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Music: MUS 104 MUSIC LITERATURE FOR THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM   Study of music literature and its direct application to elementary classroom use. MUS 110 FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC   For the student with no previous experience with theory of music. Notation of music, key and time signatures, fundamental harmonic progression, and introduction to the piano keyboard. Elementary ear training and dictation. Open to all University students. MUS 111 THEORY OF MUSIC I   Basic vocabulary and grammar of music: fundamentals (intervals, scales, modes, keys, triads), and counterpoint studies. Assignments are done with computer notation programs, and portions of the course use web-based texts. MUS 112 THEORY OF MUSIC II   Basic diatonic and chromatic harmonic vocabulary studies, emphasizing both writing and analysis skills. Assignments are done with computer notation programs, and portions of the course use web-based texts. MUS 113 AURAL SKILLS I   The hearing of musical structure is developed through active listening to representative pieces from music literature. Emphasis on formal relations, musical development and historical styles. Introduction to solfege singing and music transcription. MUS 114 AURAL SKILLS II   Further developing the ability to hear musical structure through transcription of intervals, melody, rhythm and harmonic patterns and short musical compositions of music in representative stylistic categories. Use of solfege singing to represent students' internalization of melodic structure. MUS 115 MUSIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE   Music theory studies in an historical context, appropriate for non-music majors. Fundamentals of music vocabulary and music prior to 1600: origins of melody and counterpoint. Aural skills incorporated into daily classes. Open to all University students. MUS 116 MUSIC IN THEORY AND PRACTICE   Continuation of MUS 115: music between 1600-1900, harmony and analysis. Aural skills incorporated into daily classes. MUS 121 COMPOSITION I   Supplemental explorations for majors in music composition, to accompany work in MUS 111-112. Basic notational practices and application of traditional techniques to the creative process. MUS 122 COMPOSITION I   Supplemental explorations for majors in music composition, to accompany work in MUS 111-112. Basic notational practices and application of traditional techniques to the creative process. MUS 191 VOICE CLASS   Basic principles of good singing; development of the voice; vocal literature. Open to all students, especially non-music majors. MUS 195 BEGINNING GUITAR CLASS I   Introduction to playing the guitar with emphasis on chord playing and accompaniment, improvisation, and application of the guitar to music teaching. MUS 196 GROUP PIANO I   For the student with no previous piano study. Rudiments of music reading, performance of simple folk and popular music, basic knowledge of scales, key signatures, and chords. Open to all University students. Fee. MUS 200 RECITAL ATTENDANCE   All music majors are required to attend professional and student concerts and recitals, to develop critical listening experience and knowledge of repertoire. MUS 201 MUSIC IN CONCERT   A survey of music literature, styles, and important composers, through preparation for and attendance at selected concerts on the campus and in the community. Concert ticket fees will be required. Open to all University students. MUS 202 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP   All Bachelor of Music majors are required to attend a weekly professional workshop in their degree area. Course format is didactic and/or experiential according to degree program needs. Course material includes a variety of professional, pedagogical, and technological topics. May be repeated. MUS 203 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF MUSIC   An introduction to music and its literature, with emphasis on the way music has been shaped by its cultural, geographic, and historical contexts. Open to all University students. MUS 205 MUSIC, INSTRUMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY   A survey of music literature, styles, and important composers, and the way the development of instruments has influenced changes in musical style. The course will also consider the ways technology has altered our approach and access to music making, listening, and dissemination in the twentieth century. Open to all University students. MUS 211 THEORY OF MUSIC III   Advanced diatonic and chromatic harmonic vocabulary studies and Schenkerian analysis, emphasizing both writing and analysis skills. Assignments are done with computer notation programs, and portions of the course use web-based texts. MUS 212 THEORY OF