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MUAS 4230 - Elementary Music Practicum
Credits: 2
Focuses on crafting and teaching short lessons for peers in the college classroom and for area public school classrooms. Video camera is used extensively for accurate feedback. Prerequisite: MUED 3330 .
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MUAS 5145 - Overview of Piano Technology
Credits: 1
An overview of the history and development of the piano, grand and upright construction and regulation, tuning, temperament, and relationships with technicians and retailers. Hands-on instruction in tuning techniques includes unison and octave tuning.
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MUAS 5146 - Upper String Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching violin and viola. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5147 - Lower String Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching cello and bass. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5148 - Single Reed and Flute Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching single reed and flute instruments. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5149 - Double Reed Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching double reed instruments. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5150 - Low Brass Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching low brass. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5151 - High Brass Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching upper brass. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5152 - Percussion Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in playing and teaching percussion. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5153 - Vocal Techniques
Credits: 1
Basic principles involved in singing and teaching voice. Reserved for music majors and minors.
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MUAS 5154 - Marching Band Techniques
Credits: 1
(fall term of even-numbered years) Provides music education students with opportunities to learn skills and techniques involved in marching band.
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MUAS 5155 - Jazz Techniques
Credits: 1
(fall term of even-numbered years) Introduces jazz pedagogy, with an emphasis on improv.
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MUAS 5310 - Directed Study in Music Skills
Credits: 3
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUAS 5320 - Recording Technology
Credits: 3
A comparison of approaches to music recording in all forms of mass media. Includes demonstrations of studio equipment and digital recording and editing.
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MUAS 5322 - Analysis of Music Production
Credits: 3
Students gain a basic yet broad understanding of the function of a music producer in both artistic and music business environments, and of the process through which any musical work is produced as a live performance or recording. The role of the music producer is concentric to all decisions in recording and defining artistic endeavors. Whether working with a director in producing music for a film score, collaborating with a songwriter to define an expression, working with a composer to achieve an artistic vision, or understanding how an advertising agency needs musical help in order to sell a product, the producer must be able to coordinate the procedure with the vision. Even when the producer is also the artist, composer, recording engineer, and financier, he/she must step outside of all other roles to plan how the end result can best be achieved.
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MUAS 5323 - Music Production Practices
Credits: 3
Students create recording projects in a wide range of areas, including artist recordings in a variety of musical genres, film scoring, and TV/Radio commercials. Prerequisite: MUAS 5322 .
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MUCO 3208 - Fundamentals of Choral Conducting
Credits: 2
Includes all basic beat patterns, subdivision, fermata problems, beat character, and an introduction to left-hand usage and basic score reading, with emphasis on the psychophysical relationship between conductor and ensemble.
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MUCO 3209 - Fundamentals of Instrumental Conducting
Credits: 2
Includes basic conducting technique, score reading, score analysis, and general rehearsal procedures, with attention given to rehearsal techniques in a laboratory setting.
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MUCO 3210 - Choral Conducting Practicum
Credits: 2
Stresses development of rehearsal techniques in a laboratory setting. Students choose, prepare, and rehearse music with other students in class to develop skills in error detection, rehearsal pacing, sequencing, and ordering of music for optimum rehearsals. Prerequisite: MUCO 3208 or equivalent.
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MUCO 3211 - Instrumental Conducting Practicum
Credits: 2
Stresses development of rehearsal techniques in a laboratory setting. Students choose, prepare, and rehearse music with other students in the class to develop skills in error detection, rehearsal pacing, sequencing, and ordering of music for optimal rehearsals. Prerequisite: MUCO 3209 .
