The course is designed as a practical introduction to choral arranging with exposure to pertinent elements of orchestration/instrumentation. Students will explore the art of choral arranging through critical evaluation, study of copyright, research of suitable source material, as well as examination of voicing, range, transposition, balance, notation, and texture. The course features guest speakers (brass, woodwind, and string specialists) and culminates with a forum performance of student arrangements. Students will use Finale software for arranging projects. Prerequisites: 205.
Courses on topics of interest to music students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisite as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. For specific section description, click to the Section Details in VitNet.
A continuation of the development of skills learned in Conducting I, with emphasis on baton technique, gesture, score preparation, score reading and interpretation, performance practice, and rehearsal sequencing. Prerequisite: 265.
This course is for students who audition for and are cast in a major or minor role in an opera production. This performance course encompasses learning an operatic score and staging the work. Chamber operas have minimal costuming and set, and they are performed in the Recital Hall. Full length operas are performed with full costuming and set with orchestra in the Main Theatre. Opera productions rehearse three hours per night and five nights per week for a period of seven weeks. May be repeated.
Instrumental Techniques II introduces music education students to fingering, notation, and pedagogy related to string and percussion instruments. Students will learn basic information for classroom and arranging purposes. Prerequisite: 151, 152.
Music History I is a study of western music history from the Medieval through Baroque periods. This survey of prominent composers, styles, genres, and forms will be contextualized by the influence of social, religious, and political trends. Directed reading, listening, score examination, analysis, and performance are offered in diverse and engaging modes of learning. Projects and assignments are designed to fulfill the General Education-Oral Communication requirement for music majors and/or minors. Prerequisite: 152. OC
A survey of the principal composers, genres, and forms associated with music of the Classic, Romantic, and Contemporary periods. Consideration of representative works from those periods through directed reading, score examination, analysis, listening, and performance. Exposure to available music research and reference materials is explored in both printed and electronic formats. Projects and assignments are designed to fulfill the General Education-Written Communication II requirement for music majors and/or minors. Prerequisite: ENGL 104 or 105 or 195. WCII, HA
A survey of vocal music from approximately 1600 to the present in Europe and the U.S. Emphasis will be placed on broadening the repertoire of the performer and teacher through a study of major song and opera composers from the U.S. and abroad. Class activities will focus on stylistic characteristics of this literature through a combination of lecture and directed listening. Prerequisite: 151.
A survey of advanced literature for stringed keyboard instuments from the end of the 16th century to the present as it relates to both teaching and performing. consideration of the principal historical eras, composers and genres of keyboard music. Includes a critical assessment of important stylistic and formal features of representative works through directed reading, score examination, listening, and performance. Offered as needed. Prerequisite: 152.
A treble choral ensemble drawn from all major areas in the university. This ensemble performs two major choral concerts each semester including the "A Viterbo Christmas." This chorale performs a variety of literature, including classical, gospel, folk, and pop. The chorale rehearses twice weekly and is open to all soprano and alto singers. No audition required-only a voice placement hearing with the director to establish each singer's voice part in the choir. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. AE