Music
The Department of Music offers courses in ethnomusicology, music history, music theory, music technology, composition, and performance. Students may take most introductory courses without prerequisite. These include:
Freshmen with appropriate preparation are welcome in more advanced courses. Courses at the 200 level assume familiarity with music notation; courses at the 300 and 400 levels assume the ability to read music. Students interested in music—whether or not they are considering the Music major—are encouraged to take courses in music theory. Students are assigned to the appropriate course through the music theory placement test, which will be given at the beginning of both the fall and spring terms. Students who have taken the AP tests in music must still take the placement test. The courses in the music theory sequence are: |
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- MUSI 205a or b, Tonal Harmony and Form
- MUSI 210a or b, 211a or b, Elementary Studies in Analysis and Model Composition I and II
- MUSI 301-311, core music theory series
Additional courses in music technology and music composition that are open to qualified freshmen are:
- MUSI 295a or b, Introduction to Electronic Music
- MUSI 312, Composition Seminar I
- MUSI 325a, Fundamentals of Music, Multimedia Art, and Technology
- MUSI 395a, Compositional Applications in Music, Multimedia Art and Technology
- MUSI 412, Composition Seminar II
Voice and instrument lessons are available to qualified students. Students who want to take lessons must audition in the fall. Advanced students are eligible to take lessons for credit beginning with enrollment in MUSI 360a or b, Performance: First Term. To qualify for credit, students must play at a sufficiently high level and be taking or place out of (by the music theory placement test) the appropriate theory course, as described in the YCPS.
Test dates and audition information will be printed in the Calendar for the Opening Days.
