Course Descriptions - Undergraduate Calendar 2011-2012

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MUSIC 100s


MUSIC 100 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006944
Understanding Music
The styles, forms, techniques and terminology of Western music through lectures and listening, as exemplified by great works from all eras of music history.

MUSIC 111 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006948
Fundamentals of Music Theory
An introduction to the primary skills of music practice emphasizing the reading and writing of musical notation. Students will learn elementary keyboard, listening, and sight-singing skills.
[Note: For students with minimal musical background. Does not fulfill Music major or minor requirements.]

MUSIC 116 ENS 0.25Course ID: 006951
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]

MUSIC 117 ENS 0.25Course ID: 006952
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]
Prereq: MUSIC 116

MUSIC 140 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006959
Popular Music and Culture
An examination of the styles, forms and development of 20th-century popular music. The social, commercial and technological aspects of popular music are considered.

MUSIC 200s


MUSIC 216 ENS 0.25Course ID: 006981
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]
Prereq: MUSIC 117

MUSIC 217 ENS 0.25Course ID: 006982
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]
Prereq: MUSIC 216

MUSIC 222 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006986
Conducting 1
A study of conducting techniques appropriate for song leading, choral rehearsal and public performance. The course will include score analysis and rehearsal procedures for music from a wide variety of historical styles.
Prereq: MUSIC 100, 270, 271

MUSIC 226 STU 0.50Course ID: 006988
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Royal Conservatory Grade 8 Level. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class. Studio Fee.]
Department Consent Required
Coreq: Any of MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316 or 317

MUSIC 227 STU 0.50Course ID: 006989
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 226.
Coreq: MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316 or 317

MUSIC 231 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006990
Psychology of Music
The study of music from a behavioural science perspective. Topics include auditory and musical perception, music cognition, musical aptitudes and abilities, learning and pedagogy, creativity and aesthetic experience, emotive human responses and the social psychology of music activities.
Prereq: MUSIC 100, PSYCH 101/121R

MUSIC 240 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006991
Introduction to Jazz
A survey of the development of jazz schools and individual styles as well as a study of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic improvisation. Styles will be demonstrated through recordings and live performance.

MUSIC 245 LEC 0.50Course ID: 006993
World Music
A survey of traditional music outside of North America, including Africa, South America, the Far East, the South Pacific, the mid-East and Europe, with special emphasis on the role of music within the culture.

MUSIC 246 LEC 0.50Course ID: 011587
Soundtracks: Music in Film
An examination of the techniques, styles, and functions of music in film, and how music interacts with image and narrative to create meanings. Weekly screenings of films selected from the 1930's to the present.

MUSIC 253 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007001
Cathedral and Court: Music to 1600
The study of music that flourished under courtly and church patronage from the early Christian Church to 1600. Gregorian chant, liturgical drama, mass, motet, secular songs and instrumental music are studied.

MUSIC 254 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007002
Monteverdi to Mozart: Music from 1600-1800
The response of 17th- and 18th-century composers to cultural, political, and artistic movements. Topics include performance practice, women composers and performers, the development of opera, choral music, symphony, and sonata, and the music of Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and others.

MUSIC 255 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007003
The Romantic Century: Beethoven and Beyond
The music of the 19th century in all its principal forms by its great composers: Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, Bruckner and others.

MUSIC 256 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007004
Music Since 1900
A study of the contemporary composer's challenge to traditional musical ideals and musical reactions to artistic, political, social, and technological movements since 1900. Topics include the changing relationship between composer, performer, and audience; recent developments in Canadian music; and the contributions of women composers.

MUSIC 260 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007009
The Symphony
A survey of the great symphonies from Haydn to Stravinsky, through lectures and listening. A portion of the course will be devoted to works being performed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra during the term.
[Note: The ability to read music notation is not required.]

MUSIC 261 LEC 0.50Course ID: 010205
Opera
An introduction to the themes, sources, forms and nature of opera through selected works from Mozart to the present. Special topics include opera as a reflection of society's politics and ideals and opera behind the scenes.

MUSIC 270 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007018
Music Theory 1
The study of basic melodic, harmonic and voice leading concepts including an introduction to figured bass and functional harmony. Ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
[Note: A basic knowledge of scales, triads, and music notation is required.]

