Code	Name	Description
MSAP 277	String Bass/Electric Bass	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSAP 278	Harp	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSAP 279	Banjo	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSAP 280	Mandolin	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSAP 281	Harpsichord	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSAP 282	Miscellaneous Instruments	Private lessons in instrument or voice; continuation of MSAP 160 182. Expanded jury required at the end of each semester of study. Permission of applied teacher and department chairperson required.
MSEN 204	Little Big Band	Large jazz combo; study and perform chamber jazz literature from many different jazz and contemporary styles, including swing, be bop, Latin jazz and jazz rock. Emphasis on performance and improvisation. Two 1.5-hour rehearsals weekly with regular pe...
MUS 101	Listening to Music: An Introduction to the Western Classical Tradition	Refines listening skills through study of selected major composers, styles, and genres of the Western classical tradition. Explores music from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras, including works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Stra...
MUS 107	Fundamentals of Music	For students with little or no previous training in theory or piano. Practical understanding of intervals, scales, keys, chord structures, and rhythm, using keyboard and sight-singing as vehicles of instruction. Does not count toward music major.
MUS 109	Elementary Musicianship	Proficiency-based study of sight singing, ear training, rhythm reading, and other essential musicianship skills for majors, minors, and advanced non majors. A prerequisite for all theory study. May be satisfied by examination.
MUS 110	Tonal Harmony I: Common Practice Period	Entry-level music theory course. Study and application of harmonic practice in Western music of 17th and 18th centuries by means of original compositions and analysis of selected literature. Continuation of musicianship exercises from Music 109.
MUS 111	Analysis and Composition of Popular Music	Critical exploration of popular music, focusing on a handson approachlearning by doing. Listening critically/analytically to a vast popular repertory, doing composition exercises based on strategies and tools discussed, and writing analytical essays.
MUS 112	Recording Techniques	Introduction to the technical foundations of audio engineering and recording designed to give students a set of skills needed to record, mix, and master musical projects using microphones, pre-amps, mixers, and digital audio workstations.
MUS 114	Popular Music of the 1970s and 1980s	Discusses the historical developments in popular music of the 70s and 80s, and the musics' cultural and social impact and overarching discourses. Through a series of papers, students will investigate how the music of these eras influenced and was inf...
MUS 115	The Jazz Tradition	For general student. Survey of cultural history of jazz; jazz styles from 1917 to present; and evolution of jazz from African music, music of slavery, ragtime, and blues. Includes concert attendance and performance project.
MUS 116	Music Scene	Sections are designed each semester around on- and off-campus concerts. Students consider historical, social, and cultural issues particular to each concert and interact with visiting artists and University of Richmond's ensemble in residence, eighth...
MUS 117	Salsa Meets Jazz	For general student. Traces influx of Latin-American music into North American jazz. Connects music and dances of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Brazil to their subsequent synthesis in jazz.
MUS 122	America's Music	Topically-based survey of media and technological innovations that have facilitated the creation and distribution of diverse American musical forms from the late-19th century through the early 21st. Investigates changes in the production and consumpt...
MUS 123	Meaning and Music	For general student. Explores aspects of meaning as it pertains to the musical arts. Considers such issues of emotion and music, expectations of the listener, music and representation, and composer/performer intentions.
MUS 125	Indonesian Theater and Music	This course will be a highly interdisciplinary introduction into the rich and complexly interconnected traditions of theater and music from the island nation of Indonesia. Students will study the history and form of various traditions and partake in...
MUS 130	Class Guitar	Introduction to guitar through folk music.
MUS 131	Class Piano	For beginning piano student. Introduction to elements of music via the keyboard.
MUS 132	Class Voice	For the beginning voice student. Introduction to the basic elements of vocal technique through the study of body and breath control, vocal exercises, beginning repertoire, and performance experience.
MUS 134	Songbirds and Sirens	Examines the ways in which performers, composters, and operatic works shape and relfect cultural attitudes about gender and music. The interdisciplinary nature of opera, which combines text, music, and theatrical performance, will be considered throu...
MUS 137	Gender, Sex, and the Romantic Piano	A cultural history of the nineteenth-century piano that examines composers, performers, and musical works in the context of social and cultural events. Performance of piano music at students own level. Analysis of texts and images to consider how aes...
MUS 138	Special Topics in Music	Selected topics in music not covered in the music program. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
MUS 201	Documents of Music History	Introduction to primary sources (manuscript and printed scores, composers' writings, and concert reviews) used in music study and research. By focusing on the recurring themes of creation, dissemination, and consumption of musical works, students wil...
MUS 202	Global Rhythms	Exploration of repertoires from various global music traditions. Performance of traditional instruments from Asia and Africa and participation in performances and workshops with expert native performers. No prior experience necessary.
