Music

MUSI UN1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Corequisites: Introductory Ear-Training (V1312, or higher, as determined by placement exam).
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 MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN MUSIC. 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 UN1518 KEYBOARD HARMONY/MUSICIANSHIP. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Instructor Permission
Prerequisites: Instructor Permission This course is only open to Music Theory students who did not pass the piano proficiency exam. Sign up in 109 Dodge

MUSI UN2016 JAZZ. 3.00 points.

The musical and cultural features of jazz, beginning in 1900

MUSI UN2030 JEWISH MUSIC IN NEW YORK. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Music Humanities (Columbia University) or An Introduction to Music (Barnard).
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: Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors/Music Concentrations have priority for enrollment.
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 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: Passing score on the placement exam administered prior to the first day of class or Fundamentals of Music/UN1002.
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of modal and tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN2319 MUSIC THEORY II. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Passing score on the placement exam administered prior to the first day of class or Music Theory I/UN2318
Corequisites: one course from Ear-Training I-IV (V2314, V2315, V3316, or V3317, as determined by placement exam.)
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN2320 Introduction to Music Cognition. 3.00 points.

The aim of music cognition is to understand the musical mind. This course is an introduction to a variety of key topics in this field, including human development, evolution, neural processing, embodied knowledge, memory and anticipation, cross-cultural perspectives, and emotions. The course explores recent research on these topics, as well as ways in which this research can be applied to music scholarship. Readings are drawn from fields as diverse as music theory, psychology, biology, anthropology, and neuroscience, and include general works in cognitive science, theoretical work focused on specific musical issues, and reports of empirical research

MUSI UN3103 Afrofuturism and Society: Music, Media, and Race. 3.00 points.

An aesthetic, perspective, and practice, Afrofuturism places Afro-diasporic peoples at the center of science-fiction and speculative narratives, affording Black people narrative agency over their past, present, and future. Afrofuturism exists as an essential site for the interrogation and celebration of Black life, while also serving as a thoughtful critique of anti-Black sentiments and white supremacy. This course will familiarize students with the historical underpinnings, contexts, and both seminal and contemporary works that are a part of the movement and which situate Afrofuturism as part of a larger socio-cultural discourse on race, creativity, and activism. We will be discussing Afrofuturism’s historical and socio-cultural positionality, but will also ask: in the midst of global anti-Blackness, the post-Trump era, a pandemic, and the era of Black Lives Matter, where does Afrofuturism fit in the existing discourse?

MUSI UN3128 HIST-WEST MUS: MID AGE-BAROQUE. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: MUSI UN2318 - MUSI UN2319. May be taken before or concurrently with this course.
Prerequisites: MUSI UN2318 - MUSI UN2319. 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

MUSI UN3241 ADVANCED COMPOSITION I. 3.00 points.

Composition Faculty

Prerequisites: UN3239/Intro to Comp I
Composition in more extended forms. Study of advanced techniques of contemporary composition. Readings of student works

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 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

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. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN3322 MUSIC THEORY IV. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Music Theory II/UN3321
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal and extended tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

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 GU4060 MEDIEVAL MUSIC DRAMA. 3.00 points.

In this seminar we will study examples of music drama from the tenth century to the fourteenth, taking into account both the manuscript sources and methodological questions raised by performative works at the intersection of literature, music, and ritual

MUSI GU4360 ANALYSIS OF TONAL MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Detailed analysis of selected tonal compositions. This course, for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates, is intended to develop understanding of tonal compositions and of theoretical concepts that apply to them, through study of specific works in various forms and styles

MUSI GU4380 Topics in Sound Studies. 3.00 points.

Sound studies is a burgeoning interdisciplinary field that explores the question of how does listening to sound, beyond having a phone conversation or listening to your favorite tunes, influence culture, knowledge, and society by initiating dialogues across musicology, philosophy, cultural studies, disability studies, race and gender studies, and science and technology studies. In this course, students will examine three interrelated debates within the field: 1. the role of sound in understanding and uncovering historical and cultural knowledge; 2. the function of sound in the invention of media and technologies that have transformed listening culture; 3. the capacity of sound to shape social perceptions of race and gender. Reading texts that have revolutionized the way we think about sound, students will learn how sound and listening participated in historical and contemporary meaning-making

MUSI GU4420 MUSIC AND PROPERTY. 3.00 points.

MUSI GU4500 JAZZ TRANSCRIPTION ＆ ANALYSIS. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: the instructor's permission.
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.

