Music

MU 501. PIANO MAINTENANCE 2 HRS. A study of the piano, its construction, and guidelines to its superficial maintenance. Students will become familiar with both upright and grand pianos in order that they can recognize malfunctions in piano action and recommend intelligent maintenance procedures.

MU 502. DOUBLE REED MAKING 1 HR. Credit towards a graduate degree limited to one hour.) The technique of making double reeds (i.e., selecting, gouging, shaping, binding, and adjusting cane) is taught through practical application.

MU 595. COMPUTER LITERACY PORTFOLIO 1 HR. This course requires the preparation and submission of an electronic portfolio that demonstrates the students' ability to use technology appropriate to the music field and selected music program. Assignments, research, and other creative products, from other classes that involve the use of, or are the result of the use of technology, may be included as part of the portfolio.

MU 610. A CAPPELLA CHOIR 1 HR. Rehearsal and performance of select choral literature, with and without accompaniment, from various musical periods, often in languages other than English. Audition required.

MU 618. MUSIC THEORY 3 3 HRS. This course will begin with diatonic and dominant seventh chords, higher numbered chords, the binary and ternary song forms, borrowed chords, secondary dominants, augmented sixth chords, chromatic and enharmonic modulations and secondary sub-dominants.

MU 619. MUSIC THEORY 4 3 HRS. Course will be a study through composition and analysis of styles from the early twentieth century. Styles that will be studied include: Impressionism, Modalism, Pan-triandic techniques, Quartal Harmony, Mixed Meters, Pandiatonicism, and Polychords.

MU 620. ESU COMMUNITY CHORUS 1 HR. The ESU Community Chorus is open to all students as well as residents of the community without audition and performs major choral works each semester in a variety of settings.

MU 628. MUSIC HISTORY I 3 HRS. A survey of Western music from Ancient Greece through the end of the Baroque Period. The course is designed as a review for graduate students deemed to have deficiencies in their general knowledge of pre-eighteenth-century music history.

MU 629. MUSIC HISTORY II 3 HRS. A survey of Western music from the Classical Period to the present day. The course is designed as a review for graduate students deemed to have deficiencies in their general knowledge of music history from the eighteenth century to the present.

MU 630. ORCHESTRA 1 HR. Performance of the standard orchestral literature from Baroque through 20th Century. Activities include two oratorios, concerto program, two symphonic concerts, an opera, and a broadway show.

MU 631. MEN'S CHORALE 1 HR. (Membership by audition.) The Men's Chorale is a select choir of men's voices who perform literature from all periods of music. They perform for various campus activities and throughout the state of Kansas. For non-majors as well as music majors. Students are selected by the director in vocal auditions given at the beginning of each semester.

MU 632. TREBLE CLEF 1 HR. (Membership by audition.) Opportunity for female students to sing standard repertoire in a select group. Performances on campus and throughout the state are regular activities.

MU 635. OPERA WORKSHOP 1 HR. The course covers the entire gamut of opera, from musical preparation to final stage production. Each student is required to learn a role from an opera and to perform it in public; further, the student participates in the technical development of the production in the E.S.U. Opera Theatre. All students participate in the musical preparation and staging of an operatic work.

MU 645. MARCHING BAND 1 HR.

MU 646. SYMPHONIC BAND 1 HR.

MU 647. CONCERT BAND 1 HR.

MU 648. JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1 HR. This course promotes the understanding and appreciation of jazz and popular music by rehearsing and performing in big band format and in a variety of ensembles; it fosters the application of jazz principles to music through its artistic execution. Audition required.

MU 675. ACCOMPANYING 1 HR. An intense experience in the art of keyboard accompanying; the course must include a public performance.

MU 678. COUNTER POINT 3 HRS. Through a practical approach, students will explore the sacred polyphonic idioms of the sixteenth-century and the contrapuntal techniques of the eighteenth-century.

