MUSI 1040 Exploring the Orchestra

Kate Tamarkin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00-11:50 am / Maury Hall 104
Class Number: 19639

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Jarek Ervin): F / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19640

Section 102 (Jarek Ervin): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number:19641

Section 103 (Jarek Ervin): F / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number:19642

An introduction to the tradition and repertory of the symphony orchestra.  Topics include the development and instrumental makeup of the modern symphony orchestra, forms and genres, and the role of the conductor.

MUSI 1070 Global Music

Catherine Appert
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19647

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Liza Flood): W / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19648

Section 102 (Liza Flood): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number:19649

Section 103 (Liza Flood): W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number:19650

This introductory coursetraces intersecting paths of people and music as they move across continents and oceans: African and African diaspora musics, Indian musics as they travel through the South Asian diaspora, musics of the Roma people across Europe, and popular musics produced in the United States and disseminated globally. We explore diverse genres such as salsa, bhangra, hip hop, flamenco, Bollywood, and reggae, considering issues including imperialism, migration, diaspora, and global capitalism as they affect music making. No prior musical experience is necessary.

MUSI 1310 Basic Musical Skills

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Chris Peck): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 11199

Lecture / Section 2 (Steve Kemper): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number:11200

Lecture / Section 3 (Emily Gale): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number:11201

Study of the rudiments of music and training in the ability to read music.  Prerequisite: No previous knowledge of music required.

MUSI 1993 Independent Study

1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.

MUSI 2020 Opera

Heather Wiebe
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am-11:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19651

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Courtney Kleftis): F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19652

Section 102 (Courtney Kleftis): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number:19653

Section 103 (Courtney Kleftis): F / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number:19654

This course will explore the history of opera primarily through a set of representative works, including Don Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, La Traviata, and Wagner’s Ring Cycle. We will address the changing conventions of operatic music and dramaturgy, as well as the ways particular operas engaged with the societies that produced them, but we will also be concerned with the contemporary life of these operas, exploring issues raised by their staging for modern audiences and their mediation by film, recordings, digital media, and simulcast. No previous musical knowledge is required.

MUSI 2070 Popular Music: History of Rock

Michael Bishop
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 21448

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Jason Kirby): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21449

Section 102 (Jason Kirby): T / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21450

Section 103 (Jason Kirby): T / 3:30-4:20 pm / OCH 113 
Class Number: 21451

This course is intended to help you think critically about rock music and its history. We explore this history by tracing the roots of the music and following the development of rock genres and styles in chronological order while looking at the music in its social, political and historical context. We will pay particular attention to how rock music intersects with issues of “authenticity,” the influence of mass media and technology on the music and the role of rock as a symbol of identity involving race, class, gender, sexuality and generation. Along the way, we investigate narratives of rock history from journalistic and academic sources while gaining an overview of approaches to listening, thinking and writing about the music.

MUSI 2080 American Music

Joel Rubin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / Maury 104
Class Number: 15756

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Jean Maroun): F / 3:00-3:50 pm / OCH 113 
Class Number:15757

Section 102 (Jean Maroun): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number:15758

Section 103 (Jean Maroun): F / 2:00-2:50 am / OCH 113 
Class Number:15759

American Music (“Roots Music of Multicultural America”) looks at American traditional and popular musics from a cross-cultural and multi-ethnic perspective. We will examine the traditions most often called “roots music,” including African-American blues and southern old-time string band music, which influenced the development of rock and roll and country and western. Broadening out from there, we will also study a wide range of other ethnic musical traditions, from Native American pow wows and Cajun to salsa, klezmer and Balkan-Gypsy-punk, which have influenced popular music-making of the past twenty-five years. Along the way we will treat a complex and shifting web of associated ideas, such as authenticity, heritage, nationalism, and multiculturalism, and the musical or music-marketing categories of folk, traditional, roots, world music, and indie rock. We will ask how “roots” traditions have fed into definitions of “American-ness” over the years, and whether recent trends represent signs of America’s transforming itself into a post-ethnic, post-racial society. This course is designed for non-music majors. There are no prerequisites, and musical literacy is not assumed.

