2019-2020 University Catalog archived
Music (MUS)
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HONORS: An Honors Program in music is offered for qualified students; see department head for details.
Department Head: Gregory B. Parker
Faculty
First date is the year in which the faculty member began service as regular faculty at the University. Second date is the year of appointment to the present rank.
Christopher Dobbins, Ed.D.—(2015)-2015
Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Instrumental Activities
Ed.D., University of Georgia
Timothy Gaylard, Ph.D.—(1984)-1996
Professor of Music
Ph.D., Columbia University
Shane M. Lynch, D.M.A.—(2009)-2015
Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities
D.M.A., University of Washington
Gregory B. Parker, D.M.A.—(2013)-2013
Professor of Music
D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City
Shuko Watanabe Petty, D.M.A.—(1991)-2008
Instructor of Music
D.M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
Terry Vosbein, D.M.A.—(1996)-2006
Professor of Music
D.M.A., Cleveland Institute of Music
Note: Limits of ten credits in ensemble courses (MUS 108-116) and of nine credits for non-majors and 12 credits for majors from applied music courses (MUS 141, 241, 341, 441) allowable toward a degree. Credits taken in excess of these limits will be treated as repeats of the earliest unrepeated credit of each kind. A fee is charged for applied music; music majors are entitled to take one applied music course per term without charge. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms and for eight 55-minute private lessons; and a minimum of five hours practice a week during the spring term.
CPD 451, Career and Professional Development Summer Internship (1 credit), is available to those students who desire academic credit for a summer internship in music.
Major
Minor
MUS 100 - Class Piano I
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. Open for all students with minimal or no experience in keyboard playing (beginner level) and to music majors in partial fulfillment of the piano proficiency requirement. Students who have taken MUS 101 or MUS 141-Piano are not eligible for this course. Students gain rudimentary piano proficiency and fundamental musicianship skills via keyboard playing in a group piano setting with digital pianos assisted by MIDI programs. Petty, Billias.
MUS 101 - Class Piano II
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent and either MUS 100 or placement based on skills acquired through previous piano study. Open for all students with minimal or no experience in keyboard playing (beginner level) and to music majors in partial fulfillment of the piano proficiency requirement. Students who have taken MUS 141-Piano are not eligible for this course. Designed for non-keyboard music majors and non-music majors who show early-elementary keyboard competency. Students acquire further skills through the study of scales, arpeggios, chord progressions, harmonization, transpositions, sight-reading, and improvisation. Students learn to perform late-elementary-level piano repertoire. Group piano setting with digital pianos assisted by MIDI programs. Petty.
MUS 102 - Physics and Perception of Music
(PHYS 102) FDR: SL
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: Appropriate for non-science and non-major students with a basic (high-school) knowledge of physics and mathematics. Explores physical principles of sound production and music perception. Hands-on investigation is emphasized. Topics include: wave properties and propagation, harmonic series and spectral analysis, tuning temperaments, response of the human ear, auditory processing, room acoustics, audio recording and reproduction technologies, characterization of various instrument families (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, and voice). Erickson.
MUS 108 - Supervised Piano Accompanying
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. A practical course in the skills of piano accompaniment, including sight reading, score reading, study of style, methods of expression, transposition, and rehearsal techniques. Students are expected to accompany solo vocalists and instrumentalists, play in chamber ensembles, or accompany the University choruses. A faculty member is assigned to coach and tutor the student. This course may be repeated. S. Petty.
MUS 109M - Glee Club
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
The oldest choral ensemble at W&L, dating back to early 20th century, the Glee Club performs regularly on campus, at athletic events, and in the community in the time-honored tradition of men’s choral singing. The Glee Club also routinely performs mixed choral repertoire with Cantatrici. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
MUS 109W - Cantatrici
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Cantatrici is a treble choir made up of singers representing a diverse cross-section of the student body, Cantatrici performs regularly throughout the campus and community, focusing on regional touring and community outreach. Cantatrici also routinely performs mixed choral repertoire with the Glee Club. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
MUS 110 - University Singers
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. University Singers are chosen by a competitive audition process each Spring, representing a wide cross-section of majors, resulting in one of the finest a cappella choirs in the region and undertaking national or international tours every year. The University Singers perform a wide variety of literature at major venues across the globe while serving as W&L artistic ambassadors in concert series, music festivals, conventions, and university events, including concerts, convocations, and the annual candlelight lessons and carols service. This course may be repeated. Lynch.