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MUCO 4184 - Directed Study in Conducting
Credits: 1
Individual technical development and score preparation for the advanced conductor. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUCO 4284 - Directed Study in Conducting
Credits: 2
Individual technical development and score preparation for the advanced conductor. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUCO 4384 - Directed Study in Conducting
Credits: 3
Individual technical development and score preparation for the advanced conductor. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUCO 5210 - Choral Conducting Practicum
Credits: 2
Stresses development of rehearsal techniques in a laboratory setting. Students choose, prepare, and rehearse music with other students in class to develop skills in error detection, rehearsal pacing, sequencing, and ordering of music for optimum rehearsals. Prerequisite: MUCO 3208 or equivalent.
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MUCO 5309 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
Credits: 3
Stylistic analysis of a range of large ensemble repertoire, with emphasis on historical context, performance practice, interpretive issues, performance techniques, and conducting problems. Also, the study of baton and rehearsal technique.
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Music Education |
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MUED 2250 - New Horizons in Music Education
Credits: 2
Observation and discussion of teaching methodologies conducted primarily in the public schools. Includes hands-on teaching experiences with supervision by SMU faculty and public school cooperating teachers.
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MUED 3330 - Elementary Music Methods and Materials
Credits: 3
An investigation of major approaches for teaching elementary general music. Includes public school classroom observations.
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MUED 3331 - Instrumental Music Methods and Materials
Credits: 3
Covers materials for instruction, motivation, administration, class control, and performance preparation.
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MUED 3332 - Choral Music Methods and Materials
Credits: 3
Focuses on the art and practice of developing successful choral programs for fifth grade through high school. Topics include recruitment, auditions, behavior management, vocal techniques, the changing voice, choosing music, planning rehearsals, and management of nonmusical details. Includes public school observations.
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MUED 4194 - Directed Studies in Music Education
Credits: 1
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUED 4294 - Directed Studies in Music Education
Credits: 2
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUED 4394 - Directed Studies in Music Education
Credits: 3
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUED 5115 - Methods and Materials: Church
Credits: 1
(spring term of odd-numbered years) The principles and practices of music education useful to church music professionals and others who may be interested in church work.
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MUED 5147 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5149 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5150 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5151 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5152 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5153 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5154 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 1
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5250 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 2
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5251 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 2
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5252 - Wind Literature for the Secondary School
Credits: 2
(fall term of odd-numbered years) Survey of new and standard literature suitable for secondary school students. Examines music for instrumental solo, ensemble, band, and orchestra.
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MUED 5253 - Vocal and Choral Literature for the Secondary School
Credits: 2
(fall term of odd-numbered years) Survey of new and standard vocal solo, ensemble, and choral literature suitable for the secondary school.
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MUED 5254 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 2
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5255 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 2
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5257 - Computer Applications for Music Education
Credits: 2
Investigates the potential for computer use in music education, including computer-assisted instruction, information storage and retrieval, book and record keeping, and specialized uses such as computer-assisted management of schools of music. Also, the development of basic techniques for designing and implementing such uses.
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MUED 5350 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 3
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5351 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 3
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5352 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 3
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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MUED 5354 - Workshop in Music Education
Credits: 3
A brief, intensive study of a focused topic in music education, including Orff, Kodály, Dalcroze, and other methodologies.
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Music History and Literature |
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MUHI 1302 - Introduction to Music in History and Culture
Credits: 3
Introduction to the historical and cultural study of music designed to provide a big-picture overview of the role of music in diverse social contexts; to acquaint students with the central paradigms, methods, and problems of music scholarship; and to provide a critical orientation toward some of the major questions that will play a role in subsequent music history coursework. Examples are drawn from Western art music, world music, and popular music. Class readings and discussions foster the development of advanced critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in relation to musical questions.
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MUHI 1321 - Music: Art of Listening
Credits: 3
An investigation of the elements of music (melody, rhythm, harmony, form, timbre) as they develop and change throughout the various historical periods of music. Emphasis is on active listening. For nonmajors. Does not satisfy music history requirements for music majors.
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MUHI 1322 - Introduction to Jewish Music
Credits: 3
Surveys the Jewish musical tradition, spanning over two millennia and five continents; its place in Jewish life; and its influences on church and mosque melodies. Music-reading and non-English languages not required.