MUSI 2302 Keyboard Skills (Beginning)

2.0 credits, instructor permission

Lecture / Section 1 (John Mayhood): TR / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 11207

Lecture / Section 2 (John Mayhood): TR / 12:30-1:20 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 16868

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 2340 Learn to Groove

Robert Jospe
2.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 12258

Lecture / Section 2: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 14969

"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 2350 Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition

Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 12:00-12:50 / Maury Hall 209
Class Number: 16392

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Paul Turowski): M / 9:00-9:50 am / Wilson 306 
Class Number: 16393

Section 102 (Paul Turowski): M / 10:00-10:50 am / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16394

Section 103 (Paul Turowski): M / 11:00-11:50 am / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16395

Section 104 (Maxwell Tfirn): R / 9:00-9:50 am / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16396

Section 105 (Maxwell Tfirn): R / 10:00-10:50 am / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16397

Section 106 (Maxwell Tfirn): R / 1:00-1:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16398

Section 107 (Kristina Warren): T / 10:00-10:50 am / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16399

Section 108 (Kristina Warren): T / 2:00-2:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16400

Section 109 (Kristina Warren): T / 3:00-3:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 16401

Section 110 (Kevin Davis): M / 1:00-1:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 19655

Section 111 (Kevin Davis): M / 2:00-2:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 19656

Section 112 (Kevin Davis): M / 3:00-3:50 pm / Wilson 306
Class Number: 19657

This class (www.technosonics.net) 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: Vocal Skills

Pam Beasley
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW /4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 20440

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 2600 Jazz Improvisation

John D'earth
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 14600

MUSI 2993: Independent Study

1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.

MUSI 3010 Early Modern Music (1500-1700)

Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am-12:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 19658

MUSI 3030 Studies in Nineteenth-Century Music

Heather Wiebe
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 19659

This course examines the history of 19th-century vocal and instrumental music. Looking closely at a range of musical works and writing about music, it addresses topics such as gender and domesticity, virtuosity and spectacle, nationalism and revolutionary politics, Romantic interiority, modernity and the urban, and monumentality.

MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse Since 1900

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Stephanie Doktor): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 11209

Lecture / Section 2 (Fred Maus): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19661

Studies the range of music that has flourished in the twentieth century, including modernist and post-modern art music, popular music, and world music, through historical, critical, and ethnographic approaches.

MUSI 3070 Intro to Musical Ethnography

Catherine Appert
3.0 credits
Lecture: MWF / 1:00-1:50 am, OCH B012
Class Number: 19660

MUSI 3310 Theory I

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Amy Coddington): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11210

Lecture / Section 2 (Gretchen Michelson): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11211

Lecture / Section 3 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11212

Studies pitch and formal organization in European concert music of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes four-part vocal writing, 18th-century style keyboard accompaniment, key relations, and form. Students compose numerous short passages of music and study significant compositions by period composers. (Y)

MUSI 3332, 3334, and 3336 Musicianship I, II and III

1.0 credit

All students must take a placement exam for entrance into the Musicianship courses. This placement exam will be held on Wednesday, August 29, at 12:00pm in OCH 107. There are no exemptions from this exam, please email Adam Carter, with any questions.

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. Students entering the sequence take a test to determine the appropriate level of their first course. At the end of each course, students take a placement test to determine whether they may enter a higher level course. Courses may be repeated for credit, but each course may be counted toward the major only once. MUSI 3332, 3334, and 3336 are co-requisites for MUSI 3310, 3320, and 4331. This means that students pre-registering in the latter courses must also pre-register in MUSI 3332, 3334, and 3336 unless they have already taken the highest level course and have been passed out of further co-requisite requirements. Students interested in taking Musicianship but not Theory are encouraged to register for MUSI 3332, 3334, or 3336 as space permits. Such students may not pre-register. They should plan to register by adding in Fall after taking a placement exam.

