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• MUS 310: COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  An investigation into the creative process of music composition and the craft of adapting compositions to various vocal and instrumental media.
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• MUS 311: MUS FRM ANC TIMES TO 1750

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of the music literature from ancient times to 1750. It integrates the role of music in a broad overview of historical, artistic, and cultural traditions. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of forms, styles, genres, and compositional approaches as found in musical scores, to better understand the music in its historical context.
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• MUS 312: MUS FROM 1750 TO PRESENT

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is a study of the music literature from 1750 to the present. It integrates the role of music in a broad overview of historical, artistic, and cultural traditions. Emphasis is placed on the analysis of forms, styles, genres, and compositional approaches as found in musical scores, to better understand the music in its historical context.
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• MUS 315: AUDIO ENGINEERING II

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  As a continuation of MUS 292 (Audio Engineering I), this course is an advanced study of components in the recording studio. Students will explore advanced studio electronics and signal flow, computer-based digital recording and editing, console operations, microphones, spatial signal processing, and the role of the audio engineer.
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• MUS 318: SYMPHONIC LITERATURE

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an in-depth examination of representative orchestral works from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century that are often too long to be studied in other survey courses. While historical and contextual background is addressed, the focus of the course is study and analysis of the form, movement structure, compositional process, performance practice, and orchestration of the works selected through score study and directed listening.
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• MUS 325: CONDUCT (VOCAL & INSTRUM)

  2.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course is a study of conducting techniques for choral, orchestral and band music through lecture, demonstration, reading, discussion, and recitation. The primary focus of this course is on developing effective and efficient rehearsal methods and conducting techniques.
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• MUS 326: ADVANCED CONDUCTING

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The course is a study of advanced techniques of conducting through lecture and demonstration with recordings and live ensembles. The primary focus of this course is to develop more advanced skills in conducting technique, rehearsal planning, and advanced concepts in sound and styles.
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• MUS 328: HEARING MUSICAL FORM I

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course develops the ability to identify and hear structural form in Western music. In addition to motives, cadences, and musical phrases, the formal structures of 1-Part form, Binary, Ternary, Ostinato, Variations, and Contrapuntal forms from the 17th through 19th centuries will be studied. Emphasis is placed on techniques for hearing form, analysis of musical scores, and the application of both to performance.
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• MUS 329: HEARING MUSICAL FORM II

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course develops the ability to identify and hear structural form in Western music. In addition to motives, cadences, and musical phrases, the formal structures of Sonata form, Rondo, and Sonata-Rondo from the 17th through 19th centuries will be studied as well as 20th and 21st Century innovations in form. Emphasis is placed on techniques for hearing form, analysis of musical scores, and the application of both to performance.
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• MUS 379: DIRECTED STUDIES IN MUSIC

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is an individualized approach to address the needs and interests of select students through guided research, readings, discussions, and papers.
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