MUSIC THEORY (MTY) Fall 2020 Bulletin

Music Theory (MTY)

Minor in Music Theory

Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences

Chair: Perry Goldstein

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Heckert

Undergraduate Secretary: Germaine Berry

Office: 3304 Staller Center for the Arts

Phone: (631) 632-7330

Email: Perry.Goldstein@stonybrook.edu

Website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/music/

Music Theory (MTY)

The minor in Music Theory is designed to provide undergraduate students with a specialized knowledge in musicianship and the theory of music
in addition to its history. It is particularly well-suited to students interested in honing their skills as musicians and offers more rigorous training in
music analysis than the general track. Coursework includes an introduction to the study of music, courses in musicianship, music theory, only two
semesters in a performance ensemble, and a choice of courses on specialized topics, including the study of popular musics, non-western musical
traditions, music and gender, music technology, and the works of individual composers.

Minor in Music Theory (MTY)

The general Music minor (MUS) is designed for students who are interested in music but who do not seek training in more sophisticated aspects
of music theory and musicianship. The Music Theory minor (MTY), for which students take Music major courses in theory and musicianship, is
for students who want to acquire more specialized knowledge and skills in the areas of music theory and musicianship.

Requirements for the Minor in Music Theory (MTX)

All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. The minor requires a minimum of 20 credits.

A Note on the Performance Requirement: With the permission of the director of undergraduate studies, students who do not pass the audition for
one of the ensembles may fulfill the performance requirement through private lessons (MUS 161-MUS 187). For students in the minor who fulfill
the performance requirement through lessons, the ensemble corequisite for private lessons (MUS 161-MUS 187) will be waived.

1. Theory:

• MUS 120 Elementary Musicianship, MUS 121 Musicianship I

• MUS 220 Musicianship II, MUS 221 Musicianship III
• MUS 321 Tonal Harmony I, MUS 322 Tonal Harmony II

2. History:

• MUS 101 and one course chosen from the following: MUS 105 , 301-314, 319-320

3. Performance:
Two semesters of one or more of the following:

• MUS 261 Stony Brook Chorale

• MUS 262 University Orchestra
• MUS 263 University Wind Ensemble
• MUS 264 Jazz Ensemble
• MUS 266 Guitar Workshop
• MUS 267 Jazz Combo
• MUS 268 Marching Band
• MUS 235 Intro to African Drumming
• MUS 335 Advanced African Drumming
• MUS 271 Stony Brook Camerata
• MUS 391 Chamber Music

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concerts. Serves as prerequisite to many music 3 credits

MUS department courses.
MUS 141: Keyboard Harmony A
Music DEC: D
Practical studies in music theory
SBC: ARTS
through basic keyboard exercises. This
MUS 101: Introduction to Western 3 credits course has an associated fee. Please see
Classical Music www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
An introduction to music of the Western MUS 120: Elementary Musicianship
information.
classical tradition. This course covers basic Beginning ear-training, including harmonic,
Prerequisite: MUS 122
concepts and vocabulary such as melody, rhythmic and melodic dictation, interval
Corequisites: MUS 220 and 321
harmony, rhythm, counterpoint, and form, as and chord recognition, and sight-singing of
well as particular pieces of Western classical diatonic melodies. Intended for students who 1 credit
music. Various compositions and genres are not prepared to enter MUS 121 but who
MUS 142: Keyboard Harmony B
are considered in relation to the cultural and aspire to be music majors. May be repeated,
ideological values they embody, and the but credit counts toward graduation only once. Practical studies in music theory
historical contexts in which they emerge. No Not for music major credit. through basic keyboard exercises. This
previous musical training is assumed. Not for course has an associated fee. Please see
Prerequisite: Audition required
credit after MUS 130. www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
Corequisite: MUS 391 or MUS 388 or MUS
information.
DEC: D 267
Prerequisite: MUS 141
SBC: ARTS 2 credits
Corequisites: MUS 221 and 323
3 credits 1 credit
MUS 121: Musicianship I
MUS 105: Music Cultures of the World Sight-singing, dictation, and transcription of
MUS 161: Piano
An introduction to music traditions from melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic material.
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
around the world with an emphasis on Prerequisite: Placement by undergraduate
week, with five hours of practice required.
political, social, and cultural aspects of music. musicianship examination (consult department
Students are required to play for a jury
Geographic areas are studied with attention to concerning dates)
at the end of each term. Open to music
issues such as migration, gender, nationalism, Corequisites: MUS 122 and 321
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
belief, philosophy, and cosmology, as well as 2 credits qualified students. May be repeated. This
relationships with dance, drama, and poetry in course has an associated fee. Please see
particular music genres. MUS 122: Beginning Keyboard
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
DEC: G Basic keyboard skills, including reading in information.
SBC: ARTS clefs and rudimentary technical competence.
Prerequisite: Audition required
This course has an associated fee. Please see
3 credits www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more 2 credits

MUS 109: Rock, Popular Music, and information.

