2024-2025
Fall 2024 Undergraduate Courses
MUSI 1310 Basic Musical Skills
3.0 credits
Section 1 (Ben Rous): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 10344
Section 2 (Ayn Balija): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 13524
Study of the rudiments of music and training in the ability to read music. Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.
MUSI 2070 Popular Musics
Karl Hagstrom Miller
3.0 credits
Section 100: MW / 1:00-1:50 pm / Clark 107
Class Number: 19659
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Katie King): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19660
Section 102 (Katie King): T / 10:30-11:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19661
Section 103 (Katie King): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19662
Section 104 (Alonya Castillo): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19663
Section 105 (Alonya Castillo): R / 10:30-11:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19664
Section 106 (Alonya Castillo): R / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19665
MUSI 2090 Sound Studies: The Art and Experience of Listening
Noel Lobley
3.0 credits
MW / 9:30-10:45 pm / Wilson 142
Class Number: 19666
When we think about knowing the world through the senses, we are likely to think first of the visible world. But sound, hearing and listening are crucial too and often take precedence in many communities. Recently scholars in history, anthropology, geography, literary studies, acoustics, music, ecology, environmental science, and art have come together in the field of Sound Studies, reflecting on the role of sounds as forces that flow in and beyond human life. How do sound art, technology, and design create the world we inhabit and our everyday social and political experience? How can vibrations both heal and destroy? What does it mean to experience immersive and embodied sound? We will ponder these and other questions, moving between theoretical, experiential, and creative explorations.
Please note: this course is an introduction to Sound Studies, there is no pre-requisite, and students from all backgrounds, levels and experiences are welcome to come and explore myriad ways to engage with sound.
MUSI 2302 Keyboard Skills (Beginning)
2.0 credits, instructor permission
Section 1 (John Mayhood): TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 10345
Section 2 (Shelby Sender): TR / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11161
Introductory keyboard skills; includes sight-reading, improvisation, and accompaniment at the keyboard in a variety of styles. No previous knowledge of music required. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors.
MUSI 2307 Play Guitar! 1
Mike Rosensky
2.0 credits
MW / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 12530
Fundamentals of playing guitar, with an emphasis on rhythmic training along with some music theory. This class will start from scratch and is meant for beginners. Experienced guitarists are encouraged to enroll in MUSI 3307 Play Guitar! 2.
MUSI 2308 Voice Class
Pamela Beasley
2.0 credits
MW / 4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 12531
An introductory course to basic vocal technique; discussion to include those elements essential for healthy singing in a variety of styles. Will involve group and solo singing to apply these elements. No previous voice training or musical background required.
MUSI 2309 Group Voice Class, Popular
Stephanie Nakasian
2.0 credits
TR / 11:00-11:50 / OCH B012
Class Number: 14107
A fun, no pressure singing experience in popular music (pop, rock, jazz, theater, r&b, gospel, singer-songwriter, folk...). Exercises to help you improve tone, intonation, range, breath, power, and flexibility. Ways to develop your repertoire – the right keys, tempos, and arrangements for songs of your choosing. Tips on phrasing, rhythm and improvisation; easy basics of sight reading, piano and theory; tips on performance and marketing.
MUSI 2340 Learn to Groove
Robert Jospe
2.0 credits
Section 1: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 12123
Section 2: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 12124
"Learn to Groove" hand drumming and rhythmic fluency with Robert Jospe. This is a hands on drumming/percussion class using congas, djembes, claves, shakers, etc. This class is designed to enhance ones knowledge of syncopated patterns associated with jazz, rock, African and Latin American music and to improve ones facility in playing these patterns. This course will follow my book "Learn To Groove" and can include music students, non music students and is open to students of all skill levels. The course requires that students have or purchase a hand drum of their own. Congas, bongos, djembes, doumbeks or any other hand drums are appropriate.
MUSI 2342 Learn to Groove Intermediate
Robert Jospe
2.0 credits
MW / 1:00-1:50 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 12125
"Learn to Groove" hand drumming and rhythmic fluency with Robert Jospe. This is the intermediate level of the class. It is a hands on drumming/percussion class using congas, djembes, claves, shakers, etc. This class is designed to enhance ones knowledge of syncopated patterns associated with jazz, rock, African and Latin American music and to improve ones facility in playing these patterns.
