Sarofim School of Fine Arts

Music Department

Curriculum

Below you will find a list of our current or recent offerings. See the course catalog for descriptions and updated information.

The Music Department curriculum includes Applied Study on instruments and voice (APM) (please consult the Catalog), Ensembles (ENS), Music Education (MUE), Music Literature (MUL), and Music Theory (MUT).

Ensembles
Music ensembles (ENS) are open to all University students by audition. One hour of credit per semester is granted for each ensemble. All introductory level ensembles (100-level numbers) may be repeated for up to two hours of credit, and each ensemble above the introductory level (200-level numbers) may be repeated for up to six semester hours of credit. Students register for introductory level ensembles in the first two semesters and upper-level ensembles in subsequent semesters. All ensembles may require additional meeting, rehearsal and performance times outside of scheduled class periods, as indicated by the instructor.

Ensembles

  • 78-101 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE
    (FAP)
  • 78-111 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JAZZ BAND
    (FAP)
  • 78-121 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SINGERS
    (FAP)
  • 78-131 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHORALE
    (FAP)
  • 78-141 OPERA THEATRE
    Includes additional lab as indicated by instructor. (FAP)
  • 78-151 CHAMBER MUSIC (INSTRUMENTAL)
    (FAP)
  • 78-161 CHAMBER MUSIC (VOICE)
    (FAP)
  • 78-171 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
    (FAP)
  • 78-201 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE
    (FAP)
  • 78-211 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY JAZZ BAND
    (FAP)
  • 78-221 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SINGERS
    (FAP)
  • 78-231 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY CHORALE
    (FAP)
  • 78-241 OPERA THEATRE
    Includes additional lab as indicated by instructor. (FAP)
  • 78-251 CHAMBER MUSIC (INSTRUMENTAL)
    (FAP)
  • 78-261 CHAMBER MUSIC (VOICE)
    (FAP)
  • 78-271 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
    (FAP)

Music Education

  • 77-001 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-002 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-003 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-004 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-301 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-302 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-303 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-304 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-311 STRING METHODS
    This course is designed to provide a survey of instruction for students studying string instruments. Ability to read music and previous experience with a musical instrument are recommended, as this is a performance-oriented course. (Fall) (FAP)
  • 77-321 WOODWIND METHODS
    This course is designed to provide a survey of instruction for students studying woodwind instruments. Ability to read music and previous experience with a musical instrument are recommended, as this is a performance-oriented course. (Fall) (FAP)
  • 77-331 BRASS METHODS
    This course is designed to provide a survey of instruction for students studying brass instruments. Ability to read music and previous experience with a musical instrument are recommended, as this is a performance-oriented course (Spring) (FAP)
  • 77-341 PERCUSSION METHODS
    This course is designed to provide a survey of instruction for students studying instrumental music. Ability to read music and previous experience with a musical instrument are recommended, as this is a performance-oriented course (Spring) (FAP)
  • 77-351 VOCAL METHODS
    For wind and string concentrations in the Music Education degree program, this course is designed to provide a survey for students studying secondary voice. (Spring, odd years) (FAP)
  • 77-423 METHODS OF MUSIC IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    Methods of presenting music materials to children in grades K-6. Open only to students who have passed the Sophomore Barrier Examination and been admitted to the Music Education Major.
  • 77-443 CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION
    A survey of the material available for junior and senior high school choirs. A study of the organization and problems of choral groups. Prerequisites: Music Theory 76-121, 123, and Music Literature 80-123; or permission of the instructor. (Spring, even years) (FAL)
  • 77-463 SEMINAR IN MUSIC EDUCATION
    This course will address issues specific to the development of secondary school string and wind ensembles. Open only to students who have passed the Sophomore Barrier Examination and been admitted to the Music Education Major. (Fall, even years)
  • 77-473 METHODS OF MARCHING BAND PERFORMANCE
    A study of the marching band as a medium of entertainment and of its value to the instrumental program in the public schools. The study includes fundamentals of marching, precision drill, designing of formations, and planning and execution of a half time show. Open only to students who have passed t...
  • 77-522 VOCAL PEDAGOGY
    A discussion of historical and current pedagogical techniques; the physiology of singing and voice types; training the young singer; vocal development through repertoire choice. Prerequisites: two semesters of applied voice study at the college level and concurrent enrollment in applied voice study....
  • 77-532 PIANO PEDAGOGY
    Presentation of methods and materials used in individual and class instruction of piano students. Prerequisites: passage of the Sophomore Barrier Examination and admission to the Keyboard Performance Major; or four semesters or applied piano or organ study; or permission of instructor. (FAL)
  • 77-603 CHORAL CONDUCTING
    Introduction of baton techniques and rehearsal procedures. Prerequisites: Music Theory 76-121, 123 and Music Literature 80-123; or permission of instructor. (Fall, odd years) (FAP)
  • 77-612 ADVANCED CHORAL CONDUCTING
    A continuation of manual conducting techniques, score reading and performance preparation. Students will conduct a portion of a public concert. Prerequisite: Music Education 77-603 or 613. (Fall, even years) (FAP)
  • 77-613 INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING
    This course is an introduction to manual conducting techniques and rehearsal procedures with a survey of wind ensembles, band and choral literature. Prerequisites: Music Theory 76-121, 123, Music Literature 80-123 and a minimum of four semesters of applied music study in one area; or consent of inst...
  • 77-622 ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING
    This course is a continuation of manual techniques, score reading and performance preparation. Students will conduct a portion of a public concert. Prerequisite: Music Education 77-603 or 613. (FAP)
  • 77-803 STUDENT TEACHING
    See Education 41-803, 806 and 42-803, 806.
  • 77-806 STUDENT TEACHING
    See Education 41-803, 806 and 42-803, 806.
  • 77-901 TUTORIAL
  • 77-902 TUTORIAL
  • 77-903 TUTORIAL
  • 77-904 TUTORIAL
  • 77-941 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 77-942 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 77-943 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 77-944 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 77-951 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-952 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-953 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-954 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    May be repeated with change in content.
  • 77-983 HONORS
    By invitation only.