MU 691. CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLE 1 HR. The course will give the student opportunity to experience independent part-playing in a small ensemble. He will analyze, rehearse, and perform the music appropriate to the instrumentation available.

MU 723. STRING PEDAGOGY 2 HRS. A survey of teaching materials appropriate to all levels of advancement of the private and class string student with emphasis on the analysis of the need of the individual and procedures for selecting the proper material to meet this need.

MU 724. WOODWIND PEDAGOGY 2 HRS. A survey of teaching materials and teaching methodology of the major and/or related instruments appropriate to all levels of advancement of the private and class woodwind student with emphasis on the analysis of the need of the individual and procedures for selecting the proper material and/or method to meet this need.

MU 725. BRASS PEDAGOGY 2 HRS. A survey of teaching materials and teaching methodology of the major and/or related instruments appropriate to all levels of advancement of the private and class brass student with emphasis on the analysis of the need of the individual and procedures for selecting the proper material and/or method to meet this need.

MU 726. PERCUSSION PEDAGOGY. 2 HRS. A course designed for the percussionist performer and/or music educator in which basic and advanced methods of teaching percussion instruments are explored. Solo and ensemble literature and the philosophy behind percussion ensembles are examined and discussed. The focus is on the teaching methods, materials, and literature, with particular attention to meeting the need of the individual student. Special interest topics will be included based on the needs and personnel in the class.

MU 728. PIANO PEDAGOGY I 2 HRS. MU 728 is a survey of the exciting, dynamic field of piano pedagogy, with a concentration on teaching beginning and elementary children (group, individual), teaching techniques, and reviewing selected piano methods and materials. It will also include peer teaching, investigating information sources, and the creation of tools to enhance the student's teaching career.

MU 729. PIANO PEDAGOGY II PRACTICUM 2 HRS. (Prerequisite: MU 730 - Piano Pedagogy I.) A continuation of Piano Pedagogy I (MU 720), MU 722 is designed to provide the pedagogy student with an opportunity to engage in supervised one-on-one and group teaching of beginning piano students.

MU 730. WORKSHOP IN BAND TECHNIQUES 1-2 HRS. A workshop for in-service and pre-service band directors. Includes marching band techniques, rehearsal procedures, and literature. Discussion using charts, films, and recordings of outstanding bands.

MU 732. SEMINAR IN MUSIC TEACHING PROBLEMS 1-2 HRS. Discussions and laboratory experiences using audio-visual aids and laboratory performance groups. Includes analysis of scores and contemporary materials.

MU 733. MUSIC IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD 3 HRS. A comprehensive study of the development of musical styles during the 10th through 14th centuries. Compositions, treatises, notation, instruments, and methods of performance will be covered.

MU 734. MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE 3 HRS. A comprehensive study of the development of musical styles during the Renaissance through an investigation of the forms of the age and a survey of the technical and aesthetic reasons for the shape in which they exist.

MU 735. MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE PERIOD 3 HRS. A study of the trends and characteristics that mark the forms and musical styles of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The course deals with the disintegration of the Renaissance and the advent of the Baroque spirit through an investigation of the rise of practices and forms that have their roots in the sixteenth century as well as those novel to the Baroque: the monodic style, recitative, thorough-bass, opera, oratorio, ballet, cantata, concerto, suite, and the smaller sacred and secular vocal and instrumental forms.

MU 736. MUSIC IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 3 HRS. This course is designed to give the student a comprehensive overview of music in the Classic Era (c. 1750-c. 1830). In-depth knowledge of the period will be gained by focusing on the major musical development, studying the major composers, and analyzing representative works in order to recognize stylistic trends in the context of various geographic regions.

MU 737. MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC PERIOD 3 HRS. This course is designed to give the student a comprehensive overview of music in the nineteenth century. The period will be examined in terms of major musical movement, geographic locations, major composers, significant works, and stylistic trends.

