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| Course |
EVDIV 101-2 |
| Title |
Introduction to Literature & Materials of Music |
| Instructor |
Kendall Durelle Briggs |
| Description |
This introductory course to the Literature and Materials sequence will teach students the elements of music and prepare the foundation for materials discussed in later L&M classes. Students will learn notation, symbols, names of notes through fixed-do solfge, clefs, key signatures, scales, major and all three minor scales, modal scales, intervals, triads and seventh chords, as well as an introduction to four-part harmony and analysis. Concepts of modulation and basic structures of music may also be discussed. The students will be introduced to the reading of simple scores and apply basic skills learned in class in discussion and analysis. This class will require extensive outside preparation in the completion of weekly assignments in order for the student to master the skills necessary to continue in the L&M sequence. Interview required for spring semester only. Not subject to N.Y. Philharmonic discount. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 10 (fall); Begins January 14 (spring) |
| On |
Wednesdays |
| Time |
5:30–8:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester / non-credit |
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| Course |
EVDIV 103 |
| Title |
Introduction to Literature & Materials of Music: Accelerated level |
| Instructor |
Earl Carter |
| Description |
This is a basic course in preliminary music theory for students who have had some prior musical training but desire an accelerated review of the elements of music before going on to Literature and Materials of Music I. It will include intensive drills on notation and visual recognition of treble and bass clefs; the theory of keys and their signatures; note names; major, harmonic and melodic minor modes; triads and seventh chords in any inversion; secondary dominants; and a discussion of the syntax of the tonal musical language. Placement interview required. Not subject to N.Y. Philharmonic discount. |
| Duration |
13 weeks (fall semester only) |
| Date |
Begins September 10 |
| On |
Wednesdays |
| Time |
5:45 - 7:45 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$550 / non-credit |
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| Course |
EVDIV 104 |
| Title |
Introduction to Harmony |
| Instructor |
Earl Carter |
| Description |
This course, which is designed to follow the accelerated level of Introduction to Literature and Materials of Music, will address the following questions: What is harmony in music? How does it work from chord to chord? Ultimately how does it control the overall shape of a musical work? The class will study elemental total harmony, its functions, and its relation to other aspects of music, such as rhythm and melody. It will cover the harmonic analysis of works of music and discuss harmony developed as a language. Special emphasis is also given to actual writing; students will use the language to write their own short harmonic works. Prerequisite: Introduction to Literature and Materials of Music or its equivalent. Placement interview required. Not subject to N.Y. Philharmonic discount. |
| Duration |
15 weeks (spring semester only) |
| Date |
Begins January 14 |
| On |
Wednesdays |
| Time |
5:45 - 7:45 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 / non-credit |
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| Course |
EVCRT 111-2 |
| Title |
Principles of Harmony and Form |
| Instructor |
Vivian Fung |
| Description |
Principles of Harmony introduces diatonic harmony and voice leading, as well as the basic principles of musical structure and design. Emphasis is given to compositions from the Baroque and Classical eras. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 9 (fall); January 13 (spring) |
| On |
Tuesdays |
| Time |
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$855 / 3 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 211-2 |
| Title |
Harmony and Counterpoint (L&M II) |
| Instructor |
Behzad Ranjbaran |
| Description |
The first part of Counterpoint and Harmony is concerned with the study and practice of modal and tonal counterpoint of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, followed by and introduction to the fugal procedures of the 18th century. The second part, which stems from Principals of Harmony and Form, focuses on the study of chromatic harmony and the evolution of musical form from the late 18th through early 19th centuries. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 9 (fall); January 13 (spring) |
| On |
Tuesdays |
| Time |
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 3, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$855 per semester / 3 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 311-2 |
| Title |
Form and Analysis (L&M III) |
| Instructor |
Samuel Zyman |
| Description |
Form and Analysis is an advanced study of tonal music from the mid-19th century to the present. Topics include chromatic harmony and voice leading, and selected 20th-century innovations. Extended musical structures and designs are emphasized. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 9 (fall); January 13 (spring) |
| On |
Tuesdays |
| Time |
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$855 per semester / 3 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 411–2 |
| Title |
Concepts of 20th-Century Music and Beyond (L&M IV) |
| Instructor |
Sandra Vojcic |
| Description |
A yearlong exploration of the significant innovations in
music compositions, topics for this course include pan-diatonicism; diatonic
and chromatic clusters; polytonality; altered and exotic scales and modes;
free chromaticism; atonality; and various forms of serialism. The second
semester emphasizes compositional techniques and procedures developed in
the second half of the 20th century, including aleatoric procedures, microtonal
music, minimalism, extended instrumental techniques and notation, as well
as electronic music. Interview required.