MUS 203	Musical Exoticism	Studies the conditions under which misperception and appropriation occur, under what conditions can mutually beneficial interactions take hold, and how can future musics may celebrate the potential of cultural difference without falling into exotifyi...
MUS 205	Diction for Singers	Study of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and its application to singing diction in a variety of languages. Preparation and performance of works in the languages being studied.
MUS 206	Selected Topics in Vocal Peformance	Focuses on a variety of topics related to the voice and vocal performance.
MUS 207	Musical Theatre and Opera Scene Workshop	Study of stage techniques for the singer applied to various scenes from operatic and musical theater repertoire resulting in staged performance by class members. May be repeated for credit.
MUS 208	Global Pop	Focuses on popular music from outside the Euro-American cultural sphere. Uses methodologies and theories from ethnomusicology, cultural studies and anthropology to critically investigate the emergence of so-called popular musics around the globe begi...
MUS 211	Tonal Harmony II: Chromaticism	Continuation of MUS 110. Study and application of harmonic practice in Western music of the 18th and 19th centuries by means of original compositions and analysis of selected literature. Continuation of musicianship exercises from Music 109.
MUS 213	Any Sound You Can Imagine: Recording, Transforming and Organizing Sound	Introduces students to the techniques, tools, aesthetic ideas, and traditions of organizing sound in meaningful ways using computers. Students will learn recording techniques, principles of digital audio, and techniques of audio transformation and or...
MUS 214	Jazz Arranging	Comprehensive study of evolution of jazz arranging and composition from 1920s to present. Score analysis of representative works by Sammy Nestico, Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, and others. Extensive listening. Students will arrange for small and large...
MUS 217	Soundscapes	No Description Set
MUS 221	Music in Film	For general student. Study of interaction of music and visual image in Hollywood film; emphasis on nature of musical meaning, music and association, and music as a cultural code.
MUS 225	The Music Industry: History, Technology, and Promotion	Overview of how the twentieth and twenty-first music business has worked in financial, legal, and artistic terms; how music technologies of recording, reproduction, and consumption operate; and how musical tastes and cognition affect the ways in whic...
MUS 226	Music and Media in Popular Culture	Exploration of topics and issues relating to intersections of music, media, technology and popular culture. Taught through the examination of scholarly methodologies and theories from musicology, media, sociology, aesthetics, and popular culture.
MUS 228	Historical Musicology	introduces students to research methodologies in historical musicology using case studies drawn from Western art music. Emphasis is placed on discovering and using primary sources, interpreting contemporary scholarship, and articulating ideas through...
MUS 229	Anthropology of Music	Third in series of courses devoted to the exploration of significant topics and issues, methodologies, and theories applicable to historical and ethnographic music studies. Taught through examination of a broad cross selection of musical styles, genr...
MUS 230	Class Guitar II (Intermediate Level)	For the intermediate level guitarist not yet ready for private instruction.
MUS 231	Global Music	Essentials of instrumental and choral conducting. Rehearsal techniques and practical experience in directing musical groups.
MUS 232	Intermediate Class Piano	Piano study in a class setting for students who have passed MUS 131 or have had some private study in the past. The course assumes a sound knowledge of basic piano technique and music reading.
MUS 235	I Want My MTV: Music Video and the Transformation of the Music Industry	Engagement with early music videos, as well as corresponding albums and related cultural multimedia as primary sources, to analyze the critical relationships between the music and images that premiered on the MTV network in its first decades. Situati...
MUS 238	Special Topics in Music	Selected topics in music not covered in the music program. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
MUS 304	Music Entrepreneurship	Building a career in music and developing skills beyond musicianship that contribute to success in the field of music. Considers the specialized skills and diversified experiences required for the next generation of cultural leaders.
MUS 306	Introduction to Composition	Introduction of materials and techniques of acoustic composition through readings, listening assignments, composition exercises, and performances.
MUS 307	Composition	Directed projects in various styles for traditional and/or electronic media. May be repeated for credit.
MUS 310	Managing Performing Arts Organizations	For those interested in managing and leading a performing arts organization, this course is a review of topics essential for successful management of a performing arts organization. Includes nonprofit and alternative organizational structure, organiz...
MUS 313	Advanced Music Production	No Description Set
MUS 338	Special Topics in Music History	Selected topics such as musical genre, works of specific composers, or techniques of teaching and learning music. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
MUS 345	Philanthropy in the Arts	Survey of strategies, tools and techniques involved in generating contributed income for arts organizations from private individuals, foundations, corporations, business, and government agencies. Central issues include underlying psychological and pr...
MUS 350	Student Recital	Preparation and performance of a solo recital by students in applied study or composition. Non-capstone recitals do not count towards the music major.

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