MUSIC

MUSIC MUS1001 Music Through the Ages 3 ch (3C)

This course will examine the role of music in the social, ceremonial, spiritual, and everyday lives of people living in the western world over the last two millennia. It will provide an overview of how people in successive eras experienced music and the influences that initiated changes in and perceptions of music. Many of the great musicians, composers and styles of western music culture will be studied. This course serves as a foundation for other studies in music and music history. The course will normally be team-taught.

MUS 1002 Media Language 3ch (3C)Complementing material covered in MM 1001, this course presents a more hands-on approach to critical media studies by introducing students to basic concepts in semiotics and closed analysis of media texts. Lectures will cover notions of signs and signification, the way codes and conventions contribute to socially-constructed meaning, as well as the personal, political and cultural implications embedded in all media constructions. Students will learn to break down and analyze magazines and television ads, music clips and movie posters, websites and viral videos, isolating how each of these texts convey messages and reflect the values and assumptions of the world that produced them. In addition to tests and written assignments, students will complete individual projects that will apply what they have learned to communicate critically and creatively via multimedia.. Enrolment limited to 80. Prerequisites: MM 1001 or permission of the instructor.

MUS 2113 Introduction to Music 3 ch (3C) [W]Introduction to the structure and theory of Western music; development of basic skills of music reading and performance. No prior music experience necessary.

MUS 2114 Introduction to Music Appreciation 3 ch (3C)Introductory course in music appreciation for the classical music lover with little or no music background. This course covers elements of music, performing media, and historical music periods from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century. The student will be introduced to music terminology, important composers and will develop listening skills. May require attendance to a symphony and additional lab fee.

MUS 2123 Music Theory I 3 ch (3C) [W]Introductory course in music theory for those students with some musical background. Content includes notation, time values, major and minor scales, intervals, chords, simple time, transposition, terms and signs, music analysis, ear-training and rhythm studies. Restriction: Credit may not be obtained for both FNAT 2123 and MUS 2123.

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MUS 2124 Music Theory II 3 ch (3C) [W]This is a second-level course on the fundamentals of music. Content includes rhythmic subdivisions, non-harmonic tones, harmonizing of melodies, secondary chords, principles of chord progression, seventh chords and elementary modulation.

MUS 2143 Introduction to Jazz Theory 3 ch (3C)Students will gain an understanding of the theoretical concepts of the jazz language. This includes chords, scales and modes, chord construction and terminology, typical jazz melodies, bass lines and rhythms. The purpose of the course is to give a basic vocabulary used in the jazz idiom. Students will develop the capacity to converse musically and verbally with other musicians and learn a theoretical foundation that will assist in future self-teaching.

MUS 2797 Rock and American Popular Music 3 ch (3C)This course is a survey of the history of Rock music from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day. Topics addressed include: the effects of technology in the music industry, role of African-American music in the development of popular music, the developments of Jazz, R&B, and early Rock and Roll, and the “white appropriation” of African-American music. The course finishes with a survey of recent trends of disco, new wave, heavy metal, rap and alternative music.

MUS 3000 Studio Work 6 ch (6C)Practical work in some aspect of music. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering.

MUS 3003 Studio Work: Private Lessons I 1.5 ch (1.5C) Practical work in some aspect of music, often in the form of one-on-one lessons to develop knowledge, musicianship and skills on an instrument or voice. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering. Most students will complete both MUS 3003 and MUS 3004. Students who have received credit for MUS 3001 cannot receive credit for MUS 3003. MUS 3004 Studio Work: Private Lessons II 1.5 ch (1.5C) Practical work in some aspect of music, often in the form of one-on-one lessons to develop knowledge, musicianship and skills on an instrument or voice. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering. Most students will complete both MUS 3003 and MUS 3004. Students who have received credit for MUS 3001 cannot receive credit for MUS 3004.

