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APSY-GE 2068 Issues in Counseling People With Disabilities
- Department: Applied Psychology
ECED-GE 2024 Issues in Early Childhood Education
- Department: Teaching and Learning
MPAVP-UE 1131 Italian Diction for Singers 1 Credit
This course will include intensive study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the lyrical pronunciation rules for Italian. Students will be required to transliterate song texts into IPA and demonstrate mastery of the diction rules in the performance of assigned repertoire.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 77 Jazz & Pop Violin (Prvt Lessons) for Non-Majors 2–4 Credits
Private or group lessons (by examination) in jazz and pop violin, supplemented by extra assignments, outside practice, and observation.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2273 Jazz Arranging & Composition I 3 Credits
An introduction to the materials of jazz arranging through examination of music scores from early twentieth-century sources to the present. Students produce their own arrangements.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 1119 Jazz Arranging & Composition I 3 Credits
An introduction to various methods of jazz arranging and composing with an emphasis on melody, counterpoint and line writing. Students will examine historic jazz music scores & produce their own arrangements.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2274 Jazz Arranging & Composition II 3 Credits
An extension of MPAJZ-2273 with a special emphasis on arrangements for large jazz ensembles.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 1120 Jazz Arranging & Composition II 3 Credits
An extension of MPAJZ-UE 1119 with an emphasis on 3-5 part writing and arrangements for larger ensembles.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2089 Jazz Arranging: Process and Analysis 2 Credits
Advanced seminar focusing on historical and current trends in jazz improvisation, composition, and arranging. Individual assignments, analysis and transcription.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAVP-UE 1125 Jazz Dance Technique 1 Credit
Introduction analysis & practice of jazz music.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAVP-GE 2125 Jazz Dance Technique 1 Credit
Introduction analysis & practice of jazz music.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPADE-UE 1029 Jazz Dance Technique 2 Credits
Analysis of jazz as a dance discipline- introductory level. Includes composition.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPADE-GE 2029 Jazz Dance Techniques 2 Credits
Analysis of jazz as a dance discipline- introductory level. Includes composition.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2088 Jazz Ensemble 0–3 Credits
Ensemble participation focusing on a variety of jazz styles.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 1089 Jazz Ensemble 0–3 Credits
Ensemble participation focusing on a variety of jazz styles.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 1121 Jazz History 2 Credits
This course surveys the history and development of jazz music in America from the mid 1800s to current trends in popular music. Through a historical timeline, student will study jazz music’s range of styles as informed by social, regional, cultural, technological, and political trends. Realizing that all music is a reflection of historical events and the cultures they are informed by, students will analyze the close connection between jazz music and why it is known as America’s true original artform.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2121 Jazz History 2 Credits
This course surveys the history and development of jazz music in America from the mid 1800s to current trends in popular music. Through a historical timeline, students study jazz music’s range of styles as informed by social, regional, cultural, technological, and political trends. Realizing that all music is a reflection of historical events and the cultures they are informed by, students analyze the close connection between jazz music and why it is known as America’s true original artform. This course does not count towards graduate degree
requirements.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-UE 1075 Jazz Improvisation I 3 Credits
An introduction to the techniques used in jazz instrumental improvisation. Performance & analysis of transcribed jazz solos from periods of Early Jazz, Swing & Bebop.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2075 Jazz Improvisation I 2 Credits
Graduate level jazz improvisation for instrumentalists. Focus on extensive playing and reviewing of styles from Bop to free Jazz. Material will be distributed through student transcriptions. Emphasis will be placed on the development of technique, mental focus and comprehending new trends in harmonic practices and applying them in playing situations
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions
MPAJZ-GE 2076 Jazz Improvisation II 2 Credits
Graduate level jazz improvisation for instrumentalists. Focus on extensive playing and new trends in jazz composition. Music from contemporary modal, tonal and chromatic sources (hybrid or slash chords) will be used as material for improvisation. Advanced rhythmic concepts will also be studied and applied in playing sessions.
- Department: Music and Performing Arts Professions