2014-2015 Courses
Fall 2014
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: 15618Section 102 (Tracey Stewart): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15619Section 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: 19608Section 102 (Amy Coddington): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19609Section 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: 15191Section 102 (Victor Szabo): T / 3:00-3:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15192Section 103 (Rachel Trapp): M / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15193Section 104 (Victor Szabo): T / 4:00-4:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15194Section 105 (Rachel Trapp): T / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15195Section 106 (Rachel Trapp): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15196Section 107 (Max Tfirn): R / 2:00-2:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15197Section 108 (Max Tfirn): R / 3:00-3:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15198Section 109 (Eli Stine): W / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15199Section 110 (Max Tfirn): R / 4:00-4:50 pm / CAB 268
Class Number: 15621Section 111 (Eli Stine): R / 11:00-11:50 am / CAB 268
Class Number: 15622Section 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: 19971Section 102 (Ryan Maguire): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 19972Section 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: 21162Section 102 (Lydia Warren): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 21163Section 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: 11124Lecture / 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: 15910Section 102 (Jon Bellona): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 15911Section 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: 11129Section 102 (Kristina Warren): F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 11128Section 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
Spring 2015
Undergraduate Courses
MUSI 1010 Introduction to Music
Liza Flood
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00-11:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 15109
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Kristina Warren): F / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 15110Section 102 (Kristina Warren): F / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 15111Section 103 (Kristina Warren): F / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 15112
Surveys the musical literatures that make up the common listening experience of contemporary Americans, emphasizing such “classical” repertories as symphony, opera, “early music”, “new music,” blues, and jazz. Teaches effective ways of listening to and thinking critically about each repertoire. Considers how musical choices reflect or create cultural identities, including attitudes toward gender, ethnicity, social relationships, and ideas of the sacred.
MUSI 1310 Basic Musical Skills
3.0 credits
Lecture / Section 1 (Jeff Decker): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 11392
Lecture / Section 2 (Jarek Ervin): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 11393
Lecture / Section 3 (Craig Comen): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 11391
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 Hagstrom Miller
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 12:00-12:50 pm / TBA
Class Number: 15856
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Steven Lewis): W / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15857Section 102 (Steven Lewis): W / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15858Section 103 (Steven Lewis): W / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15859Section 104 (Lydia Warren): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15860Section 105 (Lydia Warren): T / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 15861Section 106 (Lydia Warren): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 15862Section 107 (Nick Rubin): M / 9:00-9:50 am / Clark G054
Class Number: 21039Section 108 (Nick Rubin): M / 10:00-10:50 am / Clark G054
Class Number: 21041Section 109 (Nick Rubin): M / 11:00-11:50 am / Clark G054
Class Number: 21042
Section 110 (Stephanie Gunst): R / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH B012
Class Number: TBASection 111 (Stephanie Gunst): R / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: TBASection 112 (Stephanie Gunst): R / 2:00-3:15 am / OCH B012
Class Number: TBA
MUSI 2120 History of Jazz Music
Scott DeVeaux
4.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / Maury 209
Class Number: 11394
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Kyle Chattleton): M / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 11395Section 102 (Kyle Chattleton): M / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 11396Section 103 (Kyle Chattleton): M / 2:00-2:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 11397Section 104 (Tracey Stewart): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11398Section 105 (Tracey Stewart): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11399Section 106 (Tracey Stewart): W / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 11400Section 107 (Justin Mueller): F / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 11401Section 108 (Justin Mueller): F / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 11402Section 109 (Justin Mueller): F / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 11403Section 110 (Aldona Dye): M / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 14282Section 111 (Aldona Dye): M / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 14283Section 112 (Aldona Dye): M / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 14284
Survey of jazz music from before 1900 through the stylistic changes and trends of the twentieth century; important instrumental performers, composers, arrangers, and vocalists.
MUSI 2302 Keyboard Skills (Beginning)
2.0 credits, instructor permission
Lecture / Section 1 (Gretchen Carlson): TR / 11:00 am - 12:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 12225
Lecture / Section 2 (Gretchen Carlson): TR / 12:30-1:45 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 14726
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 2304 Keyboard Skills (Intermediate)
John Mayhood
2.0 credits, instructor permission
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 12226
Intermediate keyboard skills for students with some previous musical experience. Satisfies the performance requirement for music majors. Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUSI 2306: Fretboard Harmony
Mike Rosensky
2.0 credits, Instructor Permission
Lecture: MWF / 1:00-1:50 / OCH B012
Class Number: 12227
The level of this course will vary, anywhere from beginning to advanced, each semester depending on the guitar experience of students who enroll. Students should contact Mike Rosensky (mlr5q@virginia.edu) during pre-registration letting him know of their interest in the course and of their intent to show up for the first class of the semester when the level and the make-up of the class will be ultimately determined.
