Music

AHMM UN3321 MUSICS OF INDIA ＆ WEST ASIA. 3.00 points.

CC/GS/SEAS: Partial Fulfillment of Global Core Requirement

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations

HUMA UN1123 Music Humanities. 3.00 points.

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present

MUSI UN1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Introduction to music, including notation, written and aural skills, and basic conceptual resources of music theory. Exploration of scale, mode, rhythm, meter, texture and form, with reference to a diverse range of musics.

MUSI UN1350 Introduction to Musicianship. 1.00 point.

This course is designed for students who have little or no experience with playing, performing, reading, studying, composing, or improvising music. Students will be introduced to both skills and concepts that will enable them to participate in music making and deepen their appreciation of all types of music

MUSI UN2026 THE SYMPHONY. 3.00 points.

MUSI UN2030 JEWISH MUSIC IN NEW YORK. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Music Humanities (Columbia University) or An Introduction to Music (Barnard). With the arrival of the first Jewish immigrants in New York in the mid-1600s until today, Jewish music in the City has oscillated between preserving traditions and introducing innovative ideas. This course explores the variety of ways people have used music to describe, inscribe, symbolize, and editorialize their Jewish experience. Along these lines, it draws upon genres of art music, popular music, and non-Western traditions, as well as practices that synthesize various styles and genres, from hazzanut to hiphop. Diverse musical experiences will serve as a window to address wider questions of identity, memory, and dislocation. We will also experience the Jewish soundscape of New York’s dynamic and eclectic music culture by visiting various venues and meeting key players in today’s music scene, and thus engage in the ongoing dialogues that define Jewishness in New York. A basic familiarity with Judaism and Jewish culture is helpful for this course, but it is by no means required. You do not need to know Jewish history to take this class, nor do you need to be able to read music. Translations from Hebrew and Yiddish will be provided, and musical analysis will be well explained

MUSI UN2205 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: HUMA W1123 or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
An introduction to the potential of digital sound synthesis and signal processing. Teaches proficiency in elementary and advanced digital audio techniques. This course aims to challenge some of the tacet assumptions about music that are built into the design of various user interfaces and hardware and fosters a creative approach to using digital audio workstation software and equipment. Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors have priority for enrollment

MUSI UN2230 History and Practice of Electronic Music. 3.00 points.

This course will provide a critical survey of the development of electronic and computer music and sound from around the globe. From early experiments and precursors in the late 19th century through to modern-day experimental and popular music practices, this course aims to trace the development of technologies used in the production of electronic and computer derived sound and music alongside the economic, cultural, and social forces that contribute to the development of audiences. The course will focus intently on listening through a series of curated playlists in an effort to unpack style and genre distinctions. Readings and listening examples will be paired with small, hands-on assignments, that demonstrate the effect of music making tools on the process and structure of musical genres and styles ranging from the experimental practices of musique concrete, drone, and harsh noise to the mainstream practices of dub, techno, vaporwave, hyperpop, and hip hop and more

MUSI UN2240 The Song Within Us: Composition, Analysis, Performance. 3.00 points.

This class offers insight through composing, analysis, and performance for the composer, singer/songwriter, and performance artist. Coupling specifics of rhythm, melody, and harmony with story telling, lyric writing and the voice itself, students will be encouraged to share their imagination in song regardless of style, genre, or aesthetic. Music ranging from Chant to Music Theatre, the German lied to international pop fusion will be included as models upon which to base discussion and creative endeavor. Improvisation and musicianship techniques will complement pedagogical presentations of tonal and non - tonal compositional practice. A required final project based on any combination of composition, analysis, and performance, and in any media will be due at the end of the semester. All levels of experience and all types of instruments are welcome. Notation software is recommended but not required

MUSI UN2318 MUSIC THEORY I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V1002 or the equivalent, as well as placement exam administered in the first class meeting every semester the course is offered. (Through Spring 2014, this course was entitled Diatonic Harmony and Counterpoint I.)
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of modal and tonal idioms

MUSI UN2319 MUSIC THEORY II. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2318.
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms

MUSI UN2351 Musicianship: Rhythm. 1.00 point.