MUSIC 271 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007020
Music Theory 2
The study of harmony, counterpoint and form of 18th- and early 19th-century music. Sight-singing, ear-training and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
Prereq: MUSIC 270

MUSIC 275 LAB,LEC 0.50Course ID: 007025
Music and Technology
A comprehensive study of music and technology, including electroacoustic music, computer and MIDI applications, soundscape and multimedia composition, music and the web. Digital studio work is part of the course.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 290 LEC 0.50Course ID: 010206
Special Topics
Study of a limited field, as announced by the department.
Instructor Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 300s


MUSIC 316 ENS 0.25Course ID: 007036
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]
Prereq: MUSIC 217

MUSIC 317 ENS 0.25Course ID: 007037
Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Vocal Techniques, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/no credit basis.
[Note: For musical reasons, admission to any particular ensemble is at the discretion of the director. Audition required. Contact music department prior to first day of class.]
Prereq: MUSIC 316

MUSIC 322 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007038
Conducting 2
Continuation of MUSIC 222.
Prereq: MUSIC 222

MUSIC 326 STU 0.50Course ID: 007039
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 100, 227, 270; Music Majors and Minors.
Coreq: MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316 or 317.

MUSIC 327 STU 0.50Course ID: 007040
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 326.
Coreq: MUSIC116, 117, 216, 217, 316 or 317

MUSIC 332 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007041
Aesthetics of Music
This course employs various methods to explore questions of musical meaning. Through study and discussion of selected sources from antiquity to the present, such themes as imitation, abstraction, beauty and other debated issues will be examined in historical context and in relation to the other arts.
Instructor Consent Required

MUSIC 334 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007042
Women, Music and Gender
A study of gender issues relating to the role of women in music from antiquity to the present, emphasizing both classical and popular music within social, cultural settings of Western and Third World countries.

MUSIC 355 FLD 0.50Course ID: 007045
Music and Culture Travel Course
A Spring term seminar, approximately three weeks long, taught on location. Daily lectures and attendance at music performances, as well as tours of places of cultural importance. Past and possible future locations include Vienna, London, New York and South Africa.
Department Consent Required

MUSIC 361 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007049
Art Song
A study of the music written for solo voice from the 17th century to the present.
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 362 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007050
Piano Literature
A study of the music written for solo piano from the 17th century to the present.
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 363 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007051
Christian Hymnody
The origins of the Christian hymn and its development up to the present. The course considers the hymn as theological, poetic, musical, cultural, and spiritual expression, and the use of hymns in a variety of worship settings.
[Note: This course fulfills an Area 2C requirement for Religious Studies majors.]
Antireq: RS 384 taken prior to Fall 2008
(Cross-listed with RS 357, CMW 363)

MUSIC 364 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007052
Worship and Music
The nature of worship and the role of music within worship in historical, theological, and cultural perspective. Field trips to services of various traditions.
[Note: This course fulfills an Area 2C requirement for Religious Studies majors.]
Antireq: RS 385 taken prior to Fall 2008
(Cross-listed with RS 358, CMW 364)

MUSIC 370 LAB,LEC 0.50Course ID: 007058
Music Theory 3 (19th Century)
The study of chromatic harmony as well as melodic and formal aspects of 19th-century music. Ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
Prereq: MUSIC 271

MUSIC 371 LAB,LEC 0.50Course ID: 007059
Theory 4 (20th Century)
The study of the compositional aspects of 20th-century music, including extended tonality, atonality, 12-tone writing, neo-classical idioms and contemporary compositional procedures. Lab sessions will cover non-tonal melodic reading and complex chord structures.
Prereq: MUSIC 370

MUSIC 376 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007064
Composition Seminar
Creative and critical potential is developed through supervised practice, tutorials and seminars. Free composition, style emulation, arranging and orchestration will be dealt with.
Prereq: MUSIC 271

MUSIC 380 RDG 0.50Course ID: 007066
Directed Study in Music
Department Consent Required

MUSIC 381 RDG 0.50Course ID: 007069
Directed Study in Music
Department Consent Required

MUSIC 390 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007072
Special Topics in Music 1
Study of a limited field under tutorial guidance.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 391 LEC 0.50Course ID: 007073
Special Topics in Music 2
Study of a limited field under tutorial guidance.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 100

MUSIC 400s


MUSIC 426 STU 0.50Course ID: 007076
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 327.
Coreq: MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316 or 317

MUSIC 427 STU 0.50Course ID: 007077
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 426.
Coreq: One of MUSIC 116, 117, 216, 217, 316, 317.
Antireq: MUSIC 428

MUSIC 428 STU 0.50Course ID: 013997
Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments. Students perform a senior recital in place of a jury.
[Note: Studio Fee]
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 426.
Coreq: MUSIC 116, 117, 26, 217, 316, 317.
Antireq: MUSIC 427

MUSIC 491 SEM 0.50Course ID: 012958
Honours Research Seminar
A research seminar for Honours Music students designed to give students an opportunity to develop research techniques through individual research projects and regular meetings with other students and faculty.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: Level at least 3A Honours Music

MUSIC 492 PRJ 0.50Course ID: 007083
Senior Honours Thesis
An independent research project for Honours Music students. The topic is determined through consultation between the student and a faculty advisor.
Department Consent Required
Prereq: MUSIC 491