MUSI 2350 Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition
Luke Dahl
3.0 credits
Section 100: MW / 10:00-10:50 pm / Wilson 402
Class Number: 12433
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Rah Hite): T / 9:30-10:20 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12434
Section 102 (Rah Hite): T / 10:30-11:20 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12435
Section 103 (Rah Hite): T / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 12436
Section 104 (Gabrielle Cerberville): R / 9:30-10:20 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12437
Section 105 (Gabrielle Cerberville): R / 10:30-11:20 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12438
Section 106 (Gabrielle Cerberville): R / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 12439
Section 107 (Molly Joyce): 12440 / 9:00-9:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12440
Section 108 (Molly Joyce): F / 10:00-10:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12441
Section 109 (Molly Joyce): F / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 12442
This class (www.technosonics.info) explores the history, theory and practice of digital music and sound art. Students learn tools and techniques of music technology that inform many genres and traditions. In addition to historical and theoretical concerns, students will experiment with digital tools for musical creation.
MUSI 2559 New Course in Music
Topic: Women in Jazz
Nicole Mitchell Gantt
3.0 credits
TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 21334
This class dives into the important contributions of women to jazz music, past and present, as instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, arrangers, and producers. We will learn about these artists and their music in the U.S. and abroad, as we explore their stories, inspiration and creativity through in class interviews, recordings, scholarship, music journalism, video, film and live music performance.
MUSI 2600 Jazz Improvisation
John D'earth
3.0 credits
TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 10978
The Jazz Improvisation Workshop explores the basic techniques and procedures for improvising in jazz and other musical contexts. No previous jazz or improvising experience is required but students must demonstrate a degree of fluency on their main instrument, an ability to read music and some familiarity with the basics of music theory. An individual interview/audition with the instructor is required before registering for this class.
MUSI 2993: Independent Study
1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.
MUSI 3020 Studies in 17th- & 18th-Century Music
Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
TR / 2:00-3:15 / OCH 107
Class Number: 20159
In 1977, NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1 out of our Solar System. It carried a gold-plated copper record called “The sounds of earth,” that, theoretically, would work until eternity. Should a close encounter of the third kind occur, it would include among other things greetings in 55 languages The Queen of the Night’s rage aria from the Magic Flute. 1791 and 2024 were and are unprecedented times. What do music and sound teach us about those times? What sounds fascinated listeners in the 17th and 18th century? The class will tune in to diverse musical selections including symphony and opera to folk song and free improv for keyboard, by composers including but not limited to Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi, De la Guerre, Mozart, Gluck, and J.S. Bach (and his kids). The class takes a global perspective. Chronologically, it centers the 17th and 18th centuries. The course lingers on the history of sound in Early Virginia. Course work will include reading, writing, listening, visits to special collections, making music, and reflection. The course is taught at the music major level. Majors and non-majors are welcome. There are no prerequisites, and knowledge of Western music notation is not required.
MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse
Scott DeVeaux
3.0 credits
MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 12181
Studies the range of music that has flourished since the end of the 19th century including modernist and post-modern art music, popular music, and world music, through historical, critical, and ethnographic approaches.
MUSI 3307 Play Guitar! 2
2.0 credits
Mike Rosensky
MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19669
The course will have flexibility from semester to semester depending on the makeup of the class. Topics may include: Bar Chord/Power Chord Refresher, (Advanced) Syncopated Strumming, Blues Form, Three-Note Major and Minor Triads up and down the fretboard, Pentatonic Scale Positions, Major Scale Positions, Scale Patterns, Song Analysis, Composition, Improvisation, Seventh Chords, Chords of Higher Tension, Funk Grooves, Introduction to Jazz Guitar.
MUSI 3310 Theory I
3.0 credits
Section 1 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 12443
Section 2 (Michael Slon): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 19670
Studies the pitch and rhythmic aspects of several musical styles, including European art music, blues, African drumming, and popular music. Focuses on concepts and notation related to scales and modes, harmony, meter, form, counterpoint, and style.
