Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

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MUSI2041. University choir 2 (3 credits) *
MUSI3008. University gamelan 2 (3 credits) *
MUSI3012. Orchestral studies and techniques 3 (3 credits) *
MUSI3015. Performance workshop 2 (3 credits) *
MUSI3017. University choir 3 (3 credits) *
All of the above may also count as Inter-Faculty Broadening Courses, if allowed by the student's
home faculty or department. Non-music majors may also choose any course or combination of
courses not listed above with the approval of the Head of Department.
A minor in Music shall consist of 24 credit units of Level 200 and 300 courses from the music
syllabus taken in the third to sixth semesters, with no more than 6 credit units taken in performance
courses (MUSI2004, MUSI2032, MUSI2039, MUSI2040, MUSI2041, MUSI3008, MUSI3012,
MUSI3014, MUSI3015, MUSI3017). As a pre-requisite, students must pass the following Level
100 courses in the first or second semester: MUSI1004 Introduction to Musics of the World, and
MUSI1005 Introduction to Music in Western Culture.
Level 200 courses
MUSI2004.
University gamelan 1 (for students in their second year of study) (3 credits)
(This course is also offered to second year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)
This course, which is open to all students, focuses on Balinese gamelan or ‘orchestral’ performance,
specifically the gamelan gong kebyar. No previous musical experience is necessary. Students
participate in weekly rehearsals with the gamelan over two semesters and by the end of the course
students will be expected to know how to play the main melody, the main support parts, and the
interlocking (kotekan) parts of selected compositions. Students will also have the opportunity to
participate in public performance.
Assessment: 20% interactive WebCT-based assignments, 80% practical examination (and instructor
assessment).
MUSI2006.
Analysis of orally transmitted musics (6 credits)
This course will focus on the description, transcription and analysis of music that is essentially
orally transmitted. Issues such as 'emic' and 'etic' transcription, prescriptive and descriptive notation,
and various methods and theories of analysis will be discussed. Music from a variety of cultures,
including musical cultures of Asia, will be used as examples for study.
Prerequisite: MUSI1004 or consent of instructor.
Assessment: 100% coursework.
MUSI2007.
Western music history 1 (6 credits)
This course traces the development of European music from its earliest beginnings in ancient Greece
and Rome, through the flowering of sacred and secular music in the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, to the integrated instrumental and vocal idioms of the Baroque. The course demands
familiarity with a number of representative works composed between ca. 800 AD and 1750. A strong
focus is placed on the analytical study of scores through listening and reading. In addition, we focus
on the ways in which music relates to the other arts and the social contexts in which music was
created.
Prerequisite: MUSI1005.
Assessment: 100% coursework.