Exploring Music is a prerequisite for Music Theory I, and is therefore required of music majors and music minors. It is open to all students, however, regardless of major. To gain a real love for and understanding of Western art music, to achieve a working acquaintance with appropriate language in order to talk and write about music, to learn to recognize and differentiate standard styles, structures, and mediums of music, to appreciate different styles of music in their cultural contexts, to be able to communicate about music with others. Joseph Kerman, Listen, 3rd brief edition with accompanying CDs. The student is responsible for the material covered in each class.
Attendance is mandatory.