MUSI 3332 and 3334 Musicianship I and II
2.0 credit
These lab courses give practical experience with many aspects of musical perception, performance, and creation. These will include sight-reading and sight-singing; dictation of melody, rhythm, and harmony; aural identification of intervals, chords, and rhythmic patterns; and exercises in musical memory and improvisation. Lectures, dictations, exercises, and quizzes will be in person on Mondays and Wednesdays. Singing and rhythm practice will be online on Fridays, and most homework assignments will also be completed online. Please contact Prof. Adam Carter with questions or concerns.
MUSI 3332 Musicianship I
Corey Harris
MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 10346
MUSI 3334 Musicianship II
Adam Carter
MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11421
MUSI 3350 Deep Listening
Fred Maus
1.0 credit
Online Asyncronous
Class Number: 12466
Exploration of collective activities that involve listening and making sound together, and other interactions, at the intersection of music-making and contemplative practices, drawing on the work of Pauline Oliveros, the Fluxus artists, and other musicians and thinkers. Weekly reading assignments for conceptualization in relation to the experiential component; weekly email responses to readings along with several brief reflective papers.
MUSI 3372 Writing Rap
A.D. Carson
3.0 credits
TR / 8:00-9:15 am / New Cabell 398
Class Number: 19671
This course focuses on the craft of writing raps. It is not necessary that students have previous experience writing raps to take this course. Students will listen to, attempt to deconstruct, and evaluate a broad range of rap music while learning the basics of composing lyrics. Along with writing raps, students will learn songwriting techniques and some theoretical approaches to composing larger works such as a “mixtape” or “album” through examinations of music, criticism, and literature.
MUSI 3380 Introduction to Composition
Nicole Mitchell Gantt
3.0 credits
Lecture: W / 4:00-6:30 / OCH B011
Class Number: 20262
This course explores compositional techniques in Western concert music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Students will explore and experiment with innovative approaches to harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, and compositional form. We will improvise, listen to, analyze, and discuss new music and compositional techniques. The goal of this course is to expose you to multiple compositional techniques and let you experiment! Coursework will primarily focus on creative and composition exercises, as well as readings, listening, analyses, and short writing assignments. Students will learn to compose in varying styles and will apply their knowledge towards a final composition project.
Prerequisite: MUSI 3310. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of instructor.
MUSI 3390 Introduction to Computers and Music
Leah Reid
3.0 credits
Section 100: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 13096
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Varun Kishore): M / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 12726
Section 102 (Varun Kishore): M / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 12727
Section 103 (Varun Kishore): M / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 12728
Introduction to Music and Computers is an upper-level introductory course in music technology. Students gain theoretical, historical and practical knowledge of electronic and computer music. An emphasis is placed on creative hands-on experience composing music via digital technologies. Theoretical and practical topics include acoustics, recording, editing and mixing, MIDI, sound synthesis, and audio DSP. Students learn a host of skills and technologies useful for working with digital audio.
3390 fulfills the composition requirement of the Music Major. This is a composition class and key assignments are creative in nature. Note that you MUST register for the Lab (0 credits), as well as the course.
MUSI 3410 Orchestration I: Anatomy of the Orchestra
Ben Rous
3.0 credits
MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 19672
This course will examine the symphony orchestra in detail, equipping students with all necessary skills to arrange or compose for any ensemble. We will learn the capabilities of every orchestral instrument, and study how they are combined by master composers. Students will create arrangements for string quartet, woodwind quintet, and full orchestra. The majority of these projects will receive readings by ensembles.
Projects may be completed with notation software or may be handwritten. No previous composition or arranging experience is necessary, but fluency in musical notation and familiarity with the basics of music theory are required.
MUSI 3559 New Courses in Music
Topic: Creative Strategies for Indie Artists
JoVia Armstrong
3.0 credits
Section 2: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 19845
This course provides a platform for students to develop successful strategies for advancing their careers in music. Students will gain knowledge about multiple aspects of being an independent musician, including the songwriting process, copyrights, PROs, marketing, booking shows, live production, tour management, and more. Additionally, the course will feature several guest speakers, such as entertainment lawyers, artist managers, and publicists, who will provide valuable insights into the world of DIY music.
