MUSIC 100 Understanding Music
The styles, forms, techniques and terminology of Western music through lectures and listening, as exemplified by great works from all eras of music history.
MUSIC 111 Fundamentals of Music Theory
An introduction to the primary skills of music practice emphasizing the reading and writing of musical notation. Students will learn elementary keyboard, listening, and sight-singing skills.
MUSIC 116 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 117 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 140 Popular Music and Culture
An examination of the styles, forms and development of 20th-century popular music. The social, commercial and technological aspects of popular music are considered.
MUSIC 216 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 217 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 222 Conducting 1
A study of conducting techniques appropriate for song leading, choral rehearsal and public performance. The course will include score analysis and rehearsal procedures for music from a wide variety of historical styles.
MUSIC 226 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 227 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 231 Psychology of Music
The study of music from a behavioural science perspective. Topics include auditory and musical perception, music cognition, musical aptitudes and abilities, learning and pedagogy, creativity and aesthetic experience, emotive human responses and the social psychology of music activities.
MUSIC 240 Introduction to Jazz
A survey of the development of jazz schools and individual styles as well as a study of melodic, harmonic and rhythmic improvisation. Styles will be demonstrated through recordings and live performance.
MUSIC 245 World Music
A survey of traditional music outside of North America, including Africa, South America, the Far East, the South Pacific, the mid-East and Europe, with special emphasis on the role of music within the culture.
MUSIC 246 Soundtracks: Music in Film
An examination of the techniques, styles, and functions of music in film, and how music interacts with image and narrative to create meanings. Weekly screenings of films selected from the 1930's to the present.
MUSIC 253 Cathedral and Court: Music to 1600
The study of music that flourished under courtly and church patronage from the early Christian Church to 1600. Gregorian chant, liturgical drama, mass, motet, secular songs and instrumental music are studied.
MUSIC 254 Monteverdi to Mozart: Music from 1600-1800
The response of 17th- and 18th-century composers to cultural, political, and artistic movements. Topics include performance practice, women composers and performers, the development of opera, choral music, symphony, and sonata, and the music of Monteverdi, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and others.
MUSIC 255 The Romantic Century: Beethoven and Beyond
The music of the 19th century in all its principal forms by its great composers: Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms, Bruckner and others.
MUSIC 256 Music Since 1900
A study of the contemporary composer's challenge to traditional musical ideals and musical reactions to artistic, political, social, and technological movements since 1900. Topics include the changing relationship between composer, performer, and audience; recent developments in Canadian music; and the contributions of women composers.
MUSIC 260 The Symphony
A survey of the great symphonies from Haydn to Stravinsky, through lectures and listening. A portion of the course will be devoted to works being performed by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra during the term.
MUSIC 261 Opera
An introduction to the themes, sources, forms and nature of opera through selected works from Mozart to the present. Special topics include opera as a reflection of society's politics and ideals and opera behind the scenes.
MUSIC 270 Music Theory 1
The study of basic melodic, harmonic and voice leading concepts including an introduction to figured bass and functional harmony. Ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
MUSIC 271 Music Theory 2
The study of harmony, counterpoint and form of 18th- and early 19th-century music. Sight-singing, ear-training and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
MUSIC 275 Music and Technology
A comprehensive study of music and technology, including electroacoustic music, computer and MIDI applications, soundscape and multimedia composition, music and the web. Digital studio work is part of the course.
MUSIC 316 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 317 Music Ensemble
The study of selected music literature through rehearsals and performance in one of the Music Department's ensembles: University Choir, Chapel Choir, Chamber Choir, Chamber Ensembles, Stage Band. Regular attendance at rehearsals and performances is required. Offered on a credit/fail basis.
MUSIC 326 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 327 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 332 Aesthetics of Music
This course employs various methods to explore questions of musical meaning. Through study and discussion of selected sources from antiquity to the present, such themes as imitation, abstraction, beauty and other debated issues will be examined in historical context and in relation to the other arts.
MUSIC 334 Women, Music and Gender
A study of gender issues relating to the role of women in music from antiquity to the present, emphasizing both classical and popular music within social, cultural settings of Western and Third World countries.
MUSIC 355 Music and Culture Travel Course
A Spring term seminar, approximately three weeks long, taught on location. Daily lectures and attendance at music performances, as well as tours of places of cultural importance. Past and possible future locations include Vienna, London, New York and South Africa.
MUSIC 361 Art Song
A study of the music written for solo voice from the 17th century to the present.
MUSIC 362 Piano Literature
A study of the music written for solo piano from the 17th century to the present.
MUSIC 363 Christian Hymnody
The origins of the Christian hymn and its development up to the present. The course considers the hymn as theological, poetic, musical, cultural, and spiritual expression, and the use of hymns in a variety of worship settings.
MUSIC 364 Worship and Music
The nature of worship and the role of music within worship in historical, theological, and cultural perspective. Field trips to services of various traditions.
MUSIC 370 Music Theory 3 (19th Century)
The study of chromatic harmony as well as melodic and formal aspects of 19th-century music. Ear-training, sight-singing and keyboard lab sessions will be integrated with written and analytical work.
MUSIC 371 Theory 4 (20th Century)
The study of the compositional aspects of 20th-century music, including extended tonality, atonality, 12-tone writing, neo-classical idioms and contemporary compositional procedures. Lab sessions will cover non-tonal melodic reading and complex chord structures.
MUSIC 376 Composition Seminar
Creative and critical potential is developed through supervised practice, tutorials and seminars. Free composition, style emulation, arranging and orchestration will be dealt with.
MUSIC 426 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 427 Music Studio
Individual instruction in Voice, Piano, Organ, Classical Guitar and orchestral instruments.
MUSIC 490A Senior Honours Thesis
An independent research project available to Honours Music students. The topic is determined through consultation between the student and a faculty advisor.
MUSIC 491 Honours Research Seminar
A research seminar for Honours Music students designed to give students an opportunity to develop research techniques through individual research projects and regular meetings with other students and faculty.
MUSIC 492 Senior Honours Thesis
An independent research project for Honours Music students. The topic is determined through consultation between the student and a faculty advisor.