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MUHI 3301 - Survey of Music History I
Credits: 3
Surveys the origins and evolution of musical forms, compositional procedures, performing practices, and musical instruments in the West from the rise of the Christian liturgy through the death of J.S. Bach. Presented within the contexts of related arts and historical events, as time permits. Includes listening, score analysis, and practice in writing about music. Prerequisite: MUHI 1302 .
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MUHI 3302 - Survey of Music History II
Credits: 3
Surveys musical forms, styles, compositional procedures, and performing practices from the late 18th century to the present day. Presented within the contexts of related arts and historical events, as time permits. Includes listening, score analysis, and practice in writing about music. Prerequisite: MUHI 3301 .
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MUHI 3339 - Music for Contemporary Audiences
Credits: 3
An examination of the interaction of the various forms of popular musical expression (folk, blues, soul, rock, Muzak, and film music) and their impact upon American culture.
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MUHI 3340 - Jazz: Tradition and Transformation
Credits: 3
Bunk, Bird, Bix, Bags, and Trane. From blues to bop, street beat to free jazz. A study of the people and music from its African, Euro-American origins through the various art and popular forms of the 20th century.
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MUHI 3343 - Music and Identity in Colonial and Postcolonial France
Credits: 3
For undergraduate students with or without musical backgrounds. Explores music in France and in the colonies of the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa from the late 19th century to the present, including events that led to the invention of new musical styles in these geographical areas. Also, the music of the diaspora in France. Focuses on the incorporation of foreign musical elements by composers living in France, including the social context for several musical compositions, and the musical traditions of Java, Spain, and Russia, which provided sources of inspiration for these works. Examines how music has been used in colonial and postcolonial contexts to construct regional, ethnic, and national identities in France and formerly colonized countries. Does not satisfy music history requirements for music majors or minors; may be taken by music majors or minors as an elective. (SMU-in-Paris).
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MUHI 4192 - Directed Study in Music History
Credits: 1
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUHI 4292 - Directed Study in Music History
Credits: 2
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUHI 4301 - Research Project in Music History
Credits: 3
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUHI 4302 - Seminar in Music History
Credits: 3
Provides advance investigation into a variety of topics in music history, including music aesthetics, the works of a specific composer or compositional school, music within the context of a specific time and/or place, or in-depth studies of works relative to a particular genre. Topics are announced each term. Writing intensive. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: MUHI 3301 , MUHI 3302 .
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MUHI 4320 - Organ History/Literature
Credits: 3
A survey of the literature for the organ, Renaissance to contemporary. Required of organ majors and concentrations (undergraduate).
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MUHI 4345 - Survey of Opera History
Credits: 3
A chronological survey of opera, beginning with a brief introduction to medieval and Renaissance precedents, followed by an in-depth presentation of selected Baroque and Classical masterworks. Explores the ways 19th-century Romantic opera synthesized music, literature, art, and elements of politics and culture. Also, investigates the musical language and dramatic substance of selected works from 20th-century operatic repertoire. Students spend a significant amount of time viewing operas on video and laser disc, and in certain cases making comparative studies of productions. Prerequisite: MUHI 3302 .
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MUHI 4347 - Symphonic Literature
Credits: 3
Examines representative orchestral works from the late Baroque era to the present day. Attention is directed to the forms, compositional procedures, and orchestration devices employed by selected composers who reflect the various stylistic orientations within this time frame. Prerequisite: MUHI 3302 .
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MUHI 4348 - Guitar History/Literature
Credits: 3
(spring term of odd-numbered years) Examines the history of guitar and its music from the early 16th century to the present. Included are the vihuela and Baroque guitar, four-string Spanish guitar, and related literature. Emphasis is given to the evolution of the modern instrument and its repertoire. Prerequisite: Completion of the music history sequence or permission of division head.
