MUSI 1040 Exploring the Orchestra

Kate Tamarkin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 15617

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Tracey Stewart): F / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15618

Section 102 (Tracey Stewart): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15619

Section 103 (Tracey Stewart): F / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15620

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 1310 Basic Musical Skills

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Jeff Decker): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 107

Class Number: 11114

Lecture / Section 2 (Jarek Ervin): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107

Class Number: 11115

Lecture / Section 3 (Craig Comen): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107

Class Number: 11116

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 2070 Popular Music

Karl Miller
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00-11:50 am / Maury 104
Class Number: 19607

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Amy Coddington): W / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19608

Section 102 (Amy Coddington): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19609

Section 103 (Amy Coddington): W / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19610

MUSI 2302 Keyboard Skills (Beginning)

2.0 credits, instructor permission

Lecture / Section 1 (John Mayhood): TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11118

Lecture / Section 2 (John Mayhood): TR / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 15445

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 2308 Voice Skills

Pam Beasley
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 16662

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 2340 Learn to Groove

Robert Jospe
2.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 11943

Lecture / Section 2: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 14218

"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: 15190

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Victor Szabo): T / 2:00-2:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15191

Section 102 (Victor Szabo): T / 3:00-3:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15192

Section 103 (Rachel Trapp): M / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15193

Section 104 (Victor Szabo): T / 4:00-4:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15194

Section 105 (Rachel Trapp): T / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15195

Section 106 (Rachel Trapp): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15196

Section 107 (Max Tfirn): R / 2:00-2:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15197

Section 108 (Max Tfirn): R / 3:00-3:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15198

Section 109 (Eli Stine): W / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15199

Section 110 (Max Tfirn): R / 4:00-4:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15621

Section 111 (Eli Stine): R / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15622

Section 112 (Eli Stine): R / 12:30-1:20 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15623

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 2370 Making Rock

Ted Coffey
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-4:20 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19970

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Ryan Maguire): F / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19971

Section 102 (Ryan Maguire): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19972

Section 103 (Ryan Maguire): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19973

An introduction to rock from the 1950's to the present, comprising musical, cultural and technological histories and compositional projects, informed by the points of view and poetic processes of their makers. The course is organized around musical and poetic foundations such as the backbeat, affect, control vs. abandon, distortion, production, the solo, and lyric innovation. Creative assignments involve producing musical expressions of rock.

MUSI 2600 Jazz Improvisation

John D'earth
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 13955

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 2700 Music and Politics

Nomi Dave
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:20 / Maury 104
Class Number: 21161

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Lydia Warren): W / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21162

Section 102 (Lydia Warren): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21163

Section 103 (Lydia Warren): W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21164

Why do elections need election songs, militaries need marches, and activists need anthems? In this introductory course, we will explore the relationship of music and politics, from state-sponsored propaganda to explicit critique. Our aim is to understand the various ways in which music can be political, and politics can be shaped by music. We will consider examples from the US and around the world, including protest songs to and from South Africa, the marketing of Korean girl bands, and musical exchanges between West Africa and the United States. We will also discuss a number of key musical concepts across the course of the semester. No prior musical experience is necessary.

MUSI 2993: Independent Study

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

MUSI 3040 Studies in Twentieth-Century Music

Joel Rubin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 19611

MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse Since 1900

Fred Maus
3.0 credits
Lecture: MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 15626

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 Introduction to Musical Ethnography

Nomita Dave
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am -12:15 pm, OCH B012
Class Number: 15625

This course explores ways of examining and representing music and sound as a fundamentally social practice. Such an approach looks beyond the notes to study music as part of human social life and experience. Readings and listenings will focus on a number of genres and traditions from throughout the world, including singers in Nepali nightclubs, dance bands from Central Africa, Islamic pop songs, Moroccan trance, and country music from Texas. We will consider in depth the theories and methods involved in conducting research and writing about music as a social phenomenon, considering the roles and perspectives of musicians, listeners, markets and the media. We will also examine the role of the researcher, considering the ethical issues involved in representing music and culture from elsewhere.Students will have the opportunity to apply the methods we discuss in class in short assignments involving music-making in and around Charlottesville.

MUSI 3310 Theory I

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Steven Lewis): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11120

Lecture / Section 2 (Stephanie Gunst): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11121

Lecture / Section 3 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11122

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 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. 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 Musicianship I

Lecture / Section 1 (Adam Carter): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11124

Lecture / Section 2 (Aldona Dye): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / S008
Class Number: 11123

Lecture / Section 3 (Justin Mueller): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19613

MUSI 3334 Musicianship II

Lecture (Kyle Chattleton): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11125

MUSI 3370 Songwriting

Judith Shatin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 15627

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Jon Bellona): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 15910

Section 102 (Jon Bellona): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 15911

Section 103 (Jon Bellona): F / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 15912

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

Instructor Permission Required

MUSI 3390 Introduction to Music and Computers

Erik Deluca
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11127

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Kristina Warren): F / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 11129

Section 102 (Kristina Warren): F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11128

Section 103 (Kristina Warren): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11130

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: 11132

Studies in 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century techniques and styles through analysis and composition. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 or instructor permission.

MUSI 4509 Cultural and Historical Studies of Music

Topic: Music and Consciousness

Fred Maus
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19614

Explorations of musical experience, drawing on resources including pragmatist aesthetics, meditation, music therapy, object relations theory, and the experimental music tradition of composers such as John Cage and Pauline Oliveros. Class meetings will include experiential learning as well as discussion of readings and topics.

MUSI 4519 Critical Studies of Music

Topic: Music, Gender, Sound, Body

Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 15200

Can you hear gender?  How does sound influence cultural understandings of Gender? What happens when boys' voices change?  Why do so many operas end with women singing themselves to death?  Why could nuns sing in the seventeenth century while women could not participate in public performances? This interdisciplinary seminar explores these issues and more.   Through readings, class presentations, discussions, blog posts, and analytical papers, you will develop your own understanding of key methodologies and terms used by music scholars and critics, gender theorists, and activists. You will apply what you have learned to musical traditions and soundscapes that particularly interest you. Class discussions will push all of us to challenge our assumptions about music, sound, gender, sex, and sexuality.

MUSI 4533 Advanced Musicianship

Michael Slon
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19619

MUSI 4535 Interactive Media (MICE)

Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 5:00-6:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19979