MUS 163: Harpsichord
Society Prerequisite: Placement by undergraduate
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
A study of rock and related popular musical keyboard examination
week, with five hours of practice required.
traditions in the United States. The music Corerequisites for Music majors: MUS 121
Students are required to play for a jury
is investigated through consideration of its: and MUS 321
at the end of each term. Open to music
1) musical constituents (rhythm, form, pitch 1 credit majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
structure, instrumental texture, and vocal qualified students. May be repeated. This
style), 2) historical development, beginning MUS 130: Sound Structures
course has an associated fee. Please see
with its roots in earlier folk and popular styles Development of strategies for informed www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
through to the present, and 3) social meanings, listening, analysis, and writing about music. information.
uses, and ramifications. Topics include timbre and sonority, meter and
Prerequisite: Audition required
rhythm, melodic design, form, organization of
DEC: D Corequisite: MUS 391
pitch and harmony, and interactions between
SBC: ARTS music and language. Repertory is drawn from 2 credits
3 credits a wide range of historical periods and cultural
MUS 165: Violin
contexts. Considerable emphasis on writing
MUS 119: The Elements of Music and on acquiring concepts and vocabulary A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
Beginning with the rudiments of music, such appropriate to diverse types of music. week, with five hours of practice required.
as meter, tempo, rhythm, and how to read Students are required to play for a jury
Prerequisite: MUS 119 or equivalent.
notes in several clefs, this "hands on" course at the end of each term. Open to music
Primarily intended for prospective music
goes on to examine how music is organized, majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
majors and others with sufficient musical
covering scales, keys, intervals, chords, form, qualified students. May be repeated. This
background as demonstrated by the Theory
and style in classical music. Students also course has an associated fee. Please see
Placement Exam or by permission of instructor
compose throughout the semester and sharpen www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
their listening skills through attendance at DEC: D information.
SBC: ARTS
Prerequisite: Audition required

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Corequisite: MUS 262 MUS 170: Flute Students are required to play for a jury
2 credits A forty-five-minute individual lesson each at the end of each term. Open to music
week, with five hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
MUS 166: Viola Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see
week, with five hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This information.
at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisite: Audition required
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
qualified students. May be repeated. This information. 264
course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisite: Audition required 2 credits
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
information. 264 or MUS 267 MUS 176: Trumpet
Prerequisite: Audition required 2 credits A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
Corequisite: MUS 262 week, with five hours of practice required.
2 credits MUS 171: Oboe Students are required to play for a jury
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each at the end of each term. Open to music
MUS 167: Cello week, with five hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This
week, with five hours of practice required. at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see
Students are required to play for a jury majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
at the end of each term. Open to music qualified students. May be repeated. This information.
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisite: Audition required
qualified students. May be repeated. This www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
course has an associated fee. Please see information. 264 or MUS 267
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Prerequisites: Audition required 2 credits
information. Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263
Prerequisite: Audition required MUS 177: Trombone
2 credits
Corequisite: MUS 262 A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
2 credits MUS 172: Clarinet week, with five hours of practice required.
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each Students are required to play for a jury
MUS 168: String Bass week, with five hours of practice required. at the end of each term. Open to music
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each Students are required to play for a jury majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
week, with five hours of practice required. at the end of each term. Open to music qualified students. May be repeated. This
Students are required to play for a jury majors and, enrollment permitting, to other course has an associated fee. Please see
at the end of each term. Open to music qualified students. May be repeated. This www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other course has an associated fee. Please see information.
qualified students. May be repeated. This www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Prerequisite: Audition required
course has an associated fee. Please see information. Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Prerequisites: Audition required 264 or MUS 267
information. Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required 2 credits
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 264 or MUS MUS 180: Percussion
267 MUS 173: Bassoon A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
2 credits A forty-five-minute individual lesson each week, with five hours of practice required.
week, with five hours of practice required. Students are required to play for a jury
MUS 169: Classical Guitar Students are required to play for a jury at the end of each term. Open to music
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each at the end of each term. Open to music majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
week, with five hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other qualified students. May be repeated. This
Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This course has an associated fee. Please see
at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.
qualified students. May be repeated. This information. Prerequisite: Audition required
course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisites: Audition required Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 264 or MUS 267
information. 2 credits
2 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required
Corequisite: MUS 391 or MUS 266 MUS 175: Horn MUS 182: Voice
2 credits A forty-five-minute individual lesson each A forty-five-minute individual lesson each
week, with five hours of practice required. week, with five hours of practice required.