MUS 3005 Studio Work: Music Ensemble I 1 ch (1C) Practical work in one area of music, to develop musicianship through participation in directed ensembles such as band or choir. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering. Most students should expect to take all three of

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MUS 3005, MUS 3006, and MUS 3007. Students who have received credit for MUS 3002 cannot receive credit for MUS 3005. MUS 3006 Studio Work: Music Ensemble II 1 ch (1C) Practical work in one area of music, to develop musicianship through participation in directed ensembles such as band or choir. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering. Most students should expect to take all three of MUS 3005, MUS 3006, and MUS 3007. Students who have received credit for MUS 3002 cannot receive credit for MUS 3006. MUS 3007 Studio Work: Music Ensemble III 1 ch (1C) Practical work in one area of music, to develop musicianship through participation in directed ensembles such as band or choir. Students must seek permission of the Director of Music before registering. Most students should expect to take all three of MUS 3005, MUS 3006, and MUS 3007. Students who have received credit for MUS 3002 cannot receive credit for MUS 3007.

MUS 3113 Studio Work: Music Ensemble 3 ch (3C)The use of computers in all facets of the music industry from music theory and history to analysis and MIDI applications.

MUS 3123 Musical Composition 3 ch (3C) [W]A course in basic elements of composition for students with some musical background and literacy. This course addresses both technical issues and the creative nature of composing music. Musicians who cannot read music are welcome but must have permission from the instructor. Restriction: Credit may not be obtained for both FNAT 3123 and MUS 3123.

MUS 3133 Conducting 3 ch (3C) [W]Basic conducting techniques as applied to wind, string, and vocal ensembles and the interpretation of various types of music. Permission of the Director of Music required before registering.

MUS 3765 History of Music in Medieval and Renaissance Periods (A) (Cross Listed: HIST 3765)

3 ch (3C) [W]

Introduction to music between 800 and 1600, studying representative styles and putting this music in a historical perspective.

MUS 3775 History of Music in the Late Baroque and Classical Period

3 ch (3C) [W]

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(Cross Listed: HIST 3775) (A)Begins with an examination of the stylistic background of music of the Baroque Period, and follows the development of musical form and style through the late Baroque and Classical eras, i.e., from c. 1700 - c. 1830. Some attention will be given to the role of the musician in the context of the social history of the time.

MUS 3785 History of Music in the Romantic Era (Cross Listed: HIST 3785) (A)

3 ch (3C) [W]

Traces musical development in nineteenth century Europe in its cultural-historical milieu, mainly in France and Germany. Examines the development of the orchestra, and the French and Austro-German contribution to that development, the role of nationalism in music and the role of the opera.

MUS 3795 A History of Music in the Twentieth Century (Cross Listed: HIST 3795) (O)

3 ch (3C) [W]

Begins with an examination of the Post-Romantic composers, particularly Mahler and Strauss. Studies Debussy and the Impressionists, the Second Viennese School (Berg, Schoenberg, Webern) and its impact on twentieth-century music and the tonalist composers of the first half of the century. Examines music as an art form in North America.

MUS 3796 History of the Music Dramas of Richard Wagner (Cross Listed: HIST 3796) (O)

3 ch (3C) [W]

An examination of the theoretical constructs behind Wagner's music dramas, the compositional histories of some of the dramas of the 1840's, and then of the Ring Cycle itself. Some attention will be given to the performance history of the dramas as well.

MUS 3797 Introduction to Canada's rich and diverse traditions, institutions, and industry. From the musical traditions of the First Nations peoples, through the music of the early settlers, to today's diversity of styles, Canada's music will be studied in its cultural and historical contexts. No prerequisite.

MUS 3798: The Forbidden, the Rebellious and the Misunderstood: 3 ch (3C) Canadian Jazz, Popular and Classical Music, 1950 to the Present (A) This course explores the social and historical developments of music in Canada from the 1950s through the public awakening of the 1960s to the implications of the Canadian content regulations of the 1970s and up to the present with a focus on the period ending around 1980. Music will be examined in relation to such notable phenomena as the Cold War, Expo67 and the Hippie movement. Major musical figures, composers and performers featured and discussed may include, The Band, Oscar Peterson, Glenn Gould, Paul Anka, Buffy Saint-Marie, The Guess Who and Rush.

MUS3799 Women in Music (offered in winter term) 3 ch (3C) (Cross-listed: WLCS 3799) Tracing the influences of women involved in music in a range of settings in the western world, this course presents the variety of ways that women have influenced, created and performed music through the ages. Feminist perspectives will be explored through an examination of the roles of selected individuals whether they were composers, performers or patrons. As such the course will include such individuals as Nannerl Mozart, Nadazhda von Meck, and Alma Mahler, as well as composers Clara Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, who were performers in their own right.

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