Music

Professor:Su Lian Tan (on leave 2008-09); Associate Professors: Peter Hamlin (chair), Greg Vitercik (on leave 2008-09); Assistant Professor: Larry Hamberlin;  Director of Choral Activities: Jeff Buettner; Visiting Assistant Professor of Music: Brian Robison; Conductor of the Orchestra: Troy Peters; Conductor of the College-Community Chorus: Jeff Rehbach; Conductor of the Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble: Dick Forman; Twilight Artist-in-Residence: François Clemmons; Department Coordinator: Deborah Young

The Department of Music offers a wide variety of courses in composition, history, theory, performance, and electronic music. See course listings below.

    Required for the Major: Majors are required to take MUSC 0209, MUSC 0220-0221, MUSC 0260-0261; a performance elective such as MUSC 0240, or MUSC 0500; three 0200-level or above elective music courses; and MUSC 0400, senior seminar. In addition to the curricular requirements, majors are required to participate for three semesters in at least one departmentally approved  ensemble. Those approved ensembles are Middlebury College Orchestra, Middlebury College Choir, Middlebury College/Community Choir, and the Middlebury College Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble.
     Required for the Joint Major: A minimum of eight courses at the 0200-level or above. In addition to the curricular requirements, joint majors must participate for three semesters in at least one departmentally approved ensemble. Please see above for approved ensembles.
     Required for the Minor: Students who do the voluntary minor in music are required to complete five music courses, two of which may be general introductory courses (0100-level). The three other courses would all be at an upper level (0200-0400- level); all three may be in a specific area of specialization, or two may be in a specific area with the third in another area. Students may also do an independent project (MUSC 0500), which counts as one course toward the voluntary minor.
     Departmental Honors: Departmental honors in music reflect a student's overall achievement in and contribution to the department as well as excellence in a senior work project (MUSC 0704).  To be eligible for senior work, a grade average of at least B+ in all music courses is required.  Eligible students may propose a senior work project (MUSC 0704) of one or two semesters in length; proposals must be submitted by April 1 of the junior year.  A grade of B+ in senior work and B+ in departmental courses will be eligible for honors; A- in senior work and A- in departmental courses will be eligible for high honors; A in senior work and A in departmental courses will be eligible for highest honors.

APPLIED MUSIC
Private instruction in musical instruments and voice is available through the department. Registration for these lessons takes place the first week of each term in the main lobby of the Center for the Arts. Contact the department at extension 5221 for further information. Contracts must be signed after the first lesson and are binding. The fee is to be paid to the cashier's office upon receipt of a bill at the mid-point of each term. No rebate is allowed for lessons missed except in the case of injury or continued illness. There are ten 45-minute applied music lessons per semester (four during winter term). Members of the Middlebury College Orchestra, Middlebury College Choir, Middlebury College/Community Choir, the Middlebury College Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble, and MUSC 0240 are entitled to half-price lessons. The applied fee is waived for students who are music majors, music joint majors, or are enrolled in performance-related MUSC 0500 or MUSC 0704 projects. Music majors may receive a maximum of two complimentary series of private lessons. Academic credit is not given for applied lessons.
     Private instruction: piano: D. Fanning, C. Huard, N. Paden, D. Robson; harpsichord: C. Huard; jazz piano and jazz voice: R. Forman; cello: D. Davydov; violin: K. Winterstein; viola: P. Reynolds; double bass: G. Ingalls; flute: A. Janson; clarinet: Steven Klimowski; bassoon: R. Elliott; oboe: D. Frostman;  trombone: B. Irwin; french horn: M Fritze; trumpet: G. Ingalls; acoustic and electric guitar: P. Asbell, D. Huckett; voice: C. Christensen, S. Peck, B. Thompson, D. Marcy; drums: R. Lawton; harmonica: M. Lavoie; traditional fiddle and banjo: P. Sutherland; bagpipes and celtic whistle: T. Cummings; carillon: G. Matthew; organ: E. Fanning.
     The department will assist the student in securing instrumental instruction not provided by the staff. In some cases, however, it may not be possible to find a qualified instructor.