In this course, students at all levels of experience and musical interest will participate in solo and group activities and projects with a focus on musical beat, meter, and rhythm patterns, developing a sense of steady and changing tempo, and an understanding how rhythm contributes to style in music. Rhythmic articulation, nuance, and interpretation will be developed through the impact of agogic, metric, tonal, and dynamic accent. This course combines the standards of conservatory musicianship with standards of critical thinking, here represented as critical listening. The repertoire for Musicianship: Rhythm covers vocal and instrumental music, and is open to classical, pop, jazz, folk, music theatre, computer, and international music styles and genres

MUSI UN2352 Musicianship: Melody. 1.00 point.

In this course, students at all levels of experience and musical interest will participate in solo and group activities and projects with a focus on scales, intervals, melodic contour and phrasing, and how they contribute to style in music. The repertoire for Musicianship: Melody covers vocal and instrumental music, and is open to classical, pop, jazz, folk, music theatre, computer, and international music styles and genres

MUSI UN2353 Musicianship: Harmony. 1.00 point.

In this course, students at all levels of experience and musical interest will examine the phenomenon of simultaneous sound with chords and chord progressions, and experience harmony’s impact on musical structure and style. Harmonic articulation, nuance, and interpretation will be developed through the exploration of agogic, metric, tonal, and dynamic accent. The repertoire for Musicianship: Harmony covers vocal and instrumental music, and is open to classical, pop, jazz, folk, music theatre, computer, and international music styles and genres

MUSI UN3128 History of Western Music: Middle Ages to Baroque. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2318-V2319. May be taken before or concurrently with this course.
Topics in western music from Antiquity through Bach and Handel, focusing on the development of musical style and thought, and analysis of selected works. Pre-req: Music Theory II or permission of instructor

MUSI UN3239 Undergraduate Composition. 3.00 points.

This course provides an immersive experience in music composition, focusing on both practical and theoretical aspects within a given instrumentation. Please refer to the topic for the instrumentation for this semester’s course. This class is open to students with no prior experience in composition. Students of varying music backgrounds are welcome. Permission of the instructor may be required for enrollment. The class will explore a variety of compositional approaches, including traditional, experimental, and interdisciplinary methods. During the semester, students will complete several creative and theoretical exercises ranging from short composition projects to analytical responses to diverse works. Students will also engage in individual and group feedback sessions as well as in-class readings of selected compositional projects by the performers. The final project will be an original work between 5 and 7 minutes, which will be workshopped, rehearsed, performed in a public concert, and recorded by professional musicians towards the end of the term

MUSI UN3321 MUSIC THEORY III. 3.00 points.

A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2319.
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms

MUSI UN3322 MUSIC THEORY IV. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V3321.
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal and extended tonal idioms

MUSI UN3400 TOPICS IN MUSIC ＆ SOCIETY. 3.00 points.

Music Majors and Concentrators.

This course seeks to approach the study of music and society by comparatively studying repertories from different parts of the world, how the history of ideas and methods of studying such repertoires shaped them, the practices that constitute them and the ways they are understood and used by different peoples. Central to this course is the interrelationship between the constitution of a repertoire and the history of the construction of knowledge about it.

MUSI UN3995 HONORS RESEARCH. 2.00-3.00 points.

Open to honors candidates in music only.

Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details.
Prerequisites: a formal proposal to be submitted and approved prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details. A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent

MUSI UN3998 SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY. 2.00-3.00 points.

Prerequisites: approval prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details.
Prerequisites: approval prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details. A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision

MUSI GU4157 Late Style and Early Romanticism. 3 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI UN3129

Exploration of the idea of “late style” in the context of early Romanticism, with particular focus on Beethoven and Schubert during the 1820s. The roles of illness and disability, musical journalism under censorship, and private chamber music in the public cultures of symphony and opera will frame the approach to analysis.

MUSI GU4208 Music Production ＆ Studio Composition. 3.00 points.

