This course reinforces and further develops functional keyboard skills introduced and developed in MUS 287 and 288. Students harmonize melodies that emphasize chromatic harmonies including secondary (applied) dominant and leading tone chords, as well as melodies that modulate. Students also focus on more advanced piano repertoire that contains elements of chromatic harmony including borrowed chords, augmented sixth chords and Neapolitan chords. Course activities also include performing vocal accompaniments, multi-stave score reading, 17th century-style figured bass exercises, scales, and harmonic progressions. PR: MUS 288
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Covers theoretical concepts of composing, arranging, production, and rough mixing in the recording/production studio in various styles and applications. Incorporates practical experience in a working professional studio. Provides in-depth access and exposure to professional-level sample libraries and sequencing techniques. Applies principles of orchestration, both traditional and contemporary, in the classroom and studio environment. Emphasizes communication skills with recording artists, musicians and engineers. Covers logistical protocols for scheduling, booking of studios and musicians, studio demeanor and ethics, and working with clients. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits towards graduation. Software fee of $100 applies. Lab access fee of $10 for computers applies.
Intended for first-year Mason Gross music majors and non-majors who demonstrate a solid background in basic theory, strong aural skills and the desire to maximize all facets of their musicianship . To be eligible for this course, students must score above 90% in all areas (listening, singing, rhythm reading) of the aural skills placement test. Aural Skills I introduces Movable-Do solfege, single-line and two-part tonal melodic singing of melodies with skips within the tonic and dominant triads, rhythm reading using Takadimi and dictation (melodic and rhythmic). In addition, Advanced Aural Skills I includes sing-and-play assignments, two- and three-part rhythm performance exercises, two-part rhythm and melodic dictation, as well as four-part harmonic dictation.
Learning Goals of Course: Jazz Theory 247 examines fundamental theoretical material and concepts from written, aural, and performance practice vantage points within the swing, American songbook, and bebop genres. This course along with Jazz Theory II 248 is designed to help prepare students for Jazz Arranging, Jazz Improvisation, and Jazz Keyboard Harmony. As such, specific topics include chords, scales, voice-leading, form, harmonic & melodic vocabulary and analysis, composition, meter and rhythm.
A proseminar that offers graduate music students (primarily those for whom English is a learned language) practice in the language and discourses of academic writing as they develop and revise a series of essays. This class serves a purpose to prepare students for advanced seminars in their respective degrees and for their professional lives by helping to comprehend and engage with complex readings; articulate independent arguments; and support them through textual engagement, organized ideas, and clear, incisive prose. This course is an addition to the regular requirement and is based on the results of the examination taken at the graduate audition.
This course introduces students to basic musicianship skills. The course begins with exercises in pitch matching and basic interval recognition and progresses toward other skills, such as singing simple melodies at sight, sight-reading various rhythmic patterns, and dictating simple melodies and chord progressions.
This course develops basic musicianship skills with an emphasis of diatonic sight-singing, rhythmic sight-reading, and dictation of diatonic melodies and chord progressions. The exercises and in-class activities are similar to MUSC 109 but at a more advanced level.
After 1492, Europeans and other peoples around the globe began to discover each other in new ways, and music played a vital role in their encounters. This course equips students to develop a global perspective on music in the early modern era. Through case studies in Latin America, New England, China, and Africa, students will gain insight into the ways people use music as an agent of political and religious power in processes of cultural exchange and conflict. The course examines how missionaries and colonial leaders mixed musical cultures to build new social structures; and how colonial subjects responded creatively, in collaboration or resistance, to shape hybrid identities. We will study musical practices from both sides of the encounters, including Chinese and Native American musics and exported European practices like religious choral music and popular dances. Meets in the Robbins Library or hands-on engagement with rare books and manuscripts.
A studio/performance course that will push the boundaries of traditional Printmaking processes and applications to create installation, objects and book-based works of art. Students will use sustainable, digital and hybrid approaches to explore new territory in contemporary print.
As a continuation ART 362, this course continues exploration in traditional sculptural practices and new technology and media with an emphasis on advanced techniques and processes in an effort to develop a body of three-dimensional artworks. The course will challenge students to set personal goals in terms of research and art production.
An individualized skill-building course in which students enhance their academic skills using their own textbooks; improve their time management and organizational skills; and work on test-taking competencies. A basic class for students who understand that they will need new and different study skills to be successful in the college environment.
Experiments focus on organic techniques used in the purification of liquids and solids and in structural elucidation. Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic organic laboratory skills, including communication of the results of scientific work. Over the course of the academic term, between nine and twelve experiments are conducted and students are required to keep a detailed laboratory notebook and submit discipline-specific formal laboratory reports on selected experiments. To effectively emulate the experience of professional science communication, training in report writing as well as peer review and iterative revision are incorporated in the report assignments.
Experiments involve organic synthesis and physical methods in organic chemistry including IR and NMR spectroscopy. Emphasis is on the acquisition of advancing organic laboratory skills, including communication of the results of scientific work. Over the course of the academic term, between nine and twelve experiments are conducted and students are required to keep a detailed laboratory notebook and submit discipline-specific formal laboratory reports on selected experiments. To effectively emulate the experience of professional science communication, training in report writing as well as peer review and iterative revision are incorporated in the report assignments.
Live stream multi-camera video productions straight to social media. Students will produce a bi-monthly entertainment and information talk show that combines pre-recorded segments with live hosts, guest interviews, and in-studio demonstrations. Students are responsible for pitching stories, booking talent, writing scripts, and operating equipment. This course is modeled on Daytime, a nationally syndicated program produced in Tampa. Laboratory fee required.
The primary aims of the class are to introduce students to the aesthetic, cultural and material dimensions of the reading experience, to enhance their understanding of how physical and visual presentations shape a reader's perceptions, and to introduce the craft and art of the physical book.
This course examines the history of Japan from its pre-historical origins until the rise of modern Japan in the mid-nineteenth century. Special focus is given to indigenous Japanese beliefs, the influence of Chinese political and social values on Japanese life, Buddhist religious culture, the military ethos of the samurai, and the material cultural and artistic achievements of the Tokugawa period. In addition to a conventional textbook, literature and film are used to immerse students in the worldviews of traditional Japan. Group work and collaborative learning is emphasized.
This highly rigorous program provides serious and dedicated advanced-level drawing and painting students with the opportunity to prepare an Advanced Placement portfolio to be submitted to the College Board. Throughout this yearlong course, students develop a comprehensive body of work that fulfills the Advanced Placement portfolio requirements of breadth, concentration and quality; students also organize an exhibition of their work.
This course provides advanced photography students with the opportunity to explore their unique personal vision with the aim of producing a comprehensive Advanced Placement portfolio to present to the College Board. Students in this yearlong course will develop in-depth work in a concentrated theme and explore the breadth of the medium through experimentation with alternative themes and processes. Students also will organize an exhibition of their work. Students must have access to a fully manual 35mm camera or may borrow one from the Department.
The printmaking courses 1-3 introduce students to various printmaking methods and media in a fast-paced, collaborative studio. With a heavy focus on experimentation, originality and message, students explore multiplicity, image reversal, design principles, color and mark-making through both hand-printed and press-printed techniques. Students develop technical ability and aesthetic skills through instruction in relief printing, em-bossing, intaglio, monotype, bookmaking, screen printing, Riso duplication and Xerox. This studio course delves into the rich, democratic history of print media by discussing its roots in publishing and politically engaged and public artworks, and continuing into contemporary print cultures and industrial applications. No drawing experience necessary. 2ff7e9595c