MUSIC IV   Music of the twentieth century, emphasizing both writing and analysis skills. Assignments are done with computer notation programs, and portions of the course use web-based texts. MUS 213 AURAL SKILLS III   Explores more advanced musical hearing and transcription techniques through later harmonic, melodic and rhythmic styles. More advanced melodic, harmonic and rhythmic materials as well as the continuing use of solfege singing to represent students' internalization of melodic structure. MUS 214 AURAL SKILLS IV   Late nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century musical structures of harmony, melody, rhythm and compositional development/form explored through listening, transcription and performance. MUS 217 LISTENING AND TRANSCRIPTION SKILLS   Skills in hearing and notating music of representative and diverse styles through use of digital recording, sequencing, and computer notation software. MUS 218 POPULAR AND JAZZ THEORY   Skills in the composition and arranging of popular and jazz styles in music including harmonic progression, melodic forms and the structure of voices and instruments in arrangements. Emphasis on creative applications of technology on the facility of music production. Culminating project is an arrangement, produced and recorded by the student. MUS 221 COMPOSITION II   Supplemental explorations for majors in music composition, to accompany work in MUS 211-212. Style analysis and synthesis, extension of traditional techniques, and basic instrumental applications. MUS 222 COMPOSITION II   Supplemental explorations for majors in music composition, to accompany work in MUS 211-212. Style analysis and synthesis, extension of traditional techniques, and basic instrumental applications. MUS 223 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY   Provides students with an introduction to the notation and recording of music with a computer. Students will learn to compile and print music, record digital instruments with MIDI, and record and mix music with portable digital audio workstations. MUS 231 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC EDUCATION   An introduction to a wide variety of pedagogical and philosophical aspects of teaching the arts. Topics will include technology, national and state standards, history, and professional organizations. MUS 232 INTEGRATING THE ARTS   Primarily for Teacher Education majors. Development of knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes in music for integration into a classroom setting in which other classroom subjects are taught. MUS 235 VOICE PEDAGOGY   Techniques for teaching singing. MUS 236 VOICE LABORATORY   Introduction to the performance and pedagogical techniques for voice. MUS 237 BRASS INSTRUMENT LABORATORY   Introduction to the performance and pedagogical techniques for the brass instrument family. MUS 238 WOODWIND INSTRUMENT LABORATORY   Introduction to the performance and pedagogical techniques for the woodwind instrument family. Fee. MUS 240 FUNDAMENTALS OF CONDUCTING   Introductory-level course discussing basic conducting techniques, musical styles, interpretation, score study and analysis, transposition, and literature. Dual emphasis of choral and instrumental techniques. MUS 280 MUSIC AND MOVEMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   Training in the use of music and movement for children with disabilities under the supervision of AIM (Adventures in Movement) for the Handicapped, Inc. Includes observations and practices in the field. MUS 282 FUNCTIONAL MUSIC THERAPY SKILLS   Introduction to melodic and percussive nonsymphonic instruments and voice with particular emphasis on developing a variety of functional clinical skills in both active and receptive music therapy techniques for children and adults. MUS 285 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THERAPY   History and development of music therapy; survey of theoretical bases and current trends for the use of music in therapy; disability areas using music therapy. Orientation in the clinical field. MUS 286 MUSIC THERAPY METHODS   Introduction to four methods of music therapy: re-creative, receptive, composition, and improvisation. Emphasis on assessment, planning, facilitation, and evaluation of music therapy experiences within each method. MUS 287 PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY I   Supervised pre-internship field experiences with children and/or adults with special needs. One-hour weekly lab required. MUS 288 PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY II   Supervised pre-internship field experiences with children and/or adults with special needs. One-hour weekly lab required. MUS 289 PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY III   Supervised pre-internship field experiences with children and/or adults with special