Undergraduate Courses

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Private or group lessons (by examination) in percussion instruments, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in percussion instruments, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Instrumental Performance juries assess each student’s growth in instrumental techniques including intonation, rhythm, tone production, articulation, dynamics, and musicality. Juries take place at a designated time at the end of the semester and are evaluated by each student’s program director and any additional invited faculty. Jury repertoire is selected in conversation with each student’s private teacher, and each student studies their jury repertoire in their private lessons.

An ensemble approach to teaching, learning and performing on percussion instruments in diverse music and school settings. Each student will have experience with a variety of percussion instruments for current and traditional music. This course is designed for students in Music Education and prepares them for meeting the requirements for K-12 music teacher certification.

An ensemble approach to teaching and learning percussion instruments. Students perform, compose/arrange, and conduct using various percussion configurations.

Analysis of factors inherent in the persuasive process, examination and application of these factors in presentations. Hours are arranged for student evaluation and practice.

This course introduces students to the nature of human speech & speech sounds. The course goals are: (1) To understand how different sounds are produced; (2) To be able to describe how these sounds are produced; (3) To learn to produce & perceive different sounds (including those that are not present in Standard American English); (4) To understand how sounds pattern in different dialects of American English, in Standard American English, & also across different languages (phonology).

Emphasis is on the creation of a body of prints dealing with one subject or theme. Aesthetic decisions made by the individual in choice of subject matter & technique are considered. Lectures, technical demonstrations, & individual critiques are included. Readings on individual photographers, aesthetics, & darkroom techniques are assigned. Critiques by visiting photographers/artists are held.

This course examines the role and history of photography within the historical landscape of media and communication. Special emphasis is placed on the accumulative meaning of visual archives, tracing how images relation and establish cultural territories across a variety of texts and media. The course investigates and contrasts the mimetic visual strategies within western and nonwestern traditions, looking at historical and contemporary images in a variety of forms.

The course is focused on photography as an art and photography as a means of communication. It includes aspects of history and the theory of photography and practical photographic education of classic analog/wet darkroom process — i.e. black and white photographic image making and printing. The goal is to develop a new way of seeing through the viewfinder of the camera and to hone critical thinking about photography. This course aims to teach students to experience the photographic works of art and reflect on that experience. Importance is laid on students’ understanding of the photographic image as a means of expressing an individual artistic attitude towards the world.

This course allows students who have successfully completed at least one course in photography to use the Steinhardt darkroom. It is a co-requisite for all students who wish to register for independent study projects which require the use of the Steinhardt Photography Lab.

Physical Theatre is the study of physical, vocal & improvisational exercises designed to free the creative imagination & develop performance skills. Through the layering of words, sound & movement, students will hone the essential ingredients & tools of the performer's craft. Focus will be on vocal & movement techniques exploring atmosphere, imagery, gesture, isolation, abstraction,
timing, rhythm, spatial awareness, character development, mime, body graphics, viewpoints, & the theories of Yakim, Delsarte & Laban. The creation of original material will also be studied.

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Group lessons (by examination) in piano, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, observation.

Private or group lessons (by examination) in piano, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation. Required attendance at recitals.

The emphasis on this class is on the historical and aesthetic analysis of the development of piano literature in the Classic, Romantic, and Impressionistic traditions. Compositions by pianist/composers including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Debussy are studied to reconstruct and analyze the development of harmonic practices, genres, and styles. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the repertoire in research papers, related written assignments, and listening exams. Student performance in class is required.

The emphasis in this class is on the historical and aesthetic analysis of the development of piano literature in the Contemporary period. Compositions for piano that represent atonality, serialism, extended techniques, multimedia and interactive electronic techniques, the influence of jazz and popular music, Darmstadt and the New York School, and Spanish and Latin American music are performed and analyzed in class. Scholarship that examines 'the new complexity', minimalism, and postmodernism is reviewed. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the repertoire in research papers, related written assignments, and listening exams. Student performance in class is required.

This course is required for music majors in piano. The main focus is the development of the specific repertoire as well as working on the related technical problems.