MUSI 3332 Musicianship I

Lecture / Section 1: (Adam Carter) M / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Stephanie Gunst) F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11214

Lecture / Section 2: (Adam Carter) M / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Stephanie Gunst) W / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11213

MUSI 3334 Musicianship II

Lecture / Section 1: (Adam Carter) W / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Peter D'Elia) F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11216

Lecture / Section 2: (Adam Carter) W / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Peter D'Elia) M / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11215

MUSI 3336 Musicianship III

Lecture / Section 1: (Adam Carter) F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Victor Szabo) M / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11217

Lecture / Section 2: (Adam Carter) F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107 and (Victor Szabo) W / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11218

MUSI 3370 Songwriting

Judith Shatin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19662

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Joe Adkins): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: TBA

Section 102 (Joe Adkins): R / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: TBA

Section 103 (Joe Adkins): R / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: TBA

The goal of this course is to delve into songwriting; to develop your aural, analytic and creative abilities and to join them together in understanding and composing songs. You will learn about rhythm, melodic design, harmonic progression, lyrics and song forms. You will also work on eartraining, so that concepts you learn will be sonically meaningful. We will consider examples from a broad musical spectrum: blues, folk, tin pan alley, musicals, R & B, rock & roll, hip hop. We will also discuss the issues that songwriters encounter. You will have the opportunity to suggest songs for study, and some assignments will be done in groups. In these situations, we will organize groups that have complementary abilities for in-class performances. The Lab is a required part of the class, and you must sign up for a lab section. During the lab you will go over concepts we are covering in class, as well as work on additional eartraining, analysis and creative projects.

Prerequisites: MUSI 3310 or Instructor Permission

MUSI 3390 Introduction to Music and Computers

Ted Coffey
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19662

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Erik DeLuca): R / 3:30-4:20 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11221

Section 102 (Erik DeLuca): R / 3:30-5:20 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11220

Section 103 (Erik DeLuca): R / 5:30-6:20 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11222

Introduction to Music and Computers in 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 computer music. 

Theoretical and practical topics include acoustics, recording, editing and mixing, MIDI, sound synthesis, and audio DSP. Programs used will include Audacity, Spear, SoundHack, Pro Tools, Logic, and MaxMSP. Note that you MUST register for the Lab (0 credits) as well as the course. 

3390 fulfills the composition requirement of the Music Major. This is a composition class and most assignments are creative in nature.

MUSI 3993 Independent Study

1.0-3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.

MUSI 4331 Theory III

Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11224

Studies in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century techniques and styles through analysis and composition.  Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission; Corequisite:  MUSI 3332, 3334, or 3336, except for students who have already passed the exit test for MUSI 3336.

MUSI 4507 Composers

Topic: Beethoven

Richard Will
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19663

This course offers in-depth study of Beethoven’s works and their 19th- and 20th-century reception.  In addition to the music, the composer’s life, and the contexts in which he worked, we shall consider how Western culture has used Beethoven’s music in its constructions of subjectivity, genius, national identities, and more.

MUSI 4509 Cultural & Historical Studies

Topic: Leonard Bernstein

Michael Slon
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 1:00-2:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11895

This seminar will focus on the man and musician considered one of the most widely influential American musicians of the 20th century. Our studies fill focus on several aspects of Bernstein's life and career. Music covered will include Candide,West Side Story, the Symphonies, Chichester Psalms, and Mass. We'll review his interpretive impact as a conductor, influence as a nationally televised teacher, and religious and political interests. Bernstein was also a prolific writer, so in addition to biographical materials, class readings will consider his published works including The Joy of Music,The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard, and Findings.

MUSI 4519 Critical Studies of Music

Topic: Trauma, Mourning, Shame

Fred Maus
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00pm-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number:16404

We will consider various relations of music to trauma, mourning, shame and related phenomena. Readings draw on musicological texts as well as the rich offerings in clinical and humanities scholarship. We will consider the interplay between individual psychology and social/political issues, drawing on a broad range of popular and classical musics. Specific issues include wartime experiences, sexual abuse trauma, AIDS/HIV, slavery, the Holocaust, 9-11, homosexual shame, and funeral music.

MUSI 4547 Materials of Contemporary Music

Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 5:00-6:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19664

MUSI 4581 Composition I

Judith Shatin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19665

MUSI 4581, Composition, will focus on composing notated instrumental and vocal music, with models drawn from classical and contemporary repertoire. The course will feature several in-class visits and performances by our artist faculty, composition projects to be performed by class members, and a final project and concert. You will learn how to maximize the use of notation programs for both traditional and new instrumental compositions, and will have the opportunity to explore a broad musical range. Assignments will include listening and analysis as well as creative projects that respond to and build on the music we study. There will be both group and individual projects, and you will develop a portfolio of music over the course of the semester. Proficiency on an instrument or voice is required, as is at least MUSI 3320, with MUSI 4331 as a pre-or-co-requisite preferred.