ENSEMBLES

Middlebury College Orchestra : The orchestra performs approximately four times a year in programs featuring music from all periods. Instrumentalists may arrange for an audition through the music department. Subsidized instrumental lessons with applied faculty members are available; see "Applied Music" above. See course listing for MUSC 0205. (T. Peters)
    Middlebury College Choir: The Choir  performs concerts each fall and spring, and participate in Chapel Services for Family Weekends, Homecoming, and Baccalaureate.  Audition required, with attention to sight-reading, listening, and vocal production. Open to all students without prerequisite. Subsidized voice lessons with applied faculty members are available; see "Applied Music" above.  See course listing of MUSC 0205.  (J. Buettner)
     College Community Chorus. The Chorus performs concerts each fall and spring, usually including a major choral work for chorus and organ or orchestra.  Open to all without audition; rehearsals focus on developing choral musicianship. Subsidized voice lessons with applied faculty members are available; see "Applied Music" above.  See course listing of MUSC 0205. (J. Rehbach)
     Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble: Using traditional big-band instrumentation, the Jazz Ensemble plays the best of contemporary jazz arrangements as well as classic charts from the 75 years of swing and jazz band history.  The Ensemble also features student compositions and arrangements when available.  An active performance schedule is typical. Subsidized lessons with applied faculty members are available; see "Applied Music" above. See course listing of MUSC 0205 (D. Forman)
     Other Chamber Ensembles: String quartets, woodwind and brass ensembles can be formed and coached for interested students. Independent projects (MUSC 0500) can be arranged for these groups.

MUSC 0101 Introduction to Western Music (Fall)
This course is designed to introduce students to the music created by the men and women of Western civilization. The styles and genres of art music from the Middle Ages to the present will be a focus for the course. The relationship of music to society, historical context, and the other arts will also be examined. Music reading skills are not required. ART EUR (B. Robison)

MUSC 0102 The Concert Experience (Not offered 2008-09)
Music exists primarily in performance. In this course we will examine a range of musical styles, forms, and genres - including both Western and non-Western "classical," popular, and jazz - as they are experienced in live performance. Through a variety of readings we will also explore the historical, social, cultural, and political contexts that shape this experience, both for the listener and performer. Guest lecturers will include composers and performers, as well as management and marketing professionals involved in the concerts we will be attending. Attendance at the concerts involved is mandatory. (No prerequisites; open to students who have taken MUSC 0101 by waiver only.) 2 hrs lect./1 hr disc. ART

MUSC 0105 Introduction to Music in World Cultures (Not offered 2008-09)
This course is designed as an introduction to musical style and practice in selected world cultures. Using ethnographic sources in written, audio, and video form, workshops, concerts and fieldwork, we will explore the diverse roles that music plays in the lives of musicians and their supporting communities. We will explore both traditional and popular musics in the lives of peoples in Africa, Asia, Oceania, Latin America, and the United States considering some of the theoretical systems, musical instruments, and aesthetic and social values that today impact musical performance in community traditions. No musical background is expected. 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. disc. ART SOC CMP


ARDV 0116 The Creative Process (Spring)
For course description please see "Divisional Courses" in the theatre and dance section of this catalog. 3 hrs. lect. ART (A. Draper, theatre)


MUSC 0125 Music and Geography in North America (Not offered 2008-09) 
The musical traditions of rural and urban North America are often defined in relation to local and regional geographic landscapes. In this class we will consider place-based musics of the United States and Canada, including Native American practices in northern and coastal Canada, the Southwest and the Upper Midwest of the U.S.; music of the borderlands between Mexico and the U.S.; regional practices and musical genres identified with the Midwest, New England, and the South; and urban music in cities such as Boston, Miami, New Orleans, Montreal, and Toronto. Some of the diverse North American music and dance styles and genres we will discuss include ballads, bluegrass, blues, cajun, corrido, hip hop, klezmer, mariachi, salsa, polka, and zydeco. No previous musical experience is required. 3 hrs. lect./disc ART SOC NOR

MUSC 0130 Introductory Topics in Music History: Jazz from New Orleans to Now (Not offered 2008-09)
In this course we will trace the history of American popular music from the 1950's to the present, focusing on the use of new sounds and musical forms, the relationship between lyrics and musical setting, the opposition of commercial and artistic considerations, and the role of popular music in society. Three objectives underpin our studies: to develop critical listening skills with music that one often hears but perhaps rarely listens to intently; to determine how popular music reflects its cultural context; and to encounter the work of several innovative musicians in the history of rock and related genres. No previous musical experience is required. ART/NOR. 