MU 738. THE SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRA AND ITS LITERATURE 2 HRS. The evolution of the symphony orchestra from the Baroque Period to the Modern Era is studied along with an investigation of landmark works for this ensemble. The development of the Symphony as an orchestral form is emphasized.

MU 739. A STUDY OF CHAMBER MUSIC 2 HRS. A historical study of chamber music literature from 1600 to the present with reference to significant works in the repertoire: string quartet, woodwind quintet, piano trio, and the like; it includes a study of important works of unusual combinations of instruments.

MU 740. PIANO LITERATURE 2 HRS. A scrutiny of the significant music written for the piano is investigated from three aspects: how the instrument was exploited and the performance techniques expected; how these works related to a composer's entire legacy of creations; and how the works were a statement of the aesthetic ideal of their time.

MU 741. THE ART SONG: ITS HISTORY AND LITERATURE 2 HRS. A course outlining the history and development of art song in the western world. Standard repertoire of Germany, France, and England, as well as the lesser known contributions of Eastern Europe, Spain, and America will be discussed. The student must havecompleted a minimum of two hours applied voice study prior to course enrollment.

MU 744. MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY 3 HRS. A technical survey of the music of the major composers and important schools of twentieth-century composition through the critical analyses of representative works. The principal trends in Europe and America are covered: post-romanticism, neo-classicism, twentieth-century nationalism, the twelve-tone school, and electronic music.

MU 746. CANON AND FUGUE 3 HRS. Through a practical approach, students will explore the techniques of the eighteenth-century canon and fugue.

MU 760. APPLIED COMPOSITION 1 HR. Private lesson format: study of compositional styles used by composers of the last four centuries. Student will use information gained in composing a major work of three to five minutes in length. A minimum of one composition will be performed during the semester.

MU 775. THEORY PEDAGOGY 3 HRS. A study of the principles of and the problems in teaching theory at the secondary school and at the lower college levels. Materials for sight-singing, ear-training, keyboard, figured bass, and creative composition are examined.

MU 776. TECHNIQUES OF 20th-CENTURY COMPOSITION 3 HRS. A study of specific harmonic materials commonly used by 20th-century composers. Emphasis centers upon stimulating class members to create and perform original works that illustrate the styles and techniques studied.

MU 779. CHURCH SERVICE PLAYING 2 HRS. The playing of liturgical and non-liturgical services and their music.

MU 800. GRADUATE RECITAL 2 HRS. A full-length public recital is required of all candidates for the degree Master of Music in Performance. The course includes selection of appropriate repertoire under the direction of the major professor; Graduate Committee approval of the recital content; preparation, coaching and practice; performance of the entire recital for approval by the Recital Preview Committee; and successful completion of the actual recital in a public performance shortly following the recital preview.

MU 801. GRADUATE RECITAL PROGRAM RESEARCH NOTES 1 HR. (Prerequisite, concurrent enrollment in MU 800 and MU 838.) Extensive researched formal program notes are required to be handed out and accompany the performance of the Graduate Recital. This course is designed to prepare for and meet this requirement. The course includes counseling with the major professor as to format and foot noting systems, library and other research to obtain source material, and writing the notes under supervision of the major professor. The final revised notes must be approved by the major professor and the graduate advisor and submitted to the music office secretary for final typing in preparation for the recital.

MU 802.  GRADUATE CHAMBER RECITAL 1 CR. HR.  An elective course that provides additional coached performance opportunities for Master of Music students.  Student must successfully pass the recital preview prior to scheduling this recital performance.

MU 804.  GRADUATE PERFORMANCE RESEARCH PROJECT 2 CR. HRS.  This course is designed as the capstone project for the Master of Music - Performance Emphasis degree student.  It is intended to guide the student through the process of producing a graduate project that demonstrates the student's scholarly understanding of the repertoire intended for performance for the Graduate Recital.  This course work will be completed the semester prior to Graduate Recital.