In Fretboard Harmony a theory-based approach will be taken to understanding how musical materials (scales, arpeggios, chord voicings) "fit" on the guitar. The majority of class meeting time is spent with guitars in hand "drilling" new material. Practice methods will be explored, with an emphasis on learning how to practice effectively and efficiently.
MUSI 2340 Learn to Groove
Robert Jospe
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 14285
"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
Lecture: MW / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B018
Class Number: 19689
MUSI 2600 Jazz Improvisation
John D'earth
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-5:00 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 13149
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 / 11:00am - 12:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 19706
MUSI 3050 Music and Discourse Since 1900
3.0 credits
Lecture / Section 1 (Karl Hagstrom Miller): MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 11404
Lecture / Section 2 (Fred Maus): MWF / 1:00-1:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 15864
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 3090 Performance in Africa
Michelle Kisliuk
4.0 credits
Seminar: T / 3:30-5:10 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 14728
Lab Section:
Section 101 (Michelle Kisliuk): TR / 5:30-7:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 14925
MUSI 3310 Theory I
3.0 credits
Lecture / Section 1 (Michael Puri): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 15116
Lecture / Section 2 (Jon Bellona): MWF / 9:00-9:50 am / OCH B012
Class Number: 19708
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 3320 Theory II
3.0 credits
Lecture / Section 1 (Amy Coddington): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 11406
Lecture / Section 2 (Fred Maus): MWF / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 11405
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 significan 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 (Adam Carter): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 11407
MUSI 3334 Musicianship II
Lecture (Ryan Maguire): MWF / 12:00-12:50 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11408
MUSI 3380 Introduction to Composition
Judith Shatin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 1:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 19720
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Rachel Trapp): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19724Section 102 (Rachel Trapp): R / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH S008
Class Number: 19726Section 103 (Rachel Trapp): R / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19730
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
MUSI 3400 EcoAcoustics
Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 15328
MUSI 3993 Independent Study
1.0-3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.
MUSI 4507 Composers
Topic: Debussy and Ravel
Michael Puri
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH 107
Class Number: 19734
This course surveys the music and culture of Third Republic France (1870-1940). We will pay particular attention to the life and work of Debussy and Ravel, not only because of the sheer quality and historical influence of their music, but also because of its deep entanglement with the important trends of this period: Wagnerism, exoticism, symbolism, decadence, neoclassicism, the "guerre des chapelles" between rival musical factions, and jazz, among others.
Prerequisite: MUSI 3320 (Theory 2) or instructor permission.
MUSI 4520 Critical Studies in Music
Topic: Opera on Stage
Richard Will
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH B012
Class Number: 15866
What happens to operas when they go on stage? How do singers, conductors, designers and directors create their interpretations? How do performances treat the history of the opera, or its story? How do they relate to our contemporary world? We will study several operas in depth, including works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mozart, Offenbach, Wagner, Verdi, Mascagni, and Bartok. We will look at their performance history over the last several decades and visit Met HD and other performances of the present. Students will also have an opportunity to explore their own interpretations.
MUSI 4526 Topics in Ethnomusicology
Topic: Global DJ Culture
Noel Lobley, noel.lobley@prm.ox.ac.uk
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 9:30-10:45 am / OCH 107
Class Number: 15117
Global DJ culture today connects, remixes and circulates a dizzying diversity of musical styles, histories and sounds. In this course we will explore the social, historical and artistic role of the modern DJ through a wide range of cross-cultural case studies. Considering the creative compositions of multiple turntablists within the wider contexts of hip hop, dub and electronic sampling and remix culture, we will explore vibrant new music forms generated by DJ art including dubstep, Chicago footwork and Shangaan Electro. Through multiple musical examples we will analyse the artistic, ethical and social significance at play when DJs sample, quote, and feedback across musical cultures.
MUSI 4540 Computer Sound Generation
Judith Shatin
3.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19736
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Eli Stine): R / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 19778Section 102 (Eli Stine): R / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 19779Section 103 (Eli Stine): R / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19780
MUSI 4540 is focused on composition using digital means, and on understanding their perceptual and technical underpinnings. We will create music using digital synthesis and sound processing with programs using both GUI’s and command-line programming. You will also learn about multichannel audio and spatialization as well as signification. The goal is to develop both your understanding of compositional design, through exploration of music using these technologies, and to enhance your ability to realize your compositional goals. There is a weekly lab required for this course and you will need to register for this as well.
