Courses & Curriculum

MUSI BC1001 AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC I. 3.00 points.

Prerequisites: no previous knowledge of music is required. A survey of the development of Western music from 6th-century Gregorian Chant to Bach and Handel, with emphasis upon important composers and forms. Extensive listening required

MUSI BC1501 VOICE INSTRUCTION. 2.00 points.

Entrance by audition only. Call Barnard College, Department of Music during registration for time and place of audition (854-5096)

MUSI BC3139 INTRODUCTION VOCAL REPERTOIRE. 3.00 points.

This course is designed for developing singers. Group vocalizing, learning of songs and individual workshop performances are aimed at improving the students technical skill and the elements necessary to create a meaningful musical and dramatic experience. Attention to text, subtext, emotional and psychological aspects of a piece and the performers relationship to the audience are included in the work. Repertoire is predominantly in English and comes from both classical and popular traditions Individual coaching sessions are available with the class accompanist and help strengthen the students confidence and skill. The class culminates with an in-class performance

MUSI BC3140 VOCAL REPERTOIRE, TECHNIQUE. 3.00 points.

Vocal exercises and exploration of wide-ranging repertoires, styles, and languages of the Western European song tradition. The rich variety of English, French, Italian and German poetry and music from the Baroque period through the Twentieth Century allows the student to experience both the music and the cultural environment of each of these styles. Attention is given both to meaning oftext and musical interpretation. Individual coaching sessions are available with the class accompanist and help strengthen the students confidence and skill. The class culminates with an in-class performance

MUSI BC3990 SENIOR PROJ:RESEARCH FOR MUSIC. 3.00 points.

Working with her advisor, a student will expand the research project initiated in the Fall Senior Seminar for Music Majors (BC3992x). In order to satisfy the requirement, the student will complete a fifty page research paper

MUSI BC3991 SENIOR PROJ: MUSIC REPERTORY. 3.00 points.

Working with her advisor, a student will develop a vocal or instrumental recital program with representative musical works from a variety of historical periods. In order to satisfy the requirement, the student will present an hour long public performance of the recital program. Students may also satisfy this requirement by composing original vocal or instrumental works

MUSI BC3992 SENIOR SEM FOR MUSIC MAJORS. 4.00 points.

The goals of this seminar are a) to introduce senior music majors to ethnographic, bibliographic, and archival research methods in music and b) to help the same students develop, focus, implement, draft, revise, and polish a substantive, original piece of research (25-30 pages) which will serve as the senior project. The course will begin with a survey of academic literature on key problems in musicological research and writing, and will progress to a workshop/discussion format in which each week a different student is responsible for assigning readings and leading the discussion on a topic which s/he has formulated and deemed to be of relevance to her own research

MUSI BC3999 INDEPENDENT STUDY. 1.00-4.00 points.