Applied Music Courses

MUA 101 (0) RECITAL ATTENDANCE

All music majors are required to attend 12 department-sponsored or approved concerts/recitals each semester. Credit/No-Credit.

MUA 201 (0) PIANO PROFICIENCY EXAM

All music majors are required to pass a proficiency examination in piano skills, preferably by the end of the sophomore year. It must be completed prior to graduation. A complete description of the exam contents is listed in the current edition of the Music Student Handbook, and is available upon request in the Music department office. Credit/No-Credit.

MUA 131, 132 (1,1) CLASS VOICE I, II

Class instruction in singing for the student without prior study; development of specific vocal and musical abilities; selected and graded songs suited to vocal goals.

MUA 141, 142 (1,1) CLASS PIANO I, II

Class instruction for the student without prior study; emphasizes functional keyboard skills such as sight reading, harmonization, improvisation, and solo and ensemble playing. Appropriate for music majors who must prepare for the proficiency exam.

MUA 143 (1) PIANO PROFICIENCY SKILLS

Class instruction in piano. Emphasizes harmonization, hymn and open score reading, solo and congregational style hymn playing. Appropriate for Music majors preparing for piano proficiency examination. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.
Prerequisite: Applied Music 142 or consent of instructor.

MUA 151, 152 (1,1) CLASS GUITAR I, II

Class instruction for the student without prior study; integrates rudiments of music theory with basic performance skills; ensemble and solo playing. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

MUA 155 through MUA 175 (1-2)
MUA 255 through MUA 275 (1-2)
MUA 355 through MUA 375 (1-2)
MUA 455 through MUA 475 (1-2)

Private, applied instruction in a performing area is a vital part of the development of Music majors, as well as an appropriate elective for many non-majors. Each level of study has defined materials and technical masteries to be achieved. (See Music Student Handbook in the Department of Music).

Students are assigned to a level according to their proficiency and mastery of materials listed for a given level. Course numbers for each of the performing areas are given by year in the following table.

INSTRUCTION
1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	4th Year
Private Voice
MUA155	MUA225	MUA355	MUA455
Private Piano
MUA156	MUA256	MUA356	MUA456
Private Organ
MUA157	MUA257	MUA357	MUA457
Private Harpsichord
MUA158	MUA258	MUA358	MUA458
Private Violin
MUA159	MUA259	MUA359	MUA459
Private Viola
MUA160	MUA260	MUA360	MUA460
Private Violoncello
MUA161	MUA261	MUA361	MUA461
Private String Bass
MUA162	MUA262	MUA362	MUA462
Private Guitar
MUA163	MUA263	MUA363	MUA463
Private Harp
MUA164	MUA264	MUA364	MUA464
Private Flute
MUA165	MUA265	MUA365	MUA465
Private Oboe
MUA166	MUA266	MUA366	MUA466
Private Clarinet
MUA167	MUA267	MUA367	MUA467
Private Saxophone
MUA168	MUA268	MUA368	MUA468
Private Bassoon
MUA169	MUA269	MUA369	MUA469
Private Trumpet
MUA170	MUA270	MUA370	MUA470
Private Trombone
MUA171	MUA271	MUA371	MUA471
Private French Horn
MUA172	MUA272	MUA372	MUA472
Private Euphonium
MUA173	MUA273	MUA373	MUA473
Private Tuba
MUA174	MUA274	MUA374	MUA474
Private Percussion
MUA175	MUA275	MUA375	MUS475

MUA 212 (2) BEGINNING CONDUCTING

Introduction to basic conducting techniques, such as score reading, metric patterns, cues and cutoffs.

MUA 312 (2) CHORAL CONDUCTING AND LITERATURE

Application of conducting principles and techniques to choral music. Includes an overview of choral literature. Music Education majors must co-register for Music Education 303.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 121.

MUA 313 (2) INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING

Application of conducting principles and techniques to instrumental music, especially music for orchestra and concert band.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 121.

MUA 250, 251 (1,1) DICTION FOR SINGERS I & II

An intensive study of English, Italian, German, and French diction as it applies to singers, utilizing the International Phonetic Alphabet to transfer foreign texts to vocalized symbols. Offered 2007-08.

MUA 331 (1) ACTING FOR SINGERS

Open to advanced voice students by audition. Scenes from operas and/or musical theatre are performed with staging and costumes. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUA 332 (1-2) MUSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION

Performance experience in musical theatre, open to all students by audition.