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MUHI 4355 - Music and Culture: Studies in Popular Music
Credits: 3
Focuses on music as an element of culture formation. Explores current scholarship to introduce the multidisciplinary study of the role of human agency in creating meaningful spaces in which music unfolds its sociopolitical and cultural dimensions. Prerequisite: MUHI 3302 .
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MUHI 4356 - Music and Musicking as Historical Experience
Credits: 3
Introduces historical, anthropological, and musicological approaches to the study of music as an element of culture formation. “Musicking” references the activities, interactions, and behaviors that influence the production of culture. Students are challenged to think of music culture in relation to the ideologies and meanings that transpire and permeate musicking within a particular social group, and to identify the contextual factors (social, economic, political) that shape music culture.
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MUHI 4357 - Music and Emotion
Credits: 3
Introduction to the psychological study of music and the emotions, with emphasis on cognitive, evolutionary, behavioral, and socio-cultural perspectives.
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MUHI 4358 - A Historical and Aesthetic Examination of Film Music Practices From American and Other Traditions
Credits: 3
A study of film music, including its historical development, deployment in different film genres, styles of various composers, interactions between “art music” composers and cinema (including classical music as used in film scores, art music composers composing for film, and composers as subjects of films), and issues of the psychology of film music. Explores not only how changes in culture and society affected films and their music since the coming of recorded sound to cinema in the 1920s, but also how cinema and its music have worked as forces of cultural and social change. Focuses primarily on American cinema, but draws examples from other traditions as well. Prerequisite: MUHI 3302 or consent of the instructor.
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MUHI 4384 - Survey of Choral Literature
Credits: 3
(spring term of even-numbered years) A survey of choral music from the medieval era to the present. Examines representative compositions with regard to genre, form, compositional procedures, and stylistic aspects. Includes sociopolitical conditions, the intellectual and artistic outlooks of patrons and composers, and other external influences. Prerequisite: Completion of the music history sequence or permission of division head.
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MUHI 4392 - Directed Study in Music History
Credits: 3
A close collaboration between a faculty member and an advanced student who conducts a rigorous project that goes beyond the experience available in current course offerings. Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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MUHI 5206 - Performance Practicum in Early Music
Credits: 2
(spring term of even-numbered years) Studies in the interpretation of Baroque music from a stylistic point of view.
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MUHI 5207 - Organ Survey
Credits: 2
Covers organ building fundamentals of construction and design and organ history as it relates to the development of a style-conscious concept of enrollment. Required of organ majors and concentrations (undergraduate). Recommended elective for the M.M. and the M.S.M. degree.
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Piano Pedagogy |
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MUPD 4125 - Piano Pedagogy Practicum
Credits: 1
Supervised teaching experience; specific goals and projects are agreed upon for the term. Required for all piano majors.
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MUPD 4126 - Piano Pedagogy Practicum
Credits: 1
Supervised teaching experience; specific goals and projects are agreed upon for the term. Required for all piano majors.
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MUPD 4396 - Fundamentals of Piano Pedagogy I
Credits: 3
(fall term of even-numbered years) In-depth study of methods and curriculum for teaching piano at the elementary level. Students survey and evaluate current educational materials, with a focus on philosophical and physiological bases of piano study.
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MUPD 4397 - Fundamentals of Piano Pedagogy II
Credits: 3
(fall term of odd-numbered years) In-depth study of methods, materials, and curriculum for teaching piano at the intermediate and advanced levels. Includes current trends (including technology), professionalism, history of piano pedagogy, and employment opportunities.
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MUPD 5103 - Creative Piano Teaching
Credits: 1
Pedagogical projects designed to meet the needs of the piano teacher. Offered in conjunction with the SMU Institute for Piano Teachers in the summer of even-numbered years or the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in the summer of odd-numbered years. Reserved for music majors. Pedagogy majors are limited to one credit.