MUSC 0131 Everything a cappella! Unaccompanied Vocal Music, Medieval to Modern (CW 8) (Spring)
The phenomenon of the a cappella group is, surprisingly enough, not one that developed on New England's liberal arts college campuses. From royal court entertainment to a few guys on the corner, vocal ensembles have sung about the important things in life for several centuries. In this course we will explore music for unaccompanied vocal groups of different time periods, places and cultures. Students will listen to, study, and experience a cappella music to develop understanding about its inspiration, function, and performance. Why voices-only, and why is a cappella always "in"? (Music reading ability is helpful but not required.) 3 hrs lect./disc. ART (J. Buettner)

MUSC 0160 Music Theory I: Fundamentals (Fall, Spring)
This course is an introduction to the basic elements and theoretical concepts of Western music. We will focus on such topics as basic keyboard skills, sight singing, musical notation, rhythm, and harmony. Theoretical work and drills will be combined with compositional and performance projects. The goal of the course is to expand students’ musical intuition and skill and to provide the technical basis for further music study. No prior musical experience is required. (Students who wish to take upper-level composition or music theory courses must either complete this course or pass a theory and musicianship test administered by the department to demonstrate equivalent experience.) (Formerly MUSC 0109). 2 hrs. lect./1 hr. lab. ART (J. Buettner, B. Robison)


MUSC 0205 Performance Lab (Fall, Spring)
Credit can be conferred for performance in faculty-supervised ensembles Middlebury College Orchestra, Middlebury College Choir, Middlebury College/Community Choir, and the Middlebury College Sound Investment Jazz Ensemble (see "Ensembles" above), one unit of such credit to accrue over two semesters (spring and fall only). The appropriate supervising faculty will give grades, based on attendance and quality of performance. A student should register for MUSC 0205 only the SECOND of the two terms by adding it as a fifth course. MUSC 0205 does not fulfill any major course requirements and may not be taken more than once. (Approval required) ART (J. Buettner, D. Forman, T. Peters)

MUSC 0209 Music I (Fall, Spring)
Music I focuses on the materials and grammar of music through compositional exercises. As part of these explorations, we will examine the elements of harmony (scales, triads and seventh chords), notation, rhythm, polyrhythm, binary and ternary forms, two-voice counterpoint, variation, transposition, as well as skills in conducting, analysis, ear-training, and sight-singing. Students will write short pieces for a variety of instruments and ensembles, notate their pieces, and rehearse and perform them, thereby learning about music through discovery and observation. The assignments are designed for students with or without compositional experience. (Ability to play an instrument or sing; MUSC 0109 or 0160, or passing score on the MUSC0160 placement exam) 3 hrs. lect./1 hr. lab. ART  (B. Robison)

MUSC 0210 Music II (Not offered 2008-09)
This course is a continuation of MUSC 0209. While using the same format, including composing and labs, as in MUSC 0209, the course covers elements of modality (western and non-western), functional harmony, heterophony, fugal processes, strophic forms, melodic analysis, serial processes, and extensions of tonality and atonality. (MUSC 0209) 3 hrs. lect./1 hr. lab. ART

MUSC 0212 History, Theory, and Practice of Electronic Music (Spring)
This course will provide a historical look at the development of electronic music from the earliest analog techniques to present-day computer technology. Students will learn about the theory of digital and analog sound, acoustics, and MIDI. Creative projects will guide the class through a range of techniques. Much of the focus will be on how the electronic medium enables composers to work with sound and musical forms in non-traditional ways. 3 hrs lect. ART (P. Hamlin)

MUSC 0220 Music History I (Fall)
In this course we will offer a survey of Western art music from the earliest notated Medieval music through the Renaissance and Baroque. Beginning with Gregorian chant and troubadour song, we will explore the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance vocal polyphony, the development of opera and instrumental music in the seventeenth century, and the late Baroque music of Vivaldi, Bach, and Handel. Analysis of the music is supplemented by consideration of the ways in which music relates to the other arts and reflects the history and culture of its time. (Assumes ability to read music.) 3 hrs. lect. HIS ART EUR (L. Hamberlin)