MUA 376 (0) JUNIOR RECITAL

A public solo recital, approximately thirty minutes in length, given in the student’s major performing area.
Prerequisite: 300 level in performing area.

MUA 476 (0) SENIOR RECITAL

A public solo recital, approximately one hour in length, given in the student’s major performing area.
Prerequisite: Applied Music 376.

Church Music Courses

CMU 201 (2) INSTRUMENTS IN WORSHIP

An introduction to the use of musical instruments in support of worship music. Topics covered include basic rehearsal techniques, transposition of parts, and basic instrumental arranging skills.

CMU 202 (2) MULTI-MEDIA FOR WORSHIP MINISTRY

A practical introduction to media technology resources for music ministry. The course includes training in the use of audio and visual media such as lighting, sound reinforcement and presentation software.

CMU 314 (3) MUSIC AND WORSHIP

A study of the nature of worship and the function of music as an aid to worship. A survey of the history and practice of church music; consideration of the role of music in worship and Christian education. A study of problems peculiar to the music program of the small and medium-size church. Offered 2007-08.

CMU 315 (2) CHURCH MUSIC ADMINISTRATION AND MATERIALS

Development of the church-wide program of music ministries; principles and administration of the music ministry in relation to other church departments. Study of materials and equipment for the program; organization of choirs and other music ministries. Offered 2007-08..
Prerequisite: Church Music 314.

CMU 433 (3) HYMNOLOGY

A survey of Christian hymnody, its historical patterns, covering the broad scope of hymnic literature, its environment, and the significant individuals contributing. Practical and critical classroom study and participation.

CMU 451 (2) INTERNSHIP IN CHURCH MUSIC

Supervised internship in a church situation. Offered on demand.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

CMU 490 (1-2) SPECIAL STUDIES IN CHURCH MUSIC

Intensive study of a selected problem, under the direction of a department advisor.
Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.

CMU 495 (1-2) CHURCH MUSIC SEMINAR

Provides for special courses offered as an adjunct to the curricula. Seminar title, content, and units to be announced in class schedule.

Music Composition Courses

MUC 252 (1-2) PRIVATE COMPOSITION

Introductory lessons in music composition. Develops basic concepts of melodic writing and the manipulation of diverse harmonic, textural and rhythmic materials. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.

MUC 352 (1-2) PRIVATE COMPOSITION

Continued study of compositional processes through the exploration of nontraditional tonal materials in varied media. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.
Prerequisite: Music Composition 252.

MUC 452 (1-2) PRIVATE COMPOSITION

Development of compositional skills through handling extended forms and larger performance forces, such as choir, band or orchestra. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.
Prerequisite: Music Composition 352.

MUC 477 (0) SENIOR RECITAL IN COMPOSITION

A public recital of original compositions, forty-five minutes in length.
Prerequisite: Music Composition 452.

MUC 495 (1-2) SEMINAR IN COMPOSITION

Provides for special courses offered as an adjunct to the curricula.

Music Education Courses

MUE 201 (1) WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS

A laboratory class in playing the woodwind instruments with emphasis on teaching and basic repair techniques.

MUE 202 (1) BRASS INSTRUMENTS

A laboratory class in playing brass instruments with emphasis on teaching and basic repair techniques. Offered 2007-08.

MUE 203 (1) PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

A laboratory class in playing the percussion instruments with emphasis on teaching and basic repair techniques.

MUE 204 (1) STRING INSTRUMENTS

A laboratory class in playing the string instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass) with emphasis on teaching and basic repair techniques. Offered 2007-08.

MUE 303 (2) CHORAL AND VOCAL TECHNIQUES

Includes a study of choral rehearsal procedures and programming, the development of tone and classification of voice types. Contents include developing vocal technique and vocal health.
Corequisite: Music Education majors must register for Applied Music 312.

MUE 310 (2) VOCAL PEDAGOGY

Develops conceptual understanding and methodology for the teaching of singing. The course includes an anatomical study of the vocal mechanism with emphasis upon the development of breath support and vocal resonance.

MUE 311 (2) PIANO PEDAGOGY I

A survey of the methods and materials used in teaching the piano, with special emphasis upon teaching elementary students and the adult beginner. Includes observation of private and class piano teaching.

