The document lists various music courses offered at a university including courses focused on concert attendance, music performance and study abroad in the UK, jazz combos and improvisation, music theory, functional keyboard, individual instrument lessons, orchestral ensembles, conducting, world music, advanced lessons, directed study in jazz improvisation, an internship in jazz guitar performance, a music history seminar, and a senior project.

1. Annotated Course List
MUS 1000 Concert Attendance: involves attending at least 15 music concert offerings during the
semester, both as a participant and as part of the audience.
MUS 1062 Instrumental Music in the UK: Perform and work alongside some of the United
Kingdom's finest musicians and experience the British music scene. Visit the cities of London,
Manchester, and Cardiff. Perform a series of concerts as part of UMM Symphonic Winds and Jazz
Ensemble. Take part in scheduled classes with internationally renowned musicians and teachers at a
leading British conservatory.
MUS 1080 Jazz Combo: Performance of instrumental jazz music with emphasis on improvisation.
MUS 1081 Jazz Improvisation: Introduction to the art of jazz improvisation for instrumentalists
and vocalists. Topics, including practice techniques, jazztheory, jazz harmony, and improvisational
techniques, are discussed through solo analysis, transcriptions, listening assignments, live
performances, and instructor demonstration.
MUS 1101 Core Studies I – Music Theory I: Basic harmonic techniques, initialanalysis of scores,
and introduction to four-part writing.
MUS 1102 Core Studies I – Music Theory II: Harmonic progression and modulation, seventh
chords, secondary dominants and sevenths, analysis of scores with attention to two- and three-part
forms.
MUS 1111 Functional Keyboard I: Beginning instruction for music majors and minors whose
principal performing medium is voice or non-keyboard instrument; skill development in sight
reading, technique, harmonization, simple literature.
MUS 1112 Functional Keyboard II: Continued beginning instruction begun in Mus 1111 for music
majors and minors whose principal performing medium is voice or non-keyboard instrument;
includes sight reading, technique, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, simple literature.
MUS 1200 Individual Performance Study – Piano: Private instruction in piano.
MUS 1221 Individual Performance Study – Guitar: Private instruction in guitar.
MUS 1300 UMM Symphonic Winds: A select ensemble of wind and percussion instrumentation
which performs traditional and contemporary literature of the highest quality.
MUS 1330 Jazz Ensemble: Rehearsals and concerts cover the literature for this medium.
MUS 2101 Core Studies – Music Theory III: Chromatic harmony of the Classical Period;
borrowed chords, Neapolitan and augmented sixths; harmonic and formal analysis of scores
including variation, sonata, and rondo forms.

2. MUS 2102 Core Studies – Music Theory IV: Extended chromatic harmony of the Romantic and
later eras--ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords; altered dominants and chromatic mediants;
analysis of scores including nonfunctional harmony; and twelve-tone techniques.
MUS 2111 Functional Keyboard II: Elementary to early intermediate instruction for music majors
and minors whose principal performing medium is voice or non-keyboard instrument; continued
skill development begun in MUS 1112; introduction of easy solo and ensemble literature.
MUS 2304 Vocal Techniques: Practicalstudy to develop elementary skills as well as a basic
teaching knowledge and understanding of performance problems of the voice.
MUS 2305 Instrumental Techniques – Percussion: Practical study to develop elementary skills
as well as a basic teaching knowledge and understanding of performance problems of the percussion
instruments.
MUS 3101 Core Studies III – Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music: Historical
development of Western music and representative literature of the various periods and styles.
MUS 3102 Core Studies III – Classical, Romantic, and 20th
Century Music: Historical
development of Western music and representative literature of the various periods and styles.
MUS 3161 Introduction to World Music: Survey of primarily non-Western music cultures,
emphasizing the development of an appreciation for the music and an understanding of its
significance in its culture of origin. For music majors.
MUS 3221 Advanced Individual Performance Study – Guitar: Private instruction in guitar for
music students at an advanced level of performance. A jury examination is required for advanced
performance study.
MUS 3311 Conducting Techniques: Development of basic ensemble conducting skills.
MUS 3321 Instrumental Conducting/Materials: Specialization of instrumental conducting and a
survey of ensemble materials for various levels of ability and maturity.
MUS 3993 Directed Study – Advanced Jazz Improvisation: Transcription and analysis of
archetypical examples of jazz improvisation, analysis of advanced harmonic motion and chord
progression, practical application of improvisational techniquesand theories
IS 3996 Interdisciplinary Internship – Jazz Guitar Performance: Internship focused on day-to-
day tasks required of a professional freelancing musician such as booking venues, scheduling private
lessons, and self-promotion.
MUS 4103 Seminar – Topics in Music History: A small, discussion-oriented seminar
emphasizing a multi-faceted approach to an advanced musical topic. Topics vary each semester the
course is offered and are determined by the instructor. Student work culminates in a semester-long
research project and presentation.

3. MUS 4901 Senior Project & Portfolio: Culminating activity that allows a graduating student to
demonstrate competence as a musician. Projects may take the form of a solo recital, lecture-recital,
research paper, chamber music recital, or other major study.