MUSC 0221 Music History II (Spring)
This course is a survey of the principle genres and forms of Western art music from the 18th-century classical style of Haydn, Mozart, and their contemporaries to the present day.  The approach of the course is historical, analytical, and cultural; we will try to understand the music both as music and as it reflects its times and the concerns of composers and their audience. (Assumes ability to read music.) 3 hrs. lect. HIS ART EUR (L. Hamberlin)

MUSC 0223 The History of Black Music (Fall)
In this course we will examine the African-American musical tradition by first investigating the culture and music which affects the lives and personalities of the humans who organize the sounds. An effort will be made to promote a better understanding of the culture of the African-American, its derivation, its nucleus of survival, its development and expression. Music was an integral element of the development of the African culture. We will study pedagogical theories that examine the socio-economic and political forces that shaped the art form of African-American music. We will investigate the ancient history of the African culture, which is inextricably linked to contemporary European and American culture. Topics to be covered include traditional African music, traditional American music, rural and urban (blues and jazz), rhythm and blues to rock and rap. 3 hrs. lect. ART NOR (A. Speaks) 

MUSC/WAGS 0224 The Legacy of Black Art (Fall)
This course will view several aspects of Black art forms through the prism of the life and works of African-American female sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller; 1877-1968. Students will be introduced to Art, Artists, and Artisans. They will be encouraged to look beyond just the development of an important Music genre in New Orleans (for example), to the role African-American artisans played in the unique and distinctive design of the city's architecture. Who were they? When the French city planner/designer Pierre Charles L'Enfant was fired by President Thomas Jefferson who was the distinguished African-American who executed the design of the city of Washington D.C.? These are only two of the questions that could lead to an enriching experience of discovery in American Art and African-American Art history. We will study the books of Samella Lewis, Art: African-American and The Art of Sculptor Elizabeth Catlett. In addition we will read Zelma Hoover's essay, Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller and Nathan Huggins book, Harlem Renaissance. The course will enable students to identify the evolutionary process as Black Arts became independent of the European classical form and created a Black Aesthetic. 3 hrs. lect. ART NOR (A. Speaks)

MUSC/FMMC 0229 Boundaries of Opera and Musicals on Film (Not offered 2008-09)
In this course, we will examine unconventional works of opera or musical theater on film, principally Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and Hans Jürgen Syberberg's film of Richard Wagner's Parsifal. Anomalies in these films expose and comment on the generic conventions by which creative artists tell stories and construct meaning. We will use both informal and formal writing to organize and develop our thoughts as we analyze the complex interactions, on multiple levels, among words, music, and images in these works. 3 hrs. lect./disc./3 hrs. screen. ART

MUSC 0238 Music and Performance in Africa (Not offered 2008-09)
This course will introduce students to the diverse musical traditions of sub-Saharan Africa. Using recent literature in ethnomusicology, we will study examples of musical performance in specific cultural groups, including the Zulu, Shona, Venda, BaAka, Mande, and Yoruba. We will explore the diversity in performance practice, style and aesthetics, and examine issues that affect rural and urban residents today, such as the role and status of musicians in society, and the impact of nationalism on local music. Sources for information will include ethnographic literature, audio and video recordings, visiting performers, and performance workshops. 3 hrs. lect./disc; 2 hrs. film screen. ART SOC AAL 

MUSC 0239 Asian Musical Intersections (Not offered 2008-09)
In this course we will focus on musical traditions in selected regions of Asia. Using key issues, concepts, theories, and methods from the discipline of ethnomusicology, we will concentrate on a series of case studies to explore historical processes, musical systems, social roles, and political issues in West, South, Central, and East Asian countries, from Turkey to China. Our particular focus will be on the process of musical migration as we look at how musical systems, musical instruments, ensembles, and social practices have trveled, historically along the Silk Road, during periods of occupation and dominance, and through contemporary processes connected to globalization. Some of the countries we will explore include Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia. The course will include reading, writing, audio, and video assignments. 3 hrs lect/disc. ART SOC AAL

MUSC 0240 Performing Chamber Music (Fall)
Students will play in small ensembles with intensive coaching by the professor and affiliate artists.  We will discuss practical performance matters. At least one class meeting per week will be devoted to analysis of the works being performed within the appropriate historical perspective.  Students will be asked to do research on the biographical details of the composers and the place of the works within the composer's oeuvre.  Ensembles to be formed will be limited to the 'classical' repertoire  (i.e., no jazz or popular styles) comprising instrumentalists and vocalists.  Pre-existing ensembles are welcome.  The course will culminate in a public performance.  (Approval Required. (Ability to play an instrument or sing.  If you are interested in this course, please contact Larry Hamberlin at lhamberl@middlebury.edu.) 3 hrs lect/disc ART (L. Hamberlin)