needs. One-hour weekly lab required. MUS 290 MUSIC THERAPY TREATMENT PROCESSES   Addresses the development of established competencies in the areas of music therapy referral, assessment, treatment planning, evaluation, supervision, and documentation of these processes. MUS 293 ORGAN CLASS   Introduction to the organ, including basic performance techniques, registration, beginning literature, and hymn playing. Fee. MUS 294 HARPSICHORD CLASS   Beginning course in harpsichord performance, including basic technique, stylistic considerations, and simple maintenance and tuning of the instrument. Fee. MUS 295 BEGINNING GUITAR CLASS II   Note reading in first position; advanced chord work, introduction to chord solo playing, and improvisation. MUS 296 FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD SKILLS I   Instruction in development of basic performance technique, sight reading, accompanying, transposing, playing by ear, improvising, and score reading. Fee. MUS 297 FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD SKILLS II   Further development of techniques introduced in MUS 296. Fee. MUS 298 FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD SKILLS III   Continuation of MUS 297 with emphasis on improvisation and harmonization techniques. Fee. MUS 299 FUNCTIONAL KEYBOARD SKILLS IV   Continuation of MUS 298 with emphasis on advanced chord work and modulation techniques. Fee. MUS 301 MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I   A survey of Western music history and literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Important composers, masterworks of music literature, compositional styles. MUS 302 MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II   A survey of Western music history and literature from the Middle Ages to the present. Important composers, masterworks of music literature, compositional styles. MUS 303 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC OF THE WORLD   A survey of music from representative cultures around the world, and its role and function in society. MUS 304 HISTORY OF AMERICAN MUSIC   Survey of the American musical heritage emphasizing Anglo- and Afro-American folk traditions, early religious music, country music, pioneers in piano, band and concert music, and contemporary popular music. Open to all University students. MUS 305 AFRICAN-AMERICAN SACRED MUSIC   A historical survey of African-American sacred music from its African roots to the present with an emphasis on developments in recent decades. Examines spirituals, the ring-shout, civil rights songs, the various forms of Gospel music, traditional hymnody of the African-American church, and the musical aspects of black preaching. Open to all University students. MUS 306 HISTORY OF AMERICAN JAZZ   Survey of the literature and performance practices from 1890 to the present. Includes blues, Dixieland, ragtime, boogie-woogie, swing, bop, cool, funky, and current techniques. Open to all University students. MUS 307 DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN POPULAR SONG   Survey of American popular music from the days of the colonies, the war years, the ballad opera, minstrel, vaudeville, operetta, early film music, through Tin Pan Alley to Broadway, including European influences. Open to all University students. MUS 308 CHAMBER MUSIC AND SYMPHONY   Formal and harmonic analysis of chamber music. Formal analysis of symphonies of classic, romantic, and contemporary composers MUS 309 OPERA HISTORY AND LITERATURE   Survey of the development of the opera and its literature from its seventeeth-century beginnings to the present. Focus upon major works and composers. Open to all University students. MUS 310 MOZART'S OPERAS   An interdisciplinary survey of Mozart's operas - German and Italian, serious and comic. Class discussions will be supplemented by extensive listening and/or viewing of recorded performances and, when possible, attendance at live performances. MUS 311 EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY COUNTERPOINT   Study of the contrapuntal technique of the eighteenth century, particularly in the instrumental works of J.S. Bach. Original compositions in forms of the invention and the fugue. MUS 312 SIXTEENTH-CENTURY COUNTERPOINT   Study of the medieval modes and the vocal polyphony of the motet and the Mass, up to and including five-part writing; original student compositions. MUS 313 ADVANCED AURAL SKILLS   Advanced training in dictation, solfege, and aural analysis. MUS 314 SCORE READING   Training in reading music at the piano from open score. Drill in transposition, improvisation, and reading of various clefs, leading to the realization of full vocal and orchestral scores. MUS 316 FUNDAMENTALS OF ORCHESTRATION   Instrumentation studies of the four main orchestral families: woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings. Some