This course explores the recording studio and Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) as tools for diverse compositional practices. By exploring a range of recording and editing techniques to craft new musical works beyond the limitations of live performance, this class encourages a seamless blend of composition and music production. Various genres, artists, and techniques that push the boundaries of music recording will be studied, such as Jamaican dub, musique concrète, hyper-pop, jazz fusion, and more. Students will gain hands-on experience with DAWs, exploring tools like effects processing, layering, and spatial placement. They will learn to listen closely to pieces exemplifying these techniques, building a shared analytic vocabulary to describe them. Students will also create original pieces, applying and building on the techniques studied in class, while engaging in constructive feedback with peers

MUSI GU4450 Music and Global Women. 3.00 points.

This course offers a comparative exploration of women music practitioners from cross-cultural perspectives, examining their music, oral histories, and lived experiences as well as the impact of these experiences on their music-making in a global context. By tracing the journeys and analyzing the music of specific selected women musicians from various regions, the course investigates their participation in art music, traditional music, popular music, and sacred music from women’s perspectives. Engaging primarily with their music and interviews, the course particularly examines the comparative roles of women as active creators, performers, sponsors, and consumers of music, highlighting how their lived experiences shape their musical contributions. Students will be introduced to critical concepts for analyzing representations of gender, class, ethnicity, nationalism, race, and globalization in music while exploring these women’s sounds, identities, and performances

MUSI GU4467 POST-1965 JAZZ. 3.00 points.

MUSI GU4500 JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION ＆ ANALYSIS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: the instructors permission. A progressive course in transcribing, proceeding from single lines to full scale sections and ensembles. Stylistic analysis based on new and previously published transcriptions

MUSI GU4525 INSTRUMENTATION. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: extensive musical background. Analysis of instrumentation, with directional emphasis on usage, ranges, playing techniques, tone colors, characteristics, interactions and tendencies, all derived from the classic orchestral repertoire. Topics will include theoretical writings on the classical repertory as well as 20th century instrumentation and its advancement. Additional sessions with live orchestral demonstrations are included as part of the course

MUSI GU4630 RECORDED SOUND. 3.00 points.

As music moves into the 21st century, we find ourselves surrounded by an ever-evolving landscape of technological capability. The world of music, and the music industry itself, is changing rapidly, and with that change comes the opening – and closing – of doorways of possibility. What does this shift mean for today’s practicing artist or composer? With big label recording studios signing and nurturing fewer and fewer artists, it seems certain that, today, musicians who want to record and distribute their music need to be able to do much of the recording and production work on their own. But where does one go to learn how to do this – to learn not only the “how to” part of music production, but the historical underpinnings and the development of the music production industry as well? How does one develop a comprehensive framework within which they can place their own artistic efforts? How does one learn to understand what they hear, re-create what they like and develop their own style? This class, “Recorded Sound,” aims to be the answer. It’s goal is to teach artists how to listen critically to music from across history and genres in order to identify the production techniques that they hear, and reproduce those elements using modern technology so they can be incorporated into the artist’s own musical works.

MUSI GU4810 Sound Foundations. 3.00 points.

This foundational course in sounding media will begin by exploring how listening happens as well the tools necessary to capture and present that listening. Through hands-on experimentation and demonstration, this seminar will examine both the technical and semiotic use of sound as a material within creative practice. Fundamental acoustic and electronic principles, studio techniques, and the building blocks of analog and digital processes for the creation of sound will be explored creatively and critically. Through hands-on projects that implement these ideas we will examine critical terms through praxis. We will study theories of sound and listening that determine or are determined by technology, from the physical and social dimensions of the sounds we use to create, language (sound as a symbol or object), acoustics (sound in space), acousmatics (sound without a visual reference), and psycho-acoustics (sound as cognitive process). This class assumes no prior knowledge or technical skill. Readings will be assigned and we will look and listen to a lot of work, all of which will generate material to engage actively in discussions

MUSI GU4998 SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY. 1.00-3.00 points.

MPP UN1401 BASSOON INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1403 CELLO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1405 CLARINET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1407 CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION. 1 point.

CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION

MPP UN1409 FLUTE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1411 FRENCH HORN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1413 GUITAR (BLUEGRASS) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1414 Guitar (Popular-Contemporary) Instruction. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar, pop guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required

MPP UN1415 GUITAR (CLASSICAL) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1417 HARP INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1419 OBOE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1421 ORGAN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1423 PERCUSSION INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1425 PIANO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1427 STRING BASS INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1429 TROMBONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1431 TRUMPET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1433 TUBA INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1435 VIOLA INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1437 VIOLIN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1443 JAZZ BASS INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1445 JAZZ BASS (ELECTRIC) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1447 JAZZ GUITAR (ELECTRIC) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1449 JAZZ ORCHESTRATION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1451 JAZZ PERCUSSION INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1453 JAZZ PIANO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1455 JAZZ SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1457 JAZZ TROMBONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1459 JAZZ TRUMPET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1461 JAZZ VOICE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers music lessons in various classical and jazz instruments, bluegrass guitar and jazz voice, taught by distinguished MPP Associate Faculty members. Lessons are 6 hours per semester. An audition is required.

MPP UN1511 COLLEGIUM MUSICUM. 1.00 point.

Collegium Musicum is a performing group dedicated primarily to the study and performance of early music, broadly defined.

MPP UN1521 UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA I. 2.00 points.

Founded by composer Edward MacDowell in 1896, the Columbia University Orchestra is the oldest continually operating university orchestra in the United States. The principal mission of the Orchestra is to expose talented student musicians to the highest level of orchestral repertoire. An audition is required.

MPP UN1531 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. 1.00 point.

The Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various classical ensembles and study with some of the most renowned chamber musicians in New York City. An audition is required.

MPP UN1541 COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL. 1.00 point.

The Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program in the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various jazz ensembles, both large and small, instrumental and vocal, that cover a wide range of musical ensembles. All ensembles perform at an intermediate level or higher and require some past jazz experience.

MPP UN1551 WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE. 1.00 point.

In collaboration with the Center for Ethnomusicology, MESAAS, Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, the Music Performance Program (MPP) offers students the opportunity to participate in various world music ensembles: Arab Music, Bluegrass, Japanese Gagaku/Hogaku, Klezmer and Latin American Music. Each ensemble requires different levels of experience, so please refer to the World Music section of the Music Performance Program website for more info. Please note the Latin American Music Ensemble focuses on two different Latin music traditions: The Afro-Cuban Ensemble meets in the Fall and the Brazilian Ensemble meets in the Spring.

MPP UN1601 Performance Seminar MasterClass. 1.00 point.

Performance Seminar Masterclass is open to classical musicians of any instrument(s) with the highest commitment to performance. Students are admitted via live audition during the first week of classes in the Fall. Each week, two students perform repertoire of their choice for the class and receive feedback from everyone present. The discussions, moderated by the director of the Music Performance Program, Dr. Magdalena Stern-Baczewska, are designed to provide constructive criticism to the performers and to pose questions related to performance from the perspectives of musical interpretation, career management, professional collaboration, and pedagogy

MUSI UN1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Introduction to music, including notation, written and aural skills, and basic conceptual resources of music theory. Exploration of scale, mode, rhythm, meter, texture and form, with reference to a diverse range of musics.

HUMA UN1123 Music Humanities. 3.00 points.

Analysis and discussion of representative works from the Middle Ages to the present

MUSI UN1312 INTRODUCTORY EAR-TRAINING. 1.00 point.

This course is an introduction to basic skills in sight reading. Instruction includes reading rhythms in simple meter, solfege recitation, and sight-singing simple melodies

MUSI UN2014 POP MUSICS-AMER'S: COUNTRY MUS. 3.00 points.

MUSI UN2205 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: HUMA W1123 or the equivalent, and the instructor's permission.
An introduction to the potential of digital sound synthesis and signal processing. Teaches proficiency in elementary and advanced digital audio techniques. This course aims to challenge some of the tacet assumptions about music that are built into the design of various user interfaces and hardware and fosters a creative approach to using digital audio workstation software and equipment. Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors have priority for enrollment

MUSI UN2314 EAR-TRAINING I. 1.00 point.

Designed to improve the students basic skills in sight-singing, and rhythmic and melodic dictation with an introduction to four-part harmonic dictation

MUSI UN2315 EAR-TRAINING II. 1.00 point.