Prerequisite: Instructor Permission
MUSI 4545 Computer Applications in Music
Luke Dahl
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 3:30-4:45 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19782
Discussion Sections:
Section 101 (Max Tfirn): T / 9:30-10:20 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 19783Section 102 (Max Tfirn): T / 11:00-11:50 am / OCH B011
Class Number: 19784Section 103 (Max Tfirn): T / 12:30-1:20 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19785
This course focuses on understanding and implementing audio effects and using them for musical projects. We will cover the signal processing involved in audio effects such as delay, reverb, chorus, flanger, distortion and compression, and we will implement these effects as Audio Unit plugins by programming in C/C++. We will emphasize the musical application of our designs, and as a final project students will have the opportunity to create a unique new effect that addresses their own musical goals. Previous programming experience is helpful but not required, as we will cover the necessary fundamentals. For questions contact the professor at lukedahl@ccrma.stanford.edu.
MUSI 4559 Choral Arranging
Michael Slon
3.0 credits
Lecture: MWF / 10:00-10:50 am / OCH 113
Class Number: 20546
Choral Arranging 4559 will explore the art of writing for chorus and small vocal ensemble, and will aim at developing practical skills in creating and transcribing arrangements. Students will study a variety of examples from the choral literature, and the class will serve as workshop chorus, such that student arrangements can be performed and studied in the classroom setting.
MUSI 4720 Instrumental Conducting II
Kate Tamarkin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19786
MUSI 4993: Independent Study
1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.
MUSI 4710 Instrumental Conducting I
Kate Tamarkin
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 2:00-3:15 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 19623
MUSI 4993: Independent Study
1.0 - 3.0 credits
Instructor permission and instructor number required to enroll.
Graduate Clases
MUSI 7512 Studies in Jazz Literature
Scott DeVeaux
3.0 credits
Lecture: T / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 19791
MUSI 7520 Current Studies in Research and Criticism
Topic: Inventing Folk Music--Or Not
Richard Will
3.0 credits
Lecture: R / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 14731
Name a folk music--"X Music"--and you can probably find a book or a website called "The Invention of X Music." It will present the tradition, not as the spontaneous expression of a place or community, as most people think of folk music, but as the self-conscious creation of someone with a political, social, or aesthetic agenda. This perspective has helped dispel a lot of romanticized notions about music’s relationship to class, race, region, nation, and more. It has also overlooked ways in which communities may embrace folk music as a potent expression of identity, even when they recognize that it is invented. This seminar will consider the scholarship on invention in light of alternatives that are emerging from ethnography, historical studies, and elsewhere. We will look at a broad range of examples, beginning in the 18thcentury and running to the present, and covering Scottish, Irish, German, Anglo-American, and African-American music among others--everything from jigs and reels to blues and bluegrass. Musical experience is not necessary, and students from all humanities disciplines are welcome.
MUSI 7526 Topics in Ethnomusicology
Topic: Global Sound Cultures
Noel Lobley, noel.lobley@prm.ox.ac.uk
3.0 credits
Lecture: W / 2:00-4:30 pm / OCH S008
Class Number: 14732
This course explores diverse accounts of the role of sound and listening in global cultures, focusing on the contemporary and historical production, collection and circulation of sound and sound-producing objects. Sound objects have been amassed for centuries – collected, documented and stored in archives, lofts, memory sticks, phones and clouds – while modern technology now creates exciting new sonic possibilities for the delivery and curation of sound. Phonographers use microphones to capture the rhythms of insects, electronic artist Aphex Twin can conduct an orchestra by remote control, and sound artists use ambisonics to encode sound fields with incredible fidelity. As today the influence of the commercial recording industry is declining, and the age of personal sound production and inter-personal distribution is proliferating many key questions arise: What methods and resources might scholars use to collect, analyse, create and use sound? How might we conceptualise and develop the relationships between sound archives, soundscapes and contemporary communities? What does it mean to listen to and in culture? How do different cultures experience, shape and change the world around them through sound and listening?
MUSI 7540 Computer Sound Generation and Spatial Processing
Luke Dahl, lukedahl@ccrma.stanford.edu
3.0 credits
Lecture: M / 5:00-7:30 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 21050
Intro to Audio DSP for Musicians: This course will cover basic theoretical and practical aspects of processing audio in computers (i.e. audio digital signal processing), including filters and Fourier transforms. The goals are to understand the properties and limitations of digital sound and to become familiar with engineering and mathematical terminology and techniques, so that students are able to more easily understand how common audio processing techniques work, and so that they can understand and implement new techniques described in the technical literature. Programming exercises in Matlab will build practical fluency, and musical applications will be emphasized.
Portions of class content may be based on students' interests.
Previous experience with sound in computers is expected, but previous engineering experience is not required.
