Undergraduate - Clarion University

pages i-viiiCollege of Artsand Sciences124 Clarion University of PennsylvaniaMUS 182: Voice Class 1 s.h.Gives students an approach to vocal methods in order to eliminate problems. Teaches students to treat their voices as instruments.Class instruction is offered in voice for the non-voice major. Emphasizes development of the vocal instrument and an attitude of artisticmaturity on the part of the students and upon artistic performance at all levels of proficiency. Prerequisite: MUS 131 or equivalentbackground. Each semester.MUS 220: Piano Class III 1 s.h.Continues developing skills acquired in Piano Class II to prepare music majors for piano competency exam, including sightreading, transposition, technique, and repertoire. Prerequisite: MUS 161. Each semester.MUS 221: Piano Skills Seminar 0-1 s.h.Continues group instruction in preparation of the Piano Competency Exam for music majors. Continues development of functionaland applied piano skills including piano technique, chording, harmonization, and accompaniment skills. Credits earned do not applytoward graduation. Prerequisite: MUS 220 or MUSA 125. Each semester.MUS 224: Music in the Elementary Classroom 3 s.h.9.8 MUS 226: Music Theory III 2 s.h.Continuation of Theory II. Emphasizes chromaticism and musical forms as developed in the Baroque and Classical periods.Prerequisite: MUS 127, grade of C or better. Fall, annually.MUS 227: Music Theory IV 2 s.h.Continuation of Theory III. Emphasizes advanced harmony and analysis of musical forms from the 18 th , 19 th , and 20 th centuries.Prerequisite: MUS 226, grade of C or better. Spring, annually.MUS 228: Aural Skills III 1 s.h.Continuation of Aural Skills II. Emphasizes increasingly complex melodies, rhythmic and harmonic progressions. Prerequisite:MUS 129, grade of C or better. Fall, annually.MUS 229: Aural Skills IV 1 s.h.Continuation of Aural Skills III. Emphasizes complex melodies (modal, tonal, and atonal), rhythmic and harmonic material. Studyincludes 20 th -century models of tonal organizations. Prerequisite: MUS 228, grade of C or better. Spring, annually.MUS 240: Introduction to Music Technology 3 s.h.Introduces the principles and applications of computers, synthesizers, and music synthesis to new music technologies. Achievesunderstanding through lectures, reading assignments, and hands-on experience with computers, synthesizers, and appropriate computersoftware programs. Stresses applications of these new technologies to educational settings. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion ofMUS 160 or equivalent proficiency as verified by the instructor.MUS 243: Brass Class 1 s.h.Introduces playing and teaching brass instruments. Includes techniques of tone production, fingering, and class procedure learned throughindividual and ensemble playing. Students expected to develop an elementary proficiency on each instrument.MUS 244: String Class 1 s.h.Introduces playing and teaching the string instruments. Includes techniques of tone production, fingering, and class procedure learnedthrough individual and ensemble playing. Students expected to develop an elementary proficiency on each instrument.MUS 245: Percussion Class 1 s.h.Introduces playing and teaching standard percussion instruments. Includes the characteristics of various standard percussioninstruments, performance techniques, development of performing ability necessary to develop an elementary proficiency on eachinstrument.MUS 246: Guitar Class 1 s.h.Introduces the guitar and bass guitar. Divided into three sections. First section introduces folk guitar techniques and styles, coveringbasic guitar chords, chordal progressions, melodic harmonization and chord chart reading. Second section introduces finger pickingstyles, such as classical, country, and jazz styles. Final section introduces the bass guitar. Students must provide their own acousticsix-string classic or folk guitar for class. Prerequisite: MUS 131 or permission of the instructor.MUS 247: Woodwind Class 1 s.h.Introduces playing and teaching the woodwind instruments. Includes techniques of tone production, fingering, and class procedurelearned through individual and ensemble playing. Students expected to develop an elementary proficiency on each instrument.MUS 253: History of Jazz 3 s.h.Emphasizes the nature and process of jazz and particularly its historical background and development in the United States. Presentslogical musical derivatives and developments and demonstrates the important elements that comprise individual jazz styles as theyhave evolved to the present time.MUS 254: Survey of American Music 3 s.h.Provides a complete historical survey of American music from approximately 1620 to the 1980s. Includes musical trends and variousstyles and musical forms, i.e., religious music, folk music, popular music, and classical music of significant American composers.Presents and analyzes styles and trends in their historical context. Utilizes tapes and live concerts. Prerequisite: MUS 111 or 112, orthe permission of the instructor.MUS 260: Vocal Pedagogy 2 s.h.Examines the physical nature and function of the vocal instrument and breathing process and how they relate to the fundamentalprinciples of teaching vocal technique. Applies knowledge to the principles of vocal production and technique through lectures,demonstration, and discussion, as well as group participation in instructing each other. Prerequisite: Minimum of four semesters ofvoice or Voice Class I and II, or permission of instructor.