Music
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Bachelor of Arts
Chair: Arda Ekmekji, Ph.D.
Coordinator: Harout Fazlian, M.A.
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Requirements
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3
Prerequisite:
Historical study of the music of the Medieval to Contemporary periods of music
history. Emphasis on concurrent historical developments in government, politics,
economics, geography, science, literature, painting, and philosophy.
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3
Prerequisite:
An in depth survey of music in the Baroque & Classical eras. Designed to develop
a perspective to the repertoire of the representative composers & compositions,
and a technique for listening analytically.
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3
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An in depth survey of music from the Romantic to Modern eras. Designed to
develop a perspective to the repertoire of the representative composers & compositions,
and a technique for listening analytically.
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3
Prerequisite:
Fundamentals of notation, music reading, scales, intervals, keys. Figured basses
using triads in all major and minor keys.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 213:Music Theory
Principles of voice leading. Figured basses using dominant seventh and secondary
seventh chords, ninth chords, altered chords, chromaticism and modulation.
Analysis of Bach chorales.
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3
Prerequisite:
Techniques of sight singing and music reading skills. Development of ability in
the aural recognition of melody, harmony and rhythm.
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3
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(same as ECE 213)
Guiding Music and movement experiences: encouraging discovery, encouraging
non-participants, selecting songs, creating songs, teaching songs, introducing
rhythm instruments, and various movement activities appropriate for early childhood.
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3
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Introduction to playing the recorder as a tool to introduce and teach music to
children in the classrooms.
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3
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Introduction to fundamental techniques of conducting. Philosophy and purpose
of conducting. Establishing and maintaining time patterns, and conducting all
basic and standard meters. Differences for conducting varying dynamics,
accents, musical characteristics and styles.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 214:Music Harmony
This course covers the techniques of writing for the instruments of the orchestra.
The range, transposition, and idiomatic characteristics of each instrument are
studied.
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3
Prerequisite:
Basic techniques, reading, transposition and playing by ear. Emphasis on
accompaniment to songs for the classrooms.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 215:Sight Singing I
Further development of the techniques of sight singing and music reading skills
and the ability in the aural recognition of melody, harmony and rhythm.
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3
Prerequisite:
Use of personal computers in teaching, performing, composing, and editing
music; computer-assisted instruction; choosing hardware and software; use of
Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 214:Music Harmony
A study of the general principles and schemes which govern the structure of
music through analysis and listening to song forms, contrapuntal forms, suites,
sonatas, symphonies, variation forms and vocal forms.
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3
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Students will study and perform a varied repertoire of classical, folk, jazz, and
popular choral literature. Audition required. Non Music Major Students taking
Music 285 or 286 more than once will not get credit for their second enrollment.
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3
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Topic chosen according to special interests of the faculty and students.
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3
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Intensive study of one specific area followed by a project undertaken by the students
individually or in groups under the tutelage of the instructor.
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3
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The main objectives of the course are to introduce students to Applied and Fine
Arts, to the language of art, and to the plastic elements as well as the principles
of art. The course will focus on the appreciation of artistic styles and movements.
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3
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The course is designed to introduce the student to the history of art found in both
the Fine Arts (such as sculpture and painting) and the Applied Arts (such as
architecture, ceramics, fashion and furniture design, posters, and other types of
graphic arts) of the 20th century.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 218:Choral Conducting I
Focus on technique including strengthening of conducting gestures, right hand,
left hand independence and coordination, concentration on conducting problems,
e.g., cues, cutoffs, fermatas, complex rhythms, interpretation, phrasing,
and dynamics. Conduct unison, two-part, and choral repertoire, and accompanied
works.
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3
Prerequisite: MUS 222:Piano Class I
The second year Piano class builds upon the skills developed during the first
year. Students work towards completion of the chorale, sight-reading and
accompaniment.
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3
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The course is designed to introduce the student to music in the church and history
of worship music from early traditions to the 20th century, including the
Middle Ages, the Baroque, the Classical and Romantic eras. Hymnody and different
church music genres are surveyed and auditioned.
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3
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The course introduces students to the major artists and the fundamental aesthetic
issues involved in painting and sculpture of the Impressionistic and Post-
Impressionistic periods. Works by Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, Degas, and Cezanne
will be discussed in the light of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
Students will also be introduced to the works of Gauguin and Vincent Van
Gogh.
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3
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A course designed to familiarize students with the opera genre, its various
aspects, and its major stylistic developments. Significant works are surveyed
from the earliest music dramas of Monteverdi and Purcell to the operas of Berg
and Britten.
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3
Prerequisite:
Stylistic studies from 1600 to 1750 with special emphasis on the music of Bach
and Handel.
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3
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History of the development of the symphony and related forms from the early
Classical period to the present with emphasis on the symphonies of Haydn,
Mozart, and Beethoven.
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3
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Study of the development of the technique, style, and instrumentation of chamber
music from the early Classical period to the present.
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3
Prerequisite:
(Same as ARM 275)
This course covers Armenian religious music; minstrel (ashugh) and troubadour
(gusan) songs; Armenian folk songs; modern and contemporary Armenian
music and composers.
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