An on-site experience in a school music classroom or music business, providing the student with pre-professional opportunities to observe and participate in school music and music business programs. Term project and journal required. Applications are due into the School of Music early in the semester preceding registration.
MUS 319 | Opera Theater
The preparation and performance of works for the musical stage.
MUS 309 | Recital Attendance
Music majors attend 10 concerts, on or off campus, and submit printed programs and reflections at the end of the semester. Required of all music majors.
MUS 301 | Form and Analysis
An exploration of musical language and form, with emphasis on the primary forms of the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, and the melodic and harmonic language of music of the twentieth century. Topics include the Baroque dance suite, sonata form, rondo form, continuous and sectional variations, concerto, pitch-class set theory, and twelve-tone operations, with focus on detailed aural and written analysis.
MUS 293 | Beginning Choral Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques
An introduction to the basic elements of choral conducting, including: basic conducting technique, preparatory beats, patterns, cues, fermatas, and 4-part score reading. Class time is spent in lecture, discussion, demonstration, and skill refinement. Students conduct an ensemble consisting of class members during regular videotaped conducting labs, with formal and informal evaluation given by the instructor.
MUS 291 | Beginning Instrumental Conducting and Rehearsal Techniques
An introduction to the basic elements of instrumental conducting, including: basic conducting technique, preparatory beats, patterns, cues, fermatas, and 4-part score reading. Class time is spent in lecture, discussion, demonstration, and skill refinement. Students conduct an ensemble consisting of class members during regular videotaped conducting labs, with formal and informal evaluation given by the instructor.
MUS 288 | Concert Band
An all-university ensemble for brass, woodwind, and percussion. Performs on campus each semester.
MUS 286 | Popular Music Ensemble
This course provides students the opportunity to explore and learn about a variety of popular music genres and styles through performance in a cover band. Students will rehearse and perform songs (covers) with the ensemble taking on various roles. The ensemble will present at least one formalized concert each semester.
MUS 284 | Puget Sound Jazz Orchestra
Prepares and performs music of many jazz styles for both large bands and small combos. The jazz band plays concerts throughout the year, both on and off campus.
MUS 280 | Dorian Singers
An auditioned ensemble of women singing both accompanied and a capella literature and appearing in concert several times each semester.