Every student has a unique voice and specialized interests that help them find the
job and career path they want to pursue. In the multi-billion-dollar Music Industry,
there are many opportunities to make a living in and around Music. Students immediately
begin preparing to launch their career through a course entitled Foundations in Music
Industry and Music Industry Seminars that introduce them to leading career professionals,
all in their first year on campus.
In addition to a freely chosen 15-18 credit Minor, each student's individualized experience
develops through upper-division coursework. These courses cater to topics of study
the student chooses, including a Music Industry Professional course that develops
their vision for a unique career path and an Internship in the Music Industry to get
their foot in the door. Career services and internship/job databases support students
while in school and after graduation. In addition to the MTSU on-campus community
of 20,000+ students, our proximity to Nashville means almost endless opportunity.
Here, you can see and hear world-class art and performances, attend trade shows such
as Summer NAMM, and access professional internships with world-class performance organizations
and companies.
In Middle Tennessee, there are positions to fill and customers waiting for your new
product, service, or idea. As musicians, artists, and professionals, each student
finds a career path best suited for them. With this specialization in music entrepreneurship, a Music Industry degree student
has opportunities to pursue a multitude of careers, including:
- A&R/talent agent
- Artistic director
- Composer/arranger/orchestrator
- Conductor
- Contemporary and baroque performer
- Copyright specialist
- Development officer
- Editor/publisher
- Entertainment manager
- Film music director/editor
- Film/studio/session musician
- Instrument repair and sales
- Marketing and advertising
- Music critic/journalist
- Music librarian
- Music product sales and development
- Musicologist
- Non-profit management
- Orchestra musician
- Personnel manager
- Private Instructor
- Professional classical/jazz artist
- Publicist
- Record company manager
- Songwriter
- Stage manager
- University admissions and advising
- University professor
Employers of MTSU alumni include
- Altissimo Recordings
- ASCAP
- Bravo Voice Studios
- Deep Fried Entertainment
- Def Kat Music LLC
- Embassy Music
- Gospel Music Association
- Greg Oliver Agency
- Guitar Center
- Guitar Shark Music
- Hinchey Music Services, Inc.
- Hummingbird Productions
- J. Schrepper Promotions
- Levosia Entertainment
- Nashville Jazz Orchestra
- Nashville Opera
- New Vision Church
- Oasis Church, Murfreesboro
- Pearl Corporation
- Songwriters Guild of America
- Ten Ten Music Group
- The Music Stop
- Turner's Music
- Universal Music Publishing Group
MTSU’s School of Music offers an undergraduate major in Music leading to Bachelor
of Music (B.M.) degree in the following concentrations:
For complete curriculum details, click on the REQUIREMENTS tab above.
The Bachelor of Music concentrations listed above all exist in the School of Music,
which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts. The Music Industry concentration is distinct
and different from the College of Media and Entertainment's Bachelor of Science degree concentrations
in Audio Production, Recording Industry-Song Writing, and Recording Industry-Music
Business; there is no audition to enter these Bachelor of Science concentrations as there are
no music performance components. Instead, students enter the programs and later must
complete Upper Division competencies to take advanced coursework and graduate.
In the Music Industry program, students engage in the same core courses as their counterparts
in the other Bachelor of Music concentrations, studying Music History, Theory, and
Ear Training. All B.M. students engage in Classical or Jazz private lessons, studio classes, large and small ensembles,
and recital presentation. Setting the Music Industry concentration apart is coursework specifically designed for the 21st-century musician-entrepreneur, a 200-hour internship
guided by Grammy Award winner Dr. Cedric Dent, and music industry seminars with guests
representing various segments in our multi-billion-dollar marketplace. Additionally, the Music
Industry degree has credits set aside for the selection of a Minor, allowing the student freedom
to further their professional interests in Entrepreneurship, Recording Industry, or
any Minor field they choose. The Minor options enable students to engage in a variety of MTSU College Departments.