MU 810. NAVIGATING COMPUTERS IN MUSIC 2 HRS. This course will provide an overview of basic computer and electronic resources available to musicians.

MU 812. DIGITAL AUDIO 2 HRS. This course explores the fundamental concepts of digital audio recording and provides opportunities for practical application.

MU 814. TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CLASSROOM 2 HRS. This course will discuss possibilities and methods of integrating technology into a curriculum. The following subjects will be discussed within the context of their use in the classroom: use of electronic and web resources in research; developing a basic web page to disseminate information to students; computer assisted instruction; MIDI; music notation; audio; word processing and presentation programs.

MU 815. PROJECTS IN TECHNOLOGY 2 HRS. This course is a laboratory class in which students will develop specific projects designed to create a music technology curriculum or to integrate various aspects of technology into a music curriculum.

MU 816. ADVANCED CONDUCTING 2 HRS. For the graduate student who has experienced training in conducting, the course emphasizes advanced baton techniques, the elements of score reading, interpretation of scores, and form and analysis. The course includes the study of standard nineteenth- and twenty-century choral and instrumental works with special stress placed upon the communicative procedures necessary for the advanced conductor whether the idiom be vocal or instrumental. Students without conducting experience will be expected to audit MU 477 Basic Conducting (2 hrs.)

MU 818. PROJECTS IN RECORDING I 2 HRS. The first of two laboratory courses in which students will develop and begin recording audio projects.

MU 819. PROJECTS IN RECORDING II 2 HRS. (Prerequisite, completion of MU 818 with a minimum grade of "C.") This course is the second of two laboratory classes in which sutdents will develop and begin recording audio projects.

MU 820. MUSIC EDUCATION WORKSHOP 1-2 HRS. Music Education Workshop addresses aspects of teaching and conducting music at all levels of music education from elementary through college. Workshop sessions typically include topics such as literature, teaching techniques, technology application, working with singers | choirs, pianists, etc. for all education levels. Sessions are led by recognized authorities | teachers | conductors.

MU 827. INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY 2 HRS. Survey of band and orchestra literature appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school instrumental groups. Rehearsal procedures, performance problems (e.g., intonation, balance, instrumentation), program building, administration, and public relations are topics for research and discussion.

MU 830. PERFORMANCE PRACTICE IN PIANO MUSIC 2 HRS. A course designed to expose piano students to the body of knowledge and stylistic conventions known as "performance practices" in piano music of all periods.

MU 835.  HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION 3 HRS.  This course will provide the music education student with a historical foundation for the development of music education in the United States as well as an examination of the important events and concepts crucial to this development.  The role of technology and the impact of the National Standards upon music education will be discussed.

MU 836. TECHNIQUES OF ANALYSIS 3 HRS. This course is designed to develop the tools of music analysis for the graduate student (or upper level undergraduate with the instructor's permission). Through readings, projects and papers, students will use different theoretical methods to analyze music ranging from chant to impressionism.

MU 837. MUSIC OF THE 20th CENTURY 3 HRS. A technical survey of the music of the major composers and important schools of twentieth-century composition through the critical analyses of representative works. The principal trends in Europe and America are covered: post-romanticism, neo-classicism, twentieth-century nationalism, the twelve-tone school, and electronic music.

MU 838. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN MUSIC 2 HRS. An introduction to current methods of research in music. This course will include standard music resources, accepted writing styles, areas of research relevant to music performance and music education, basic statistical methods employed in research, and the organization, development, and completion of a formal research project.

MU 839. RESEARCH IN MUSIC EDUCATION 3 HRS. An advanced research course that will focus on traditional and contemporary research methodology as applied to music education. Students will explore the basic concepts, principles, and techniques of qualitative and quantitative music education research. An overview of philosophical and aesthetic inquiry, and historical research will be included. Descriptive and experimental research methods will be explored. The course will also include work with basic statistics as a means to better understand the research.