work in combining families. MUS 318 FUNDAMENTALS OF ARRANGING   Arranging studies for woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and choir. Individual examination of instruments; projects. MUS 321 COMPOSITION III   Beginning explorations of original composition which utilize equally the concepts of pitch, temporal elements, timbres, and dynamics. MUS 322 COMPOSITION III   Beginning explorations of original composition qhich utilize equally the concepts of pitch, temporal elements, timbres, and dynamics. MUS 323 RECORDING ARTS AND DIGITAL MEDIA   Comprehensive overview of digital audio and digital visual media. Skills in recording, archiving, and presenting work. MUS 325 BEETHOVEN AND HIS ERA   Survey of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, including orchestral works and chamber music, opera, keyboard and sacred music; and a survey of the historical context in which Beethoven lived and worked - Europe and the Habsburg Empire of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and especially Vienna, the Habsburg capital. Beethoven is the culmination of the High Classic style and also the first of a new generation of Romantic composers. MUS 327 MUSIC IN FILM   A survey of the styles, aesthetics, and techniques of film music, emphasizing the interaction of music and visual image in film. Consideration of the changes in the evolution of both film and film music, and their relationship to culture and society. MUS 328 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL   A survey of the history and literature of the American musical from its nineteenth century predecessors to the present day. The course will focus on major representative works, major composers, and other artistic innovators. Open to all University students. MUS 331 CHORAL MUSIC METHODS   Pedagogical techniques for choral ensembles. Topics include the singing voice, the changing voice, organization, artistic development, literature, and rehearsal techniques. National Standards are emphasized as they relate to specific objectives. Current related practices in technology are incorporated in specific assignments. Field experience required. MUS 332 INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC METHODS   Pedagogical techniques for band and orchestra. Topics include teaching and rehearsal techniques, organization, assessment, learning theories, philosophy, literature, and programming. National Standards are emphasized as they relate to specific objectives. Current related practices in technology are incorporated in specific assignments. Field experience required. MUS 335 CLASSROOM MUSIC METHODS   Pedagogical techniques for classroom music grades preK-8. Topics include the pedagogical methods of Orff, Kodaly, Suzuki, and Dalcroze; lesson-plan design, implementation, and assessment. Special emphasis on the exceptional learner. National Standards are emphasized as they relate to specific objectives. Current related practices in technology are incorporated in specific assignments. Field experience required. MUS 336 WOODWIND PEDAGOGY   Course in woodwind pedagogy offered in two semester-long sections: (1) pedagogical techniques for clarinet and flute; (2) pedagogical techniques for saxophone, oboe, and bassoon. Repeatable up to two semester hours. Fee. MUS 337 BRASS PEDAGOGY   Course in brass pedagogy offered in two semester-long sections (1) pedagogical techniques for trumpet and horn; (2) pedagogical techniques for trombone, euphonium, and tuba. Repeatable up to two semester hours. Fee. MUS 338 PERCUSSION PEDAGOGY   Course in percussion pedagogy offered in two semester-long sections: (1) Pedagogical techniques for the percussion instruments; (2) performance study on snare drum, mallets and timpani; teaching techniques for accessory instruments; minor repairs: method book analysis. Repeatable up to one and a half semester hours. Fee. MUS 339 STRING PEDAGOGY   Pedagogical techniques for the string instruments. Separate sections for upper strings and lower strings. Each section is a full-term course. Fee. MUS 340 MUSIC EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS   Introduction to issues affecting music education with students who have physical, cognitive, emotional, and sensory challenges that affect the learning process. Specific musical characteristics and needs of special learners will be presented along with methods and strategies for teaching. Information and guidelines regarding regulatory issues related to music education will be addressed. Field experience required. MUS 345 CHORAL CONDUCTING   Continuation of techniques introduced in MUS 240, dealing specifically with techniques for choral ensembles. MUS 346 INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING   Continuation of techniques introduced in MUS 240, dealing