MUSI 7547 Materials of Contemporary Music
Matthew Burtner
3.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 5:00-6:15 pm / OCH B011
Class Number: 19792
Ensembles
MUBD 2601Basketball Band
Andrew Koch
2.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 6:00-8:20 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 13674
MUEN 2600 Concert Band
Andrew Koch
2.0 credits
Lecture: W / 6:25-8:245pm / Hunter Smith Band Building
Class Number: 11354
MUEN 2690, 3690 and 4690 African Music and Dance Ensemble
Michelle Kisliuk
2.0 credits
Lecture: TR / 5:30-7:15 pm / OCH 107
(registration number depends on student seniority in the ensemble)
MUEN 2690
Class Number: 15547
MUEN 3690
Class Number: 14784
MUEN 4690
Class Number: 14293
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: 11355
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
Kate Tamarkin, Conductor
2.0 credits
Strings
Lecture / Section 100: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11356Sectionals: M / 5:30-7:00 pm
Section 101: Pete Spaar (Double Bass) / OCH B012
Class Number: 11358Section 103: Ayn Balija (Viola) / OCH 113
Class Number: 11359Section 104: Daniel Sender (Violin) / OCH 107
Class Number: 11360Section 105: David Sariti (Violin) / OCH B018
Class Number: 11361Section 106: Adam Carter (Cello) / OCH S004
Class Number: 13926
Brass / Woodwinds / Percussion
Lecture / Section 200: W / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11357Sectionals: W / 5:15-6:15 pm
Section 201: Elizabeth Roberts (Bassoon) / TBA
Class Number: 11362Section 202: Rob Patterson (Clarinet) / TBA
Class Number: 11363Section 203: Kelly Sulick (Flute) / OCH 113
Class Number: 11364Section 204: Maria Serkin (Horn) / TBA
Class Number: 11365Section 205: Aaron Hill (Oboe) / TBA
Class Number: 11366Section 206: I-Jen Fang (Percussion) / B018
Class Number: 11367Section 207: Chris Buchanan (Trumpet) / 107
Class Number: 11368
Section 208: Nate Lee (Trombone) / B012
Class Number: 11369
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3620 Wind Ensemble
Bill Pease
2.0 credits
Lecture: M / 6:25-8:45 pm / Hunter Smith Band Building / Room 200
Class Number: 12223
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: Percussion Chamber Ensemble
I-Jen Fang
1.0 credit
Lecture: T / 7:30-10:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11370
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 2: Woodwind Ensemble
Elizabeth Roberts
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11371
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 3: Horn Ensemble
Maria Serkin
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11372
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630, Section 5: Flute Ensemble
Kelly Sulick
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11373
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630, Section 6: Double Reed Ensemble
Aaron Hill
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11374
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630, Section 7: Wind Quintet
Rob Patterson
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11375
Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630, Section 8: Brass Quintet
Chris Buchanan
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 11376
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition.
MUEN 3630: Jazz Dhamber Ensemble
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture / Section 10: Pete Spaar / R / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11377Lecture / Section 11: Mike Rosensky / T / 5:30-7:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11378
Lecture / Section 12: Jeff Decker / F / 2:00-3:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11379
Lecture / Section 22: Pete Spaar / F / 12:30-2:00 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11380
MUEN 3630, Chamber Music Ensemble
1.0 credit, Instructor permission by audition
Lecture: / Section 14: Mimi Tung / TBA
Class Number: 11381
Lecture: / Section 15: Daniel Sender / TBA
Class Number: 11382
Lecture: / Section 16: David Sariti / R / 5:00-6:30 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 11383
Lecture: / Section 17: Ayn Balija / TBA
Class Number: 11384
Lecture: / Section 18: Adam Carter / TBA
Class Number: 11385
MUEN 3630, Section 19: Trombone Ensemble
Nate Lee
1.0 credit
Lecture: TBA
Class Number: 14294
Restricted to: Instructor permission by audition. Contact Nathaniel Lee to schedule an audition.
MUEN 3640: Klezmer Ensemble
Joel Rubin
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 7:30-9:30 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 16127
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 3645: Bluegrass Workshop
Richard Will
1.0 credit, Instructor permission
Lecture: T / 7:00-8:00 pm / Eunoia
Class Number: 16277
MUEN 3650: University Singers
Michael Slon
2.0 credits
Lecture: MW / 3:30-5:30 pm / OCH 101
Class Number: 11387
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: https://music.virginia.edu/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: 11386
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 3670: Early Music Ensemble: Baroque Orchestra
David Sariti
2.0 credit
Lecture: R / 7:00-9:00 pm / OCH 113
Class Number: 12224
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 / 3:30-5:30 pm / OCH B018
Class Number: 11388
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.