MUSI 1310 Basic Musical Skills

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Kevin Davis): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 10521

Lecture / Section 2 (Heather Mease): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 10522

Lecture / Section 3 (Kevin Davis): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 10523

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 2010 Music, Meaning and the Arts

Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 18420

What does music signify, and how does it convey meaning? What cultural significance has it assumed in the West, and how has this changed over time? How does its collaboration with other arts inflect both its significance and its ability to signify?

This lecture course seeks to answer these questions in an inquiry that focuses on Western art music from about 1800 to the present. We will examine revolutionary works by artists such as Beethoven, Wagner, and Stravinsky, alongside equally groundbreaking texts by authors such as Nietzsche, Baudelaire, and Schoenberg. By the end of this course, you should be able to speak and write about music and its role in multimedia works with greater knowledge, fluency, and imagination. Further, you should know much more about the history of Western art and art music through a direct encounter with primary sources, both verbal and sonic. No prior musical experience is required or expected.

MUSI 2070 Popular Musics

Nick Rubin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 9:00-9:50 am / Wilson 301
Class Number: 12352

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Savanna Morrison): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 12353

Section 102 (Savanna Morrison): T / 10:30-11:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 12354

Section 103 (Savanna Morrison): T / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 12355

Section 104 (Kerri Rafferty): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 12563

Section 105 (Kerri Rafferty): R / 10:30-11:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 12564

Section 106 (Kerri Rafferty): R / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 12565

Section 107 (Natalia Perez): F / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 13172

Section 108 (Natalia Perez): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 13173

Section 109 (Natalia Perez): F / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 13174

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: 10524

Lecture / Section 2 (John Mayhood): TR / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11999

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 Class

Pam Beasley
2.0 credits, instructor permission
Lecture: MW / 4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 12279

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: 10973

Lecture / Section 2: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 12695

Lecture / Section 3: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 21958

"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

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / Maury 209
Class Number: 11907

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Becky Brown): M / 9:00-9:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11908

Section 102 (Becky Brown): M / 10:00-10:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11909

Section 103 (Becky Brown): M / 1:00-1:50 pm / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11910

Section 104 (Tim Booth): T / 9:30-10:20 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11911

Section 105 (Tim Booth): T / 10:30-11:20 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11912

Section 106 (Tim Booth): T / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11913

Section 107 (Tanner Greene): W / 9:00-9:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11914

Section 108 (Tanner Greene): W / 10:00-10:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11915

Section 109 (Tanner Greene): W / 1:00-1:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 11916

Section 110 (Omar Fraire): R / 12:00-12:50 pm / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12055

Section 111 (Omar Fraire): R / 10:00-10:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12056

Section 112 (Omar Fraire): R / 11:00 am - 11:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12057

Section 113 (Juan Vasquez): F / 9:00-9:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12788

Section 114 (Juan Vasquez): F / 10:00-10:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12789

Section 115 (Juan Vasquez): F / 1:00-1:50 am / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 12790

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 2450 Managing Anxiety and Improving Performance with Alexander Technique

Sandra Bain Cushman
1.0 credit
Lecture: R / 5:00-7:00 / OCH 107
Class Number: 20319

This course introduces and offers practical experience with the Alexander Technique. The Technique helps performers, people who suffer from anxiety and people who wish for a more fluid and friendly connection with everyday movement. It helps us to improve our public speaking, our musical and/or athletic performance, and to find a calmer more centered approach to the activities of everyday life.

The Technique has long been taught in universities, conservatories, and drama schools, and has been studied by notable writers, scholars and philosophers for over 100 years. People in all walks of life apply the Technique to improve performance and manage stress.

MUSI 2600 Jazz Improvisation

John D'earth
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11684

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 3010 Early Modern Music (1500-1700)

Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 18439

MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Fred Maus): MWF / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 12058

Lecture / Section 2 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 18440

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

Nomita Dave
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 1m / OCH 107
Class Number: 18441

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 contexts from throughout the world, including Portuguese fado songs, rainforest soundscapes, and urban street dance in the U.S. We will consider in-depth the theories and methods involved in conducting research and writing about sound and music as social phenomena, 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, both from elsewhere and ‘at home’. Students will apply the methods we discuss in class in a final project on music-making and –listening in and around Charlottesville.

MUSI 3310 Theory I

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 11:00-11:50 / OCH B012
Class Number: 10525

Lecture / Section 3 (Rami Stucky): MWF / 9:00-9:50 / OCH 113
Class Number: 10526

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.

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: 10528

Lecture / Section 2 (Aaron Stepp): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 10527

MUSI 3334 Musicianship II

Lecture (Sam Golter): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 12696

MUSI 3372 Writing Rap

A.D. Carson
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 / OCH B012
Class Number: 20301

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

Leah Reid
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 12:30-1:45 / OCH 107
Class Number: 14333

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Alex Christie): M / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B11
Class Number: 21871

Section 102 (Alex Christie): M / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B11
Class Number: 21872

Section 103 (Alex Christie): M / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B11
Class Number: 21873

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 3410 Orchestration I: Orchestral Anatomy

Ben Rous
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 20302

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 Course in Music

3.0 credits

Lecture / Section 1 (Fred Maus): MW / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 18442

Lecture / Section 2 (Fred Maus): W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 21662

Lecture / Section 1 (Michele Zaccagnini): R / 2:00-3:15 pm / New Cabell 268
Class Number: 18442

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 / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 10534

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

Peter D'Elia
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 18460

MUSI 4519 Critical Studies of Music

Anna Nisnevich
3.0 credits
Lecture: T / 4:00-6:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 12697

MUSI 4525 Topics in Ethnomusicology

Joel Rubin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 18461

MUSI 4533 Advanced Musicianship

Michael Slon
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 18462

MUSI 4540 Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 5:00-6:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 18463

MUSI 4581 Composition I

Leah Reid
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 14329

An advanced undergraduate music composition course. Students will receive a combination of weekly individual lessons intermixed with monthly 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 for the instrumentation and in the style of their choosing (including electronics).  Students are expected to make significant progress on their projects between lessons.

Note: individual lesson times may be scheduled outside the listed course times. Lesson times will be scheduled the first day of class.

Prerequisite: MUSI 3380 or permission from the instructor. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of the instructor. Students must be proficient with standard music notation software and have some prior experience composing.

MUSI 4600 Performance with Computers

Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 13511

Lab: Ben Robertson / T / 3:30-4:30 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 13512

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.

MUSI 4620 Audio Visual Environments

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 5:00-6:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 22262

MUSI 4710 Instrumental Conducting I

Ben Rous
3.0 credits
Lecture: M / 3:15-5:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 21525

Studies the theory and practice of conducting, score analysis, and rehearsal technique. Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 and instructor permission.

MUSI 4950 Performance Concentration Seminar

Daniel Sender
1.0 credit
Class Number: 20515

MUSI 4993: Independent Study

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

MUSI 7511 Introduction to Research in Music

Bonnie Gordon
3.0 credits 
Lecture: W / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 10884

MUSI 7519 Current Studies in Research and Criticism

A.D. Carson
3.0 credits 
Lecture: T / 2:00-4:30 pm / New Cabell 398
Class Number: 13513

MUSI 7526 Topics in Ethnomusicology

Nomi Dave
3.0 credits
Lecture: R / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 18477

MUSI 7540 Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing

Heather Frasch
3.0 credits
Lecture: R / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 20262

MUSI 7547 Materials of Contemporary Music

Leah Reid
3.0 credits
Lecture: W / 2:00-4:30 /OCH  B011
Class Number: 14330