Music Literature

  • 80-001 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-002 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-003 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-004 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-100 RECITAL ATTENDANCE
    Students enrolled in this course are required to attend a set number of musical performances in the Music Department and elsewhere during the semester. No other work is required for this course, but it is graded on a pass-fail basis and six semesters must be satisfactorily completed to fulfill requi...
  • 80-103 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC
    A course for non-music majors designed to give students a general understanding of music and to increase the enjoyment of music through the development of listening skills. (FAL)
  • 80-113 MUSIC LITERATURE I
    A historical survey of the Classical and early Romantic periods. To be taken concurrently with 76-111 and 76-113. Prerequisites: Music Theory 76-101, 103, or permission of instructor. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 80-123 MUSIC LITERATURE II
    A historical survey of late 19th century and 20th century music. To be taken concurrently with 76-123 and 76-121. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-113, or permission of instructor. (Fall) (FAL)
  • 80-223 MUSIC LITERATURE III
    A historical survey of Medieval and Renaissance music. To be taken concurrently with 76-131 and 76-223. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-123, or permission of instructor. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 80-233 MUSIC LITERATURE IV
    A historical survey of Baroque music. To be taken concurrently with 76-233. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-223, or permission of instructor. (Fall) (FAL)
  • 80-301 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC LITERATURE
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-302 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC LITERATURE
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-303 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC LITERATURE
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-304 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC LITERATURE
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-363 WORLD MUSIC
    An introduction to the music of non-Western cultures, including the study of the music of Africa, India, Bosnia, Japan, Latin America, Native America and Indonesia. Issues include the interaction of traditional musics with modern/Western musics and the use of music to create a national or ethnic ide...
  • 80-383 MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES
    A course surveying the development of American music from the colonial period to the present. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 80-403 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC
    A survey of Western European music to 1600. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-223. (FAL)
  • 80-413 BAROQUE MUSIC
    A survey of Western European music from 1600 to 1750. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-223. (FAL)
  • 80-423 CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC MUSIC
    A survey of Western European music from 1750 to 1900. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-223. (FAL)
  • 80-433 20TH-CENTURY MUSIC
    A survey of music from 1900 to the present day. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-223. (FAL)
  • 80-503 HYMNOLOGY
    A survey of the great hymns of all ages with a consideration of their function in both Christian education and the church service. Prerequisite: Open only to students who have passed the Sophomore Barrier Examination and been admitted to the Sacred Music major.
  • 80-513 CHURCH MUSIC AND LITURGICS
    An examination of the concepts and practice of church music. A survey of historical patterns of worship and the role of music and related arts in the worship, Christian education, and mission of the church. Prerequisite: Open only to students who have passed the Sophomore Barrier Examination and bee...
  • 80-523 CHURCH MUSIC LITERATURE AND MATERIALS
    A survey of choral literature and materials suitable for graded choirs. Attention is also given to vocal solo, keyboard and instrumental literature. Prerequisite: Open only to students who have passed the Sophomore Barrier Examination and been admitted to the Sacred Music major.
  • 80-602 PIANO SOLO REPERTOIRE, A
    This course is offered for applied majors as a survey of piano literature. (FAL)
  • 80-612 PIANO SOLO REPERTOIRE, B
    A continuation of 80-602. (FAL)
  • 80-701 DICTION IN VOCAL MUSIC I
    The principles of pronunciation and diction in French, German and Italian for the beginning voice student, including an intensive application of these principles to vocal literature in these languages. Prerequisite: two semesters of applied voice study at the college level, or permission of instruct...
  • 80-711 DICTION IN VOCAL MUSIC II
    A continuation of Diction in Vocal Music I. Prerequisite: Music Literature 80-701. (Spring, odd years) (FAL)
  • 80-712 SONG LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE
    A survey of great solo art song literature and its performance practice. Prerequisite: two semesters of applied voice study at the college level, or Music Theory 76-113 and concurrent enrollment in applied voice. (FAL)
  • 80-901 TUTORIAL
  • 80-902 TUTORIAL
  • 80-903 TUTORIAL
  • 80-904 TUTORIAL
  • 80-941 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 80-942 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 80-943 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 80-944 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 80-951 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-952 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-953 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-954 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 80-983 HONORS
    By invitation only.

