Music
The John E.N. and Dede Howard Department of Music
Chairman and Associate Professor: DANIEL TACKE
Professors: JAMES A. HOLLEMAN, MELISSA GERBER KNECHT
Director of Sacred Music and Associate Professor of Music: TIMOTHY MCDONNELL
Associate Professor: DEREK STAUFF
Visiting Assistant Professor: MICHAEL E. RUHLING
Artists/Teachers: BRAD BLACKHAM, EMILY DOUGLASS, STACEY JONES-GARRISON, DANIEL KUEHLER, CHRISTOPHER McCOURRY
Adjunct Instructors: KARIN CODE, JOSH COOK, CYNTHIA DUDA PANT, CHRISTINA EASTMAN, TAYLOR FLOWERS, JONATHON GEWIRTZ, ROBERT HENTHORNE, HANK HORTON, AARON JOHNSON, LORI LEFEVRE JOHNSON, ROBERT KILLIPS, AMY LEY, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, KRISTI MATSON, NICHOLAS NESTORAK, LAWRENCE OCHILTREE, JAN OURENSMA, DANIEL PALMER, DAVID PESHLAKAI, KATHERINE RICK, KARL SCHMIDT, LINDA SMITH, ANDREW SPRUNG, BIJAN TAGHAVI, ALAN TAPLIN, JAIMIE WAGNER, RANDY WESTMORELAND, CHRISTOPHER WHEELER, DEBBI WYSE
Department Accompanist: THOMAS RYSKAMP
The Department of Music pursues a two-fold mission: 1) to allow students to choose music as a field of concentration toward the completion of a bachelor of arts or science degree by undertaking a comprehensive program of music study and performance, and 2) to allow students of any discipline to study music and participate in performing ensembles.
Degrees
Courses of Instruction
MUS 030: Composition
Credits 1MUS 033: Private Conducting
Credits 1Students who have completed MUS 324, Beginning Conducting, and MUS 424, Advanced Conducting, and who wish to continue the study of conducting may sign up for private conducting lessons. Permission of instructor required.
MUS 040: Composition
Credits 1MUS 043: Private Conducting
Credits 1Students who have completed MUS 324, Beginning Conducting, and MUS 424, Advanced Conducting, and who wish to continue the study of conducting may sign up for private conducting lessons. Permission of instructor required.
MUS 120: Guitar Class
Credits 1MUS 130: Beginning Voice Class
Credits 1MUS 130J: Jazz Voice Class
Credits 1MUS 131: Voice Lessons
Credits 1MUS 131J: Jazz Voice Lessons
Credits 1MUS 132: Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 132J: Jazz Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 135: Class Instrument Instruction
Credits 1MUS 135J: Jazz Piano Harmony Class
Credits 1MUS 135O: Oboe Class
Credits 1MUS 135P: Percussion Class
Credits 1MUS 135V: Violin Class
Credits 1MUS 141: Piano Lessons
Credits 1MUS 141J: Jazz Piano Lessons
Credits 1MUS 142: Private Piano Lessons
Credits 2MUS 142J: Jazz Piano Lessons
Credits 2MUS 151: Woodwinds
Credits 1MUS 151B: Bassoon Lessons
Credits 1MUS 151C: Clarinet Lessons
Credits 1MUS 151F: Flute Lessons
Credits 1MUS 151O: Oboe Lessons
Credits 1MUS 151S: Saxophone Lessons
Credits 1MUS 152: Woodwind Lessons
Credits 2MUS 152B: Bassoon Lessons
Credits 2MUS 152C: Clarinet Lessons
Credits 2MUS 152F: Flute Lessons
Credits 2MUS 152O: Oboe Lessons
Credits 2MUS 152S: Saxophone Lessons
Credits 2MUS 160: Band
Credits 1MUS 161: String Instrument Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161A: Viola Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161B: Bass Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161C: Cello Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161G: Guitar Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161H: Harp Lessons
Credits 1MUS 161V: Violin Lessons
Credits 1MUS 162: String Instrument Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162A: Viola Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162B: Bass Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162C: Cello Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162G: Guitar Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162H: Harp Lessons
Credits 2MUS 162V: Violin Lessons
Credits 2MUS 170: Chamber Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170A: Saxophone Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170B: Brass Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170C: Clarinet Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170F: Flute Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170G: Guitar Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170H: Horn Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170J: Jazz Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170K: Keyboard Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170P: Percussion Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170Q: Woodwind Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170S: Strings Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170T: Trumpet Ensemble
Credits 1MUS 170Z: Opera Workshop
Credits 1MUS 171: Brass Instrument Lessons
Credits 1MUS 171H: French Horn Lessons
Credits 1MUS 171R: Trombone Lessons
Credits 1MUS 171T: Trumpet Lessons
Credits 1MUS 171U: Tuba Lessons
Credits 1MUS 172: Brass Instrument Lessons
Credits 2MUS 172H: French Horn Lessons
Credits 2MUS 172R: Trombone Lessons
Credits 2MUS 172T: Trumpet Lessons
Credits 2MUS 172U: Tuba Lessons
Credits 2MUS 180: Orchestra
Credits 1MUS 181: Organ Lessons
Credits 1MUS 182: Organ Lessons
Credits 2MUS 190: Choir
Credits 1MUS 191: Percussion Lessons
Credits 1MUS 192: Percussion Lessons
Credits 2MUS 196: Chapel Choir
Credits 1MUS 199: Chamber Choir