MU 840. GRADUATE MUSIC HISTORY 3 HRS. (A bachelor's degree in music and approved eligibility for graduate study in music at ESU.) A course in music history required of all graduate students in which unique or special areas in music history and literature will be explored in depth, important original source readings in music history will be examined, special advanced topics in 20th Century music will be investigated via research papers and class presentations, and identification of many great works of music will be enhanced through familiarity with assigned listening lists and listening exams.

MU 841. OPERA: HISTORY AND LITERATURE 2 HRS. An overview of opera from its birth in the Baroque period to present day. The standard works will be studied. Music dramas of historical significance, though not common to the repertoire most performed, will be included. Prominent composers, contributors to the development of music drama, will be covered.

MU 842. HISTORY OF CHORAL MUSIC 2 HRS. Vocal ensemble and choral literature from 1400 to the present is studied in an historical context. Attention is given to stylistic traits, types of compositions, sources, performance practices and aesthetic considerations.

MU 843. ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES I CHANT THROUGH PALESTRINA 2 HRS. The history of music approached through analysis of representative compositions. An understanding of musical style will be developed through historic-analytic examination of musical structures, from Gregorian Chant through the late Renaissance Era (Palestrina).

MU 844. ANALYTIC TECHNIQUES II PALESTRINA THROUGH WAGNER 2 HRS. The history of music approached through analysis of representative compositions. An understanding of musical style will be developed through historic-analytical examination of musical structures, from the Baroque era (1600) through the late l9th Century (Wagner).

MU 845. SCORE ANALYSIS, PERFORMANCE, AND PERFORMANCE PRACTICE2 HRS. A course in music history providing a laboratory experience for graduate music students to become familiar with an important segment of literature from various periods through research/analysis and performance (where feasible) of the actual scores of musical works from any but not necessarily all of the major periods (Renaissance through 20th Century); to read and become familiar with important source readings in the area of performance practice; and to investigate special advanced topics in 20th Century music through an assigned project that will consist of an in-depth analysis of the score of a particular work. This research assignment will culminate with an in class presentation that will involve a performance of the work and a discussion of the student's findings.

MU 846. PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATION 3 HRS. This course will provide the music educator with an historical foundation and knowledge as well as current developments in music education instructional philosophy. Major philosophies as well as current trends and issues in music education will be explored.

MU 847. FOUNDATIONS OF MUSIC EDUCATION 3 HRS. This course will provide the music education student with a sociological, social psychological and psychological foundation for music instruction.

MU 848. LEARNING THEORIES IN MUSIC 3 HRS. This course is designed to examine the psychology of historically significant learning theories and their relationship and applicability to music education in the 20th Century. It will provide the student with the necessary knowledge to better evaluate established theories of learning, as well as "current trends" in the field, and to determine their usefulness in various settings within the music education curriculum. An examination of significant talent and achievement tests will also be addressed.

MU 849. CURRENT ISSUES IN MUSIC EDUCATION 3 HRS. This course will provide the music education student an opportunity to explore in depth selected current issues in music education.  Current educational issues and trends and their impacts upon music education will be examined.

MU 850-868. APPLIED MUSIC 1 or 2 HRS. Private lessons. Voice, Piano, Organ, Orchestral Instruments, or Classical Guitar. No fee for music majors.

MU 869. APPLIED COMPOSITION 1-2 HRS. Applied composition lessons.

MU 870. GRADUATE PROJECT 1-2 HRS.

MU 871. APPLIED DIGITAL AUDIO 1-2 HRS. Applied digital audio lessons.

MU 872. APPLIED MIDI 1-2 HRS. This is a practical approach to learning MIDI. Throughout the course, students will be assigned projects that demonstrate their knowledge of specific topics. Topics will include types of MIDI data, assigning and modifying data, software synthesizers, samples, and the basics of MIDI orchestration.

MU 873. SPECIAL PROJECTS 1-3 HRS. Designed to allow independent study in areas which arouse a special curiosity for the student who exhibits a need for intense research.  Student will work with a selected faculty expert in the identified field.  The student must complete a departmental independent Study Form during the first week of class.