specifically with techniques for band and orchestra. MUS 350 SACRED MUSIC HISTORY   A survey of the development of Christian Music and its function in worship. The focus will be on historical styles, including both their impact on and their application within liturgical settings, as well as on the religious reflections engendered by specific works. MUS 351 CHURCH MUSIC ADMINISTRATION   Examination of the process, organization, administration, planning, and presentation of church music in various Christian traditions. Attention is given to concepts of worship planning, the organization of a comprehensive music program, program development and the relationship between the music ministry and various other church entities. MUS 360 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC   Studies in specialized areas of music. May be repeated as topics change, up to six semester hours. MUS 381 CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL MUSIC IMPROVISATION I   Music improvisation techniques and procedures using piano, percussion, voice, guitar, and student's major instrument. Emphasis on the acquisition of clinical and educational music improvisational skills to be applied in the medical, rehabilitation, clinical and/or school music education setting. MUS 382 CLINICAL AND EDUCATIONAL MUSIC IMPROVISATION II   Intermediate skill development in clinical and educational music improvisation. Emphasis on assessment, implementation, and evaluation of individual, dyadic, and group improvisatory experiences. Acquisition of expressive movement repertoire to improvised music. MUS 385 MUSIC THERAPY PRINCIPLES   Principles and processes underlying the applications of music in therapy, including philosophical approaches, assessment procedures, goals and objectives, evaluation and documentation techniques, and professional ethics and standards of clinical practice. MUS 386 MUSIC AND PSYCHOTHERAPY   Overview of concepts, methods, and materials in the clinical practice of various forms of music psychotherapy. Exploration of the role and function of music within other therapeutic approaches (e.g., cognitive, humanistic, etc.). Identification of factors and issues affecting the helping process. MUS 387 PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY IV   Supervised pre-internship experiences with children and/or adults with special needs. One-hour weekly lab required. MUS 388 PRACTICUM IN MUSIC THERAPY V   Supervised pre-internship experiences with children and/or adults with special needs. One-hour weekly lab required. MUS 390 BAROQUE ENSEMBLE   Audition required. MUS 390 BRASS ENSEMBLE   Study of repertoire for small brass ensembles including brass quintet, horn ensemble, and others. Audition required. MUS 390 CLASSICAL GUITAR ENSEMBLE   MUS 390 HANDS IN HARMONY   A sign-singing ensemble. MUS 390 INDOOR MARCHING PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE   Study of marching percussion instruments (snare, tenors, melodic bass drums, cymbals, electric bass, electronic keyboards, and "pit" percussion). Preparation of a full indoor show, with music, drill, choreography, and staging. Experience necessary for snare drum, tenor sections. Appearances at area exhibitions and competitions. Winter semester only. Audition required. MUS 390 JAZZ COMBO   Small ensemble study of works by major American jazz composers. Emphasis on group and individual improvisation. Audition required. MUS 390 JAZZ GUITAR ENSEMBLE   MUS 390 OPERA WORKSHOP   Performance techniques for the singer-actor through the study and performance of music from operatic literature. Improvisational exercises are incorporated. Audition required. MUS 390 PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE   Study and performance of concert repertoire for all combinations of percussion instruments, from duets to full percussion ensembles, with occasional piano or string bass accompaniment. Open to all majors and non-majors; experience with preferred but not required (on one or more of the following: snare drum, tympani, drum set, keyboard percussion, world and ethnic percussion, small accessory instruments.) Audition required. MUS 390 PIANO ENSEMBLE   Audition required. MUS 390 STRING ENSEMBLE   Audition required. MUS 390 WOODWIND ENSEMBLE   A combination of woodwind instruments to include flute choir, clarinet choir, saxophone choir, woodwind quintet, and others. MUS 390 CELEBRATION VOCAL TRANSIT   Students will study performance practices associated with American popular music forms (including pop, soul, jazz, gospel, musical theatre) with particular attention paid to improvisation in the various forms. Students will also learn microphone technique and basic use of PA systems. The semester culminates in a performance of solos, duets, and small ensemble selections. MUS 390 CHORAL UNION   Mixed voice ensembles