MUSI 3570 Music Cultures
Topic: Curating Sound: Art, Ethnography, and Community Practice
Noel Lobley
3.0 credits
MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / Wilson 142
Class Number: 19678
This practical and discovery-driven design course explores the intersections of curatorial practice, sound studies, ethnography, composition, sound art, and community arts practice, through a series of engagements linking archival collections, local and international artists and art and community spaces, and the method and philosophies of embodied and experiential deep listening. Drawing from both the histories and potential affordances of sound curation we engage with practical examples ranging from sub-Saharan Africa to Australia, from Europe to New York, and right back here to the Charlottesville and UVA communities, asking what it means to curate local sound within globalized arts circuits. We will explore multiple and diverse case studies where artists, curators, communities, industries and institutions have both collaborated and clashed, as we ask whether it is desirable or even possible to curate the elusive, invasive and ephemeral object, medium and experience of sound.
Throughout the entire course we will be working closely with professional artists and curators most notably Around HipHop Live Café and the Black Power Station based in Makhanda, South Africa, the Kluge Ruhe Museum of Aboriginal Art, and the UVA Scholars Lab.
Less a lecture format, and more of an interactive workshop, critical and creative content will be explored in an open-pedagogical model where students apprentice as curators and eventually take an active role in curating the class itself. Expect a mix of group project work, individual reflection and portfolio curation, and real-world collaborative work with professional partners.
MUSI 3993 Independent Study
1.0-3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.
MUSI 4065 The "Black Voice"
A.D. Carson
3.0 credits
TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / New Cabell 398
Class Number: 12540
This course focuses on critical analyses of and questions concerning “The Black Voice” as it pertains to hip-hop culture, particularly rap and related popular musics. Students will read, analyze, discuss a wide range of thinkers [artists included] to explore many conceptions and definitions of “Blackness” while examining popular artists and the statements they make in [and about] their art.
MUSI 4331 Theory III
Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19679
In this course we read, analyze, and write music in the western classical tradition to learn how it is formed, from its smallest parts (motives) to its largest wholes (sonatas). We focus on music of the High Classical Era: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 (Theory 2) or instructor permission. Send questions to puri@virginia.edu.
MUSI 4509 Cultural & Historical Studies
Topic: Music in Relation to Sexuality and Disability
Fred Maus
3.0 credits
W / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19680
This seminar considers music in relation to sexuality and disability, drawing on The Oxford Handbook of Music and Queerness and The Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies along with other material, mostly from the 1990s on. All required reading, listening, and video will be available online at no cost.
MUSI 4545 Computer Applications in Music
Topic: Designing Audio Effect Plugins
Luke Dahl
3.0 credits
MW / 2:30-3:45 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 12107
Audio effects are common and useful tools used in the recording, mixing, and mastering of music and sound, as well as in sound design.
This course focuses on understanding, designing and implementing audio effects, and using them for musical projects. We will cover the signal processing involved in effects such as EQ, delay, chorus, flanger, reverb, distortion, and compression, and we will implement these effects as VST or AudioUnit plug-ins by programming in C/C++ and using the JUCE framework. We will emphasize the musical application of our designs, and as a final project students will create a unique new effect that addresses their own musical goals.
Enrollment is by instructor permission. Students are expected to have experience using digital audio tools, and to have a music-making or sound-based practice. Previous programming experience is _very_ helpful, but not required if you are enthusiastic and able to learn quickly!
MUSI 4559 New Course in Music
Topic: The Sound of Film
Nomi Dave
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / Wilson 117
Class Number: 19681
How do we listen to film? What is the relationship between sound and images? What stories does sound tell? This course will explore the role of sound and listening in film, from lo-fi to hi-fi, from sound effects and ambient noise to voiceovers, music, and sound design. We will consider the history of sound recording in film and will listen to and watch several different examples and techniques of sound story-telling. Students will also learn about different types of microphones, experiment with making recordings, and create their own short sound films. No musical experience necessary.
MUSI 4581 Composition I
Leah Reid
3.0 credits
TR / 9:30-10:45 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19682
MUSI 4581 is an upper level music composition course. Students will receive a combination of individual online lessons and synchronous online group sessions. The course will provide a forum for students to listen, discuss, workshop, develop, and explore inspirations, compositions, and ideas.
Over the course of the semester, students are expected to compose a large-scale work or a series of smaller works in the style of their choosing. Students may compose electronic, acoustic, or electroacoustic music.
