Musical Analysis and Interpretation: Theory, Perception, and Performance
1 unit(s)
This intensive focuses on in-depth analysis of one substantial notated piece of music drawn from repertory students are performing in recitals, using as inspiration for compositions, or writing about for theses. We apply various analytical tools and approaches appropriate to the works under study, including learning new approaches as necessary. Students keep journals on their developing understanding of the works under study and how that understanding informs their perceptions and decisions. Periodically, students share their progress with the entire group. Based on their analyses, students prepare one piece of writing designed to communicate to a general musically-interested audience (e.g., a program note, review, or lecture-recital presentation) and another geared toward specialists in their field. The intensive culminates in a mini-conference/recital presenting results from the semester’s work. Jonathan Chenette.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 205 and MUSI 248 or permission of the instructor.
One 2-hour period.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 382 - Pop! An Investigation into the Music We Love to Hate
0.5 unit(s)
This course investigates critical writings about pop music from the advent of mass broadcast media and the domination of its production and distribution by the Anglophone world. Beginning with the critiques of the Frankfurt and Birmingham schools, “Pop!” examines important approaches to understanding how audiences interpret pop music, how external groups have sought to limit or promote it, and how industries produce and promote it. This class is reading-intensive and requires that students have basic familiarity with sociological and cultural studies approaches to cultural analysis, as well as a basic grasp of musical terminology. Justin Patch.
Prerequisite(s): MUSI 136 , MUSI 202 , MUSI 217 or MUSI 248 ; MEDS 260 or a course in SOCI/ANTH theory.
Second six-week course.
Two 75-minute periods.
Not offered in 2022/23.
Course Format: CLS -
MUSI 399 - Senior Independent Work Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 to 1 unit(s)
Special projects in composition, history, music and culture, and theory that supplement the curriculum.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the department. A proposal is required in the junior year.
Open to qualified students with permission of department. Proposals for a project must first have the approval of a faculty adviser and then be submitted for departmental approval by the end of the junior year.
Individual conferences with the instructor.
Course Format: OTH
Music: Ensembles
In the following six large ensembles (Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra, Choir, Women’s Chorus, and Madrigal Singers) the first semester is an uncredited prerequisite for the second: credited study is offered only in the second semester. Students wishing to enroll for credit in the second semester must register for the uncredited prerequisite in the first semester. No student should exceed 2 units of this credit in his or her four years at Vassar. Membership is open to all classes and assumes a full year commitment. Admission is by audition. -
MUSI 038 - Jazz Combo Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The study and performance of jazz improvisation.
Two sections. James Osborn.
Open to qualified students with the permission of the instructor. Students may register for credit each semester, but no student may exceed 2 units of this credit in his or her four years at Vassar.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 044 - Chamber Music Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The study and performance of selected works from the ensemble repertoire of instrumental or vocal mediums or their combinations. Eduardo Navega.
Open to qualified students with the permission of the instructor. Students may register for credit each semester, but no student may exceed 2 units of this credit in his or her four years at Vassar.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 048 - Wind Ensemble Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The fifty-member ensemble of students and community players performs works of the wind and band repertoire. Open to all woodwind, brass, and percussion players. James Osborn.
Open to all students by audition.
One period per week plus sectional rehearsals.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 050 - Jazz Ensemble Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The jazz ensemble performs literature ranging from the Big Band Era to jazz-rock fusion. Improvisation and ensemble playing in a jazz style are featured. James Osborn.
Open to all students by audition.
One period per week.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 052 - Orchestra Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The 60-member orchestra performs masterworks of the symphonic literature. Eduardo Navega.
Open to all students by audition.
Two periods per week.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 054 - Women’s Chorus Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The Women’s Chorus is an ensemble of 30-50 women that studies and performs repertoire from the medieval period to the present. The choir performs on campus and occasionally makes concert tours. Christine Howlett.
Open to all students by audition.
Three periods per week.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 056 - Choir Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The choir is a mixed ensemble of between 40 and 60 voices that studies and performs choral/orchestral and a cappella literature for a larger chorus from the Renaissance through the present. The choir performs on campus and occasionally makes concert tours. Christine Howlett.
Open to all students by audition.
Three periods per week.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 058 - Chamber Singers Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 or 0.5 unit(s)
The Chamber Singers is a select mixed ensemble of between 10 and 20 voices that studies and performs literature for solo and chamber vocal ensemble. Drew Minter.
Two 90-minute periods.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 138 - Jazz Combo Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0.5 unit(s)
The study and performance of jazz improvisation. James Osborn.
Open to qualified students with the permission of the instructor. Students may register for credit each semester, but no student may exceed 2 units of this credit in his or her four years at Vassar.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 254 - Opera Workshop Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
The study and performance of selected operatic repertoire. Open to qualified students by audition. Alexander Bonus and Drew Minter.
