This introductory course examines the terminology, equipment, techniques, and concepts related to music technology. The course will survey the principles and practices of sound, MIDI, synthesis, notation, and audio recording utilizing hardware and software platforms.

This course is designed for students with little to no prior experience in music. It provides an introduction to reading, composing, and notating music. Students will study the fundamental elements of the language of music, including scales, intervals, chords, key signatures, time signatures, notation software, and the piano keyboard.

This course is designed to acquaint students with the primary elements of music and the historical stylistic periods of Western music from the medieval to the present. In addition, world music, jazz, rock, and other styles will be examined as a means of comparison. The course places an emphasis on active and analytical listening skills.

This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of literature appropriate for choral ensembles, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within a large ensemble. Different literature will be studied each semester. The course culminates with a public performance. Students will explore the physiology of singing and basic vocal technique, will read choral music notation, and will learn to analyze the historical context and structure of a stylistically varied repertoire.

This course introduces beginning keyboard skills and basic music notation. It includes basic technique, major and minor five finger patterns, major scales, sight reading and basic chord progressions, as they are encountered in beginning piano music. Students with little or no prior experience are welcome, accommodations and support are available to ensure all learners can participate and succeed.

This course reinforces the fundamentals of piano playing, including reading music notation, improvisation, scales, chords, and simple piano literature from diverse sources. Emphasis is placed on the further development of left and right hand independence. Students are required to enter with some basic music reading ability and technical skill at the piano keyboard.

This course provides further development of greater independence of hands and reinforces the fundamentals of expressive piano playing at the early intermediate level. Didactic works of the most important composers, as well as music from diverse sources, will be studied with an emphasis on historically accurate interpretation. Piano technique, major and minor scales and arpeggios, sight-reading, expanded chord progressions, and harmonization and transposition skills are encountered in intermediate piano music.

This course includes continued study of intermediate piano literature, technique, improvisation, harmonization and sight-reading. It includes the study of repertoire by major composers and non-Western works with an emphasis on historically accurate interpretation.

This course is a survey Latin American music from pre-colonial roots to today, exploring Indigenous, African, and European traditions and their fusions. The course emphasizes styles across Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, the United States, and beyond. Shared aesthetics and distinctive regional voices are highlighted through focused listening, readings, and discussion.

This course develops singing ability through instruction in posture, breath management, healthy voice placement and resonance, vowel formation, diction, range extension, musicianship, and performance. Repertoire may include familiar and traditional songs, art songs, and selections from musical theater, with attention to works by diverse composers, cultures, and languages. Designed for both majors and non-majors, the course cultivates an inclusive, equity-minded learning environment with individualized, supportive feedback to promote student success.

This course continues development of healthy, efficient vocal production beyond Voice I. Students refine breath management, registration balance, resonance, vowel alignment, diction, sight-singing, and performance skills. Repertoire includes art songs in English, Italian, German, and/or French, plus musical theatre and jazz/standards, with attention to diverse composers, cultures, and languages. Designed for majors and non-majors, the course provides individualized coaching in an inclusive, equity-minded environment and offers opportunities for solo and collaborative performance.

This course advances healthy, efficient vocal production beyond Voice II. Repertoire spans art song in English, Italian, German, and/or French, opera/oratorio selections, musical theatre, jazz standards, and contemporary works, with intentional inclusion of diverse composers, cultures, and languages. Designed for majors and non-majors, the course provides individualized coaching in an inclusive, equity-minded environment and prepares students for juries, auditions, and public performance through solo and collaborative projects.

This culminating course advances healthy, efficient vocal production beyond Voice III in technique, musicianship, and stylistic authenticity. It includes more challenging material emphasizing operatic and oratorio literature as well as more difficult art songs in languages such as English, Italian, German, French and Spanish. Emphasis is placed on performance craft for juries, transfer auditions, and public recital. Individualized coaching supports majors and non-majors in an inclusive, equity-minded environment.

This course explores Rock music in cultural and social context. This course involves a detailed study of changing musical styles with an emphasis on analytical listening. The course primarily focuses on rock and related genres from 1950–2000, with attention to pre-1950 roots and 21st-century developments, including the digital era.

This course introduces beginning guitar techniques with an emphasis on music reading, chord playing, improvisation, and understanding the fretboard. Students will learn various guitar notation systems, including standard notation, chord symbols, and tablature across a variety of musical styles and traditions.

This course introduces beginning guitar techniques with an emphasis on music reading, chord playing, improvisation, and understanding the fretboard. Students will continue to develop their understanding of guitar notation systems, including standard notation beyond the first position, chord symbols, and tablature across a variety of musical styles and traditions.

This course introduces intermediate level repertoire, technique, improvisation, and theory. It requires familiarity and the ability to read all common guitar-related notation systems. Repertoire assigned to students will largely depend on their personal progress and preferences.

This course continues study of intermediate level repertoire, technique, improvisation, and theory. It requires familiarity and the ability to read all common guitar-related notation systems. Repertoire assigned to students will largely depend on their personal progress and preferences.

Through guided composition and analysis, Music Theory I incorporates and develops the concepts covered in Music Fundamentals, including review of rhythm and meter, scales, keys, intervals, and triads, then dives into more complex concepts such as seventh chords, figured bass, roman numeral analysis, cadences, phrases, and initial four-part chorale writing principles.

This course incorporates the concepts from Music Theory I and teaches, through guided composition and analysis, two-part counterpoint, voice leading, and rhythmic concepts from various cultural backgrounds, and short binary and ternary forms. It also explores chromatic harmony through secondary/applied chords and modulation.

This course incorporates the concepts from Music Theory II. Through guided composition and analysis, the course will include more advanced chromatic chord functions and voice-leading. Continues study of chromatic harmony, secondary/applied chords, and modulation. The course includes more advanced topics such as borrowed chords (modal mixture), Neapolitan and augmented-sixth chords, chromatic mediants, harmonies beyond seventh chords (such as the 9th, 11th, and 13th), altered chords, and larger-scale formal structures.

This course applies the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory I with a focus on ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation of simple and compound meters, and diatonic harmonies and melodies in both major and minor keys.

This course applies and develops the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials of Music Theory II through ear training, sight singing, analysis, and dictation.

This course applies the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic materials developed in Music Theory III, such as rhythms including duplets, triplets, and syncopation, and chromatic harmony. The focus is on ear training, sight-singing, analysis, and dictation.

This course involves the study, rehearsal, and performance of Mariachi and other Mexican regional music with a focus on the medium-sized ensemble setting (10-15). Students will explore the stylistic qualities of this music in sectional and full ensemble settings, with the intention of public performance.

This course is designed to prepare the elementary educator to analyze, understand, and identify the foundational elements of music and dance. The course will present materials from various historical and cultural perspectives to help illustrate global congruencies in music and movement.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for brass instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, intonation, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for percussion instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, intonation, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for guitar instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, intonation, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for keyboard instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for string instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, intonation, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for voice through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the voice.

This course provides individualized study of the appropriate techniques and repertoire for woodwind instruments through private instruction. It emphasizes the progressive development of skills needed for solo performance. The general course content includes aspects of rhythm, intonation, articulation, and expressive elements as they relate to the instrument.

This course is for the study, rehearsal, and public performance of literature appropriate to chamber ensembles, with an emphasis on the development of skills needed to perform within a specialized ensemble, including percussion, guitar, piano ensembles, etc. Different literature will be studied each semester. Choice of ensemble is based on each student’s identified major instrument or voice.

This course offers students the opportunity to further their knowledge of music on an independent-study basis. The student and instructor will work together to design course content and/or research. Meeting times and requirements will be determined by the instructor.