MUS 111 - Opera Workshop
Experiential Learning (EXP): YES
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. This course focuses on the preparation of scenes from operas or of complete operas. Students audition for and are cast in roles in the production of the opera or the scenes. Rehearsals are scheduled subject to the availability of the cast and instructor. While some cast members may rehearse during weekdays, most should expect evening and weekend rehearsals. Parker.
MUS 112 - Chamber Ensembles
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Most sections require instructor consent. This course may be repeated. Small chamber groups consisting of vocalists and instrumentalists are created to perform music.
Bluegrass Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform the traditional music of Appalachia in which improvisation is encouraged.
Brass Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for brass instruments in various combinations.
String Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for violin, viola, cello, and double bass in various combinations.
Woodwind Ensemble offers students the opportunity to study and perform literature for woodwind instruments in various combinations. Staff.
MUS 113 - University Wind Ensemble
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
This course may be repeated. The University Wind Ensemble consists of wind and percussion players who perform band repertoire in concerts on and off campus. Dobbins.
MUS 114 - University Orchestra
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
This course may be repeated. Students who play wind, percussion, or orchestral string instruments may join the Orchestra, which is composed of university students, as well as area professional musicians and local residents. Dobbins.
MUS 115 - University Jazz Ensemble
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
This course may be repeated. The University Jazz Ensemble is made up of woodwind, brass, and rhythm section players and performs in a wide range of styles, from early swing to contemporary sounds. Vosbein.
MUS 116 - Bentley Musical Rehearsals
Credits: 1
This course may be repeated. This course is designed for rehearsal of music in preparation for the annual Bentley Musical. Only those cast in the production may enroll. Rehearsals are scheduled each year subject to the availability of the cast and instructor. While some cast members rehearse during weekdays, most should expect evening and weekend rehearsals. An audition is required and such dates are announced in advance by the Departments of Music and Theater and Dance. Staff.
MUS 120 - Introduction to Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Development of musical understanding and enjoyment through acquiring skills in listening to music. Emphasis is placed upon learning to hear, to recognize, and to relate the various elements of music. T. Gaylard.
MUS 121 - Worlds of Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to musical cultures outside of the Western European tradition. Through readings, lectures, listening sessions, and research, students explore the musical traditions of Native American, African, African-American, Central and Southeastern European, Indian, Indonesian, Asian, Latin American, and Arab cultures. Whenever possible. attendance at a live concert of non-Western European music is included. Parker.
MUS 141 - Applied Music: First Year
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; eight 55-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, composition, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. ($360 lesson fee)
Staff.
MUS 161 - Music Theory I
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A study of scales, triads, and chord progressions. Instruction will include harmonic analysis and four-part writing from the 17th and 18th century common-practice tradition. This course covers the rudiments of music, analysis and part-writing of basic diatonic triads and dominant-seventh chords, the evaluation of music through performance analysis and the use of software to compose simple works with proper notation. Staff.
MUS 162 - Music Theory II
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MUS 161. Corequisite: MUS 164. A continuation of MUS 161, including scales, triads, chord progressions, four-part writing and harmonic analysis of the common practice period in Western music, especially focusing on diatonic harmony. It covers the various chord types used in tonal harmony: tertian triads and seventh-chords It will focus on the tendency of certain chords to progress to certain other chords. Staff.
MUS 163 - Aural Skills I
Credits: 1
Corequisite: MUS 161. This course aims to develop fundamental aural skills through ear-training (rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation) and sight-singing (pitch and rhythm) via ear-training and sight-singing exercises in class, homework assignments, and regular practice in singing and rhythmic drilling. In addition, students work on introductory level improvisational skills in singing as well as basic keyboard skills. S. Petty.
MUS 164 - Aural Skills II
Credits: 1
Prerequisites: MUS 161 and 163. Corequisite: MUS 162 This course aims to further develop fundamental aural skills through ear-training (rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictation) and sight-singing (pitch and rhythm) via ear-training and sight-singing exercises in class, homework assignments, and regular practice in singing, rhythmic drilling, and keyboard harmony. In addition. students develop elementary level improvisational skills through guided materials including lead sheets. S. Petty.
MUS 195 - Topics in Sound Technology
Credits: 1
An exploration of a specific topic in which students investigate the tools and techniques of modern sound technology. Audiovisual resources and required field trips may be used to enhance the course material. The class has an emphasis on hands-on learning with the latest recording hardware and software. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Fall 2019, MUS 195-01: Topics in Sound Technology: Pro Tools Fundamentals (1). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An introduction to fundamental Pro Tools concepts and principles, covering everything for a basic project from initial setup to final mixdown. Students learn to build sessions that include multi-track recordings of live audio, MIDI sequences, and virtual instruments. Hands-on exercises and projects introduce essential techniques for creating sessions, recording, and importing audio and MIDI, editing session media, navigating sessions and arranging media on tracks, and using basic processing and mixing techniques to finalize a production. Included with the course material is a download of media files and Pro Tools sessions to accompany the exercises and projects in the text.