Prerequisites: The instructor's permission.
Prerequisites: The instructors permission. 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 GU4998 SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT STUDY. 1.00-3.00 points.

MPP UN1401 BASSOON INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu Please sign up for an audition time on MPP website in August: mpp.music.columbia.edu

MPP UN1403 CELLO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu Please sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu

MPP UN1405 CLARINET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1407 CLASSICAL SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1409 FLUTE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1411 FRENCH HORN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1413 GUITAR (BLUEGRASS) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1415 GUITAR (CLASSICAL) INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1417 HARP INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1419 OBOE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1421 ORGAN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1423 PERCUSSION INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1425 PIANO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Signup 109/110 Dodge Sept 4&5; ALL LEVELS; $300 LESSON FEE
Prerequisites: Signup 109/110 Dodge Sept 4＆5; ALL LEVELS; $300 LESSON FEE Required: Meet with instructors September 4 and 5 for placement in 109 Dodge Hall. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1427 STRING BASS INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1429 TROMBONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1431 TRUMPET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1433 TUBA INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1435 VIOLA INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1437 VIOLIN INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1439 EARLY INSTRUMENTS: HARPSICHORD. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1441 EARLY INSTRUMENTS: VIOLA DA GAMBA. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1443 JAZZ BASS INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

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

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

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

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1449 JAZZ ORCHESTRATION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1451 JAZZ PERCUSSION INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1453 JAZZ PIANO INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1455 JAZZ SAXOPHONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1457 JAZZ TROMBONE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1459 JAZZ TRUMPET INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1461 JAZZ VOICE INSTRUCTION. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. $300 MUSIC LESSON FEE FOR ALL STUDENTS. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1511 COLLEGIUM MUSICUM. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
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.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on the MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu or on the CUO website: http://cuo.music.columbia.edu/
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on the MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu or on the CUO website: http://cuo.music.columbia.edu/ Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on the MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu or on the CUO website: http://cuo.music.columbia.edu/ Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY unless otherwise noted. All accepted MPP students must register for ensembles by the change-of-program deadline every semester in order to be allowed to participate. Petitioning students or students not able to register must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu Weekly meetings with ensemble and end-of-semester performance required

MPP UN1531 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1541 COLUMBIA UNIV JAZZ ENSEMBL. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MPP UN1551 WORLD MUSIC ENSEMBLE. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu
Prerequisites: Auditions are required. Sign up for an audition on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Prerequisites: Audition Required: Sign up for an audition time on MPP website: www.mpp.music.columbia.edu Accepting NEW STUDENTS in FALL semester ONLY. All accepted MPP students must register for lessons and ensembles by the change-of-program deadline in order to be allowed to attend lessons that semester. Petitioning students must notify MPP staff prior to this deadline. Contact Music Performance Program at mpp@columbia.edu

MUSI UN1002 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Corequisites: Introductory Ear-Training (V1312, or higher, as determined by placement exam).
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 MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN MUSIC. 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 UN1518 KEYBOARD HARMONY/MUSICIANSHIP. 1.00 point.

Prerequisites: Instructor Permission
Prerequisites: Instructor Permission This course is only open to Music Theory students who did not pass the piano proficiency exam. Sign up in 109 Dodge

MUSI UN2205 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Permission of Instructor required to enroll. Music Majors/Music Concentrations have priority for enrollment.
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 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: Passing score on the placement exam administered prior to the first day of class or Fundamentals of Music/UN1002.
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of modal and tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN2319 MUSIC THEORY II. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Passing score on the placement exam administered prior to the first day of class or Music Theory I/UN2318
Corequisites: one course from Ear-Training I-IV (V2314, V2315, V3316, or V3317, as determined by placement exam.)
Elementary analysis and composition in a variety of tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN2582 JAZZ IMPROVISTN:THRY,HIST,PRAC. 3.00 points.

This course offers an introduction to jazz improvisation for instrumentalists. Through recordings, transcriptions, daily performance and selected readings, students will actively engage the history of jazz through their instruments and intellect. The idea of improvisation will be explored in an historical context, both as a musical phenomenon with its attendant theory and mechanics, and as a trope of American history and aesthetics. This class is for instrumentalists who wish to deepen their understanding of the theory, history and practice of jazz improvisation. The history of jazz will be used as a prism through which to view approaches to improvisation, from the cadences of the early Blues through the abstractions of Free Jazz and beyond. The student will be exposed to the theory and vocabularies of various jazz idioms, which they will also learn to place in their social and historical contexts

MUSI UN3127 BACH'S SACRED MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Bach’s sacred music in its historical, theological, and social context

MUSI UN3129 HIST-WEST MUS:CLASSICAL-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 present day, focusing on the development of musical style and thought, and on analysis of selected works

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 UN3239 INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITION I. 3.00 points.

