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Music and technology, contemporary (Directed Studies)
also uses audio and visual aids to explore different
techniques and styles. A requirement in all majors,
students have weekly assignments.
Prerequisites
MUSC 163.
MUSC 268 Songwriting I
This course is designed to help you prepare for
survival in the competitive world of the songwriters
market. Learn about all types of styles while
striving to define your own. Special attention is
paid to the rudiments of songwriting: creativity,
basic theory (usage of basic rhythms, scales,
harmony, melodic patterns, lyrics, etc.), basic
styles (pop. rock, folk, country, etc.), production
patterns, and the legalities of the music business.
The class also spends time analyzing the work of
other writers (successful and unsuccessful; those
who have maintained artistic integrity; those who
have not).
Prerequisites
A “B” or better in MUSC 171 and MUSC 175,
and/or permission of the instructor.
MUSC 274 Contemporary Harmony III
This course continues with the principles of
contemporary harmony as presented in CH II.
Topics are expanded to include advanced minor
key concepts, introduction to modal harmony
and modal interchange, substitute dominant
functions, basic chord scales for melodic
considerations, advanced harmonic analysis and
basic concepts of re-harmonization. This course
provides students with a working knowledge of
contemporary minor key and modal harmony
and the ability to use them in all styles of popular
music.
Prerequisites
MUSC 175.
MUSC 280 Ear Training III
This course continues to develop an aural
perception of intervals, pitches, seventh chords,
chord progressions, melodies and rhythms. The
focus of this Semester is on minor and secondary
dominant melodies and chord progressions.
The rhythms explore sixteenth note syncopated
rhythms as well as 6/8 and 5/4 meters.
Prerequisites
MUSC 181.
MUSC 282 Film Scoring I
This hands-on course focuses on TV and radio
broadcasting. Students are required to score
themes and cues for various TV and radio shows
using mostly electronic equipment along with one
or two live musicians.
Prerequisites
MUSC 171; and/or permission of instructor.
MUSC 284 Composition I
This course is designed to improve the skills
of composers by presenting a wide variety of
compositional tools in styles ranging from Classical
to Jazz, Folk, Rock and Pop. By studying the
recordings and scores of composers throughout
history each student gains a musical awareness
that strengthens their own compositional process.
Particular attention is paid to the ‘building blocks
of a composition;’ the musical elements such
as melody, harmony and rhythm that are at the
core of the creative process. In class performance
and analysis of student compositions occurs on
a weekly basis and midSemester and final assignments
are recorded.
Prerequisites
MUSC 171 and 175, and/or permission of the
Instructor.
MUSC 288 Advanced MIDI
Applications I
This course is an applied study of the software
and concepts used in the recording home studio
environment. The primary focus of the course is
in the use of Pro Tools LE for the self-recording
musician. Topics include: mixing console application,
editing techniques, microphone technique,
an introduction to effects processing for final
mixing, auxiliary buss in the virtual mixing
board, use of patch bay, outboard effects, and file
maintenance.
Prerequisites
MUSC 161 with a “B” or better.
TWC 266 Introduction to Technical
Writing and Communications
A review of basic English skills with an introduction
to general principles in written technical
communication and its application to professional
music. Classroom sessions focus on grammar,
writing skills, oral presentation skills, and job
search techniques.
MUSC 251b Directed Studies/Mentorship
A bi-monthly (every other week) 1/2 hour private
tutorship is provided for all Directed Studies
majors. Students will consult with their mentor
on a consistent basis (for a total of six meetings
per semester). Instruction is designed to increase
student’s technical, artistic, and musical quality
relating to final project goals, as pertaining to
student’s project proposal and portfolio. The
mentor may be changed, pending approval, on a
semester basis.
Prerequisites
MUSC 250b, and must be enrolled in the
Directed Studies Major.
MUSC 253 Private Lesson IV A
A weekly half-hour private instrumental or vocal
lesson is provided for all Music Production, Composition,
and General Music majors. Instruction
is available on keyboard, woodwinds, saxophone,
percussion, guitar, electric and acoustic bass, and
voice. Lessons are designed to increase students’
technical and musical abilities.
Prerequisites
MUSC 252.
MUSC 259 Preceptorship II
Students continue their immersion in a professional
performing environment where they receive
feedback not only from their instructor, but also
from club owners, managers, and customers. In
this class, students will e required to assume a
leadership role within their ensemble. Upon successful
completion, they will have increased their
performance abilities in the areas of versatility,
sound, sight-reading, and improvisation. Students
will be able to function in a variety of professional
engagements common to today’s music industry.
Prerequisites
MUSC 258Q.
MUSC 262 Survey of
Recording Techniques
An introduction to recording principles and
practices, this course is open to students whose
major is not music production. Topics include a
brief history of the multi-track recording studio,
procedures of a recording studio, procedures of a
recording session, fundamentals of microphones
and audio effects.
MUSC 265 Instrumental Lab IV
This course is designed to help students develop
instrumental skills. Grouped by instrument,
students learn the fundamentals of reading, articulation,
balance, dynamics, styles and technique as
related to their particular instrument. This course
is taught ‘instrument-in-hand’ and also uses audio
and visual aids to explore different techniques and
styles. A requirement in all majors, students have
weekly assignments.
Prerequisites
MUSC 264.
MUSC 269 Songwriting II
This course is designed to strengthen your
songwriting skills in every respect. Closer attention
is paid to marketing skills, legal procedures,
finding one’s personal niche in the music business
(whether to focus on one’s own style, concentrate
on writing tunes for other acts, or both;
whether to go through a publisher or be your own
publisher; etc.). Co-writing music will be explored
(you put lyrics to someone else’s music; they put
music to yours). In class time centers around the
analysis of successful songwriters in every genre.
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