{"id":176,"date":"2017-10-16T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T22:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-music\/schedules\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:37:30","slug":"schedules","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/music\/schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MUSI 110-01 32488<\/span><\/td>\n Introduction to Western Classical Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>10:50 am-11:50 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Geli Li\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Formerly "Music Appreciation". This course will explore Western Art Music (a.k.a. "Classical Music") in order to better understand how music is constructed, what music means, what social history brought it about, what instruments are used in performance and what this music has in common with other art forms. No previous musical instruction is required. Fundamentals of music will be addressed in class to establish the ability to grasp musical forms, various styles and music history. Music from J. S. Bach to the present day will be heard, compared and, to a limited degree, analyzed.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 111-01 33021<\/span><\/td>\n World Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>12:00 pm-01:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chuen-Fung Wong\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This course surveys traditional, folk, and pop genres from major musical traditions in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East. We approach music as both aesthetic and social processes, and explore the relationship between music making and other domains of human experience. Students will develop basic skills in critical listening, analysis, and writing about music. Course readings and audiovisual examples are designed primarily for non-music majors or minors. Previous knowledge of musical instrument or notation is not required.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 113-01 32489<\/span><\/td>\n Musicianship<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>09:40 am-10:40 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 219\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Victoria Malawey\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this course, students will learn the basics of Western staff notation and explore melody, harmony, texture, and rhythm & meter in European classical music, as well as some other tonal genres, including pop, rock, and folk. Students will apply knowledge in written and online exercises, analysis activities, and music composition. In addition, students will learn how to convert sound into notation and notation into sound through ear training activities, including aural exercises, dictation, and sight singing.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 153-01 32774<\/span><\/td>\n Electronic Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>03:00 pm-04:30 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 219\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Reid Kruger\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Electronic music composition explores the art of creating experimental sound compositions using analog and digital technology. Although we will survey the historical development of electronic music, the emphasis of the class is on composition, including multi-media and experimental work. The class format includes listening, discussion, lab sessions and a final concert showcasing works created throughout the semester.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 214-01 32491<\/span><\/td>\n Advanced Musicianship<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>10:50 am-11:50 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 219\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Victoria Malawey\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this course, students will study chromatic harmony based in European classical and romantic music and some popular musical genres and learn about some common large-scale form designs, such as binary, ternary, song form, and forms associated with pop & rock music. Students will apply knowledge in written and online exercises, analysis activities, and music composition. In addition, students will develop skills in converting sound into notation and notation into sound through ear training activities, including aural exercises, dictation, and sight singing. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 113\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 220-01 32402<\/span><\/td>\n Language and Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>10:50 am-11:50 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>HUM 314\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Morgan Sleeper\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Language and music are two uniquely human enterprises with a number of parallels: both rely on sound and convention, display hierarchical organization and culturally-specific practices, and can convey both communicative and social meaning. This course examines the intersection of language and music from a linguistic perspective. We will engage with questions such as: How can syntax, phonology, and morphology change between spoken and sung language? How do speakers of tone languages understand lyrics in sung melodies? Is hip hop different in different languages? What does it mean to study melody and rhythm in speech? Can music help people learn languages? How do drum- and whistle-languages work? How does music contribute to language revitalization? No musical ability is required.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 225-01 32492<\/span><\/td>\n Musical Fictions<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>01:20 pm-02:50 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mazullo\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n From E. M. Forster's Lucy Honeychurch, who "entered into a more solid world when she opened the piano," to James Baldwin's Sonny, who "moved in an atmosphere which wasn't like theirs at all," fictional musicians encounter trouble when negotiating the conflicting realms of art and society. Experts in one kind of expression, they fail in others. What draws these characters to music? What does it offer them? What is its value to us? In the musical novel and short story, we encounter music as an agent of violence, of consolation, of transcendence and redemption as well as damnation. We witness empathy through music, but we also learn that shared feeling can be both beautiful and dangerous, that music unites and divides. This course combines the close reading of literary texts (as well as works of literary theory and musicology) with the examination of the musical contexts that inform and inspire them. We will explore, for example, the relationship between Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Unconsoled and Richard Wagner's music drama Parsifal. We will talk about syncopation in "jazz" by Charles Mingus and Toni Morrison. We will watch Marguerite Duras and Katherine Mansfield turn innocuous music lessons into spaces of wretchedness. We will try to understand what David Mitchell's young composer Robert Frobisher means when he says, "One writes music because winter is eternal and because, if one didn't, the wolves and blizzards would be at one's throat all the sooner."