performing music from all style periods in regular concert appearances. Open to all University students without audition. MUS 390 DAYTON JAZZ ENSEMBLE   Ensemble specializes in the interpretation and performance of traditional and contemporary big band jazz, including the art of improvisation. Audition required. MUS 390 EBONY HERITAGE SINGERS   Ensemble specializing in the sacred music of African-Americans with particular emphasis on contemporary gospel music and improvisation. Open to the entire University community regardless of ethnic background or religious affiliation. No audition required. MUS 390 LITURGICAL MUSIC LAB ENSEMBLE   Ensemble specializes in the performance of church music repertoire including contemporary Christian, gospel music, worship and praise, and traditional sacred choral literature. No audition required. MUS 390 MARCHING BAND   Plays at all home and some away football games. Membership includes winds, percussion, twirlers, and Flyerettes. Concentrates on quality sound, offering a wide variety of musical styles. Combines show and corps style elements in presentations. No auditions for winds or percussion. Open to all University students. MUS 390 PEP BAND   Membership includes winds and percussion only. Performs at all home men's basketball games and some away games. Open to all University students. Preference given to marching band members. Audition required. MUS 390 UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND   Meeting winter semester only, University Concert Band is a non-auditioned ensemble and performs two on-campus concerts. A wide variety of repertoire is performed, including marches, show tunes, concert band standards, contemporary band literature, and solo accompaniments. MUS 395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN GUITAR   A repeatable guitar class with different topics each term, such as accompaniment, blues, jazz, classical, bluegrass, etc. MUS 398 INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ IMPROVISATION   Individualized instruction in instrumental jazz improvisation. Study of jazz theory, aural development, stylistic considerations, and repertoire. MUS 399 PERFORMANCE STUDIES   Private instruction (one thirty to forty-five minute lesson each week) in piano, voice, organ, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet-cornet, French horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, percussion, harp, harpsichord, classical and pick-style guitar, and jazz lessons in piano, guitar, bass, drums, brass, and woodwinds. Fee. MUS 401 MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC   The development of music from circa 400 to 1600, including plainchant, early polyphony, Ars Nova, and Renaissance music; the relationship of music to other arts and to its historical context. Open to all University students. MUS 402 BAROQUE MUSIC   Literature and performing practices from 1600 to 1750; the relationship of music to social and cultural movements. Open to all University students. MUS 403 CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC MUSIC   Literature and performing practices from 1750 to 1900; the relationship of music to social and cultural movements. Open to all University students. MUS 404 TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC   A study of twentieth-century music, its styles, and its cultural contexts, including post-romantic, impressionistic, neo-classic, and avant-garde. Open to all University students. MUS 405 PIANO LITERATURE   Comprehensive survey of literature for the piano. Required of piano performance majors. MUS 408 DICTION AND LITERATURE FOR SINGERS   A course in foreign language diction with an associated survey of significant and representative works from the vocal solo repertoire. Course alternates its content: German and English; and French and Italian. Course may be repeated as content changes. MUS 413 STYLE AND DESIGN - ANALYSIS   Exploration of appropriate analytical techniques as applied to Western music from the Renaissance to the present. MUS 414 STYLE AND DESIGN - SYNTHESIS   Exploration and application of various musical styles as demonstrated by original compositions patterned after selected historic models. MUS 416 ADVANCED ORCHESTRATION   Continuation of MUS 316. Intensive instrumentation studies and detailed analysis of orchestral work. MUS 418 RESEARCH IN MUSIC THEORY   Practical experience in analysis for music composition majors. MUS 419 RESEARCH IN MUSIC THEORY   Practical experience in analysis for music composition majors. MUS 421 COMPOSITION IV   Advanced work in musical composition: writing multi-movement forms of both vocal and instrumental music. MUS 422 COMPOSITION IV   Advanced work in musical composition: writing multi-movement forms of both vocal and instrumental music. MUS 423 COMPOSITION FOR LARGE ENSEMBLES   