2013-2014 Academic Catalog

Nov 23, 2024

2013-2014 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Minor

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Music Overview

The music program offers both a major and a minor, as well as courses and activities for non-majors. Courses are designed to teach students to listen to music intelligently, develop musical perception, master the skills of music, and apply them creatively. Our curriculum acquaints students with music across a broad stylistic, cultural, and historical spectrum. The study of music can open new perspectives on many aspects of culture and society, therefore Clark’s msuc program stresses the advantages of combining professional musical development with the humanistic breadth offered by a strong liberal education.
Courses and ensembles are open to majors and non-majors. Assignments and projects are designed to suit the different goals and backgrounds of the students in each category.

For more information, please visit the Music Department’s webpage.

Nonmajors

All of the courses, seminars,and activities in the music program—with the exception of MUSC 180—are open to qualified nonmajors. Students who have a strong interest in music but whose major lies in another discipline can declare a minor in music. The music minor centers on a core of studies in one of five specific areas.

Performing Organizations

Nonmajors and majors may audition for a variety of organizations which rehearse regularly and perform several yearly concerts. The following musical activities - MUSC 070 Clark Concert Choir, MUSC 071 Clark Chamber Chorus, MUSC 072 Concert Band, MUSC 073 Chamber Music Ensemble, MUSC 074 Jazz Workshop and Combo, and MUSC 075 Sinfonia -are open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Auditions are held during the first week of each semester. Although no credit is awarded, the transcript of any undergraduate who completes the assigned performance requirements will include a listing of the particular activity for which he or she was registered. Alternatively, all ensembles can be taken for credit if so desired. For each semester of an ensemble, students will receive one half course credit.

Private Lessons

Private lessons for nonmajors and majors are offered with or without course credit in several areas. See MUSC 180 - Private Instruction in Instruments and Voice (for credit for majors and minors) and MUSC 018 Private Instruction for Instruments and Voice (noncredit).

Minor Requirements

A. Music Minors (other than Jazz)

1. Core requirements, taken by all minors (3 courses):

2. Minor Concentrations (3 or 4 additional courses each):

(a) Minor in Performance

3 semesters of MUSC 180 - Private Instruction in Instruments and Voice (Private Lessons for credit; note that acceptance to the minor in music performance requires approval of Music 180 instructor and full-time music faculty)
One semester of MUSC 170 - Clark Concert Choir , MUSC 171 - Clark Chamber Chorus , MUSC 172 - Concert Band , MUSC 173 - Chamber Music Ensembles , MUSC 174 - Jazz Workshop and Combo , MUSC 175 - Clark Sinfonia
1 additional music course

(b) Minor in History/Criticism

3 Music History courses

(c) Minor in Theory/Composition

MUSC 122 - Tonal Analysis II: Form and Chromaticism

2 Music Extension/Workshop courses with focus on theory/composition

(d) Minor in Music Technology

MUSC 142 - Recording Practice and Audio Art
2 Music Extension/Workshop courses with a focus on technology
MUSC 125 - Musical Acoustics
MUSC 200 - Audio Culture
MUSC 220 - Theory/Composition Seminar
MUSC 223 - Theory III: Counterpoint
MUSC 224 - Theory IV: 20th-Century Practice

B. Minor in Jazz Studies

MUSC 151 - Jazz History
2 semesters of MUSC 180 on a jazz instrument
2 semesters of MUSC 174 Jazz Workshop & Combos

Music Faculty

Program

John Aylward, Ph.D.
Benjamin Korstvedt, Ph.D. - Director
Matthew Malsky, Ph.D.

Part-Time

James Allard,
Richard Cain, M.Mus.
Sima Kustanovich, M.Mus.
Peter Sulski, B.Mus.

Affiliate

Juliana Anderson, B.A.
Jonathan Blumhofer, D.M.A.
Donald Boothman, B.A.
Chester Brezniak, M. Mus.
Timothy Bowles
Stephanie Busby, M.Mus.
Jonathan Clark, M.Mus.
Deborah Cole,
Michael C. Connors,
Joseph W. D’Angelo,
Joseph Halko,
Tracy Kraus, M.Mus.
Brooks Milgate, B.A.
Shay Rudolph, M.Mus.
Robert Paul Sullivan,
Douglas Weeks, M.Mus.

Emeriti

Gerald Castonguay, Ph.D.
Wesley Fuller, M.Mus.
Hartmut Kaiser, Ph.D.