Credits 1MUS 201: Music Theory I
Credits 3MUS 201L: Musicianship Lab I
Credits 1MUS 204: The Understanding of Music
Credits 3MUS 206: Advanced Understanding Music
Credits 3MUS 221: Music Theory II
Credits 3MUS 221L: Musicianship Lab II
Credits 1MUS 230: Beginning Voice Class
Credits 1MUS 231: Voice Lessons
Credits 1MUS 231J: Jazz Voice Lessons
Credits 1MUS 232: Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 232J: Jazz Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 241: Piano Lessons
Credits 1MUS 241H: Harpsichord Lessons
Credits 1MUS 241J: Jazz Piano Lessons
Credits 1MUS 242: Piano Lessons
Credits 2MUS 242H: Harpsichord Lessons
Credits 2MUS 242J: Jazz Piano Lessons
Credits 2MUS 251: Woodwind Lessons
Credits 1MUS 2510: Oboe Lessons
Credits 1MUS 251B: Bassoon Lessons
Credits 1MUS 251C: Clarinet Lessons
Credits 1MUS 251F: Flute Lessons
Credits 1MUS 251O: Oboe Lessons
Credits 1MUS 251S: Saxophone Lessons
Credits 1MUS 252B: Bassoon Lessons
Credits 2MUS 252C: Clarinet Lessons
Credits 2MUS 252F: Flute Lessons
Credits 2MUS 252O: Oboe Lessons
Credits 2MUS 252S: Saxophone Lessons
Credits 2MUS 261: String Instrument Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261A: Viola Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261B: Bass Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261C: Cello Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261G: Guitar Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261H: Harp Lessons
Credits 1MUS 261V: Violin Lessons
Credits 1MUS 262A: Viola Lessons
Credits 2MUS 262B: Bass Lessons
Credits 2MUS 262C: Cello Lessons
Credits 2MUS 262G: Guitar Lessons
Credits 2MUS 262H: Harp Lessons
Credits 2MUS 262V: Violin Lessons
Credits 2MUS 270: Advanced Chamber Music
Credits 2MUS 270S: Advanced Chamber Music Strings
Credits 2MUS 281: Organ Lessons
Credits 1MUS 282: Organ Lessons
Credits 2MUS 291: Percussion Lessons
Credits 1MUS 292: Percussion Lessons
Credits 2MUS 310: Music Pedagogy
Credits 1 Max Credits 2MUS 313: Woodwind Methods
Credits 1MUS 314: Brass Methods
Credits 1MUS 315: Percussion Methods
Credits 1MUS 316: String Methods
Credits 1MUS 319: Voice Diction
Credits 2MUS 320: The Craft of Musical Composition
Credits 2MUS 321: Music Theory III
Credits 3MUS 321L: Musicianship Lab III
Credits 1MUS 322: History and Literature of Music I
Credits 3The history of Western music from its beginnings in ancient Greece to about 1600. An introduction to the main styles, genres, composers, and musical concepts situated in historical context. Prerequisite: MUS 206, 201.
MUS 323: History and Literature of Music II
Credits 3The history of Western music from about 1600 to 1800. An introduction to the main styles, genres, composers, and musical concepts situated in historical context. Prerequisite: MUS 206, 201.
MUS 324: Beginning Conducting
Credits 2MUS 325: History and Literature of Music III
Credits 3The history of Western music from about 1800 to the present. An introduction to the main styles, genres, composers, and musical concepts situated in historical context. Prerequisite: MUS 206, 201.
MUS 326: The History of Jazz
Credits 2MUS 332: Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 332J: Jazz Voice Lessons
Credits 2MUS 341: Piano Lessons
Credits 1MUS 342: Piano Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352: Woodwind Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352B: Bassoon Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352C: Clarinet Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352F: Flute Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352O: Oboe Lessons
Credits 2MUS 352S: Saxophone Lessons
Credits 2MUS 361: String Instrument Lessons
Credits 1MUS 362: String Instrument Lessons
Credits 2MUS 362C: Cello Lessons
Credits 2MUS 362G: Guitar Lessons
Credits 2MUS 362H: Harp Lessons
Credits 2MUS 362V: Violin Lessons
Credits 2MUS 372: Brass Instrument Lessons
Credits 2MUS 372H: French Horn Lessons
Credits 2MUS 372R: Trombone Lessons
Credits 2MUS 372T: Trumpet Lessons
Credits 2MUS 372U: Tuba Lessons
Credits 2MUS 382: Organ Lessons
Credits 2MUS 392: Percussion Lessons
Credits 2MUS 408: Advanced Topics in Music History
Credits 3A capstone music course focusing on a specialized topic within musicology. Students will develop several key skills: working with primary sources, music analysis, and engaging with notable scholarship and issues in musicology. Prerequisite: at least one 300-level music history course or current enrollment with permission of the instructor.
MUS 409: Advanced Topics in Music Theory
Credits 3Extends the essential foundation of the music theory sequence by pursuing detailed studies in a designated topic. The purpose of the course is to acquire theoretical experience with a specific selection of musical repertoire, a particular aspect of musical material and form, and/or methodologies of musical analysis, but also to develop students' technical and expressive vocabularies in ways that reinforce and enrich their music-making more broadly. The course may draw from a fixed collection of topics, including counterpoint, orchestration, and post-tonal theory, but additional topics may be introduced on an individual or recurring basis. Prerequisites: MUS 321 and MUS 321L or permission of instructor