Preparation and execution of an extended work for large instrumental or vocal ensemble. All aspects of score and part preparation, notation, orchestration, correction, rehearsal, and performance will be considered. MUS 424 ADVANCED NOTATIONAL TECHNIQUES   Study of special problems in contemporary notation and calligraphy. Work will be done through analysis of twentieth-century techniques and creative solutions to individual problems. MUS 425 ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSITION   Study of musical electronic techniques, ranging from tape recorders and musique concrete through synthesizer and computer-generated and organized sound. MUS 426 IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC COMPOSITION   Discussion, study, and performance of improvisational musical techniques, including historical overview of classical extemporization, stream of consciousness, jazz, and aleatory and indeterminism. MUS 430 JAZZ PEDAGOGY   Methods and materials for the organization and teaching of jazz performance classes. Topics include teaching improvisation, the rhythm section, and repertoire for the school jazz band. Field experience required. MUS 431 MARCHING BAND PEDAGOGY   Methods and materials for the organization and teaching of the high school marching band. Topics include teaching and rehearsal techniques, drill design, and philosophy. Field experience required. MUS 435 PIANO PEDAGOGY   Systematic preparation for the development of piano technique and tone; survey and study of graded teaching material of grades I and II. MUS 440 ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL CONDUCTING   Individualized instruction dealing with advanced analysis, interpretation, aural skills, repertoire study, and conducting. MUS 452 CONTEMPORARY LITURGICAL MUSIC REPERTOIRE   Examination of ways in which contemporary musical resources are utilized in the worship of Christian churches. Choral, congregational, cantoral, and instrumental material will be considered in the context of both the liturgical seasons and specific services. REL 446 recommended. MUS 459 CHURCH MUSIC INTERNSHIP   Minimum of one semester's supervised service as organist and/or choral director in an approved parish setting. MUS 460 SPECIAL STUDIES IN MUSIC   Studies in specialized areas of music, including music therapy and music education. May be repeated as topics change, up to nine semester hours. MUS 461 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHURCH MUSIC   Studies in specialized areas of music, including music therapy and music education. May be repeated as topics change, up to eight semester hours. MUS 477 HONORS THESIS PROJECT   First of two courses leading to the selection, design, investigation, and completion of an independent, original Honors Thesis project under the guidance of a faculty research advisor. Restricted to students in the University Honors Program with permission of the program director and departmental chairperson. Students pursuing an interdisciplinary thesis topic may register for three semester hours each in two separate disciplines in consultation with the department chairpersons. MUS 478 HONORS THESIS PROJECT   Second of two courses leading to the selection, design, investigation, and completion of an independent, original Honors Thesis project under the guidance of a faculty research advisor. Restricted to students in the University Honors Program with permission of the program director and departmental chairperson. Students pursuing an interdisciplinary thesis topic may register for three semester hours each in two separate disciplines in consultation with the department chairpersons. MUS 486 RESEARCH IN MUSIC THERAPY   Introduction to research methods; review of literature on experimental studies. Research project. MUS 489 MUSIC THERAPY INTERNSHIP   Minimum of 1040 hours supervised clinical training through resident internship in an AMTA-approved program. This requirement precedes the granting of the music therapy degree. MUS 491 UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA   Performing ensemble of string, wind, brass, and percussion players; preparing literature for orchestra and chamber orchestra. Open to all University community members by audition. MUS 492 SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE   Select band that performs the finest in wind literature. Presents regular concerts during fall and winter terms. Auditions required. MUS 493 UNIVERSITY CHORALE   Mixed vocal ensemble performing music from all style periods in regular concert appearances. Open to all University students. Auditions required. MUS 499 PERFORMANCE STUDIES   Private instruction (one-hour lessons weekly) in the same subjects as MUS 399. Fee. *All material derived from the current issue of the University of Dayton Bulletin. *Subject to Change