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Courses
MUSIC
The Wesleyan University Music Department provides a unique and pioneering environment for advanced exploration committed to the study, performance, and composition of music from a perspective that recognizes and engages the breadth and diversity of the world's musics and technologies. As an integral part of one of the nation's leading liberal arts institutions, the department has enjoyed an international reputation for innovation and excellence, attracting students from around the globe since the inception of its visionary program in World Music more than four decades ago.
Spring 2013
- MUSC 108 - History of Rock and R&B
- MUSC 116 - Visual Sounds: Graphic Notation in Theory and Practice
- MUSC 129 - The Art of Listening
- MUSC 201 - Tonal Harmony
- MUSC 204 - 20th-Century Compositional Techniques
- MUSC 212 - South Indian Music-SOLKATTU
- MUSC 220 - Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music
- MUSC 242 - Baroque and Classical Music
- MUSC 266 - African Presences II: Music in the Americas
- MUSC 285 - Wagner and Modernism
- MUSC 297 - Yiddish Cultural Expression: Music, Theater, Literature, Film
- MUSC 300 - Seminar for Music Majors
- MUSC 405 - Private Music Lessons for Nonmusic Majors
- MUSC 406 - Private Music Lessons for Declared Music Majors
- MUSC 421 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Beginning
- MUSC 422 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Advanced I
- MUSC 423 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Advanced II
- MUSC 424 - Beginning Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 425 - Advanced Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 426 - Intermediate Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 428 - Chinese Music Ensemble
- MUSC 430 - South Indian Voice-Beginning
- MUSC 432 - South Indian Voice-Advanced
- MUSC 433 - South Indian Music-Percussion
- MUSC 436 - Wesleyan Singers
- MUSC 439 - Wesleyan University Orchestra
- MUSC 441 - Pipe Organ in Theory and Practice, from Sanctuary to Stage: A Performance-Based Examination of Music
- MUSC 446 - West African Music and Culture-Intermediate
- MUSC 447 - West African Music and Culture-Advanced
- MUSC 448 - Ebony Singers: Gospel Music
- MUSC 451 - Javanese Gamelan-Beginners
- MUSC 452 - Javanese Gamelan-Advanced
- MUSC 455 - Jazz Ensemble
- MUSC 457 - Jazz Orchestra I
- MUSC 464 - Laptop Ensemble
- MUSC 509 - Special Studies in Contemporary Music
- MUSC 521 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies
- MUSC 522 - Seminar in Comparative Music Theory
- MUSC 530 - Music Department Colloquium
Fall 2012:
- MUSC 103 - Materials and Design
- MUSC 106 - History of European Art Music
- MUSC 109 - Introduction to Experimental Music
- MUSC 110 - Introduction to South Indian Music
- MUSC 202 - Theory and Analysis
- MUSC 210 - Theory of Jazz Improvisation
- MUSC 223 - Music, Recording, and Sound Design
- MUSC 241 - Medieval and Renaissance Music
- MUSC 265 - African Presences I: Music in Africa
- MUSC 293 - Music of Sun Ra and Karleinz Stockhausen
- MUSC 296 - Music and Public Life
- MUSC 300 - Seminar for Music Majors
- MUSC 405 - Private Music Lessons for Nonmusic Majors
- MUSC 406 - Private Music Lessons for Declared Music Majors
- MUSC 421 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Beginning
- MUSC 422 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Advanced I
- MUSC 423 - Korean Drumming Ensemble--Advanced II
- MUSC 424 - Beginning Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 425 - Advanced Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 426 - Intermediate Taiko - Japanese Drumming