4581 fulfills the composition requirement of the Music Major. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of the instructor.
Prerequisite: Students are expected to have some prior composition experience and should be comfortable with standard music notation or DAWs. While not required, it is recommended that students have taken MUSI 3380, 3390, participated in UVA’s Composers Collective, or taken another music composition course prior to taking MUSI 4581.
MUSI 4600 Performance with Computers
Matthew Burtner
4.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 13981
Lab (Brian Lindgren): T / 3:30-4:30 / OCH B011
Class Number: 13982
The course teaches a blended approach to performance, composition and computer programming through the context of a computer music ensemble. Students from various backgrounds work collaboratively in a technological ensemble context while building skills in interactive media programming, sound art design and human-computer interaction. They explore a new way of making ensemble music in collaboration with interactive and networked computer systems.
4950 Performance Concentration Seminar
Daniel Sender
3.0 credits
TBA
Class Number: 11869
MUSI 4993 Independent Study
1.0-3.0 credits
Instructor permission required to enroll.
Fall 2024 Graduate Courses
MUSI 7000 Introduction to Research in Music and Sound
Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: T / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19767
This is a crash course in thinking and writing about music from many different perspectives. It is also an introduction to some of the ways we think about music and sound in the UVa music department. And it is an opportunity for you to think about the enterprise of being an academic in music and in the humanities. We will also focus a bit on teaching and University life.
MUSI 7350 Interactive Media
Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
W / 11:00-2:30 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19768
A graduate-level seminar in interactive technology for music and multimedia. Students explore theoretical, creative and practical aspects of programming, composing and performing real-time interactive music with computers.
MUSI 7500 Studies in Pre-Modern Musi to 1500
Topic: Premodern Sounds and Cultures
Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
T / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19805
This course uses sound to explore dynamic and new approaches to the premodern period. It promises a dynamic and dynamic and fresh look at the premodern (loosely conceived as stretching from the 5th c. to 1700) that will privilege new avenues of scholarship focused on a global, transhistoric, and multidisciplinary approach to the past. Presented through a series of sonic case studies and team-taught modules by UVA faculty that will address the long history of slavery, cross-cultural exchange, gender and sexualities, and global religious practices with an eye to encouraging debate and dialogue between faculty and students. Students will be guided in producing a final seminar paper that works across disciplinary boundaries. Modules will include topics like “Travel, Trade Routes and the Sonic Passage” “Joan of Arc and the Voice then and now” The Invention of Race and the Slave Trade,” This seminar is of the music PhD curriculum and the graduate certificate in Premodern Cultures & Communities.
MUSI 7519 Current Studies in Research and Criticism
Topic: Audio Justice: Sound, Listening, & the Law
Nomi Dave
3.0 credits
R / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19769
What happens when we listen closely to the law? How do justice proceedings rely on hearings? What are the limits of possibilities of audio in the courtroom? This seminar explores the role of sound and listening in legal discourse and practice. Bringing together materials and ideas from legal studies, music & sound studies, anthropology, philosophy, and history, we will consider how formal and informal justice claims are made through sound. We will listen to and consider a range of debates, cases, issues, and creative works. The seminar is connected to the new Sound Justice Lab.
MUSI 7547 Materials of Contemporary Music
Topic: Composing Composition Machines
Ted Coffey
3.0 credits
T / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 13097
The course is intended for graduate students in music. Topics in contemporary music that will focus on different areas in rotation. Each will involve focused readings, analysis of selected works, and the creation of original compositions that reflect the issues under discussion. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
Fall 2024 Curricular Ensembles
MUBD 2610, 2620, 2630 and 2640 Marching Band I-IV
Elliott Tackitt and Andrew Koch
2.0 credits
Lecture: TR - 6:00-8:15 pm & F - 6:30-8:45 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building
MUBD 2610
Class Number: 10298
MUBD 2620
Class Number: 10299
MUBD 2630
Class Number: 10300
MUBD 2640
Class Number: 10301
The Cavalier Marching Band is open to all students at the University of Virginia by audition. The band is comprised of members from nearly every major at UVA. A normal practice schedule is twice a week, with additional Friday practices on home game weeks. Attendance is mandatory at our band camp in August. There are no fees to be in the Cavalier marching Band. IF you are interested please contact the bands office at 434.982.5347 or email Elliott Tackitt.