MUE 312 (2) INSTRUMENTAL PEDAGOGY

Practical study of the teaching of applied instrumental performance skills. Includes relevant studies of the physiological mechanics of playing technique. Provides survey of teaching literature, learning theory and methodology

MUE 341 (3) MUSIC SKILLS FOR THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM TEACHER

Methods and materials for teaching music for the elementary classroom teacher. Elementary music theory: notation, meter, rhythm, scales, intervals, triads. Introduction to playing skills on classroom instruments such as piano, autoharp, recorder. Introduction to teaching strategies of Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze, and Suzuki. Strategies for incorporating music into the everyday classroom are taught. Designed primarily for the elementary school teacher. Not for Music majors.

MUE 411 (2) PIANO PEDAGOGY II

A continued study of pedagogical methods for teaching intermediate level piano students. Includes supervised practice teaching experience and survey of teaching literature.

MUE 441 (3) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC METHODS

Methods of teaching public school music in the elementary grades. Offered 2007-08.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 121.

MUE 451 (2) INTERNSHIP IN MUSIC

Supervised internship in the student’s major concentration. Offered on demand. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

MUE 454 (3) SECONDARY SCHOOL MUSIC METHODS

Methods of teaching public school music in the junior and senior high school and the California Framework in Visual and Performing Arts are explored.
Prerequisite: Applied Music 312.

MUE 490 (1-2) SPECIAL STUDIES IN MUSIC EDUCATION

Intensive study of a selected problem, under the direction of a department advisor.
Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.

MUE 495 (1-2) SEMINAR IN MUSIC EDUCATION

Provides for special courses offered as an adjunct to the curricula. Seminar title, content, and units to be announced in class schedule.

Music Ensemble Courses

MUP 332 (1) CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Open to community and all students by audition; campus appearances; may accompany large choral works. Participation required of all Music majors with string instrument concentration. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 333 (1) CONCERT BAND

Open to all students by audition; participation required of all music majors with a concentration in a wind or percussion instrument; varied repertoire represents the best literature; local and off-campus concerts. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 334 (1/2) CHORAL UNION

Open without audition to the University community; a mixed choir which performs choral works of all types; required, without registration or credit, of all members of the Concert Choir and the Point Loma Singers. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.

MUP 336 (1/2 – 1) CHORALE

Membership by audition. A mixed chorus open to any student. Music majors must register for one unit. One-unit registration includes participation in Choral Union. Local performances schedules. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 337 (1) CONCERT CHOIR

Membership by audition. A mixed chorus open to any student. Includes participation in Choral Union. An annual tour and local public performances are scheduled. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 338 (1) POINT LOMA SINGERS

Membership by audition. A chamber choir of sixteen mixed voices open to all students. Includes participation in Choral Union. Local performances scheduled. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 339 (1/2) SMALL ENSEMBLE

Membership by audition. Select literature determined by size and type of ensemble. May be repeated up to a total of 4 units.

MUP 341 (1/2) JAZZ BAND

Membership by audition. Standard jazz literature selected and performed in concerts. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 342 (1/2) HANDBELL CHOIR

Membership by audition. Includes instruction on ringing techniques. Local performances. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 343 (1/2) STRING QUARTET

Membership by audition. Performs standard string quartet literature as well as selected chamber music. Local performances. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 344 (1/2) VOCAL JAZZ

Membership by audition. A small vocal ensemble focusing on jazz literature. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

MUP 345 (1/2) ANOINTED PRAISE

Membership by audition. A choral ensemble focusing on gospel literature. May be repeated up to a total of 2 units.

Music History Courses

MUH 100 (2) INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC–GE

Treats the development and significance of music in the Western world with emphasis on outstanding works by the world’s great composers of music.

MUH 101 (2) INTRODUCTION TO LISTENING–GE

This introductory course is required of all freshman Music majors and presents a general survey of music history, genres, styles, and media. The course focuses on analytical listening and developing aesthetic awareness. It includes an introduction to library research tools in music, and examination of the interrelationship of music studies and general education, and the integration of faith and learning with the study of music. Offered in the fall.
Prerequisite: Freshman standing or consent of instructor.

MUH 309 (2) VOCAL LITERATURE I

A survey of both sacred and secular solo vocal performance repertoire, with an emphasis upon art song repertoire in English and Italian.
Corequisite: Applied Music 250.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 or consent of instructor.

MUH 310 (2) VOCAL LITERATURE II

A continued survey of solo vocal performance repertoire, with an emphasis upon art song repertoire in French and German.
Corequisite: Applied Music 251.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 or consent of instructor.

