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| New course | Undergraduate |
| First term offered : Spring 2014 | ||
| Course Prefix&Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| MUS 373 | Orchestration III | 3 - |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Orchestration III |
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Catalog Description: Traditional and contemporary orchestration and instrumentation techniques for percussion and voice. Emphasis on range, idiomatic solo writing, idiomatic ensemble writing and standard practices for various ensembles and genres. Student projects will be performed and critiqued. Prerequisite: MUS 213 or consent of instructor |
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Course Goal and Objectives: Students will arrange, compose, and transcribe orchestrations that demonstrate basic understanding of traditional orchestration techniques for the percussion family and voice family. Emphasis will be placed on orchestration techniques of the 18th through 20th centuries. Please note that contemporary orchestration techniques are covered in applied composition lessons. Students will: ¿ Analyze the orchestration techniques of solo, chamber, large-ensemble, and American vernacular works that comprise members of the percussion and voice families that span the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries; ¿ Visually recognize and identify orchestration techniques of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries through score study; ¿ Aurally recognize and identify instruments of the percussion and voice families; ¿ Demonstrate the application of orchestration techniques by transcribing, arranging, and composing music excerpts; ¿ Orchestrate for the instruments of the percussion and voice families; ¿ Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of range, registration, articulation principles of the percussion and voice families; ¿ Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of percussion-family chamber orchestration principles; ¿ Demonstrate fundamental knowledge of voice-family chamber orchestration principles; ¿ Articulate the role and function of instruments in context of their sections for standard music genres. |
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Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): This course will complete the three-term sequence and will allow for the inclusion of the voice family and a complete and thorough coverage of the percussion family, which the current two-term sequence does not afford. Orchestration courses are traditionally offered over an entire academic year so that all content can be addressed. This course will extend the sequence to an entire academic year. |
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Faculty and facilities needed: No new faculty or facilities will be required to add this course. |
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Brief Course outline: I. PERCUSSION (Indefinite & Definite Pitch) A. Instrumentation 1. Idiophones 2. Membranophones 3. Chordophones 4. Aerophones B. Mallets, sticks, and beaters C. Scoring for solo percussion and percussion ensembles D. Scoring for percussion sections in standard genres II. VOICE A. Instrumentation B. Scoring for solo voice and vocal ensembles C. Scoring for voice and vocal ensembles in large instrumental genres |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
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| 1 - Department | Keller Coker | Approved | October 25 2012 |
| 2 - Division | Scott Grim | Approved | October 26 2012 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Jodie Garrison | Approved | November 07 2012 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | November 21 2012 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Keller Coker | Approved | December 08 2012 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | December 10 2012 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | December 11 2012 |
| MUS 373 Syllabus.pdf | Download |
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