MUS 200 - Recital Attendance
Credits: 0
Graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory. A course focused on the development of listening and performance skills through attendance at Department of Music concerts and recitals. Students attend at least 75 percent of the afternoon and evening events sponsored by the Department of Music. Students must also attend the music convocation that takes place one Friday afternoon each month during the fall and winter terms. Music majors must complete the course each term in residence after declaring the major. Music minors must complete two terms. Parker.
MUS 201 - Music History I
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A survey of music from the Middle Ages through the Baroque period. Gaylard.
MUS 202 - Music History II
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Ability to read music. Student who take this course should have the ability to read music. A survey of music from the Pre-Classical to the Late Romantic period. Gaylard.
MUS 210 - Vocal Pedagogy
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: Two terms of applied vocal study and instructor consent. Designed for music and theater majors and advanced non-majors This course focuses on the basic functions of vocal production and strategies for teaching healthy singing. Parker.
MUS 220 - Music in the United States, 1607-1970
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A study of musical styles in America from the time of the first settlers. Topics include Puritan psalms, patriotic music, songs of the Civil War, spirituals, gospel, blues, ragtime, jazz, rock’n’roll, musical comedy, popular song, and various trends in Classical music from the Moravians to the avant-garde. The course will cover major works by Ives, Gershwin, Copland, and Ellington. Gaylard.
MUS 221 - History of Jazz
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
A study of the development of jazz from its roots in turn-of-the-century New Orleans to contemporary styles. Strong emphasis is placed on listening and recognition of the performers and composers discussed. Vosbein.
MUS 222 - A Year in Jazz
FDR: HA
Credits: 4
An in-depth view of a one-year span in the history of America’s only native art form. Students become absorbed in the era through the study of seminal recordings, historic videos, and readings. Research projects complete the term. Vosbein.
MUS 231 - Classical Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Stylistic study of music of the last half of the 18th century. Emphasis on the symphonies, sonatas, choral music, chamber music, and operas of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Gaylard.
MUS 232 - Romantic Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Topics in the 19th century, including the symphony, the symphonic poem, program music, piano music, nationalism, song, and opera. Composers such as Beethoven, Berlioz, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Mahler will be covered. Gaylard.
MUS 238 - The Music, Folklore, and Literature of Ireland
(ENGL 238) FDR: HA
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: INTR 238 in the preceding winter term. This course engages the music, folklore and literature of Ireland and the ways that the creation of these art forms is related to the places in which the art was created. We cover a wide variety of the history of Irish art and focus on the importance of place in the written, oral, and aural traditions of the island. Students study a range of musical compositions, styles, and traditions alongside the rich body of Irish folklore and folk customs that underlie these musical creations, as well as the rich literature that informs all of these artistic efforts. After the first week on campus, the remainder of the course takes place in Dingle in the West of Ireland and in Dublin. Conner and Dobbins.
MUS 241 - Applied Music: Second Year
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; eight 55-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, composition, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. ($360 lesson fee) Staff.
MUS 261 - Music Theory III
FDR: HA
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MUS 162. A continuation of MUS 162, focusing on analysis of harmonies, forms, and styles from the Romantic period, impressionism, and the early 20th century. Vosbein.
MUS 262 - Aural Skills III
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: MUS 162 and 164. Corequisite: MUS 261. Intermediate proficiency in aural, improvisation, and keyboard skills. This course aims to advance each student’s ear-training (rhythmic. melodic, and harmonic dictation) and sight-singing (pitch and rhythm) abilities via exercises in class, homework assignments, regular singing practice, rhythmic exercises, and online drilling. In addition, students continue developing improvisational skills in singing and keyboard skills in harmonic realization. S. Petty.
MUS 285 - Music in the Films of Stanley Kubrick
(FILM 285) FDR: HS
Credits: r
How does music add power and meaning to a film? What are the connections between the flow of music and the flow of a dramatic narrative? How does music enhance visual images? The course will focus on the pre-existent classical compositions chosen by Stanley Kubrick for his movies 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), and The Shining (1980). The ability to read music is not a requirement for this course. Gaylard.
