MUSI 316 – Aural Skills III
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MUSI-216. (Required, Previous). | Take MUSI-315. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: The final level of the aural skills sequence with an emphasis on recognition of common harmonic models as well as sight-singing and dictation patterns of increased complexity.
MUSI 372 – Principles&techniques Songwriting
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MUSI-415. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: This course is an introduction to the world of songwriting. It will cover such topics as melodic construction, phrasing and formal design. It will also cover lyrical structure throughout the appropriate genres. Copyright, licensing and publishing will also be covered.
MUSI 498 – Music Industry Internship
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 6; Max: Description: This is a formal intern assignment in which the qualifying student participates in a music industry business or organization as an intern for a selected period of time. An internship will be awarded according to merit and availability determined by the department when the student meets the prerequisite.
MUSI 160 – Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: The Chamber Jazz Ensemble is a jazz combo devoted to the development of individual improvisation skills through the preparation and performance of literature for small jazz groups representing a variety of jazz styles and periods. No more than three semester hours of ensemble music (Music 100, 120, 125, […]
MUSI 172 – Music Commerce I
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An overview of the music industry. Includes topics in music business careers, promotion and trade associations, basics of music merchandising such as music products, sales, instruments and equipment. Music publishing, licensing and royalties, web commerce and marketing will also be covered.
MUSI 180 – Percussion Ensemble
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Percussion Ensemble is a chamber music ensemble featuring works written or arranged specifically for percussion and percussion-related media. Literature will be selected and rehearsed with the ultimate goal of performance. No more than three semester hours of ensemble music (Music 100, 120, 125, 130, 140, 150, 160, 180 […]
MUSI 211 – Sound Recording and Reinforcement
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MUSI-210. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Teaches fundamentals of recording, playback, and sound reinforcement equipment operation. Topics include physical and perceptual acoustics, basic electricity, recording principles, console operation, microphone selection and placement, signal flow, sound processing, and mixing in studio and live performance situations.
MUSI 143 – Applied Percussion
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Private instruction in percussion instrument performance; includes development of technical skills and interpretation of standard literature.
MUSI 144 – Applied Guitar
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Private instruction in guitar performance; includes development of technical skills and interpretation of standard literature.
MUSI 146 – Group Guitar
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Group instruction designed for non-majors or potential Music Industry majors looking to study guitar as their primary instrument. This beginning course covers basics in music reading, chords, strumming and picking techniques. With permission of the department, one semester of 146 may count toward the first level of applied […]
MUSI 150 – Music Industry Ensemble
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: A chamber ensemble devoted to the development of individual performance and improvisation skills through the preparation and staging of music for small groups representing a variety of classic and modern jazz, pop, rock and soul styles. No more than 3 semester hours of ensemble music (Music 100, 120, […]
MUSI 156 – Group Piano I
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: An introduction to basic skills in piano playing, accompaniment, sight-reading, practical keyboard harmonization, and improvisation. The course provides a foundation for non-piano concentration music industry majors to prepare for the piano.