MUH 311 (3) PIANO LITERATURE

A survey of solo repertoire for the piano and its historical antecedents, principally the harpsichord and fortepiano. The course focuses upon keyboard masterworks from the Baroque period through the present.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 or consent of instructor.

MUH 312 (2) INSTRUMENTAL LITERATURE

A survey of solo performance repertoire for the instrumentalist. The course includes representative works from all applicable periods of music, tracing changes in the instrument and in accepted playing technique as possible components of historical changes in styles and idioms of musical expression.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 or consent of instructor.

MUH 331 (2) MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I

Study of Western music development, focusing on principal trends of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, approximately 500–1600 A.D.; regular listening to recorded examples, with some score analysis and individual research.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 121 and Music History 101 or consent of instructor.

MUH 332 (2) MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II

A continued study of Western music development, focusing on principal trends of the Baroque and Classical periods, approximately 1600–1820 A.D.; regular listening to recorded examples, with some score analysis and individual research.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 and Music Theory 121 or consent of instructor.

MUH 333 (2) MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE III

A continued study of Western music development, focusing on principal trends of the Romantic, Twentieth-Century periods, and subsequent contemporary trends, approximately 1820 to the present; regular listening to recorded examples, with some score analysis and individual research.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 and Music Theory 120 or consent of instructor.

MUH 334 (2) WORLD MUSIC

An introduction to listening and study of indigenous music from multiple geographic areas and cultures, including Africa, Asia, and North and South America. The course also includes a presentation of jazz as a distinctly American cultural synthesis.
Prerequisite: Music History 101 and Music Theory 120 or consent of instructor.

MUH 431 (2) FAITH, LIFE, AND MUSIC

A capstone course required of all Music majors. The course examines source readings concerning the integration of faith and various aspects of music. Students are challenged to evaluate the influence of the Christian faith upon their own individual music discipline. Class content also includes an overview of diverse musical professions and the ways in which faith and music intersect in the pursuit of calling. The course culminates with the writing of an essay outlining the ways in which students believe their faith shapes their lives as both disciples and musicians.
Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor.

MUH 495 (1-2) MUSIC HISTORY SEMINAR

Provides for special courses offered as an adjunct to the curricula. Seminar title, content, and units to be announced in the class schedule.

Music Theory Courses

MUT 100 (2) BASIC MUSIC THEORY

An introduction to the fundamentals of music: key signatures, scales, intervals, notation, rhythm, meter, chords, harmony, and melodic form. Emphasis upon written skills with requirements in ear training/sight singing, improvisation and beginning composition.
Corequisite: Applied Music 141. May be waived by proficiency examination.

MUT 120 (5) MUSIC THEORY I

Study of the notation, sound, and syntax of fundamental musical materials such as scales, intervals, and diatonic harmony. Includes laboratory experience in ear training and sight singing.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 100 or consent of instructor.

MUT 121 (4) MUSIC THEORY II

Continued study of harmonic procedures in homophonic and polyphonic settings with emphasis upon seventh chords, secondary dominants, and modulation. Includes laboratory in keyboard harmony, ear training, and sight singing.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 120 or consent of instructor.

MUT 220, 221 (4,4) MUSIC THEORY III, IV

Study of musical structures from late Renaissance polyphony to, and including, the present. Study of seventh, ninth, eleventh, Neapolitan sixth, Augmented sixth, and other altered chords. Continuation of the development of analytical tools and aural skills; ear training, sight singing, and keyboard harmony.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 121 or consent of instructor.

MUT 301 (3) COUNTERPOINT

Analysis and composition of two, three, and four voice counterpoint as practiced in the Eighteenth Century, with special emphasis on the style of J. S. Bach. Offered 2007-08.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 221.

MUT 302 (3) ANALYSIS OF FORM AND TEXTURE IN MUSIC

Emphasis upon the stylistic analysis of musical form and texture; study of the evolution of the standard musical forms. Offered 2007-08.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 221.

MUT 432 (3) ORCHESTRATION

Ranges, tonal possibilities, technical limitations of standard band and orchestral instruments; analysis of standard compositions; scoring short pieces for various instrumental groups.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 220.

MUT 443 (3) CHORAL ARRANGING

Writing and arranging for voices in various combinations; study of the range, color and technical possibilities of various voices; analysis of standard works.
Prerequisite: Music Theory 220.

MUT 490 (1-2) SPECIAL STUDIES IN MUSIC THEORY

Intensive study of a selected problem, under the direction of a department advisor.
Prerequisite: Consent of department chair.