Techniques of sight-singing and dictation of diatonic melodies in simple and compound meter with strong emphasis on harmonic dictation

MUSI UN2318 MUSIC THEORY I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V1002 or the equivalent, as well as placement exam administered in the first class meeting every semester the course is offered. (Through Spring 2014, this course was entitled Diatonic Harmony and Counterpoint I.)
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of modal and tonal idioms

MUSI UN2319 MUSIC THEORY II. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2318.
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms

MUSI UN2500 WOMEN AND MUSIC. 3.00 points.

This course explores the relationship between women, music, and performance from a thematic and a cross-cultural perspective. Through the analysis of different case studies, we will investigate different topics from the perspective of ethnomusicology, cultural anthropology, and performance studies. A number of critical questions we will consider include: how does a particular gender ideology constructs and is constructed by musical aesthetics? What are some of the critical roles for women in performance? What is the significance of gender in performances? What does it mean for women to have have and to be the voice? And how is a musical performance bound up with emotions?

MUSI UN3129 History of Western Music: Classical Era to 20th Century. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2318-2319. May be taken before or concurrently with this course.
Topics in western music from the Classical Era to the 20th Century, focusing on the development of musical style and thought, and on analysis of selected works. Pre-req: Music Theory II or permission of instructor

MUSI UN3171 PARIS FOR ROMANTICS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Completion of Music Humanities (or the consent of the instructor) is a pre-requisite for this course.

Prerequisites: Completion of Music Humanities (or the consent of the instructor) is a pre-requisite for this course. This course explores Parisian musical life during the long nineteenth century, situating musical discourses, institutions, and forms within the broader landscapes of literary and artistic Romanticism. Topics to be considered include: the musical echoes of the Revolution; operatic genres and theaters; the music of the salons; cultures of consumerism and domestic performance; and issues of nationalism and historicism after 1870. Composers to be considered include: Berlioz, Chopin, Liszt, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Franck, Massenet, and Debussy. Completion of Music Humanities (or the consent of the instructor) is a pre-requisite for this course.

MUSI UN3216 Piano Literature ＆ Performance: 1900 - Present. 3.00 points.

This course will explore the piano repertoire of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with a focus on performance. The course consists of four modules: European piano music prior to WWII, the American pioneers, multiplicity of directions and cultural identities in piano music 1945-present (prepared piano, indeterminacy, integrated serialism, minimalism), and the piano music of Columbia University composers (including electronic music at the Computer Music Center, spectral piano, Center for United States-China Arts Exchange, microtonal music). We will explore the constantly evolving musical notation and performance practices. Through lectures, discussions, reading, listening, analysis, and performance projects, students will gain an understanding of the aesthetic of a wide array of keyboard literature, notation, and performance techniques

MUSI UN3239 Undergraduate Composition. 3.00 points.

This course provides an immersive experience in music composition, focusing on both practical and theoretical aspects within a given instrumentation. Please refer to the topic for the instrumentation for this semester’s course. This class is open to students with no prior experience in composition. Students of varying music backgrounds are welcome. Permission of the instructor may be required for enrollment. The class will explore a variety of compositional approaches, including traditional, experimental, and interdisciplinary methods. During the semester, students will complete several creative and theoretical exercises ranging from short composition projects to analytical responses to diverse works. Students will also engage in individual and group feedback sessions as well as in-class readings of selected compositional projects by the performers. The final project will be an original work between 5 and 7 minutes, which will be workshopped, rehearsed, performed in a public concert, and recorded by professional musicians towards the end of the term

MUSI UN3316 EAR-TRAINING III. 1.00 point.

Sight-singing techniques of modulating diatonic melodies in simple, compound, or irregular meters that involve complex rhythmic patterns. Emphasis is placed on four-part harmonic dictation of modulating phrases

MUSI UN3317 EAR-TRAINING IV. 1.00 point.

Techniques of musicianship at the intermediate level, stressing the importance of musical nuances in sight-singing. Emphasis is placed on chromatically inflected four-part harmonic dictation

AHMM UN3320 MUSIC IN EAST ASIA. 3.00 points.

A topical approach to the concepts and practices of music in relation to other arts in the development of Asian civilizations

MUSI UN3321 MUSIC THEORY III. 3.00 points.

A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term.

Prerequisites: MUSI V2319.
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms

MUSI UN3322 MUSIC THEORY IV. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI V3321.
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal and extended tonal idioms