MUSC 0242 Performing Early Music (Not offered 2008-09)
In this course we will combine historical research with practical performance, with the goal of increasing our understanding of how music was played and sung in the late renaissance and baroque periods. Composers studied may include Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi. We will read primary literature from 1550 to 1750 by the great performers of that time, as well as secondary writings by modern-day practitioners of early music. Topics will include pitch, tuning, vocal production, instrument construction, articulation, expression, and embellishment. Moreover, we will discuss such matters as the composer’s intent, social and cultural contexts of performance, and the concept of authenticity as it applies to the performance of music. Solo and small-ensemble works will be coached in class, and the course will culminate in a public performance. (Assumes ability to play or sing from notated music.) 3 hrs. lect./disc. ART EUR (L. Hamberlin)

MUSC/HIST 0256 Topics in European Culture and History:  Weimar Culture and the Nazi Revolution (Not offered 2008-09)
See Department of History for course description. ART HIS EUR

MUSC 0260 Music Theory II: Diatonic Theory  (Fall) 
This course is an in-depth technical study of the materials of music, a study which expands one’s ability to analyze and create music and to understand different musical styles.  W e  will  cover harmonic materials, introduce musical form, and work with traditional compositional skills. These techniques are applied to the analysis of classical music, jazz and popular music. (MUSC 0109 or 0160 or passing score on the MUSC 0160 placement exam.)  (Formerly MUSC 0301) 3 hrs. lect./disc. (P. Hamlin)

MUSC 0261 Music Theory III: Chromatic Theory (Spring) 
This course is a continuation of MUSC 0260. Students study more advanced harmonic devices including modulation and chromaticism, jazz harmony and post-tonal techniques. In-depth analysis of classical music, jazz, and popular music supports a more advanced study of musical form. (MUSC 0260)  (Formerly MUSC 0302) 3 hrs. lect./disc. (P. Hamlin)

MUSC 0262 Musicianship (Fall)
In this course students will develop aural perception and listening skills, music reading ability, and enhanced ensemble performance skills. Daily work will include fundamental and advanced musicianship concepts in these areas along with the study of score analysis and interpretation in performance. Special topics will include musical styles and forms, world music, American music, and the avant garde. (MUSC 0109 or MUSC 0160 or passing score on the MUSC 0160 placement exam) lect./disc. ART (J. Buettner)

MUSC/WAGS 0280 Music, Gender and Performance (Not offered 2008-09)
In this course we will explore current issues in the study of music and gender, especially those related to identity, difference, sexuality, and power. We will focus on performance practice in popular musical genres of Europe and North America including rock, hip hop and the blues, and non-Western traditional and popular genres including Caribbean salsa, West African Afropop, Algerian rai, European lament, and North Indian khyal. We will use written, aural, and visual data drawn from ethnomusicology, anthropology, and musicology to discuss how musical performance reflects or affects relationships between women and men and how each society's gender ideology affects its musical practices. 3 hrs. lect./disc; 2 hrs. film screen. ART SOC CMP

MUSC 0282 Songs and Social Movements (Not offered 2008-09)
For centuries songs have played a critical role in the political life of social groups. Through musical performance, many organizations build strength and cohesion and also effect change. In this course we will investigate the role that songs play in social movements in selected cultures throughout the world. We will examine historical and contemporary communities where songs have been actively used to develop and maintain a sense of identity and cohesion, for resistance and mobilization. Areas of inquiry include songs of the civil rights and the folk revival movements in the United States, nationalism and song in China, protest songs of South Africa, West African popular song and social change, political songs of Latin America and the Caribbean, national identity and song in Europe, politics and ritual in Australian aboriginal song. Sources will include primary documents in printed, audio and video format, and secondary literature drawn from ethnomusicology, anthropology and sociology. 3 hrs. lect./disc. SOC ART CMP

MUSC 0309 Advanced Composition (Spring)
This course will focus on writing for string quartet, brass quintet, a cappella singing, piano, or performance art and involve issues of technique, style, and practical considerations, as well as study of selected elements of the literature. The course will culminate with a reading of student works by a professional ensemble or solo performer. (MUSC 0209 and 0210 or approval of instructor). 3 hrs. lect./disc. (B. Robison)

