MUSI 1310 Basic Musical Skills

Ben Rous
3.0 credits
MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 10691

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

MUSI 2110 Listening to Everyday Life: Community, Improvisation, Play(ing)

Michelle Kisliuk
3.0 credits
MW / 2:00-3:15 / Maury 115
Class Number: 19594

This course starts with the idea that engaging interactively -- honing our ability to listen (as most broadly defined) sets us up to be involved fully in the life around us. Listening and reflecting on daily experience, then applying that refined sensibility, leads us into interactive communities that can create things together. We will explore listening in daily life from many angles that include everyday field research, reading, writing, and discussion. We will experiment with group performance exploring ideas about improvisation and uniting the aesthetic sphere with the broader sphere of social life and collective engagement.

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: 10693

Section 2 (Hannah Young): TR / 12:30-1:45 pm/ OCH 113
Class Number: 11674

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: 13624

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 Level 2 which will be offered in the spring.

MUSI 2308 Voice Class

Pamela Beasley
2.0 credits
MW / 4:00-4:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 13627

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

Section 1: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 12959

Section 2: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 12960

"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: 12961

"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 / 11:00-11:50 am
Class Number: 13465

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Katie King): M / 9:00-9:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 13466

Section 102 (Katie King): M / 10:00-10:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 13467

Section 103 (Katie King): M / 1:00-1:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 13468

Section 104 (Becky Brown): T / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 13469

Section 105 (Becky Brown): T / 12:00-12:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 13470

Section 106 (Varun Kishore): T / 1:00-1:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 13471

Section 107 (Becky Brown): W / 9:00-9:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 13472

Section 108 (Becky Brown): W / 10:00-10:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 13473

Section 109 (Becky Brown): W / 1:00-1:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 13474

Section 113 (Siavash Mohebbi): F / 10:00-10:50 am / MEC 215
Class Number: 18659

Section 114 (Siavash Mohebbi): F / 11:00-11:50 am/ MEC 215
Class Number: 18660

Section 115 (Siavash Mohebbi): F / 12:00-12:50 pm/ MEC 215
Class Number: 18661

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: Motown vs Everybody: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

JoVia Armstrong
3.0 credits
MW / 11:00-11:50 / CAB 485
Class Number: 21247

Discussion Sections:

Section 101 (Carlehr Swanson): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21248

Section 102 (Carlehr Swanson): R / 10:30-11:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21249

Section 103 (Carlehr Swanson): R / 11:30 am - 12:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 21250

This course reviews the history of Motown Recording Company beginning with the Great Migration and examines how Motown helped shape today’s record industry. We will explore topics around artist social responsibility, law, mental health, and technology. Students will also compare how black social movements influenced and reflected the music of Motown, Stax Records, and Philadelphia International Records.

MUSI 2600 Jazz Improvisation

John D'earth
3.0 credits
TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11474

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

Richard Will
3.0 credits
TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 14325

This class imparts essential tools for understanding music from the years 1680-1800.  We will study numerous musical examples, ranging from 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).   We will examine composition, improvisation, text-setting, dramatic staging, the religious expression, and performance, and we will also read what writers of the time said about music.  The goal is to help you form your own opinions and interpretations of 18th-century music—not just the examples on the syllabus, but the many others you may encounter as a performer, composer, or listener.

MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse

3.0 credits

Section 1: Scott DeVeaux / MWF / 1:00-1:50pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 13049

Section 2: Karl Miller / MWF / 10:00-10:50am / OCH B012
Class Number: 18323

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 3310 Theory I

3.0 credits

Section 1 (Scott DeVeaux): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 13478

Section 2 (Sam Golter): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113 
Class Number: 13676

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

Adam Carter
MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 10694

MUSI 3334 Musicianship II

Dilshan Weerasinghe
MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 12011

MUSI 3350 Deep Listening

Fred Maus
1.0 credit
W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 13518

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 3370 Songwriting

Corey Harris
3.0 credits
TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 13479

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.

MUSI 3372 Writing Rap

A.D. Carson
3.0 credits
TR / 8:00-9:15 am / New Cabell 398
Class Number: 13623

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

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 18675

Discussion Sections:

Lab 101 (Brian Lindgren): W / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 20078

Lab 102 (Brian Lindgren): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 20079

Lab 103 (Brian Lindgren): W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 20080

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

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
TR / 11:00-12:15 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 18676

Discussion Sections:

Lab 101 (Matias Vilaplana): M / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 14329

Lab 102 (Matias Vilaplana): M / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 14330

Lab 103 (Matias Vilaplana): M / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 14331

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 topics include acoustics, recording, digital audio, MIDI, sound synthesis, and audio DSP. Students learn skills in sound-file editing, multitrack sound mixing, sound synthesis, and sound processing. This is a composition class and key assignments are creative in nature.

Prerequisite: MUSI 3310. The course can be repeated for credit with approval of instructor.

MUSI 3410 Orchestration I: Anatomy of the Orchestra

Ben Rous
3.0 credits
MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 18669

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 3510 Music and Community Engagement

Topic: Sound Justice as Community Engagement

Bonnie Gordon and Nomi Dave
3.0 credits
TR / 9:30-10:45 am / Wilson 117
Class Number: 18674

This yearlong community engagement class explores connections between sound, listening, and the law. How do legal proceedings play out in sound? What does the law hear – and what does it not? How do artists and ordinary people use voice to respond to legal failures? In exploring these and other questions, student will directly engage with the Sound Justice Lab and its ongoing projects, relating to issues such as reproductive justice, defamation lawsuits against journalists, gender equity and refugees, and the use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence. Students will meet with lawyers, artists, and social justice practitioners in Charlottesville and beyond, and will have the opportunity to produce research and creative work. Course materials will include court cases and transcripts, music, film, novels, and academic articles.  The class can be used to fulfill the music major requirements but musical experience is not necessary.

