Meets five hours per week. Class instruction in the playing of band and orchestral instruments. May be waived if proficiency is demonstrated. The International Phonetic Alphabet and techniques of singing in Latin, Italian, German, and French. A directed experience designed primarily for students whose principal performance area is piano.
Supervision is given for accompaniment of private lessons and ensembles.
Intermediate part writing, organizational patterns, forms, music reading, aural exercises, and improvisation. Offered on demand to qualified students. A historical survey of early music, with emphases on literature, analysis, and the place of music in world culture. Music history, literature, analysis, and culture of the Baroque and Classical eras. Manifestations of the Romantic spirit during the nineteenth century and into the period of the world wars.