MUSC 0320 Topics in Music History: Music of the Late Baroque
(Not offered 2008-09)
In this course we will explore operas, cantatas, and oratorios from the early 18th century by such composers as Bach, Handel, Rameau, and Vivaldi. We will consider them both as free-standing art works and as products of their cultural environment, examining the musical, theatrical, liturgical, and social conventions that shaped them. We will focus especially on the relationship between artworks and power, whether political, commercial, or religious. (MUSC 0209, MUSC 0210, MUSC 0220, and MUSC 0221) ART EUR
 
MUSC 0325  Music and the Natural Environment (Not offered 2008-09)
Drawing primarily on literature from the field of ethnomusicology, we will explore the role of the natural environment in human music making. People in rural regions often draw directly from the natural world for their musical ideas. The Kaluli in Papua New Guinea, for example, imagine bird song and human song to be inextricably intertwined. The Tuvans of Central Asia use the sounds of water, insects, and animals as a foundation for their music making. In the urban sphere, sonic ecologists in Europe and North America have devised means for expressing a connection to the natural world using recorded sounds that they present in soundscape performances. We will discuss and experience the way social groups present an understanding of their physical environment in the songs and instrumental music used in daily performance, religious ritual, agricultural festivals, and public concerts. (Must have taken a music, sociology/anthropology, or environmental studies course) 3 hrs. lect./disc. ART SOC CMP

MUSC 0350 Sound Artists and the Environment (Not offered 2008-09)
In this performance-focused seminar we will use music (along with other forms of artistic expression) to reinforce our relationships with the environment. The fields of soundscape studies and acoustic ecology will form the basis for exploring ways that music, as humanly organized sound, can be used more effectively to communicate shared interests and concerns about our acoustic environment. We will examine and discuss scholarship, musical performances, and the sounds around us as we construct sound installations and sound sculptures, musical instruments and musical compositions. We will refocus our creative energies toward integrating and intersecting sound more effectively in our everyday lives. (Open to students with at least one 0200-level course in music, dance, studio art, or environmental studies) 3 hrs. lect./disc. ART SOC

MUSC 0400 Senior Seminar (Fall)
This is a course for all senior music majors offering in-depth study of music integrating the perspectives of the performer, historian, theorist, and composer. All music majors are expected to take this course in the fall of their senior year. 3 hrs lect. (L. Hamberlin)

MUSC 0410 Seminar in Composition (Not offered 2008-09)
We will discuss a variety of issues arising from major works of the music literature, and related compositional, analytical, and aesthetic commentaries. The works will be chosen and discussed with an eye towards providing a context for your own music making, particularly senior work in progress. Senior work itself will be an additional focus of the class, with an opportunity for class and individual feedback during several stages of your work, and exploration of issues that arise from it. Significant portions of the class will be devoted to musical analysis, critical discussion of texts concerning composition and composers, aesthetics, contemporary music in general, and the place of these subjects in the music industry. This course is required for music majors planning to do composing for their senior work. (Open to majors only) 3 hr. sem.

MUSC/GRMN 0417 "Musically Speaking": Close Encounters of Music and Literature in the 19th Century (in English and in German) (Not offered 2008-09)
See Department of German for course description.


MUSC/INTL/HIST/WAGS 0444 Gender, Performance, and Modernity in the Postcolonial World (Not offered 2008-09)
See Program of International Studies for course description. This course is equivalent to INTL 0444, HIST 0444, and WAGS 0444.

MUSC 0500 Independent Study (Fall, Winter, Spring )
Admission by approval. Deadlines for submitting proposals are April 1 of the previous academic year for fall and winter term projects, and October 15 of the previous calendar year for spring term projects. Please consult published departmental guidelines.
 
MUSC 0704 Senior Work (Fall, Winter, Spring)
Senior work is not required of all music majors and joint majors. However, students interested in and eligible for departmental honors (see guideline above) may propose one or two-semester Senior Work projects. Projects may be in history, composition, theory, ethnomusicology, performance, or electronic music, and should culminate in a written presentation, a public performance, or a combination of the two. Proposals for senior work must be made by April 1 of the junior year. Admission by approvel; please consult published departmental guidelines.