This is a year-long course through the College’s Civic & Community Engagement Program. Students are not permitted to enroll for just one semester.

MUSI 3559 New Course in Music

Topic: History of US Popular Music

Karl Miller
3.0 credits
MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B012 
Class Number: 18671

MUSI 3570 Music Cultures
Topic: Curating Sound: Art, Ethnography, and Community Practice

Noel Lobley
3.0 credits
MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / Bond 106
Class Number: 14253

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 / 9:30-10:45 am / New Cabell 398 
Class Number: 13643

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 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: 13480

MUSI 4533 Advanced Musicianship
Topic: Advanced Musical Skills: Hearing and Understanding

Michael Slon
2.0 credits
MW / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 18666

The class provides excellent training in practical musical methods and skills, with a small faculty-student ratio, and will focus on further developing:

• the ear for harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic dictation from played excerpts and recordings
• audiation skills (listening mentally - see this website for more info: http://giml.org/mlt/audiation/), and aural error detection
• score reading ability on several lines and in multiple clefs
• advanced rhythmic security and sight-reading
• understanding of form and musical analysis
• basic improvisation/composition skills

Prerequisite: Completion or placement out of Musicianship I or II

MUSI 4545 Computer Applications in Music

Topic: Designing Audio Effect Plugins

Luke Dahl
3.0 credits
MW / 3:00-4:15 pm 
Class Number: 12931

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!
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MUSI 4620 Audio Visual Environments

Michele Zaccagnini
3.0 credits
M / 2:00-4:30 / OCH 113
Class Number: 21362

The course provides a comprehensive understanding of audiovisual composition, its current standards, its present and foreseeable ramifications in the online multimedia culture. Students will create several audiovisual pieces using different techniques that will be explained and demonstrated in class.

Techniques that will explored include but are not limited to: audio-reactive techniques, texture building and mapping, video manipulation, interactive audio-visuals, shaders (graphic programming and code), 3D sound mapping, CPU vs GPU programming.

MUSI 4993 Independent Study

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

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: 18681

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 7526 Topics in Ethnomusicology

Topic: Composing Ethnographic Stories

Noel Lobley
3.0 credits
T / 2:00-4:30 pm / Wilson 142
Class Number: 12503

MUSI 7547 Materials of Contemporary Music

Topic: Composing Composition Machines

Ted Coffey
3.0 credits
T / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 18684

MUSI 7559 New Course in Music

Topic: Composing for Improvisers

Nicole Mitchell Gantt
3.0 credits
M / 2:00-4:30 / OCH S008
Class Number: 21187

Students will study, create, and perform new compositional works of their own that incorporate improvisation for a diversity of music instruments and/or electronics. The class will function as a lab to explore and extend one’s sonic aesthetics. Students will practice in the constructive critique of each other’s work.

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

Elliott Tackitt and Andrew Koch
2.0 credits
Lecture: TRF / 6:00-8:15 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building

MUBD 2610
Class Number: 10641

MUBD 2620
Class Number: 10642

MUBD 2630 
Class Number: 10643

MUBD 2640
Class Number: 10644

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: 10645

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: 10646

Sectionals: M / 5:30-7:00 pm

Section 101: Pete Spaar (Double Bass) / OCH B012
Class Number: 10648

Section 102: Adam Carter (Cello) / OCH Studio D
Class Number: 10649

Section 103: Ayn Balija (Viola) / OCH 113
Class Number: 10650

Section 104: Daniel Sender (Violin) / OCH 107
Class Number: 10651

Section 105: David Sariti (Violin) / OCH B018
Class Number: 10652

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion

Lecture / Section 200: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 10647

Sectionals: 

Section 201: Elizabeth Roberts (Bassoon) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH B020
Class Number: 13041

Section 202: Cody Halquist (Horn) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 13042

Section 203: Kelly Peral (Oboe) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH B019
Class Number: 10654

Section 204: Jiyeon Choi (Clarinet) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH S004
Class Number: 13043

Section 205: Kelly Sulick (Flute) / W / 5:15-6:15 pm / OCH Studio C
Class Number: 10653

Section 206: Nate Lee (Trombone) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 10657

Section 207: Max McNutt (Trumpet) / OCH 107
Class Number: 10656

Section 208: I-Jen Fang (Percussion) / W / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10655

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: 10898

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: 13065

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630 Double Reed Ensemble

Kelly Peral
1.0 credit
Section 16: TBA
Class Number: 12369

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630 Flute Ensemble

Kelly Sulick
1.0 credit
Section 3: TBA
Class Number: 10658

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630 Horn Ensemble

Cody Halquist
1.0 credit
Section 8: TBA
Class Number: 10660

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: 10663

Section 12: Pete Spaar / F / 12:30-2:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 10664

Section 21: Calvin Brown / T / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11006

Section 22: Mike Rosensky / F / 2:00-3:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11007

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: 10662

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: 13629

Section 17: Ayn Balija / TBA
Class Number: 10665

Section 18: David Sariti / TBA
Class Number: 10666

Section 20: Adam Carter / TBA
Class Number: 10667

Section 25: John Mayhood / TBA
Class Number: 12717

Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.

MUEN 3630 Trombone Ensemble

Nate Lee
1.0 credit
Section 5: TBA
Class Number: 10661

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: 10659

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: 13064

MUEN 3645 Bluegrass Workshop

Richard Will
1.0 credit, Instructor permission
Lecture: T / 7:00-8:00 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 12173

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

Richard Will
1.0 credit, Instructor permission
Lecture: T / 6:00-7:00 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 12497

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: 10669

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: 10668

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: 13044

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: 10944

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.