MUSI 4710 Instrumental Conducting I

Kate Tamarkin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19666

MUSI 4993: Independent Study

1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.

MUSI 7508 American Music

Scott DeVeaux
3.0 credits
Lecture: W / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008 
Class Number: 19667

MUSI 7511 Introduction to Research in Music

Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
Lecture: R / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 12026

MUSI 7532 Musical Analysis
Topic: Wagner's Operas: Lohengrin and Parsifal

Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: T / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 16406

At the upbeat to the 2013 bicentennial celebrations of Richard Wagner's birth, we take a moment in this seminar to reassess the work of a composer whose music and writings are arguably just as influential, perplexing, and controversial today as they were in the nineteenth century. We will focus on two operas, Lohengrin (1848) and Parsifal (1881): in addition to their interrelated plots (Lohengrin is the son of Parsifal), their position at the middle and end of his oeuvre allows us to survey his overall development as a composer. Readings will include not only the most important and recent essays by musicologists, but also those by Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Zizek, Badiou, and others.

Prerequisites: the abilities to read music and identify harmonic progressions. German language skills are helpful, but not required.

MUSI 7543 Sound Studio
Topic: Producer as Composer

Ted Coffey
3.0 credits
Lecture: R / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19668

This seminar examines the increasingly creative role of production in recorded music over the last 50 years. Materials, topics and themes include: (1) survey and analysis of key recordings; (2) theoretical and practical understanding of technologies used in recording and production; (3) developments in music production (such as the naturalization of 'illusion') in the context of broader technological and cultural developments; and (4) creative studio projects.

MUSI 8810: Advanced Composition

3.0 credits

MUSI 8910: Supervised Research

3.0 credits

Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by first-year graduate students.

MUSI 8960: Thesis

3.0 credits

MUSI 8993: Independent Study

1.0-3.0 credits

Independent study dealing with a specific topic. Requirements will place primary emphasis on independent research.

MUSI 8998: Non-topical Research

3.0-12.0 credits

MUSI 9010: Directed Readings

3.0 credits

MUSI 9910: Supervised Research

3.0 credits

Reading and/or other work in particular fields under supervision of an instructor. Normally taken by second year graduate students.

MUSI 9930: Independent Research

3.0 credits

Research carried out by graduate student in consultation with an instructor.

MUSI 9998: Non-topical Research

3.0-12.0 credits

Preliminary research directed towards a dissertation in consultation with an instructor.

MUSI 9999: Non-topical Research

3.0-12.0 credits

For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.

For information on auditions, please visit our auditions website.

MUBD 2610, 2620, 2630 and 2640: Marching Band I-IV

Bill Pease
2.0 credits
Lecture: TRF 6:00-8:20 pm, TBA

MUBD 2610
Class Number: 11110

MUBD 2620
Class Number: 11111

MUBD 2630 
Class Number: 11112

MUBD 2640
Class Number: 11113

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 band office at 434.982.5347 or email William Pease .

MUEN 2690, 3690 and 4690 African Music and Dance Ensemble

(registration number depends on student seniority in the ensemble)

Eric Gertner
2.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 5:00-7:15 pm / OCH 107

MUEN 3690 / Level I
Class Number: TBA

MUEN 3690 / Level II
Class Number: TBA

MUEN 4690 / Level III
Class Number: TBA

The African Music and Dance Ensemble is a practical, hands-on course focusing on several music/dance forms from Western and Central Africa with performances during and at the end of the semester. Though no previous experience with music or dance is required, we will give special attention to developing tight ensemble dynamics, aural musicianship, and a polymetric sensibility. Concentration, practice, and faithful attendance are required of each class member, the goal being to develop an ongoing U.Va. African Music and Dance Ensemble.