For example, the Recording Industry Minor is housed in the College of Media and Entertainment,
Department of Recording Industry, while the Entrepreneurship Minor is housed in the Jennings
A. Jones College of Business, Department of Management.
The Music Industry program's design serves performing artists that want to further their
specialization in music entrepreneurship. With advanced Classical or Jazz instruction,
a foundation in musical knowledge and experience, and coursework explicitly designed for
the 21st-Century artist-entrepreneur, each student can excel in the career field of
their choice as a consummate performing–artist–professional.
Any Minor at MTSU may be approved to pair with the Music Industry degree. Click here for a list of MTSU Minors.
Three Minors are available through the School of Music for those not already pursuing
a Bachelor of Music: Music Industry Minor, Music Minor, American Music Studies Minor.
Click here for more information.
M.M. graduate students have access to numerous Music Industry resources, including
the Music Industry Mindset course taught by Dr. David Cyzak. The School of Music's
graduate program includes the Master of Music (M.M.) degree with specializations in collaborative piano, conducting, jazz studies, music
composition, music education, musicology, or performance.
There is also a graduate minor in Music available for Graduate students.
Music, Music Industry Concentration, B.M.
Music
615-898-2903
David Cyzak, program coordinator
David.Cyzak@mtsu.edu
To be admitted into the Bachelor of Music degree program, all entering students must pass an audition before the faculty on their major instrument or voice. Students who do not pass the audition may be allowed, at the discretion of the faculty, to enroll in private music lessons or class instruction for one semester only. At the end of the semester the student must reaudition for admission into the program.
In addition, all prospective new or transfer undergraduate majors and minors are required to take the Music Theory and Aural Skills Diagnostic Exam to determine appropriate placement in the music theory program. For additional information and to schedule a time for the exam, contact the School of Music Office. Students may not enroll in any music theory course until the exam is taken.
Jury Examinations
All music majors and minors are required to participate in jury examinations in their primary performing areas. Non-music majors registered for private lessons may be required to perform a jury examination at the discretion of the instructor. Jury examinations are held to measure the student's progress at the conclusion of each semester. Those students who have presented and passed their senior recitals during the semester may be excused from jury examinations.
Undergraduate Music majors must pass an upper-division jury to qualify for applied music study at the MUAP 3000 level. A Music major must take his or her upper-division jury no later than the end of the sixth semester and if not passing must take an upper-division jury again the next semester. A third attempt must be accompanied by extraordinary circumstances and must carry the approval of the studio teacher and director of the School of Music.
Class Piano/Theory and Aural Skills
All undergraduate music majors (except keyboard principals) must take class piano every semester as indicated on the advising check sheets until the required piano proficiency exam is successfully completed. Concurrent enrollment in Class Piano I and Theory and Aural Skills I is required, with the following exceptions: (1) The student successfully passed either Class Piano I or Theory and Aural Skills I, but not both, or (2) the student successfully passed one or more levels of Class Piano by examination. Students should see their advisors for details.
Students wishing to continue piano after successfully completing the required class piano sequence may audition for piano applied lessons.
Keyboard principals must take MUS 2550, Keyboard Skills for Pianists I, and MUS 2560, Keyboard Skills for Pianists II, in lieu of class piano.
Academic Maps
Following are printable, suggested four-year schedules of courses:
Music, Music Industry, B.M., Academic Map
Degree Requirements
| General Education | 41 hours |
| Major Requirements | 61 hours |
| Major Core | 27 hours |
| Music Industry Concentration | 34 hours |
| Electives | 18 hours |
| TOTAL | 120 hours |
General Education (41 hours)
General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Major Requirements (61 hours)
Music Core (27 hours)
All music majors must take class piano or private piano instruction until they pass the piano proficiency examination prescribed by their degree programs. Students should see their advisors for details.
Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in MUTH 1110, MUTH 1120, MUTH 2110, MUTH 2120 (music theory sequence) and MUHL 1610, MUHL 3010, MUHL 3020 (music history sequence).
MUS 1010 - Recital Attendance
0 credit hours
Attendance at a minimum number of recitals and concerts given by students, faculty, and guest artists. Six semesters required for undergraduate music majors (see School of Music handbook for details). May be repeated multiple times. Pass/Fail.