\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 280-01 33008<\/span><\/td>\n Uyghur Studies<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>09:40 am-10:40 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chuen-Fung Wong\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to Uyghur history, culture, and the arts. It examines Uyghur literature, society, music, and language in their Central Asian, Turkic, Islamic and modern Chinese contexts. Course materials offer critical perspectives on minoritized identities, cultural representation, state suppression, and forms of resistance and resilience.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 343-01 32498<\/span><\/td>\n Romanticism and Nationalism<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>03:00 pm-04:30 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mazullo\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This course explores music of the European nineteenth century from two perspectives that together define the era. Romanticism is an aesthetic orientation that pits itself against Enlightenment and Classicism. Unlike the refined music of the eighteenth century, Romantic music (piano music, operas, even symphonies) sold itself to bourgeois audiences as wild, tuned to the supernatural, the transcendent, touched by madness, intoxicated by drugs, obsessed with sex. Meanwhile, these same cultural consumers, the bourgeoisie, were driven to identify themselves as national subjects, citizens of unique and independent cultural and political nations. National music sold itself as an expression of the spirit of a language community. In class, guided by listening and reading assignments, we will discuss the ways in which these two framing ideas shaped musical composition, performance, and audience listening habits, leading to changes in the way music was discussed in philosophical and political discourse. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 113\u00a0or permission of instructor.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 344-01 32499<\/span><\/td>\n Musical Modernism<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>01:10 pm-02:10 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Geli Li\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The contemporary period (20th-21st centuries) in music history is a complex epoch characterized by progressive growth across multiple domains:\u00a0 harmony, rhythm, texture, style.\u00a0 This course investigates the ideologies behind the many new ways of thinking about and creating modern music, and surveys the major music-makers of the period (Debussy to Miles Davis and beyond) and their works. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 113\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 361-01 32500<\/span><\/td>\n Composition<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>02:20 pm-03:20 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 228\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Geli Li\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n An introductory course in techniques of music composition.\u00a0 Students will compose a portfolio of several short works for a variety of instruments and voices.\u00a0 Topics of study include instrumentation, thematic expansion and development, enlargement of harmonic vocabulary, analysis, study of contemporary music repertoire, frequent listening, and score study.\u00a0 A class concert will be organized for works to receive their world premiere by visiting guest artists. Prerequisite(s): MUSI 113\u00a0or permission of the instructor.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 71-01 32501<\/span><\/td>\n Wind Symphony<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>07:15 pm-08:45 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 116\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Aaron Isakson\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester Wind Ensemble performs music in a wide variety of styles, from as early as the 17th century to the classics of band literature, to music composed within the last few years. It is open without audition to wind and percussion students with at least high-school level performance skills.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 73-01 32502<\/span><\/td>\n African Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:45 pm-08:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 116\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Sowah Mensah\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Study of traditional African music through performance modes of drumming, singing, flutes, marimba, gyil, and dancing. Instrumental and vocal pieces will be selected from a variety of musical styles such as unaccompanied vocal chants, songs, music from life cycle events, royal music and music for social and other festive occasions. The repertoire includes music from Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 75-01 32503<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Concert Choir<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M WR \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 113\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Amanda Weber\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Concert Choir is the advanced, select vocal ensemble of Macalester College. Members are held to an exceptional standard of musicianship and commitment. The choir draws its repertoire from music of the last six centuries and tours annually through the United States or abroad. The ensemble commissions and premieres at least one new work every year. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Three 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 77-01 32504<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Chorale<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 113\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Amanda Weber\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chorale is the large choral ensemble of Macalester College. The choir\u2019s repertoire includes a cappella and accompanied music from various Western and non-Western vocal traditions. The Chorale and Concert Choir combine annually to perform a major work with orchestra. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Two 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 77-01 32504<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Chorale<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:30 pm-08:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 113\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Amanda Weber\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chorale is the large choral ensemble of Macalester College. The choir\u2019s repertoire includes a cappella and accompanied music from various Western and non-Western vocal traditions. The Chorale and Concert Choir combine annually to perform a major work with orchestra. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Two 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 79-01 32505<\/span><\/td>\n Asian Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chuen-Fung Wong\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester\u00a0Asian\u00a0Music Ensemble performs chamber genres and repertoires from across\u00a0Asia. Students may choose to specialize in one or more of the music traditions represented by the department's instrument collections and faculty expertise. These include, but are not limited to, Javanese gamelan, East and Southeast\u00a0Asian\u00a0chamber instrumental music, as well as Indian, Middle Eastern, and Central\u00a0Asian\u00a0traditions. We perform two major concerts (fall and spring) every academic year, and take part in a number of College and outside events and performances.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 81-01 32506<\/span><\/td>\n Mac Jazz Band<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 116\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Joan Griffith\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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MUSI 83-01 32507<\/span><\/td>\n Jazz\/Popular Music Combos<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>07:00 pm-09:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 121\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Peter Hennig\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Jazz and Popular Music Combos are open to all who wish to concentrate on repertoire, improvisation and original music. Students will focus on developing their composition and performance skills while exploring many different styles of contemporary music. The combos present two concerts each year.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 85-01 32508<\/span><\/td>\n Pipe Band<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:30 pm-10:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 116\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Michael Breidenbach\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Bagpipe and highland drum lessons are available free of charge to all students. Beginners and musicians of any experience level are encouraged to participate in lessons and\/or ensemble. \u00a0We perform traditional and modern music at concert and competitions.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 87-01 32509<\/span><\/td>\n Chamber Ensembles<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mandarano\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chamber Music program offers an opportunity for students to explore and perform repertoire for small ensembles. All instrumentalists and vocalists are eligible to participate and entrance is by audition or by arrangement with Mr. Mandarano. Students who are accepted into Chamber Music are placed in various ensembles and over the course of the semester immerse themselves in learning a challenging and varied repertoire. Rehearsal times are arranged based on schedule availability and individual practice is required. Ensembles receive periodic coaching from department faculty or professional studio instructors and there is least one performance required per semester. Examples of chamber ensemble include: string quartet, piano trio, woodwind quintet, brass sextet, piano trio, flute and clarinet choirs.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 89-01 32510<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Symphony Orchestra<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 116\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mandarano\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester Symphony Orchestra prepares and performs a wide range of repertoire for symphony orchestra from the time of Bach to the present day, including the music of living composers. Playing in the orchestra blends individual and group achievement to build toward several challenging, rewarding performances each semester. Social interaction among the members of the orchestra is facilitated by various events, including orchestra dinners and a brief tour. In the spring semester, there is a concerto competition concert, featuring student soloists. Auditions for orchestra are held at the start of the fall semester. Space permitting, a limited number of students may be able to join at the start of the spring semester.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 91-01 32511<\/span><\/td>\n Mac Early Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>05:15 pm-06:45 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span>MUSIC 121\n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Clea Galhano\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Historical performance has changed the aesthetic and musical experiences of audiences all over the world. The new ways to interpret music before 1750 has changed the way the audiences listen to this kind of music. Macalester Early Music Ensemble approaches instrumental and vocal music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque period. No audition needed.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 98-01 32939<\/span><\/td>\n Keyboard Skills<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Laurinda Sager Wright\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Development of keyboard (piano) technique and performance\/analytical skills complementary both to the music theory curriculum and the general study of music. Technical foundations and repertoire study. 1 credit awarded upon successful completion of the semester. May be repeated for credit.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 98-02 32952<\/span><\/td>\n Keyboard Skills<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Osip Nikiforov\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Development of keyboard (piano) technique and performance\/analytical skills complementary both to the music theory curriculum and the general study of music. Technical foundations and repertoire study. 