This yearlong course deals with the art, the craft, and the practice of orchestral conducting. The students acquire practical conducting experience through classroom work and through a variety of outside rehearsals and performances. A large assortment of practical and theoretical readings supplement the podium work, and several analytical papers are assigned. Credit is granted only in the spring quarter, after successful completion of the year's work. This is a yearlong course in ear training, keyboard progressions, realization of figured basses at the keyboard, and reading of chamber and orchestral scores.
Credit is granted in the spring quarter only, after successful completion of the year's work.
Independent Study in Music. Consent of instructor and director of undergraduate studies. This course is for students who wish to pursue specialized readings in the history or theory of music, or to do advanced work in composition. Autumn, Winter, Spring. Undergraduate Tutorials in Music.