MUTH 1110 - Theory and Aural Skills I
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1000 with grade of C- or higher or satisfactory score on theory diagnostic exam. Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Major and minor scales and harmonizations through secondary function. Meets for five hours per week.
MUTH 1120 - Theory and Aural Skills II
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1110. Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Modal scales, harmonization, and analysis through the augmented sixth. Meets for five hours per week.
MUTH 2110 - Theory and Aural Skills III
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1120. Harmonic tonality and twentieth-century vocabularies. Nineteenth-century chromaticism. Meets for four hours per week.
MUTH 2120 - Theory and Aural Skills IV
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2110. Continued study of harmonic tonality and twentieth-century vocabularies. Twentieth-century practices. Meets for four hours per week.
MUHL 1610 - The World of Music
3 credit hours
A study of culture and music through a chronological survey of styles, genres, and composers of Western art music and through the comparative study of various non-Western musical practices.
MUHL 3010 - History of Western Art Music I
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUHL 1610 with grade of C- or better. Second required music history course for Music majors. A survey of Western art music from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
MUHL 3020 - History of Western Art Music II
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: MUHL 1610 with grade of C- or better. Third required music history course for music majors. A survey of Western art music of the eighteenth through twenty-first century, including Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern periods.
MUS 3130 - Conducting in the Industry
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2120. Fundamental conducting patterns with and without a baton, terminology, stage deportment, advanced mixed meter patterns, and introduction to score study and reading. For Music Industry majors, Theory/Composition majors, B.A. in Music students.
MUPD 3050 - Jazz Pedagogy
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Techniques and methods of teaching jazz studies including the training of jazz ensembles and combos.
MUTH 4130 - Orchestration and Arranging
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2120. Compass and tonal qualities of band and orchestra instruments; transposition. Fundamentals of arranging for various instrumental groupings.
MUAP 4343 - Jazz Arranging, Applied Study
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1120. Focuses on the art of writing a jazz arrangement. Various orchestration techniques (both linear and horizontal), writing for the rhythm section, ranges and transposition of instruments, form and historical approaches to arranging for jazz ensembles presented. Preparation of arrangements for several performances required during the semester.
Music Industry Concentration (34 hours)
MUS 1530 - Class Piano I
1 credit hour
Acquaints beginning piano students with the keyboard. Includes such skills as note reading, basic chords for harmonization of melodies, improvisation, basic exercises for development of coordination and technique, transposition, repertory, and sight reading. TBR Common Course: MUS 1027
NOTE: All undergraduate music majors (except keyboard principals) must take class piano every semester as indicated on the advising check sheets until the required piano proficiency exam is successfully completed. Concurrent enrollment in Class Piano I and Theory and Aural Skills I is required with the following exceptions: (1) The student successfully passed either Class Piano I or Theory and Aural Skills I, but not both, or (2) the student successfully passed one or more levels of Class Piano by examination. Students should see their advisors for details.
Students wishing to continue piano after successfully completing the required class piano sequence may audition for piano applied lessons. Keyboard principals must take MUS 2550 and MUS 2560 in lieu of class piano.
MUS 1540 - Class Piano II
1 credit hour
Prerequisite: MUS 1530. Continuation of skills and concepts taught in MUS 1530. Emphasis on standard piano repertory in addition to sight reading and functional piano skills. TBR Common Course: MUS 1127
NOTE: All undergraduate music majors (except keyboard principals) must take class piano every semester as indicated on the advising check sheets until the required piano proficiency exam is successfully completed. Concurrent enrollment in Class Piano I and Theory and Aural Skills I is required with the following exceptions: (1) The student successfully passed either Class Piano I or Theory and Aural Skills I, but not both, or (2) the student successfully passed one or more levels of Class Piano by examination. Students should see their advisors for details.
Students wishing to continue piano after successfully completing the required class piano sequence may audition for piano applied lessons. Keyboard principals must take MUS 2550 and MUS 2560 in lieu of class piano.