1 credit awarded upon successful completion of the semester. May be repeated for credit.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 98-03 32981<\/span><\/td>\n Keyboard Skills<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Grace Choi\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Development of keyboard (piano) technique and performance\/analytical skills complementary both to the music theory curriculum and the general study of music. Technical foundations and repertoire study. 1 credit awarded upon successful completion of the semester. May be repeated for credit.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 101-01 10494<\/span><\/td>\n Basic Musicianship<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>09:40 am-10:40 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Inga Chinilina\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this course students will learn the fundamentals of Western tonal music notation, engage foundational music theoreticalconcepts, and develop aural skills related to converting sound into notation (through ear training activities) and notation intosound (through sight singing). Topics covered include: pitch notation, clefs, octave designations, keyboard layout, simple andcompound meters, major scales and key signatures, minor scales and key signatures, intervals, triads, seventh chords, diatonicchurch modes, several different chord labeling systems, and introductions to harmonic function and melodic structure. Thiscourse assumes no previous experience withnotation and does not count toward the music major or minor. This course fulfills the College's fine-arts distributionrequirement. Fall semester only. (4 Credits)\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 102-01 10769<\/span><\/td>\n Music Appreciation<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>10:50 am-11:50 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Inga Chinilina\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This course introduces students to a range of ways to listen to music, as well as providing opportunities to think, talk, and write about musical compositions. The majority of works we will engage with will come from the Western \u201cClassical\u201d repertory, from the Medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century. To better understand what we are listening to and articulate our listening experiences, we will learn about the technical aspects of music, such as melody, harmony, pitch, rhythm, and form.By the end of the course, students will be able to describe the features and aurally recognize music from the major historical eras, including the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods. This course assumes no previous experience with music and does not count toward the music major or minor. This course fulfills the College\u2019s fine-arts distribution requirement. No prerequisites.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 111-01 10495<\/span><\/td>\n World Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>09:40 am-11:10 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chuen-Fung Wong\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This gateway course for the music major\/minor introduces students to traditional, folk, and pop music from major traditions in Africa, Asia, the Americans, Europe, and the Middle East. We explore music as both an artistic expression and a social practice, and examine how music making connects to broader cultural and human experiences. Through short assignments, quizzes, and a creative project, students develop foundational skills in critical listening, musical analysis, and writing about the world\u2019s music. There is no prerequisite.Frequency: once a year.\n <\/p>\n

\n General Education Requirements:<\/strong>\n \n \n Writing WA\n \n \n Internationalism\n \n \n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 113-01 10496<\/span><\/td>\n Musicianship<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>09:40 am-10:40 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Victoria Malawey\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this gateway course for the music major\/minor, students will learn extensively about chord labeling systems and how diatonic harmonic progressions work in a variety of tonal genres, how to analyze and write two-part counterpoint in a tonal context, how to read and create full scores, and how to identify the most commonly encountered chromatic elements in tonal music, including secondary dominants and modulation to closely related keys. Students will apply knowledge in written and online exercises, analysis activities, and music composition. In addition, students will learn how to convert sound into notation and notation into sound through ear training activities, including aural exercises, dictation, and sight singing. Prerequisite: MUSI 101 or placement by exam.Frequency: Every semester\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 153-01 10497<\/span><\/td>\n Electronic Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>03:00 pm-04:30 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Reid Kruger\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Electronic music composition explores the art of creating experimental sound compositions using analog and digital technology. Although we will survey the historical development of electronic music, the emphasis of the class is on composition, including multi-media and experimental work. The class format includes listening, discussion, lab sessions and a final concert showcasing works created throughout the semester.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 194-F1 10498<\/span><\/td>\n Writing about Art<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>01:20 pm-02:50 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mazullo\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this writing workshop, we will practice transmuting artistic experience into words. We will look at visual art, listen to music, and watch theatrical and dance performances, and in response, we\u2019ll practice different modes of incorporating our reactions into creative and critical writing. We\u2019ll read fiction, poetry, personal essays, criticism, reviews, memoirs, etc. and we\u2019ll try our hands at each form, gaining a sense of what is involved in describing the color of a cello\u2019s sound, the gestures of a dancing body, or the intangible emotions we feel when we stand in front of a painting. In a final project, students will choose an artistic form and a mode of response and develop a larger-scale piece of writing.