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MUPD 5196 - Directed Study in Piano Pedagogy
Credits: 1
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MUPD 5203 - Creative Piano Teaching
Credits: 2
Pedagogical projects designed to meet the needs of the piano teacher. Offered in conjunction with the SMU Institute for Piano Teachers in the summer of even-numbered years or the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in the summer of odd-numbered years. Reserved for music majors. Pedagogy majors are limited to one credit.
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MUPD 5210 - Current Trends in Piano Pedagogy
Credits: 2
(spring term of even-numbered years) Students explore, through participation and observation, the psychological principles operative in group and class environments, with emphasis on teacher effectiveness. Surveys college-level keyboard texts.
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MUPD 5312 - Survey of Precollege Piano Literature
Credits: 3
(spring term of odd-numbered years) Survey and performance of standard piano literature in all style periods for precollege students. Emphasis on technical preparation and curriculum-building.
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MUPD 5325 - Piano Pedagogy Internship I
Credits: 3
Supervised teaching experience; specific goals and projects are agreed upon for the term. Required of all undergraduate piano majors with an emphasis in piano pedagogy performance.
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MUPD 5326 - Piano Pedagogy Internship II
Credits: 3
Supervised teaching experience; specific goals and projects are agreed upon for the term. Required of all undergraduate piano majors with an emphasis in piano pedagogy performance.
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MURE 3001 - Junior Recital
Credits: 0
Solo performance of approximately 30 minutes of music. Graded pass/fail by committee.
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MURE 3101 - Junior Recital
Credits: 1
Solo performance of approximately 30 minutes of music. Graded pass/fail by committee.
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MURE 4001 - Senior Recital
Credits: 0
Solo performance of approximately 1 hour of music. Graded pass/fail by committee.
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MURE 4101 - Senior Recital
Credits: 1
Solo performance of approximately 1 hour of music. Graded pass/fail by committee.
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MURE 4201 - Senior Recital
Credits: 2
Solo performance of approximately 1 hour of music. Graded pass/fail by committee.
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MURE 5000 - Elective Recital
Credits: 0
Solo or chamber music performance. Does not fulfill degree or diploma recital requirements. Specific guidelines may be found in the Division of Music Handbook.
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MURE 5100 - Elective Recital
Credits: 1
Solo or chamber music performance. Does not fulfill degree or diploma recital requirements. Specific guidelines may be found in the Division of Music Handbook.
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Music Composition and Theory |
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MUTH 1129 - Musicianship I
Credits: 1
Beginning studies in solfege, melodic, and harmonic dictation. Corequisite: MUTH 1229 .
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MUTH 1229 - Music Theory I
Credits: 2
Covers rudiments (notation, clefs, key signatures, intervals, scales, and modes), diatonic and chromatic harmony, figured bass, part–writing, and analysis. Corequisite: MUTH 1129 .
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MUTH 1230 - Music Theory II
Credits: 2
Continuation of MUTH 1229 covering diatonic and chromatic harmony, figured bass, part-writing, and analysis. Prerequisites: MUTH 1129 , MUTH 1229 . Corequisite: MUTH 1130 .
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MUTH 1301 - Music Fundamentals
Credits: 3
Covers the recognition, basic aural realization, and use and writing of the fundamental elements of tonal music, including pitch, rhythm, meter, chords, scales, key signatures, melody, and harmony. Lecture and discussion, with in-class application through rhythmic reading and singing. Appropriate for all students except music majors.
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MUTH 1325 - Introduction to Composition Studies
Credits: 3
Provides a survey of historical and contemporary compositional skills and practices via projects and study of the literature. Also serves as an introduction to the faculty, each of whom directs sessions during the term. Required course during the first term of composition studies prior to private study. Prerequisite: Composition major or instructor consent.
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MUTH 2129 - Musicianship III
Credits: 1
Continuation of MUTH 1130 covering solfege, melodic, and harmonic dictation employing chromaticism and 20th-century materials. Prerequisites: MUTH 1130 , MUTH 1230 . Corequisite: MUTH 2229 .
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