MUS 295 - Topics in Music
FDR: HA
Credits: 3-4
Selected studies in music with a focus on history and culture, non-classical genres, ethnomusicological topics, or performance. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.
Spring 2020, MUS 295-01: The Music, Folklore, and Literature of Ireland (4). This course engages the music, folklore and literature of Ireland and the ways that the creation of these art forms is related to the places in which the art was created. We cover a wide variety of the history of Irish art and focus on the importance of place in the written, oral, and aural traditions of the island. Students study a range of musical compositions, styles, and traditions alongside the rich body of Irish folklore and folk customs that underlie these musical creations, as well as the rich literature that informs all of these artistic efforts. (HA) Conner, Dobbins.
MUS 315 - Arranging and Orchestration
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MUS 261 and 262. An exploration into the craft of writing music for voices and instruments. Students learn the ranges, transpositions, and technical characteristics of voice types and standard orchestral and band instruments. Projects include orchestrating for full ensembles. Vosbein.
MUS 325 - Conducting and Methods I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MUS 162 and instructor consent. This course is designed to provide essential skills for basic conducting, including work on gesture, rehearsal techniques, and logistical considerations. Dobbins.
MUS 326 - Conducting and Methods II - Choral
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MUS 325. A continuation of MUS 325, with a focus on more advanced gesture and rehearsal techniques and choral literature and approaches from a broad spectrum of historical and cultural era and a variety of ensemble types. Lynch.
MUS 327 - Conducting and Methods II - Instrumental
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: MUS 325. A continuation of MUS 325. with a focus on more advanced musical gesture and rehearsal techniques. Band and orchestral literature are studied. Emphasis is on providing students with a broad spectrum of approaches from a variety of historical and cultural eras. Dobbins.
MUS 341 - Applied Music: Third Year
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1-2
Prerequisite: Instructor consent. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; eight 55-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, composition, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. Special departmental permission is required for students wanting two-credit applied music courses. ($360 lesson fee) Staff.
MUS 350 - Brass Techniques
Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach students sound contemporary methods for instruction of brass instruments in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Students learn techniques for playing and teaching each of the brass instruments with a focus on pedagogical issues and basic care and maintenance that relate to each individual instrument. Staff.
MUS 351 - Percussion Techniques
Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach students sound contemporary methods for instruction of percussion instruments in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Students learn techniques for playing and teaching each of the primary percussion instruments with a focus on pedagogical issues and basic care and maintenance that relate to each individual instrument. DiPersio.
MUS 352 - String Techniques
Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach students sound contemporary methods for instruction of string instruments in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Students learn techniques for playing and teaching each of the string instruments with a focus on pedagogical issues and basic care and maintenance that relate to each individual instrument. Goudimova.
MUS 353 - Woodwind Techniques
Credits: 1
This course is designed to teach students sound contemporary methods for instruction of woodwind instruments in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Students learn techniques for playing and teaching each of the woodwind instruments with a focus on pedagogical issues and basic care and maintenance that relate to each individual instrument. H. Dobbins.
MUS 365 - Post Tonal Music
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MUS 261. An historical and analytical approach to western art music composed after 1890. Students study major composers and significant musical movements and develop new analytical tools as the class explores music from Debussy to the present day. Vosbein.
MUS 423 - Directed Individual Project
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Music major and instructor consent. May be repeated for degree credit with permission. Staff.
MUS 441 - Applied Music: Fourth Year
Experiential Learning (EXP): Yes
Credits: 1-2
Prerequisites: Instructor consent; seniors must have permission of the department head. One credit is earned for ten 45-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours practice a week during fall and winter terms; eight 55-minute private lessons and a minimum of five hours of practice a week are required during the spring term. A limit of nine credits for nonmajors and 12 credits for majors in applied music courses (140s, 240s, 340s, 440s) is allowable toward a degree. Available in brass, composition, jazz improvisation, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds. A music major is entitled to one applied music course per term without charge. Special departmental permission is required for students wanting two-credit applied music courses. ($360 lesson fee) Staff.
MUS 473 - Senior Thesis
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Music major and instructor consent. For theory composition students, this culminates in a recital of original compositions or an analytical thesis. For music history students, this culminates in the writing of a thesis. For performance students, this culminates in a formal recital. For general music students, this culminates in a project developed in consultation with the instructor. Staff.
MUS 493 - Honors Thesis
Credits: 3-3
Prerequisites: Honors candidacy and senior standing. A summary of prerequisites and requirements may be obtained from the department head. Staff.
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