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• MUS 114: MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides basic techniques and approaches to the art of acting through singing for the theatre. Emphasis on using acting tools to create expression through song. Students develop skills through stage performance with a classroom audience. Class periods will be physically oriented with the emphasis on active participation. The students will prepare songs, both solos and duets, from musical theatre which will be analyzed, directed and performed on the stage for a classroom audience.
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• MUS 116: FINDING YOUR VOICE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will explore the beauty and power of the natural voice for singing and speaking and help the student expand their resonance, projection, breathing, expressiveness and vocal range. Proper phonation and articulation will be covered as well as the improvement in pitch, timbre, vocal quality, vocal health, and performance anxiety. Study of the International Phonetic Alphabet to correct and eliminate individual articulation problems will be introduced. Finding Your Voice is for everyone. No previous singing experience is required, but students will be expected to participate in all vocal exercises. These exercises will be utilized as a bridge between the speaking and singing voice.
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• MUS 118: RHYTHM & MOVMENT DALCROZE

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course enables students to establish an internal pulse through movement and listening exercises based on the concept of Eurythmics which, along with Solfege and Improvisation, makes up the approach to music education developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. The Dalcroze approach to music education is based on the idea that rhythm is the primary element in music, and that the source for all music rhythm may be found in the natural rhythms of the human body.
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• MUS 121: FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC BUSINESS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This class is a general overview of the major areas of music business and the music industry. Attention is given to the theoretical foundations and practical application of current business practices in the music industry including supporting organizations and the revenue flow from music consumer to creator.
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• MUS 123: EXPLORE MUS MOD DAY THINKERS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This exploratory course takes the student into the world of music by examining music-based lectures, papers, and videos presented by innovative thinkers from 1984 to present day. Through discussion and analysis of groundbreaking presentations, students will delve into the culture of the musician and artist.
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• MUS 124: CLASS PIANO II

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  A study of the piano, its technique and literature; a continuation of Class Piano I. This course is intended for those who are capable of playing medium grade piano music. Admission by permission of instructor.
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• MUS 126: AURAL SKILLS THROUGH PRACTICE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course begins with an introduction of aural and notational elements of rhythm and pitch and progresses to the aural and notational introduction of scales, intervals, tonality; notation of rhythm and meter, rudiments of harmony, and the concept of musical structure and form. Musical concepts will be derived from major, minor and modal folk songs, and art and popular music examples. In this class the sound to symbol approach will be used. Students will experience the musical concepts through listening, singing, movement and the playing of musical instruments. Theoretical explanations will follow.
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• MUS 129: RECORDING TECHNOLOGY SURVEY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is provided as an introductory study of developments in music recording technology. The course will focus on historical innovations in the recording process, a chronology of historical recordings, and the resulting effect of technology on the sonic quality of recorded music.
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• MUS 179: VOICE CLASS II

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a continuation of vocal technique developed in Voice Class I. It includes interpretation, stage deportment, programming and song literature.
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• MUS 194: FRE, GER, ITA LYRIC DICT MUSIC

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study in the correct manner of singing French, German and Italian lyric diction. Students are introduced to the International Phonetic Alphabet as a means for studying all three languages. The course is designed to be taken by both voice students, who are concurrently enrolled in applied voice and non-voice students, who wish to improve their pronunciation of French, German and Italian. In addition to the study of the lyric diction of all three language, students will also learn the basic conversational skills that a one-month interaction with each language can afford.
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