MUS 2680 - Music Industry Seminar
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MUS 2680 - Music Industry Seminar
0 credit hours
Introduces students to the real-world experiences and lessons learned by industry leaders working in the diverse music industry. Guests with backgrounds as artist-entrepreneurs and music business-entrepreneurs will be primary focus. Student attendance and active participation in question and answer sessions with featured guests will enable greater understanding and insight into the music industry.
MUS 2690 - Foundations in Music Industry
3 credit hours
First course in the Music Industry curriculum. The foundational exploration of how music performance, commerce, and entrepreneurship come together to help you project, plan, and implement a future career in the music industry. Additional focus on developing awareness of music industry career paths and promoting relevant soft skills to promote a lifetime of success after school. For Music majors only.
MUS 4360 - The Music Industry Professional
3 credit hours
Creation, examination, and experience in developing and implementing a business plan in the selected areas of the music business. Areas include studio teaching, freelance musicianship, contracting, performing, producing, nonprofit organizations, and similar areas of music specialization.
MUS 4270 - Music Internship
3 to 6 credit hours
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MUS 4270 - Music Internship
3 to 6 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Examination and experiences in music industry, music education, or instrumental or choral conducting. Music industry may include songwriting and the creative aspects of music, studio production, music publishing, and music merchandising. Music education may include public and private school settings, state board of education arts consulting, and music textbook consulting. Conducting may include school and church conducting, music publishing, and private or public orchestras and/or choirs. Pass/Fail.
MUAP 4800 - Partial Senior Recital
0 to 1 credit hour
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MUAP 4800 - Partial Senior Recital
0 to 1 credit hour
Prerequisite: Two semesters of upper-division private study. Corequisite: Private lesson in major area of performance. Required of all Bachelor of Music majors with a concentration in Vocal/General Music Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Music Industry. Constitutes approximately 30 minutes of music with appropriate repertoire as assigned by the private instructor. Students must receive permission to present a partial senior recital by giving a pre-recital hearing before the faculty at least two weeks before the scheduled recital. Recital performance graded by a faculty committee; must be passed with a grade of C or better.
- MUEN 3- - - - Ensembles 8 credit hours **
- MUAP 2- -1 - Private Instruction 4 credit hours
- MUAP 4- -1 - Private Instruction 4 credit hours
- Any 3000-4000 level MUHL 3 credit hours
- Any 3000-4000 level MUTH 3 credit hours
*Not required if piano major instrument
**Ensembles
NOTE: Eight (8) hours of ensemble participation as required by faculty are required. Ensembles may be based on audition and are selected with guidance from the faculty.
Electives (18 hours)
Music Theory
MUTH 1000 - Elements of Music
3 credit hours
For those needing remedial work before enrolling in Theory MUTH 1110. Topics covered include music reading in G and F clefs, intervals, major and minor scales; rhythm.
MUTH 1110 - Theory and Aural Skills I
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1000 with grade of C- or higher or satisfactory score on theory diagnostic exam. Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Major and minor scales and harmonizations through secondary function. Meets for five hours per week.
MUTH 1120 - Theory and Aural Skills II
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1110. Harmonic tonality and fixed-do solfège through chorale analysis and harmonizations of given bass lines. Modal scales, harmonization, and analysis through the augmented sixth. Meets for five hours per week.
MUTH 2110 - Theory and Aural Skills III
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1120. Harmonic tonality and twentieth-century vocabularies. Nineteenth-century chromaticism. Meets for four hours per week.
MUTH 2120 - Theory and Aural Skills IV
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2110. Continued study of harmonic tonality and twentieth-century vocabularies. Twentieth-century practices. Meets for four hours per week.
MUTH 3110 - Counterpoint
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2120 with C- or better. Review and continuation of contrapuntal techniques. Canon, imitation, various contrapuntal devices, inventions, and beginning fugue. Analysis and some degree of original work.
MUTH 3160 - Jazz Theory
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1120. Exploration of the harmonic syntax, melodic construction, and song forms in jazz music. Analysis, listening, original composition, and practice hearing jazz chords and progressions.