MU 878. ORATORIO 2 HRS. Analysis with studio performances of recitatives, arias, and ensembles from standard choral works.

MU 879. THESIS-MM 1-5 HRS. Independent investigation into a significant musical topic or subject. The results of this investigation must be presented in a formal paper. Topic must be approved by the Music Graduate Committee.

MU 880. CAPSTONE RESEARCH 2 HRS. (Prerequisite, This course is a prerequisite for MU 882 - Instructional Practicum.) An advanced research independent projects course that will focus on an identified music teaching-learning concept. The student will explore through guided research the concept's knowledge base as well as the recent research in the related field. This research will serve as the foundation for the development of the Master of Music - Music Education capstone requirements - instructional practicum (Mu 882), graduate project (Mu 870), or thesis (Mu 879).

MU 882. GRADUATE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICUM 2 HRS. This course provides directed experiences of working with students in music classes in the instruction of a semester topic-specific course module. Module curriculum and instructional procedures as developed in the pre-requisite course MU 880 will be taught and assessed in one or more grade levels of the Pre K-12 music!

MU 883.  GRADUATE PROJECT 1-2 HRS.  (Prerequisite, MU 880.)  This is a course number change for old course MU 870.  All other information remains the same.

MU 884.  GRADUATE THESIS 1-5 HRS.  (Prerequisite, MU 880.)  Independent investigation into a significant musical topic or subject.  The results of this investigation must be presented in a formal paper.  Topic must be approved by the Music Graduate Committee.

MU 887. GRADUATE MUSIC THEORY 3 HRS. (A bachelor's degree in music and approved eligibility for graduate music study at ESU.) A course designed to enhance and extend basic theoretical skills of 18th Century common practice harmony by (l) accelerated review of basic principles, (2) intensified study of melodic and harmonic dictation and aural identification of scales, intervals, and chords, and (3) examination of historical developments in compositional techniques through the Romantic Period and the 20th Century by formal analysis of representative compositions and written exercises in different compositional styles and techniques.

MU 888. ADVANCED ORCHESTRATION I 2 HRS. Advanced scoring for full orchestra and other ensembles. Study of orchestral techniques of Classic, Romantic, and Modern periods.

MU 889. ADVANCED ORCHESTRATION II 2 HRS. Continuation of Advanced Orchestration I, with emphasis on modern orchestral practice and original composition for full orchestra.

MU 891. ADVANCED COMPOSITION I 2 HRS. Selected exercises in different historical styles and forms of composition, including advanced principles of orchestration. Also a survey of 20th Century compositional styles and media early, middle, and late 20th Century.

MU 892. ADVANCED COMPOSITION II 2 HRS. (Prerequisite, Advanced Composition I.) Continuation of Advanced Composition I. Selected composition projects in different styles and forms; continued, emphasizing individual student preferences in selecting particular areas of stylistic concentration.

MU 893. ADVANCED COMPOSITION III 2 HRS. (Prerequisite, Advanced Composition II.) Specialization in writing in preferred media, styles, and forms examined in Advanced Composition I and II, culminating in selection of materials, compositions to be written, or a thesis topic for MU 894 (Graduate Composition Project and Recital) or MU 879 (Thesis).

MU 894. GRADUATE COMPOSITION PROJECT AND RECITAL 1-4 HRS. (Advanced Composition III.) Creation and completion of original compositions for a final composition project of majors in music composition, followed by a public recital of these works in actual performance. The project must be approved by the major professor and the Graduate Music Committee. The final recital of works should be at least 30-35 minutes in length (a half recital) . (Note: The project and recital requirement is 4 hours. However, the credit may be divided among two or more semesters, if necessary. By the time the project and recital are complete, the enrollment in MU 894 must total at least 4 hours.

Last Updated May 12, 2008