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 220-F1 10459<\/span><\/td>\n Language and Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>08:30 am-09:30 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Morgan Sleeper\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Language and music are two uniquely human enterprises with a number of parallels: both rely on sound and convention, display hierarchical organization and culturally-specific practices, and can convey both communicative and social meaning. This course examines the intersection of language and music from a linguistic perspective. We will engage with questions such as: How can syntax, phonology, and morphology change between spoken and sung language? How do speakers of tone languages understand lyrics in sung melodies? Is hip hop different in different languages? What does it mean to study melody and rhythm in speech? Can music help people learn languages? How do drum- and whistle-languages work? How does music contribute to language revitalization? No musical ability is required.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Distribution Requirements:<\/strong>\n \n \n Social science\n \n \n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 233-01 10499<\/span><\/td>\n Form and Analysis<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W F \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>10:50 am-11:50 am\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Victoria Malawey\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this course, students will develop a basic understanding of and ability to analyze musical form and compositional processes, including fugue, binary, ternary, song forms, modified strophic, variations, sonata, rondo, and concerto. The course will introduce students to different analytic methods and apply analytic techniques to a variety of different music genres, with a focus on European tonal music from 1650\u20131850 and North American and European popular music from 1960 to the present. Students will learn to communicate effectively about music\u2019s structure, orally and in writing. Prerequisite: MUSI 214 or permission of instructor.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 315-01 10500<\/span><\/td>\n A Song of Love and Death: Opera in History<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>03:00 pm-04:30 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Mark Mazullo\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n This course provides a critical and historical introduction to opera from the early eighteenth century to the present. No background in music is required: the course is meant to serve students wanting a first experience with the art form as well as those who come with some experience and wish to deepen their engagement. If you've ever been curious about what all the fuss is about opera, this course is for you! We will occasionally look at musical scores, but students without skills in reading Western musical notation may succeed in the course by focusing on other aspects of opera (e.g. the text of the opera and its source material, performance and staging, critical reception history) in their written work. Along with the close study of individual operas on a variety of subjects--myth and legend, politics and religion, the bourgeois center and its margins--we will read critical commentary that contextualizes these artworks within the history of ideas. We will be interested above all in the ways in which opera tells us what it sounds like, and feels like, to be human.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 354-01 10501<\/span><\/td>\n Gender and Music<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>01:20 pm-02:50 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Victoria Malawey\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n In this course, students will explore how gender is constructed in a variety of American and European musical styles and contexts, with an emphasis on popular genres. Learning objectives include for students to: (1) better understand the intersectional ways in which gender relates to and is informed by other aspects of identity formation, including class, race, and sexuality, (2) investigate issues that have affected women's participation in musical life, such as musical canons, gendered musical discourse, and gender stereotypes, (3) explore contributions of trans and non-binary musicians, as well as issues that affect their musical lives, (4) interrogate constructions of gender, masculinity, and femininity as they relate to music, and (5) to develop reading comprehension, critical thinking skills, and argumentative writing skills.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 70-01 10503<\/span><\/td>\n Wind Symphony<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>07:15 pm-08:45 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Aaron Isakson\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester Wind Ensemble performs music in a wide variety of styles, from as early as the 17th century to the classics of band literature, to music composed within the last few years. It is open without audition to wind and percussion students with at least high-school level performance skills.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 72-01 10504<\/span><\/td>\n African Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:45 pm-08:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Sowah Mensah\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Study of traditional African music through performance modes of drumming, singing, flutes, marimba, gyil, and dancing. Instrumental and vocal pieces will be selected from a variety of musical styles such as unaccompanied vocal chants, songs, music from life cycle events, royal music and music for social and other festive occasions. The repertoire includes music from Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 74-01 10505<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Concert Choir<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M WR \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Michael McGaghie\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Concert Choir is the advanced, select vocal ensemble of Macalester College, directed by Michael McGaghie. Members are held to an exceptional standard of musicianship and commitment. The choir draws its repertoire from music of the last six centuries and tours annually through the United States or abroad. The ensemble commissions and premieres at least one new work every year. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Three 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 76-01 10506<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Chorale<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:30 pm-08:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Michael McGaghie\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chorale is the large choral ensemble of Macalester College, directed by Michael McGaghie. The choir's repertoire includes a cappella and accompanied music from various Western and non-Western vocal traditions. The Chorale and Concert Choir combine annually to perform a major work with orchestra. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Two 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 76-01 10506<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Chorale<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Michael McGaghie\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chorale is the large choral ensemble of Macalester College, directed by Michael McGaghie. The choir's repertoire includes a cappella and accompanied music from various Western and non-Western vocal traditions. The Chorale and Concert Choir combine annually to perform a major work with orchestra. Membership is open to all Macalester students by audition. Two 90-minute rehearsals per week.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 78-01 10507<\/span><\/td>\n Asian Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chuen-Fung Wong\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester\u00a0Asian\u00a0Music Ensemble performs chamber genres and repertoires from across\u00a0Asia. Students may choose to specialize in one or more of the music traditions represented by the department's instrument collections and faculty expertise. These include, but are not limited to, Javanese gamelan, East and Southeast\u00a0Asian\u00a0chamber instrumental music, as well as Indian, Middle Eastern, and Central\u00a0Asian\u00a0traditions. We perform two major concerts (fall and spring) every academic year, and take part in a number of College and outside events and performances.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 80-01 10508<\/span><\/td>\n Mac Jazz Band<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>STAFF\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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MUSI 82-01 10509<\/span><\/td>\n Jazz\/Popular Music Combos<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>M \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>07:00 pm-09:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Peter Hennig\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Jazz and Popular Music Combos are open to all who wish to concentrate on repertoire, improvisation and original music. Students will focus on developing their composition and performance skills while exploring many different styles of contemporary music. The combos present two concerts each year.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 84-01 10510<\/span><\/td>\n Pipe Band<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>06:30 pm-10:00 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Michael Breidenbach\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Bagpipe and highland drum lessons are available free of charge to all students. Beginners and musicians of any experience level are encouraged to participate in lessons and\/or ensemble. \u00a0We perform traditional and modern music at concert and competitions.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 86-01 10511<\/span><\/td>\n Chamber Ensembles<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chichi Bestmann\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Chamber Music program offers an opportunity for students to explore and perform repertoire for small ensembles. All instrumentalists and vocalists are eligible to participate and entrance is by audition or by arrangement with Mr. Mandarano. Students who are accepted into Chamber Music are placed in various ensembles and over the course of the semester immerse themselves in learning a challenging and varied repertoire. Rehearsal times are arranged based on schedule availability and individual practice is required. Ensembles receive periodic coaching from department faculty or professional studio instructors and there is least one performance required per semester. Examples of chamber ensemble include: string quartet, piano trio, woodwind quintet, brass sextet, piano trio, flute and clarinet choirs.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 88-01 10512<\/span><\/td>\n Macalester Symphony Orchestra<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> T R \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>04:45 pm-06:15 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Chichi Bestmann\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n The Macalester Symphony Orchestra prepares and performs a wide range of repertoire for symphony orchestra from the time of Bach to the present day, including the music of living composers. Playing in the orchestra blends individual and group achievement to build toward several challenging, rewarding performances each semester. Social interaction among the members of the orchestra is facilitated by various events, including orchestra dinners and a brief tour. In the spring semester, there is a concerto competition concert, featuring student soloists. Auditions for orchestra are held at the start of the fall semester. Space permitting, a limited number of students may be able to join at the start of the spring semester.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 90-01 10513<\/span><\/td>\n Mac Early Music Ensemble<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span> W \n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>05:15 pm-06:45 pm\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>Clea Galhano\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Historical performance has changed the aesthetic and musical experiences of audiences all over the world. The new ways to interpret music before 1750 has changed the way the audiences listen to this kind of music. Macalester Early Music Ensemble approaches instrumental and vocal music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque period. No audition needed.\n <\/p>\n

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MUSI 98-01 10514<\/span><\/td>\n Keyboard Skills<\/td>\n \n Days: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Time: <\/span>TBA\n <\/td>\n \n Room: <\/span> \n <\/td>\n \n Instructor: <\/span>STAFF\n <\/td>\n \n \n <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
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\n Development of keyboard (piano) technique and performance\/analytical skills complementary both to the music theory curriculum and the general study of music. Technical foundations and repertoire study. 1 credit awarded upon successful completion of the semester. May be repeated for credit.\n <\/p>\n

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