Undergraduate - Clarion University

Clarion University of Pennsylvania 125MUS 274: Introduction to Music Business 3 s.h.Introduces today’s multi-faceted music industry. Includes music retailing, instrument sales, the music agent, artist management,contracts, concert promotion, licensing, publishing, copyright, songwriting, unions and guilds, music in production, advertising andpromotion, music in broadcasting and film, and career planning and development. Does not count toward humanities requirement.Prerequisite: sophomore standing.MUS 289: Music Education Seminar 0 s.h.Designed for students preparing to enter the upper-division music methods courses. Introduces students to major components ofmusic teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Emphasis is placed on philosophical, psychological, historical, and practicalissues affecting the process of music teaching and learning. Spring, annually.MUS 310: Junior Recital 0 s.h.Music majors elect this course if they are presenting a recital in their junior year of applied study. Elected concurrently with MUS110. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in upper-division applied study and successfully complete an audition. Each semester.MUS 333: Elementary Music Methods 2 s.h.Explores the role of music in elementary school; the roles of classroom teachers, the music specialists, and the consultant. Plans,attitudes, and problems in teaching vocal and instrumental music; curriculum development. Evaluation of musical experience andgrowth in primary, intermediate, and upper elementary grades. Includes music reading as an integral part of the total music program,musical growth and experience in singing, part-singing, listening, instrumental and rhythmic activities. Emphasizes developmentof ability to use the voice effectively in teaching, and on the thorough familiarity with music series texts, use of keyboard, rhythmicinstruments, recordings, and new developments in teaching aids. Introduces the Orff and Kodaly methods. Required observationsand supervised teaching experiences arranged each semester. For music majors or minors only. Prerequisites: MUS 127; MUSA130/330 or 131/331; MUSA 135/335, 136/336, 137/337, 138/338, or 301; MUSA 136/336, and completion of early field experiencerequirement. Fall, annually.MUS 345: Music From 1750 to 1900 3 s.h.Intensive study of the musical styles of the pre-classical, classical, and romantic periods of western music. Discusses importantcomposers and their literature in relation to artistic, social, political, and economic conditions of their period. Emphasizes analysisand listening. Prerequisite: MUS 127 or by permission. Fall, annually.MUS 346: Music From Antiquity to 1750 2 s.h.Intensive study of the musical styles from the ages of classical Greece and Rome through the Baroque period, including thefoundations of plainchant, early polyphony, sacred, and secular music of the 13 th to mid-18 th centuries. Discusses important composersand their literature in relation to artistic, social, political, and economic conditions of their period. Emphasizes analysis and listening.Prerequisite: MUS 127 or by permission. Spring, annually.MUS 347: 20 th -Century Music 3 s.h.Intensive study of the musical styles of the late Romantic Period (1890) through the 20 th century. Discusses important composersand their literature in relation to artistic, social, political, and economic conditions of their period. Emphasizes analysis and listening.Prerequisite: MUS 127, 345, or by permission. Fall, annually.MUS 349: Art Song Literature I 2 s.h.Explores representative song repertoire of the German lied and the English language art song from historical and performanceperspectives. Stresses the songs of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Strauss, Britten, and Rorem. Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347,or permission of the instructor. On demand.MUS 350: Art Song Literature II 2 s.h.Explores representative song repertoire of French, Italian, Slavic, and Russian composers from historical and performanceperspectives. Stresses the songs of Faure, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, and Moussorgsky. Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permissionof the instructor.MUS 351: Keyboard Literature 3 s.h.Surveys keyboard music from the Renaissance to the present. Representative works from each period are selected for careful studyand analysis, emphasizing performance practices as well as formal and stylistic elements in the music. Includes the development ofvarious keyboard instruments. Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permission of instructor.MUS 352: Symphonic Literature 3 s.h.Intensive study of orchestral music from the Baroque period to the present, using scores, live performances and recordings withparticular reference to performance practices and stylistic analysis. Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permission of instructor.MUS 353: Chamber Music Literature 3 s.h.Intensive study of music written for small ensembles from the Renaissance period to the present. Representative works fromeach period are carefully investigated and analyzed. Performance by members of the class or by faculty groups whenever possible.Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permission of instructor.MUS 355: Operatic Literature 3 s.h.Surveys the entire field of operatic music from 1600 to the present, including 17 th -century Baroque opera; 18 th -century operaticreforms (Gluck and Mozart); opera in the 19 th century (Verdi, Wagner, Strauss, and Puccini); 20 th -century trends in opera (Stravinsky,Berg, Britten, Menotti, etc.) Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permission of instructor. Offered when faculty is available.MUS 356: Choral Literature 3 s.h.Surveys choral music from the 15 th century to the present. Emphasizes masses, motets, and madrigals of the Renaissance period;oratorios, cantatas, and passions of the Baroque period; major choral works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Mendelssohn,Verdi and Brahms; choral works of the 20 th century. Prerequisites: MUS 345, 347, or permission of the instructor.pages i-viiCollege of Artsand Sciences