MUEN 3600: Jazz Ensemble

John D'earth
2.0 credits
Lecture: MR / 7:30-9:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11114

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: Orchestra

Kate Tamarkin, Conductor
2.0 credits

Strings

Lecture / Section 100: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11115

Sectionals: M / 5:30-7:00 pm

Section 101: Pete Spaar (Double Bass) / OCH B012
Class Number: 11117

Section 102: Adam Carter (Cello) / OCH S004
Class Number: 11118

Section 103: Ayn Balija (Viola) / OCH 113
Class Number: 11119

Section 104: Daniel Sender (Violin) / OCH 107
Class Number: 11120

Section 105: David Sariti (Violin) / OCH B018
Class Number: 11121

Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion

Lecture / Section 200: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11116

Sectionals: W / 5:15-6:15 pm

Section 201: Susan Fritts (Horn) / OCH 113
Class Number: 11125

Section 202: Rob Patterson (Clarinet) / TBA 
Class Number: 11123

Section 203: Aaron Hill (Oboe) / TBA
Class Number: 11126

Section 204: Elizabeth Roberts (Bassoon) / OCH B020
Class Number: 11122

Section 205: Kelly Sulick (Flute) / OCH B019
Class Number: 11124

Section 206: Paul Neebe (Trumpet) / 107
Class Number: 11129

Section 207: Nathan Dishman (Trombone) / B012 
Class Number: 11128

Section 208: I-Jen Fang (Percussion) / B018
Class Number: 11127

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3620: Wind Ensemble

Bill Pease
2.0 credits
Lecture: M / 6:45-9:00 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building / Room 200
Class Number: 11888

The Wind Ensemble is a 45-member ensemble that features the most outstanding brass, woodwind, and percussion players at the University. The focus of this ensemble is to explore new literature as well as perform the masterworks of the wind band era. The wind ensemble also works with outstanding guest performers and conductors. This group is predominately made up of non-music majors who enjoy the genre of the wind band. Open to all University of Virginia students, auditions are held prior to the start of each semester. For more information on the Wind Ensemble, please visit our webpage at: https://music.virginia.edu/wind-ensemble.

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630, Section 1: Chamber Music Ensemble

Daniel Sender
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA 
Class Number: 11132

MUEN 3630, Section 2: Double Reed Ensemble

Aaron Hill
1.0 credit
Lecture: T / 5:15-6:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11131

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630, Section 3: Flute Ensemble

Kelly Sulick
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11130

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630, Section 4: Woodwind Ensemble

Elizabeth Roberts
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11133

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, Section 5: Brass Quintet

Paul Neebe
1.0 credit
Lecture: W / 3:30-4:30 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11135

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630: Jazz Chamber Ensemble

1.0 credit

Lecture / Section 7: Pete Spaar / R / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11139

Lecture / Section 12: Pete Spaar / F / 12:30-2:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11140

Lecture / Section 21: Mike Rosensky / T / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 12259

Lecture / Section 22: Jeff Decker / F / 2:30-3:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 12260

MUEN 3630, Section 8: Horn Ensemble

Susan Fritts
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11134

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630, Section 9: Klezmer Ensemble

Joel Rubin
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 7:30-9:30 pm / OCH 113 
Class Number: 11137

Klezmer, originally the ritual and celebratory music of the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe, was brought to North America by immigrants around the turn of the last century. Since the 1970s, a dynamic revival of this tradition has been taking place in America and beyond. Klezmer’s recent popularity has brought it far from its roots in medieval minstrelsy and Jewish ritual and into the sphere of mainstream culture. The traditional klezmer style presents the experienced instrumentalist with a range of technical challenges with its characteristic note bends, rubati, Baroque-style embellishments and other micro-improvisational techniques, opening up a world of expressive possibilities not available to them from either classical music or jazz. This music was passed on orally from generation to generation, and many of the ornaments which are so integral to the klezmer sound can only be approximated by Western staff notation – not to mention the patterns of improvised variation which are the cornerstone of the style. There will therefore be an emphasis on learning by ear as much as possible, but we will be using music in the form of lead sheets and other written instructional materials to supplement sound examples.

The class focuses on the study and performance of various traditions, including the klezmer traditions of New York between the two world wars, 19th century Eastern Europe, as well as original contemporary compositions. Emphasis will be on learning by ear, improvisation within a modal context, and learning to develop a cohesive ensemble sound. Concentration, practice, and good attendance are required of each ensemble member.