Composition in shorter forms. Students will compose new works for the cello, with a focus on diverse approaches to the instrument. Student pieces will be workshopped, rehearsed, and performed (and/or recorded)

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. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

MUSI UN3322 MUSIC THEORY IV. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: Music Theory II/UN3321
Intermediate analysis and composition in a variety of tonal and extended tonal idioms. A one-hour weekly lab is required, to be scheduled at the beginning of the term. Course to be taken in conjunction with the Ear-Training sequence, up through Ear-Training IV

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 UN3996 Honors Research. 3 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.

A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision, leading to completion of an honors essay, composition, or the equivalent.

MUSI UN3999 Supervised Independent Study. 3 points.

Prerequisites: approval prior to registration; see the director of undergraduate studies for details.

A creative/scholarly project conducted under faculty supervision.

MUSI GU4060 MEDIEVAL MUSIC DRAMA. 3.00 points.

In this seminar we will study examples of music drama from the tenth century to the fourteenth, taking into account both the manuscript sources and methodological questions raised by performative works at the intersection of literature, music, and ritual

MUSI GU4230 Sounding Alternative Perspectives in Electronic Music. 3.00 points.

In this seminar we will explore examples of electronic music composition and practice as propositions that centered situated perspective and dialogic world-making in the creative space as a means of resistance. We will look at historical and contemporary figures that animated alternative identity articulations, proposed distributed power dynamics, and challenged environmental bifurcations from the grounded and speculative province of music making. We will engage feminist methodologies in our approach, as they uphold the supposition that practice is praxis and scholarship, and support collective learning techniques. Readings in critical theory, musicology, and media studies will support our research as well as practice-based projects. With this seminar we will ask how electronic music functioned(s) as place or form of identity formation and challenge to normative expression. Can electronic music work as an experience that resists patriarchal and/or colonial structures or disciplines? What strategies have been taken that reset or rescript techno-masculinist spaces, tools and practices? And how can we create an analysis method that makes these qualities legible? No in-depth experience with either computers or electronic music is required, though music and sound will be the principle focus of our inquiry. Interdisciplinary methods of critical response and analysis will be explored in this class

MUSI GU4319 Ear-Training VI. 1 point.

Advanced dictation, sight singing, and musicianship, with emphasis on 20th-century music.

MUSI GU4407 Songs and Sounds of Protest of Latin America and the Caribbean: Relistening to the 1960s and 1970s. 3.00 points.

This course is a topical (not comprehensive) survey of musical-poetic manifestations from Latin America, the Caribbean and their diasporas that emerged during the 1960s and the 1970s. The course revisits this time period by exploring the contributions of myriad countries among which Puerto Rico, Brazil, Nicaragua, Cuba, Québec, Haiti, Chile, Argentina, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique/Guadeloupe, and the United States (with a strong emphasis on New York). It analyzes objects and experiences engaged in contesting colonialism, settler colonialism, imperialism, patriarchy, racism, capitalism and Eurocentrism highlighting as well the limits (and limitations) of these radical discourses. Using a decolonial/postcolonial lens and an ethnomusicological approach, the course pays careful attention to the politics of these musics, their historical context and aesthetics, and the social imaginary of those who made them possible

MUSI GU4425 SOUNDING ISLAM. 3.00 points.

The objective of this course is to explore the relationship between sound, music and Islam and, in doing so, to focus on a philosophy of listening (sama‘) which is deeply embedded in the experiential. The course aims to analyze how sound and music directly or indirectly associated with Islam are produced, circulated, and listened to by a wide variety of audiences in local and transnational settings; to explore the ways in which multiple sonic dimensions of Islam have affected the public sphere in different historical moments and contexts (particular in relation to ideas about nationalism, secularism and modernity); and to examine the effect of these sonic dimensions on Muslim and non-Muslim listeners in a local and a transnational perspective

MUSI GU4515 CONDUCTING MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: advanced music major and extensive contemporary music background.
Prerequisites: advanced music major and extensive contemporary music background. Analysis of the modern repertory of contemporary music with directional emphasis on actual conducting preparation, beating patterns, rhythmic notational problems, irregular meters, communication, and transference of musical ideas. Topics will include theoretical writing on 20th-century conducting, orchestration, and phrasing