MUEN 3600 Jazz Ensemble
John D'earth
2.0 credits
MR / 7:30-9:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10302
Led by internationally recognized jazz trumpeter/composer John D'earth, the Jazz Ensemble is a full-sized jazz big band, whose focus includes “head arrangements” group improvisation, world music and original compositions from within the band, along with music ranging from swing to bop to fusion. You'll gain valuable experience in ensemble playing and in the art of solo improvisation, and may take private instruction in jazz improvisation, perform in small combos and participate in jazz workshops held by such major figures as Michael Brecker, John Abercrombi, Dave Leibman, Bob Moses, Clark Terry, and Joe Henderson. Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3610 Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia
Ben Rous, Conductor
2.0 credits
Strings
Lecture / Section 100: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 10303
Sectionals: M / 5:30-7:00 pm
Section 101: Pete Spaar (Double Bass) / OCH B012
Class Number: 10305
Section 102: Adam Carter (Cello) / OCH Studio D
Class Number: 10306
Section 103: Ayn Balija (Viola) / OCH 113
Class Number: 10307
Section 104: Daniel Sender (Violin) / OCH 107
Class Number: 10308
Section 105: David Sariti (Violin) / OCH B018
Class Number: 10309
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion
Lecture / Section 200: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 10304
Sectionals:
Section 201: Kelly Peral (Oboe) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH B019
Class Number: 13591
Section 202: Elizabeth Roberts (Bassoon) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH B020
Class Number: 13590
Section 203: TBA (Trumpet) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 13589
Section 204: Jiyeon Choi (Clarinet) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 12177
Section 205: Kelly Sulick (Flute) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH Studio C
Class Number: 10310
Section 206: Nate Lee (Trombone) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 10311
Section 207: Cody Halquist (Horn) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 13588
Section 208: I-Jen Fang (Percussion) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 14072
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3620 Wind Ensemble
Elliott Tackitt
2.0 credits
M / 6:45-9:00 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 10517
The University of Virginia Wind Ensemble is open to all students at UVA by audition, and is conducted by the Director of Bands, Dr. Elliott Tackitt. This 45-member ensemble features the most outstanding brass, woodwind, and percussion players at the University, and rehearses in the Fall and Spring Semesters.
The focus of this ensemble is for students to explore their artistic potential in a collaborative environment. Wind Ensemble members enjoy the opportunity to practice and perform more challenging chamber music and wind band works encompassing a variety of composers, styles, and musical time periods.
The Wind Ensemble has a history of including performing artists from UVA’s Department of Music as soloists, as well as guests from abroad. Musically-inclined students from every College and School are encouraged to participate in auditions, which are held the first week of the semester.
Students interested in auditioning for Spring 2022 are encouraged to visit the Audition Information webpage.
MUEN 3630 Chamber Music Ensembles
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Brass Quintet
TBA
1.0 credit
Section 6: TBA
Class Number: 12195
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Double Reed Ensemble
Kelly Peral
1.0 credit
Section 16: TBA
Class Number: 11696
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Flute Ensemble
Kelly Sulick
1.0 credit
Section 3: F / 3:00-5:00 / OCH B012
Class Number: 10312
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Horn Ensemble
Cody Halquist
1.0 credit
Section 8: TBA
Class Number: 10314
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Jazz Chamber
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition.
Section 7: Pete Spaar / R / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10317
Section 12: Pete Spaar / F / 12:30-2:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10318
Section 21: Calvin Brown / T / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10607
Section 22: Mike Rosensky / F / 2:00-3:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10608
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Percussion Ensemble
I-Jen Fang
1.0 credit
Section 10: T / 9:30-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 10316
Restricted to Instructor permission by audition on first day of class.
Re-established in spring 2005 by I-Jen Fang, principal timpanist and percussionist with Charlottesville Symphony, the Percussion Ensemble is a chamber group that performs literature ranging from classical transcriptions to contemporary music. The ensemble draws upon a large family of pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments, and the number of players and amount of equipment varies greatly from piece to piece. Music reading skills and basic percussion technique on all percussion instruments is required. Previous percussion ensemble experience is highly recommended. If you are interested in joining please contact I-Jen Fang.