Admission is by audition during first class period of semester or prior to that, by appointment with the instructor.

MUEN 3630, Section 10: Percussion Chamber Ensemble

I-Jen Fang
1.0 credit
Lecture: T / 9:30-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 11138

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 CUSO, 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, Section 15: Trombone Ensemble

Nathan Dishman
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11136

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition. Contact Nathan Dishman ( ) to schedule an audition.

MUEN 3630, Section 16: Clarinet Ensemble

Rob Paterson
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11141

MUEN 3630, Section 17: Chamber Music Ensemble

Ayn Balija
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11142

MUEN 3630, Section 18: Chamber Music Ensemble

David Sariti
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: R / 5:00-6:30 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11143

MUEN 3630, Section 20: Chamber Music Ensemble

Adam Carter
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11144

MUEN 3630, Section 23: Chamber Music Ensemble

Mimi Tung
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 12835

MUEN 3650: University Singers

Michael Slon
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-5:30 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11146

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 at: www.virginia.edu/music/usingers/. Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3651: Chamber Singers

Michael Slon
2.0 credits
Lecture: F / 1:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11145

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'sCantata 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 at https://music.virginia.edu/chamber-singers

Restricted to: Instructor permission

MUEN 3670: Early Music Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra

David Sariti
1.0 credit
Lecture: R / 7:30-9:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 12027

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.

MUEN 3680: New Music Ensemble

I-Jen Fang
1.0 credit
Lecture: R / 3:45-5:15 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11147

Restricted to Instructor permission by audition on first day of class.

Performance of vocal and instrumental music of the twentieth century.

A one-credit course at the University of Virginia, the New Music Ensemble explores and performs exciting music of our time. The ensemble consists of dedicated instrumentalists, singers and UVa performance faculty. We perform a wide variety of contemporary music suitable to our instrumentation, including new works created by UVa composers.

The New Music Ensemble seeks dedicated instrumentalists and singers to explore and perform a wide variety of contemporary music. To audition, come to the first class with your instrument. If you are interested in joining please contact I-Jen Fang.

Open to UVA students, community musicians and advanced high school students.

Lesson Levels

There are three levels of private performance instruction.

200-level

For students playing at a beginner to intermediate level or with limited time to practice. One hour or one-half hour lessons, CR/NC (pass-fail), ½ or 1 credit. No jury, but optional performance opportunities will be available. Individual instructors may, as they wish, set definite performance requirements for their students. A limited number of scholarships may be possible, as funding permits, but normally students at this level should expect to pay for their lessons.

300-level

Advanced performance, for students working at the level of a music major, though not necessarily majoring in music. Prerequisite: at least one semester of 200-level study and a successful audition. Normally auditions take place during fall or spring juries; if this is not possible, students audition at the beginning of the semester. One hour lessons, graded, 2 credits. Students at this level should make a time-commitment to practicing appropriate for major-level study. We suggest a norm of at least 6 hours/week, though individual performance instructors may set a different (lower or higher) expectation of practice time as appropriate. Students play a jury at the end of the semester. Students at this level are often on scholarship, but scholarship support is always contingent on availability of funds.

400-level

Honors performance, to be taken for two semesters, by fourth year students preparing a senior recital or, in cases of unusual ability, by students preparing a full recital to be given before their fourth year. Prerequisite: 300-level study, successful written application in the semester before enrolling, and a successful audition (to be included in juries) at the end of the semester before applying. One hour lessons, graded, 2 credits. Jury at the end of the first semester, recital near the end of the second semester. Normally on scholarship, but scholarship support is always contingent on availability of funds.

Offerings

Lessons are offered in the following areas (See the Course Catalog for complete listings):

* Voice
* Piano, Organ, and Harpsichord
* Violin, Viola, Cello, Doublebass
* Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra-Bassoon
* Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, French Horn, Saxophone, Jazz Improv
* Percussion, Jazz Drumming, Tabla, Afro-Cuban percussion
* Guitar, Chapman Stick, Banjo, Harp, Mandolin
* Supervised Performance (For students involved in types of solo or ensemble performance not offered through the department.)