MUTH 4110 - Form and Analysis
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2120. Binary and tenary forms, simple rondos and sonatinas progressing to sonata form, large rondos, theme and variations, art song, and free forms. Stylistic analysis and study of devices and materials from early to contemporary periods.
MUTH 4130 - Orchestration and Arranging
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 2120. Compass and tonal qualities of band and orchestra instruments; transposition. Fundamentals of arranging for various instrumental groupings.
MUTH 4180 - Improvisation
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUTH 1120 or permission of instructor. Basic tools of jazz improvisation including chord/scale relationships, melodic construction, and practice techniques. In-class playing over blues, rhythm changes, and other standard jazz progressions. Elements of the bebop style. Preparation of playing exercises and several solo transcriptions.
MUTH 4190 - Principles and Practices of Electronic Music
3 credit hours
(Same as RIM 4190.) Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy and RIM 1230 or MUTH 1110; others-RIM 3010, RIM 1230, or MUTH 1110 or permission of instructor. An introduction to synthesizer programming and the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) with emphasis on history, theory, and application. Hands-on activities include synthesizer programming with virtual instruments and MIDI sequencing using a digital audio workstation. Laboratory required.
MUTH 4270 - Choral Arranging
2 credit hours
The fundamentals of arranging musical works for vocal ensembles of various sizes, combinations, and skill levels.
MUTH 4290 - MIDI Sequencing and Virtual Instruments
3 credit hours
(Same as RIM 4290). Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy and RIM 4910/MUTH 4910; others - RIM 4190/MUTH 4190 or permission of instructor. An advanced hands-on course with an emphasis on MIDI sequencing and virtual instruments within Pro Tools, Reason, and other music production software. Drum machines, synthesizers, samplers, and other electronic instruments used to create a commercial music track. Laboratory required.
MUTH 4590 - Computer Based Scoring for Visual Media
3 credit hours
(Same as RIM 4590.) Prerequisites: RI majors - admission to candidacy, RIM 4190/MUTH 4190 and either RIM 3300 or RIM 4290/MUTH 4290; others - RIM 4190/MUTH 4190 and either RIM 3300 or RIM 4290/MUTH 4290; or permission of instructor. Writing music for visual media using the capabilities of a computer workstation. Introduces compositional techniques utilizing Macintosh sequencing software and QuickTime video playback in combination with synthesizers and sample playback programs. Concepts include synchronization of music to picture, tempo selection, sound source selection/manipulation, and analysis of the dramatic content of a scene. Laboratory required.
Music History and Literature
MUHL 1610 - The World of Music
3 credit hours
A study of culture and music through a chronological survey of styles, genres, and composers of Western art music and through the comparative study of various non-Western musical practices.
MUHL 3010 - History of Western Art Music I
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUHL 1610 with grade of C- or better. Second required music history course for Music majors. A survey of Western art music from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
MUHL 3020 - History of Western Art Music II
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: MUHL 1610 with grade of C- or better. Third required music history course for music majors. A survey of Western art music of the eighteenth through twenty-first century, including Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern periods.
MUHL 3120 - Masterworks of Classical Music
3 credit hours
Selected great works from the Western classical tradition. Listening, watching, reading, and concert attendance.
MUHL 3140 - History of Rock 'n' Roll
3 credit hours
A historical and cultural examination of rock 'n' roll music from its origins to the present.
MUHL 3150 - Musics of the South
3 credit hours
A cultural and historical examination of the musical traditions of the southern United States from the colonial era to the present.
MUHL 3670 - Studies in North American Popular Music
3 credit hours
Close study of one or more regional musical cultures of popular music in North America. Focuses on cultural, historical, economic, and political forces that have shaped the genres under consideration as well as issues of class, race, gender, migration, colonialism, identity, and resistance. Offers a range of experiences with the music, emphasizing its practices, sustainability, stylistic features, instruments, and cultural contexts.
MUHL 3680 - Studies in Latin American Music
3 credit hours
Investigates one or more regional musical cultures of Latin America with attention to the cultural, historical, economic, and political forces that shape musical genres, as well as issues of class, race, gender, migration, colonialism, identity, and resistance.