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| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 9 (fall); January 13 (spring) |
On |
Tuesdays |
| Time |
5:30–8:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$855 per semester / 3 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 121-2 |
| Title |
Ear Training I |
| Instructor |
Emily White |
| Description |
The most valuable way to acquire music skills is through successful performance of a difficult passage. During every class, an aspect of music study is isolated and each student recites it in a "test" performance. All sight-singing uses the fixed-do solfge system and conducting patterns in two, three, or four. Rhythm exercises include subdivisions of two, three, four, six, and eight parts to the beat, in simple or compound meter. Dictations for practice or tests are given each day and will include harmonic or melodic intervals up to perfect fifth, major and minor scales, rhythm, or one-part melodies in treble or bass clef. The spring project involves memorized recital of a repertory piece in fixed-do solfge while conducting. Prerequisite: Sight-Reading Lab or equivalent; knowledge of all key signatures, spelling of major and minor scales and all intervals, familiarity with rhythmic notation, ability to divide a beat into two equal parts. Placement interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 8 (fall); January 12 (spring) |
| On |
Mondays & Wednesdays |
| Time |
5:30 - 6:25 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester / 2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 221-2 |
| Title |
Ear Training II |
| Instructor |
Emily White |
| Description |
Fundamental skills are reinforced and new topics gradually introduced: intervals of the tritone, sixth, and seventh; performance and dictation in soprano, alto, and tenor clefs; rhythmic subdivision of five and seven parts to the beat; resolving intervals; recognition and singing of all triad qualities and inversions; two-voice singing and/or playing; dictations in two parts; simple chord progression. Prerequisite: Ear Training I or equivalent. Placement interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 8 (fall); January 12 (spring) |
| On |
Mondays & Wednesdays |
| Time |
6:35 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester / 2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 321-2 |
| Title |
Advanced Ear Training |
| Instructor |
Emily White |
| Description |
This course continues to develop basic singing, conducting, and rhythm skills with emphasis on chromatic harmony and textures with two, three, and four parts. Performance exercises include analysis and resolution of dissonances both diatonic and chromatic; simultaneous singing/playing in various clefs; introduction of atonal sight-singing; more advanced coordination drills with speaking, clapping, conducting, and changes of voice pitch. Dictations comprise all of the above as well as recognition of isolated four-part chords in all qualities and inversions. Prerequisite: Ear Training II or equivalent. Placement interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begin September 8 (fall); January 12 (spring) |
| On |
Mondays |
| Time |
7:40 p.m. - 9:25 p.m. |
| Interviews |
Fall interviews: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring interviews: January 8, 9 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester / 2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 251–2 |
| Title |
Contemporary Music |
| Instructor |
Stanley Wolfe |
| Description |
A course concentrating on the development of 20th-century
music through representative composers including Stravinsky, Schoenberg,
Bartók, Hindemith, Copland, Penderecki, Schuman, and Adams.
Prerequisite: Literature and Materials of Music I or its equivalent.
Students can enter at either semester. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 8 (fall); January 12 (spring) |
| On |
Mondays |
| Time |
10:30–11:45 a.m. |
| Auditions |
Please call the Evening Division Office for appointment. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester plus $60 performance lab fee /
2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 313–4 |
| Title |
Composition I |
| Instructor |
Stanley Wolfe, Conrad Cummings |
| Description |
This class will cover the principles and techniques
of composition. Assigned compositions will be played and recorded.
Intensive outside preparation is expected. Students can enter at
either semester. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Section 1: Begins September 10 (fall); January
14 (spring)
Section 2: Begins September 8 (fall); January 12 (spring)
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| On |
Section 1: Wednesdays (Stanley Wolfe)
Section 2: Mondays (Conrad Cummings) |
| Time |
Section 1: 1-2:15 p.m.
Section 2: 5:30-6:45 p.m. |
| Auditions |
Please call the Evening Division Office for appointment. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester plus $60 performance lab fee /
2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 413–4 |
| Title |
Composer’s Workshop |
| Instructor |
Stanley Wolfe |
| Description |
Students will perform more advanced work in composition
with individual guidance. Intensive outside preparation is expected.
Assigned compositions will be played and recorded. Students can
enter at either semester. Interview required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 10 (fall); January 14 (spring) |
| On |
Wednesdays |
| Time |
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. |
| Auditions |
Please call the Evening Division Office for appointment. |
| Cost |
$855 per semester plus $60 performance lab fee /
3 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 113–4 |
| Title |
Instrumentation |
| Instructor |
Vivian Fung |
| Description |
A “nuts-and-bolts” practicum, fostering
understanding of how the instruments of the orchestra function,
both individually and in an ensemble. Students will be introduced
to the characteristics of each orchestral instrument, with written
exercises, supporting musical examples taken from significant orchestral
works, and demonstrations by representative instrumentalists. Students
will be assigned three short projects, culminating in a larger final
project, which will be read by a Juilliard ensemble. Prerequisite:
A proficiency in transposition. Placement exam required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 9 (fall); January 13 (spring) |
| On |
Tuesdays |
| Time |
6 - 8 p.m. |
| Auditions |
Fall Auditions: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring Auditions: January 8, 9,4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester plus $60 performance lab fee /
2 credits per semester |
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| Course |
EVCRT 213–4 |
| Title |
Advanced Orchestration |
| Instructor |
Faculty |
| Description |
An emphasis on the analysis of orchestral technique
as it evolved from the 18th to the 21st centuries, through a perusal
of major orchestral works. As in the instrumentation course, assignments
will consist of three shorter orchestration projects, leading up
to a larger final project. Prerequisite: Instrumentation course
or its equivalent. Placement exam required. |
| Duration |
A two-semester (28-week) course |
| Date |
Begins September 11 (fall); NOTE: Spring semester section has been canceled
|
| On |
Thursdays |
| Time |
6 - 8 p.m. |
| Auditions |
Fall Auditions: September 4, 5 4:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Spring Auditions: January 8, 9,4:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
| Cost |
$570 per semester plus $60 performance lab fee /
2 credits per semester |
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