MUEN 3630 String Chamber Ensembles
Section 9: Daniel Sender / TBA
Class Number: 12533
Section 17: Ayn Balija / TBA
Class Number: 10319
Section 18: David Sariti / TBA
Class Number: 10320
Section 20: Adam Carter / TBA
Class Number: 10321
Section 25: John Mayhood / TBA
Class Number: 11961
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630 Trombone Ensemble
Nate Lee
1.0 credit
Section 5: TBA
Class Number: 10315
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition. Contact Nathaniel Lee to schedule an audition.
MUEN 3630 Woodwind Ensemble
Elizabeth Roberts
1.0 credit
Section 4: TBA
Class Number: 10313
Explore, rehearse and perform woodwind chamber music, including both standard and more obscure works. Focus on developing chamber music playing skills, learning the tendencies of the woodwind instruments, developing musicianship, and enjoying making and sharing music! Instructor permission and audition required.
MUEN 3630 Woodwind Quintet
Jiyeon Choi
1.0 credit
Section 2: TBA
Class Number: 12194
MUEN 3645 Bluegrass Workshop
Liza Flood
1.0 credit, Instructor permission
Lecture: T / 7:00-8:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11555
This course seeks to develop the playing, singing, and improvising skills necessary for the idomatic performance of bluegrass music, while also providing an opportunity for discussion of its origins and development. Appropriate for experienced players working to improve their knowledge or for players versed in other genres to learn new styles.
MUEN 3646 Bluegrass Band
Liza Flood
1.0 credit, Instructor permission
Lecture: T / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11783
This course seeks to develop the advanced playing, singing, improvising, and collaborating skills necessary to perform in a traditional bluegrass band, along with knowledge of bluegrass history and repertoire.
Prerequisite: MUEN 3645
MUEN 3650 University Singers
Michael Slon
2.0 credits
MW / 3:30-5:30 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 10323
The University Singers is the University's premier SATB ensemble, performing a cappella and accompanied choral literature ranging from chant to the works of contemporary composers. Past repertoire has included Bach's Mass in B minor, Orff's Carmina Burana, the Duruflé Requiem, and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, as well as shorter a cappella works. Recent trips have taken the group to Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., as well as the campuses of other American universities for collaborative concerts. The group has also been heard on European tours in England, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. Recent highlights have included performances with the Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia, a concert and workshop with Bobby McFerrin, and a concert tour of the Southeastern U.S.
Students in the University Singers come from all six of UVA's undergraduate schools, including Arts and Sciences, Education, and Engineering, as well as several of the University's graduate and professional schools. Together, they enjoy an esprit de corps that arises from the pursuit of musical excellence and the camaraderie the singers develop offstage.
All singers at the University - undergraduates, graduate students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to audition. University Singers is offered for two hours academic credit. Michael Slon, who has conducted choruses at the Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University School of Music, is the conductor. For more information on the University Singers, please visit our webpage.
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3651 Chamber Singers
Michael Slon
2.0 credits
F / 1:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 10322
Chamber Singers is a select ensemble drawn from the University Singers. The ensemble meets once a week and focuses on music for chamber choir ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary pieces. Recent performances have included the Monteverdi Mass for 4 voices (1651), Britten'sHymn to St. Cecilia, and Bach's Cantata 150, as well as contemporary works by Meredith Monk and Eric Whitacre, and arrangements of classic jazz standards by Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and the King's Singers. Interested singers will be considered for the chamber ensemble as part of their University Singers audition. For more information, please visit our webpage.
Restricted to: Instructor permission
MUEN 3660 Ensemble Music with Piano
John Mayhood
2.0 credits
TBA
Class Number: 12178
Studies in the preparation and performance of ensemble music with piano. Focus is on the development of collaborative skills and a practical understanding of cultural and theoretical context. Repertoire to be studied varies from semester to semester.
MUEN 3670 Early Music Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti
2.0 credits
R / 7:00-9:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 10551
The Baroque Orchestra, directed by David Sariti, offers students the rare opportunity to perform music of the 17th and 18th centuries on the instruments for which it was written, at low pitch. Students use period instruments from the University's extensive collection, receiving personal instruction on the special techniques necessary, and must be accomplished on their modern counterparts. Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.