No student may exceed two units of this credit in his or her four years at Vassar.
Course Format: CLS
Music: Individual Instruction
The music department offers private lessons in most instruments and voice. Enrollment is limited in certain areas of instruction, especially voice. Music majors and students taking lessons for credit will be given preference. Beginners are accepted as instructors’ teaching hours allow.
Some lessons - such as piano, violin, viola, and voice - require auditions at the beginning of the year. Audition sign-up sheets are posted on the bulletin board outside Skinner Room 105 the week before classes begin.
Accepted students arrange for private lessons with the instructor and include one 50-minute period per week for a total of thirteen lessons per semester. Lessons require an additional fee per semester (see Fees ) although students on need-based Vassar scholarship qualify for a fee waiver.
Lessons are taught at various levels and the lesson numbers - for example, 137, 237, 337 - reflect the level of study. Lessons may also be taken for non-credit, and these registration numbers begin with zero, as in 037. All students taking lessons, whether or not for credit, must register for them. (See the individual course numbers for your instrument below.)
Course Requirements for Lessons: All students who take lessons for credit (see Individual Instruction below) are required to take two music courses, preferably before their senior year. The department strongly believes that music performance in a liberal arts environment should be studied in the context of some knowledge of music history or theory. Therefore, co-requisite courses in music should begin as early as possible, but no later than the third semester of credited study. Freshman and first-semester sophomores are especially encouraged to take MUSI 101 , 105 , 140 , or 141 . Among the other courses that may count toward the co-requisite are: MUSI 106 , 136 , 201 , 202 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 217 , 218 , 231 , 238 , and 259 .
Voice (MUSI 031 , 131 , 063 , 163 , 263 , 363 , 380 ): Courtenay Budd, Christine Howlett, Drew Minter, Mary Nessinger, Robert Osborne, Rachel Rosales, James Ruff.
Piano (MUSI 032 , 132 , 060 , 160 , 260 , 360 , 380 ): Miriam Charney, Marija Ilic, Anna Polonsky, Thomas Sauer.
Classical Guitar (MUSI 068 , 168 , 268 , 368 , 380 ): Trevor Babb, Yenne Lee.
Flute (MUSI 070 , 170 , 270 , 370 , 380 ): Susan Rotholz.
Oboe (MUSI 071 , 171 , 271 , 371 , 380 ): Cheryl Bishkoff.
Clarinet (MUSI 072 , 172 , 272 , 372 , 380 ): Ian Tyson.
Bassoon (MUSI 073 , 173 , 273 , 373 , 380 ): Elisabeth Romano.
Saxophone (MUSI 043 , 143 , 243 , 343 , 380 ): Christopher Brellochs.
French Horn (MUSI 074 , 174 , 274 , 374 , 380 ): Peter Reit.
Trumpet (MUSI 075 , 175 , 275 , 375 , 380 ): James Osborn.
Trombone (MUSI 076 , 176 , 276 , 376 , 380 ): Paul Bellino.
Tuba (MUSI 077 , 177 , 277 , 377 , 380 ): Paul Bellino.
Harp (MUSI 069 , 169 , 269 , 369 , 380 ): Jeannie Chenette.
Organ (MUSI 061 , 161 , 261 , 361 , 380 ): Gail Archer.
Harpsichord (MUSI 062 , 162 , 262 , 362 , 380 ): Gail Archer.
Jazz Guitar (MUSI 034 , 134 , 234 , 334 , 380 ): Mike DeMicco.
Jazz Piano (MUSI 042 , 142 , 242 , 342 , 380 ): Peter Tomlinson.
Percussion (MUSI 078 , 178 , 278 , 378 , 380 ): Frank Cassara, Roland Vazquez.
Violin (MUSI 064 , 164 , 264 , 364 , 380 ): Anna Elashvili, Marka Young.
Viola (MUSI 065 , 165 , 265 , 365 , 380 ): Danielle Farina.
Violoncello (MUSI 066 , 166 , 266 , 366 , 380 ): Yves Dharamraj.
Double Bass (MUSI 067 , 167 , 267 , 367 , 380 ): Daniel Merriman.
Other Instruments (MUSI 037 , 137 , 237 , 337 , 380 )
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MUSI 380 - 4th Year Instruction Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
After six full semesters of study in any instrument, all students, no matter which instrument, register for Music 380. Two semesters of study at the 380 level counts as one full credit of senior-level work.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT
Music: Itemized List
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MUSI 031 - Introduction to Voice Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 unit(s)
Introduction to Voice is a yearlong course of private instruction in voice that focuses on vocal technique, musicianship, and performance. Private lessons are offered for 30-minutes for 11 weeks in each fall and spring semester. This course is designed for students who have had limited musical study, and/or who have not had the opportunity to study voice privately. Courtenay Budd.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Corequisite(s): 1.5 units of corequisite courses (courses taken in conjunction with music lessons) are encouraged in the first year of lessons and are required by the second year of lessons.