- MUSC 428 - Chinese Music Ensemble
- MUSC 430 - South Indian Voice-Beginning
- MUSC 431 - South Indian Voice-Intermediate
- MUSC 433 - South Indian Music-Percussion
- MUSC 436 - Wesleyan Singers
- MUSC 439 - Wesleyan University Orchestra
- MUSC 441 - Pipe Organ in Theory and Practice, from Sanctuary to Stage: A Performance-Based Examination of Music
- MUSC 442 - Chamber Music Ensemble
- MUSC 443 - Wesleyan Wind Ensemble (WesWinds)
- MUSC 445 - West African Music and Culture-Beginners
- MUSC 447 - West African Music and Culture-Advanced
- MUSC 448 - Ebony Singers: Gospel Music
- MUSC 451 - Javanese Gamelan-Beginners
- MUSC 452 - Javanese Gamelan-Advanced
- MUSC 454 - World Guitar Ensemble
- MUSC 455 - Jazz Ensemble
- MUSC 457 - Jazz Orchestra I
- MUSC 459 - Materials and Principles of Jazz Improvisation I
- MUSC 500 - Graduate Pedagogy
- MUSC 506 - Reading Ethnomusicology
- MUSC 508 - Graduate Seminar in Composition
- MUSC 510 - Graduate Proseminar in World Music Studies
- MUSC 513 - Improvisation in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- MUSC 530 - Music Department Colloquium
Spring 2012:
Fall 2011:
- *MUSC 103 - Materials and Design
- *MUSC 109 - Introduction to Experimental Music
- *MUSC 110 - Introduction to South Indian Music
- MUSC 220 - Composing, Performing and Listening to Experimental Music (POI)
- MUSC 243 - Music of the 19th Century
- MUSC 270 - Music of Coltrane, Mingus and Coleman (POI)
- *MUSC 274 - Hymnody in the United States Before the Civil War
- MUSC 291 - The Gendering of Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- MUSC 300 - Seminar for Music Majors
- MUSC 405 - Private Lessions for Nonmusic Majors (POI)
- MUSC 406 - Private Lessons for Declared Music Majors (POI)
- MUSC 421 - Korean Drumming Ensemble: Beginning (POI)
- MUSC 422 - Korean Drumming Ensemble: Advanced I (POI)
- MUSC 423 - Korean Drumming Ensemble: Advanced II (POI)
- MUSC 424 - Beginning Taiko I: Japanese Drumming (POI)
- MUSC 425 - Advanced Taiko: Japanese Drumming (POI)
- MUSC 426 - Beginning Taiko II: Japanese Drumming (POI)
- MUSC 428 - Chinese Music Ensemble (POI)
- MUSC 431 - South Indian Voice: Intermediate
- MUSC 433 - South Indian Music: Percussion (POI)
- MUSC 436 - Choral Singing: Wesleyan Singers (POI)
- *MUSC 437 - Singing to Your Instruments
- MUSC 438 - Wesleyan University Collegium Musicum (POI)
- MUSC 439 - Wesleyan University Orchestra (POI)
- MUSC 440 - Conducting: Instrumental and Vocal (POI)
- MUSC 441 - Pipe Organ in Theory and Practice, From Sanctuary to Stage: A Performance-Based Examination of Music (POI)
- MUSC 442 - Chamber Music Ensemble (POI)
- MUSC 443 - Wesleyan Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) (POI)
- MUSC 445 - West African Music and Culture: Beginners (POI)
- MUSC 447 - West African Music and Culture: Advanced (POI)
- MUSC 448 - Ebony Singers: Gospel Music (POI)
- MUSC 451 - Javanese Gamelan: Beginners (POI)
- MUSC 452 - Javanese Gamelan: Advanced (POI)
- MUSC 454 - Classical Guitar Ensemble (POI)
- MUSC 455 - Jazz Ensemble (POI)
- MUSC 459 - Materials and Principles of Jazz Improvisation I (POI)
- MUSC 461 - Balinese Gamelan Angklung (POI)
- MUSC 500 - Graduate Pedagogy
- MUSC 507 - Practicing Ethnomusicology
- MUSC 508 - Graduate Seminar in Composition
- MUSC 510 - Graduate Proseminar in World Music Studies
- MUSC 530 - Music Department Colloquium
Summer 2011:
Spring 2011:
- MUSC405 Private Music Lessons for Nonmusic Majors
- MUSC406 Private Music Lessons for Declared Music Majors
*Denotes courses the department considers appropriate for first-year students.
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