Music Theory

  • 76-001 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-002 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-003 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-004 SELECTED TOPICS
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-101 FUNDAMENTALS OF SOLFEGE/EAR TRAINING
    The development of proficiency in aural skills through dictation and sight singing. Qualified students may place out of this class by examination, but must substitute another hour of coursework for degree requirements. To be taken concurrently with 76-103. (Fall)(FAL)
  • 76-103 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC THEORY
    A survey of the rudiments of musical notation and analysis, beginning with basics of pitch and rhythm notation: the grand staff, clefs, major and minor scales and key signatures; identification and notation of the basic triad and seventh chord types in tonal harmony, chord inversions, Roman numeral ...
  • 76-111 SOLFEGE/EAR TRAINING I
    Continuation of 76-101. To be taken concurrently with 76-113 and 80-113. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-101 or passage of a qualifying diagnostic examination. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 76-113 MUSIC THEORY I
    Review and continuation of concepts introduced in Fundamentals of Music Theory. A working knowledge of pitch and rhythm notation and mastery of basic musical concepts such as scales, key signatures, and triad and seventh chord types is assumed. Further work with four-part harmony and harmonic progre...
  • 76-121 SOLFEGE/EAR TRAINING II
    Continuation of 76-111. To be taken concurrently with 76-123 and Music Literature 80-123. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-111. (Fall) (FAL)
  • 76-123 MUSIC THEORY II
    A consideration of functionally tonal chromatic harmony and modulation through analysis and compositional exercises. Larger formal designs (sonata, rondo, concerto, song forms) will be explored in late 18th and 19th century music literature. To be taken concurrently with Music Literature 80-123 (maj...
  • 76-131 SOLFEGE/EAR TRAINING III
    Continuation of 76-121. To be taken concurrently with 76-223 and 80-223. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-121. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 76-213 MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
    Students develop digital audio, animation scores and MIDI sequences and learn how to publish their work on the Internet. Includes additional lab as indicated by instructor. (FAL)
  • 76-223 MUSIC THEORY III
    A study of the contrapuntal styles of the Renaissance and Baroque eras through analysis and compositional exercises. To be taken concurrently with Music Literature 80-223 and 76-131. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-123. (Spring) (FAL)
  • 76-233 MUSIC THEORY IV
    Review of chromatic harmony; 20th-century compositional styles. To be taken concurrently with Music Literature 80-233. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-223. (Fall) (FAL)
  • 76-301 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC THEORY
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-302 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC THEORY
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-303 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC THEORY
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-304 SELECTED TOPICS IN MUSIC THEORY
    May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-343 ORCHESTRATION
    A study of orchestration; introduction to orchestral instruments; analysis of selected orchestral works and original compositions. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-123. (FAL)
  • 76-531 COMPOSITION
    May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-101 and 76-103, or consent of instructor. (FAL)
  • 76-532 COMPOSITION
    May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-101 and 76-103, or consent of instructor. (FAL)
  • 76-533 COMPOSITION
    May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Music Theory 76-101 and 76-103, or consent of instructor. (FAL)
  • 76-901 TUTORIAL
  • 76-902 TUTORIAL
  • 76-903 TUTORIAL
  • 76-904 TUTORIAL
  • 76-941 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 76-942 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 76-943 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 76-944 ACADEMIC INTERNSHIP
    Must be taken Pass/D/F.
  • 76-951 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-952 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-953 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.
  • 76-954 INDEPENDENT STUDY
    Readings and projects selected to broaden the advanced student's acquaintance with music through independent research. Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated with changed content.