Students are highly encouraged to take MUSI 101 or 105 during their first semester of lessons.
Yearlong course 031-MUSI 131 .
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 032 - Introduction to Piano Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 unit(s)
Introduction to Piano is a yearlong course of private instruction in piano that focuses on technique, musicianship, and performance. Private lessons are offered for 30-minutes for 11 weeks in each fall and spring semester. This course is designed for students who have had limited musical study, and/or who have not had the opportunity to study piano privately. Amy Posner.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Corequisite(s): 1.5 units of corequisite courses (courses taken in conjunction with music lessons) are encouraged in the first year of lessons and are required by the second year of lessons.
032-MUSI 132 .
Individual conferences with the instructor.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 034 - Jazz Guitar Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Mike DeMicco.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 037 - Other Instruments Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 042 - Jazz Piano Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Peter Tomlinson.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 043 - Saxophone Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Christopher Brellochs.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 060 - Piano Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Miriam Charney, Marija Ilic, Anna Polonsky, Thomas Sauer.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 061 - Organ Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Gail Archer.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 062 - Harpsichord Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Gail Archer.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 063 - Voice Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Courtenay Budd, Drew Minter, Mary Nessinger, Robert Osborne, Rachel Rosales, James Ruff.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 064 - Violin Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Anna Elashvili.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 065 - Viola Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Danielle Farina.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 066 - Violoncello Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Yves Dharamraj.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 067 - Double Bass Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Daniel Merriman.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 068 - Classical Guitar Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Trevor Babb.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 069 - Harp Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Jeannie Chenette.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 070 - Flute Semester Offered: Fall or Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Susan Rotholz.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 071 - Oboe Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Cheryl Bishkoff.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 072 - Clarinet Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Ian Tyson.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 073 - Bassoon Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Elisabeth Romano.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 074 - French Horn Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Peter Reit.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 075 - Trumpet Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. James Osborn.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 076 - Trombone Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Paul Bellino.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 077 - Tuba Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Paul Bellino.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 078 - Percussion Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0 unit(s)
Uncredited lessons. Frank Cassara, Roland Vazquez.
Open to all classes by audition.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 131 - Introduction to Voice Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Introduction to Voice is a year-long course of private instruction in voice that focuses on vocal technique, musicianship, and performance. Private lessons are offered for 30-minutes for 11 weeks in each fall and spring semester. This course is designed for students who have had limited musical study, and/or who have not had the opportunity to study voice privately. Courtenay Budd.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Corequisite(s): 1.5 units of co-requisite courses (courses taken in conjunction with music lessons) are encouraged in the first year of lessons and are required by the second year of lessons.
Students are highly encouraged to take MUSI 101 or 105 during their first semester of lessons.
Yearlong course MUSI 031 -131.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 132 - Introduction to Piano Semester Offered: Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Introduction to Piano is a yearlong course of private instruction in piano that focuses on technique, musicianship, and performance. Private lessons are offered for 30-minutes for 11 weeks in each fall and spring semester. This course is designed for students who have had limited musical study, and/or who have not had the opportunity to study piano privately. Amy Posner.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.
Corequisite(s): 1.5 units of corequisite courses (courses taken in conjunction with music lessons) are encouraged in the first year of lessons and are required by the second year of lessons.
MUSI 032 -132.
Individual conferences with the instructor.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 134 - Jazz Guitar Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Mike DeMicco.
Corequisite(s): Acourse in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 137 - Other Instruments Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
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MUSI 142 - Jazz Piano Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Peter Tomlinson.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 143 - Saxophone Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Christopher Brellochs.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 160 - Piano Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Miriam Charney, Marija Ilic, Anna Polonsky, Thomas Sauer.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 161 - Organ Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Gail Archer.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 162 - Harpsichord Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Gail Archer.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 163 - Voice Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Courtenay Budd, Drew Minter, Mary Nessinger, Robert Osborne, Rachel Rosales, James Ruff.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 164 - Violin Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Anna Elashvili.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 165 - Viola Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Danielle Farina.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 166 - Violoncello Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Yves Dharamraj.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 167 - Double Bass Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Daniel Merriman.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 168 - Classical Guitar Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Trevor Babb.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 169 - Harp Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Jeannie Chenette.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 170 - Flute Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Susan Rotholz.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 171 - Oboe Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Cheryl Bishkoff.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 172 - Clarinet Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Ian Tyson.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT -
MUSI 173 - Bassoon Semester Offered: Fall and Spring
0.5 unit(s)
Elisabeth Romano.
Corequisite(s): A course in music theory or history should be taken during the first year of credited lessons. MUSI 101 , MUSI 105 , MUSI 140 , or MUSI 141 are strongly recommended.
Open to all students who have passed the audition or upon recommendation of the instructor.
One 50-minute period.
Unscheduled.
Course Format: INT
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