Undergraduate Courses

Private lessons for non-majors (by examination) in voice, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

Private lessons (by examination) in voice, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.

A class for undergraduate majors of Educational Theater, this course focuses on the development of an actor's vocal instrument through physical exercises and work with poetic and dramatic text. Through exploration of established vocal techniques, students will build positive habits and ways of working with their voices that will allow for them to develop natural resonance and create more vocal variation. This increased vocal clarity will put them more directly in touch with their emotional impulses, and build a stronger dramatic foundation in acting.

This course examines the proposition that contemporary war should be understood as media. Was has become mediatized and media has been militarized. This course treats war and political violence as communicative acts and technologies and focuses on how they shape our understanding and experience of landscape, vision, body, time and memory.

Wellness is dynamic and multidimensional. We cannot understand wellness by alone examining biological phenomena and medical knowledge, but instead we must also consider a variety of social, political, economic, racial, gender, and cultural forces in which wellness and illness are produced and understood. Drawing upon literature, art, history, film, and health, in conjunction with a community engagement experiential component, we examine the history of and physical, social, emotional, intellectual, occupational, and spiritual components of wellness and illness from ancient times through the present.

A survey course in African dance with accompanying songs, music, and simple instructions of the regions of West, East, Central, and South Africa.

Explores the various political and philosophical debates within western Marxism. Pays particular attention to the influence of the cultural turn in twentieth century Marxist thought on feminism, postcolonialism, and theories of mediation. Themes include: the commodity, alienation and reification, surplus value, culture, ideology, hegemony and subjectivity.

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

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

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

Focuses on the psychology of women & their mental health throughout the life cycle. Topics include socialization & gender, feminist theory & therapy, as well as high prevalence of disorders which occur in girls & women.

The NYU Saxophone Orchestra is a conducted ensemble of 8-20 or more saxophones. Students have an opportunity to perform on the entire family of saxophones: sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones. The ensemble’s repertoire spans all styles, from traditional to contemporary music (by audition)

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 woodwind instruments in diverse music and school settings. Each student will have experience with at least three different woodwind instruments, and will study the transpositions needed for these instruments. This course is designed for students in Music Education and prepares them for meeting the requirements for K-12 music teacher certification.

A review of traditional and experimental fingerings and effects on wind instruments. Examinations and performance of scores written for winds. Projects in composition for winds throughout the semester.

Using hands-on activities, students learn alternative methods of teaching second/world language through such approaches as jazz chants, storytelling, and others. Students work on resource projects on various innovative approaches to teaching world languages.

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This course provides a broad and practical look at the fundamentals of nonfiction writing about music in its many forms. Through the reading/writing of articles, blog entries, anthologies, biographies, liner notes, press materials, essays, and criticisms, the course explores the context and practice of writing about music—from journalist to publicist, as well as record labels, digital service providers, social media and other entities’ content creators. Students write essential materials that will benefit them within any facet of the music industry.