MUHL 3910 - Styles and Analysis of Jazz
3 credit hours
Technical features of various styles from the inception of jazz to present. Introduction of jazz style periods, performance practices, stylistic features, and artists.
MUHL 4060 - Survey of Guitar Literature
3 credit hours
Basic literature for the guitar from the Renaissance to the present. Analysis, listening, research, and performance.
MUHL 4130 - Survey of World Music
3 credit hours
Selected music cultures from around the world and here at home. Listening, watching, reading, and concert attendance.
MUHL 4140 - Music of the Middle East
3 credit hours
Examines various Middle Eastern cultural soundscapes from an ethnomusicological perspective, including the relationship between folk, classical, and popular musical traditions and music's role in religious experience.
MUHL 4530 - History of Jazz
3 credit hours
Study of the history and literature of jazz music including African roots, developments and aspects of style periods, and the contemporary state of jazz. Listening and analysis.
MUHL 4540 - History of Black Gospel Music
3 credit hours
Historical and cultural survey of black gospel music from its West African and European American antecedents to the present.
MUHL 4550 - Hip-Hop Music and Culture
3 credit hours
(Same as ANTH 4550 and RIM 4550.) Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020. An ethnomusicological investigation of how hip-hop reacts to and informs mainstream culture through its primary art forms: music, visual art, and dance. Major themes and issues that cut across hip-hop's history, including issues of style and performance, gender, race, politics, and religion addressed.
MUHL 4630 - Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Music
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of Western classical music during the Baroque and Classic periods; emphasis on topics selected by instructor.
MUHL 4640 - Nineteenth-Century Music
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of Western classical music during the Romantic period; emphasis on topics selected by instructor.
MUHL 4650 - Twentieth-Century Music
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of twentieth century Western art music; emphasis on topics selected by instructor. Examines the major developments of music during the late Romantic, Modern, and Postmodern eras.
MUHL 4660 - American Music
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A survey of American music from the colonial era to the present; added emphasis on topics selected by the instructor. Examines folk, popular, art, sacred, and secular traditions within their cultural and historical contexts.
MUHL 4680 - Choral Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Examination of choral literature from the Renaissance to the present. Program selection. Analysis of choral pieces.
MUHL 4710 - Vocal Literature
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Basic repertory of Italian airs, German lieder, French art songs, and solo vocal works of other nationalistic schools, as well as English and American song literature.
MUHL 4720 - Organ Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of organ literature from the Medieval period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles and organ building.
MUHL 4730 - Brass Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of brass literature from the Renaissance period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.
MUHL 4740 - Percussion Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of percussion literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.
MUHL 4750 - String Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of string literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and its composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.
MUHL 4760 - Woodwind Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A chronological study of woodwind literature from the Renaissance period to the present. Objectives include knowledge of the repertoire and composers and historical perspective of styles, types, and common performance practice.
MUHL 4790 - Orchestral and Wind Ensemble Literature
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. An in-depth study of orchestral and wind ensemble repertoire.
MUHL 4800 - Art Music and African Americans
2 credit hours
A chronological and topical overview of African American musicians and composers and the primary genres of African American art music from slavery to the present.
MUHL 4810 - Women In Music
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020. Examines and celebrates women's musical activities in a variety of capacities and musical traditions through perspectives of a variety of gender theories. May be taken for Women's and Gender Studies minor credit.
MUHL 4840 - Musical Theatre History
3 credit hours
(Same as THEA 4840.) Prerequisite: Junior standing. A comprehensive history of musicals from the 1840s to the present that explores the effects of culture, economics, and politics of each era on musical theatre.
MUHL 4850 - Piano Literature I
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Survey of the basic literature of the harpsichord and the piano from the seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. Live performance, analysis, and research.
MUHL 4860 - Piano Literature II
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: MUHL 4850 or permission of instructor. Survey of the basic literature of the piano from the nineteenth century to the present. Live performance, listening, analysis, and research.
MUHL 4870 - Harp Literature
2 credit hours
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Survey of the standard literature of the single-action and double-action pedal harp from the 18th century to early 21st century. Live performance, analysis, and research.
