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All students are expected to schedule and complete three or more half - hour rehearsals each week in college practice rooms. Individual instruction in composition (1120), voice (1121), trumpet (1131), trombone (1141), drums (1151), saxophone (1161)...

This course examines evolutionary processes acting on human populations; human genetics; non-human primate anatomy (and behavior), classification and ecology of primates; the primate paleontological record, and human variation and adaptation. Three...

Woodwind, brass, and percussion players. Study and performance of jazz and popular music. Open to woodwind, brass, and percussion players. Enrollment only by audition or by consent of instructor. Six hours lab per week.

Emphasis on performance. Enrollment only by audition or by consent of instructor. Three hours lab per week.

Singing tonal music in treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs. Aural study, including dictation of rhythm, melody, and diatonic harmony. One hour lecture and two hours lab per week.

Class instruction in fundamental guitar playing, including technique, music-reading, fretboard theory, melodic and harmonic realizations. Zero hour lecture and three hours lab per week.

General survey of the history and literature of music, with the goal of intelligent listening and appreciation on the part of students. Important composers, forms, and characteristics of music are heard through recordings and live performances. No...

A survey of the styles and forms of music as it developed from the middle ages to the present. This course will familiarize the student with cultural context, terminology, genres, and notation.Three hours lecture per week.

General survey of various styles of music in America. Topics may include jazz, ragtime, folk, rock, and contemporary art music. Three hours lecture per week.

Analysis and writing of tonal melody and diatonic harmony up to and including the chords. Analysis and writing of small compositional forms. Three hours lecture per week.