39 courses with the subject MUS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
0-F A 7-week workshop on collaborative performance, working with a collaborative piano professor on the music students have been assigned to accompany. Required for all first-year students whose primary instrument is Piano.
0 or 1-F&S Hands-on training and operational experience in principles and practices of live sound and recording events for Houghton University, Greatbatch School of Music. Emphasis on proper procedures and best practices in a real- world work environment. Can be repeated; must be taken for credit in first semester. By permission of instructor. Corequisite: 304
Total in minor 17 157
3-F26 Introduction to Pro Tools sound and recording software. Foundational skills necessary to record, edit, and mix at a basic level using a DigiDesign Pro Tools system. Focus: fundamental tools and techniques through demonstrations, real-world examples, and frequent hands-on assignments. Successful completion prepares students to take the Pro Tools 101 DigiDesign Certification exam. This course has a lab fee. By permission of instructor.
3-S Continued study of Pro Tools: expanding range of tools and techniques. Focus: expanded hardware and software configurations, developing versatile tools for manipulating and editing both audio and MIDI data, and implementing various techniques to facilitate larger and more sophisticated mixing scenarios, again through real-world examples and frequent hands-on assignments that will enhance your capabilities in all aspects of Pro Tools production. Successful completion prepares student to undertake Pro Tools 110 DigiDesign Certification exam. This course has a fee.
0 or 1-F & S Preparation and presentation of a variety of jazz repertoire including swing, combo, and modern styles. Permission of director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-WSP Preparation and presentation of repertoire for flute ensemble. Permission of director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
2-F Basic conducting, rhythmic development, and baton technique; three hours per week.
PNOP 10X Complete Piano Proficiency Benchmarks 1–8 1–8 At least one upper-level theory or history course numbered 400 or above 3 Electives – any School of Music prefix outside of ensembles and lessons in student’s 5 primary performance area. Applied 29
0 or 1-WSP Preparation and presentation of repertoire for brass ensemble. Permission of director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F&S Major ensemble. Performs repertoire for male voices and combines with Women’s Choir to perform mixed repertoire. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F&S Major ensemble. Performs repertoire for female voices and combines with Men’s Choir to perform mixed repertoire. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F & S Major ensemble. Audition required. Ensemble is available for 2 credits in any semester during which the ensemble tours. By permission of the director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement. 305
0 or 1-F & S Major ensemble. Comprised of students from all majors across campus. Performs primarily SATB repertoire from all genres, eras, and styles. Has no audition requirement and students from all areas of campus are encouraged to register, regardless of musical background or experience level. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F & S Major ensemble. Audition required. By permission of the director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F & S Major ensemble. Audition required. Ensemble is available for 2 credits in any semester during which the ensemble tours. By permission of the director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F24 Education, exploration, and experimentation of jazz improvisation and styles.
0 or 1-F&S Preparation and presentation of operatic, musical theater, and operetta scenes and complete works from the standard repertoire. Typical four-year cycle comprises one full opera, one full musical or operetta, one bill of one-acts or acts from major works, and one scenes production. Study of techniques of stage movement and stagecraft. Three hours in rehearsal per week; outside rehearsal required. Permission of director.
0 or 1-S Designed as a performance class for recitalists with emphasis on collaboration for singers and instrumentalists with their pianist. Diction/translations and musical style focused; in class performances with peer feedback and professor coaching. Students will also have opportunity to coach a collaborative team in class, with professor feedback, equipping students for future teaching and career preparation.
1, 2 or 3-WSP
3-OD Exploration of conducting and rehearsal techniques in the context of a wide variety of choral literature. Topics rotate by semester, and include: large and small, sacred and secular forms of Western art music and practical solutions related to the performance of choral music from non-western cultures. Three semesters required for graduate choral conducting majors; open to graduate and undergraduate students with permission of the instructor. Undergraduates may take the course at the 425 or 529 level.
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0 or 1-F&S Ensembles organized to include interested students. Small groups rehearse three hours per week. Standard literature for hand bells, percussion, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, guitar, etc., is studied with a view toward public performance during the year. Permission of appropriate ensemble director. Two semesters taken for credit fulfill General Education Art & Music requirement.
0 or 1-F&S Performs primarily early and modern a cappella choral literature. Audition required. Director permission required. Two semesters 306
2-WSP Examination of teaching methods, materials, and technical approaches for the organ. Guided teaching in private and class settings. Required for Organ Performance majors.
2-S27 Preparation for teaching beginning and intermediate piano students. Study of beginning and intermediate piano methods and literature, including adult and preschool materials. Survey of professional organizations and publications for private piano teachers and a study of the writings and teaching ideals of great piano pedagogues. Guidelines for development and maintenance of private piano studio. Practicum for teaching community students with presentation of a public recital at the end of the semester.
3–6-WSP
2-S Exploration of conducting and rehearsal techniques in the context of a wide variety of choral literature. Topics rotate by semester and include large and small, sacred and secular forms of Western art music and practical solutions related to the performance of choral music from non-Western cultures. Three semesters required for graduate choral conducting majors; open to graduate and undergraduate students with permission of the instructor.
0 or 1-F&S Major ensemble. Audition required. Ensemble is available for 2 credits in any semester during which the ensemble tours. By permission of the director.
0 or 1-F&S Major ensemble. Audition required. By permission of the director.
0 or 1-F&S Major ensemble. Audition required. By permission of the director.
3-S An examination of the physical and psychological aspects of music involving human behavior with specific topics ranging from an overview of music perception and cognition, the role of music in society from an evolutionary perspective, the effects of music and music instruction on behavior, the psycho-acoustical basis of sound, and how our neural mechanisms interpret sounds as music. Liberal Arts.
0 or 1-S This course is designed as a performance class for recitalists with emphasis on collaboration 307
0 or 1-F&S Performs primarily early and modern a cappella choral literature. Audition required. Director permission required.
Source: Houghton University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