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Students are required to play for a jury 3 credits Prerequisite: Audition required
at the end of each term. Open to music 1 credit
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other MUS 220: Musicianship II
qualified students. May be repeated. This Sight-singing, dictation, and transcription MUS 263: University Wind Ensemble
course has an associated fee. Please see of more complex melodic, harmonic, and Study and performance of works for ensembles
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more rhythmic material, including diatonic chord of woodwinds, brass, and percussion in
information. progressions. various combinations. Grading is based
Prerequisites: Audition required Prerequisite: MUS 121 and MUS 321 upon attendance. May be repeated. This
Corequisite: MUS 261 Corequisite for Music majors: MUS 141 and course has an associated fee. Please see
2 credits MUS 322 www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
2 credits information.
MUS 187: Other Instruments Prerequisite: Audition required
A forty-five-minute individual lesson each MUS 221: Musicianship III
1 credit
week, with five hours of practice required. Advanced sight-singing and dictation,
Students are required to play for a jury including modal, modulating, and chromatic MUS 264: Big Band Jazz Ensemble
at the end of each term. Open to music melodies; chord progressions and diatonic and Study and performance of works for jazz
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other modulating chorales; and complex rhythms. ensemble. Grading is based on attendance.
qualified students. May be repeated. This Prerequisite: MUS 141 and 220 May be repeated. This course has an associated
course has an associated fee. Please see Corequisite: MUS 142 and 323 fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more coursefees for more information. Repeatable to
2 credits
information. a maximum of 6 credits.
Prerequisite: Audition required MUS 235: Introduction to African Prerequisite: Audition required
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS Drumming
1 credit
264 or MUS 267 Students will learn to perform selections of
2 credits dance-drumming repertoire from southern MUS 265: Workshop in Performance
Ghana, Togo and Benin. Students will Practice in performance skills in a small group
MUS 189: Introduction to Jazz play on authentic instruments (bells, rattles workshop setting under the guidance of a
Improvisation and drums), sing, and dance. No musical performance instructor. May be repeated.
For beginning Jazz students. Introduction experience or ability to read musical notation This course has an associated fee. Please see
to Jazz techniques and performance with is required; students will learn pieces by ear www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
an examination of Jazz melodies, chords, through vugbe, 'drum language', which refers information.
charts, and an introduction to Jazz history and to the naming of specific sounds made on the
Prerequisite: Audition required
listening. Experience playing Jazz is not a drum in a kind of indigenous solfege. Song
requirement. Basic instrumental technique and lyrics with translations will be made available. 1 credit
some experience listening to Jazz are required. Readings, video screenings, and class visits
One must audition for MUS 189; auditions are by African artists will inform discussion of MUS 266: Guitar Workshop
held in the first week of classes. Sign up sheets the sociocultural context of the music and its An overview of guitar technique and
will be posted outside the music office (3304 performance. The course will culminate in fingerboard harmony, featuring in-class
Staller Music Office) the week before classes a mandatory performance, featuring African performance, transcription of tablature
start. This course has an associated fee. Please guest performers. Repeatable to a maximum of systems, and arranging for solo guitar. May
see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more 4 credits. be repeated. This course has an associated fee.
information. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for
1 credit more information.
Prerequisite: Audition required
1 credit MUS 261: Stony Brook Chorale Prerequisite: Audition required
Study and performance of a repertory from 1 credit
MUS 208: Introduction to Music the Middle Ages to the present. Grading is
Technology based upon attendance. Ability to read music MUS 267: Small Jazz Ensemble Level 1
Serves as an introduction to and exploration is required; advanced sight-reading is not. May For students with some experience playing
of production using computers to create sound be repeated. Jazz. A further examination into the Jazz
and music. Lectures will cover concepts and technique and performance. Students must
Prerequisite: Audition, held at first class
presentations of musicians working in various meeting; ability to read music have the basic abilities to read music and
capacities with computers, as well as tutorials charts, play scales and spell chords. Some
1 credit experience listening to Jazz is required.
on specific music software packages. Formerly
offered as CDT 208 and ARS/THR 208. Includes a performance requirement and
MUS 262: University Orchestra
This course has an associated fee. Please see regular rehearsals. One must audition for
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Study and performance of works from the MUS 267; auditions are held in the first week
information. repertory of the concert orchestra. Grading of classes. Sign up sheets will be posted
is based upon attendance. May be repeated. outside the music office (3304 Staller Music
Pre- or Corequisite: One ARS, CCS, CSE, ISE, This course has an associated fee. Please see
MUS, or THR course Office) the week before classes start. This
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more course has an associated fee. Please see
SBC: ARTS, TECH information. www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more

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information. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 Corequisite: MUS 182 or 382 Consideration of Beethoven's music and
credits. 1 credit its influence in relation to Enlightenment
Prerequisite: Audition required values, Romantic and idealist philosophies,
MUS 300: Music, Technology, and nationalism, gender, and disability. Not for
1 credit
Digital Culture music major credit.
MUS 268: Spirit of Stony Brook Study of the interactions between music, Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
Seawolves Athletic Band technology, and culture in popular and concert DEC: I
The study and playing/marching performance music since World War I. Issues of production, SBC: GLO, HFA+
of music from the marching and pep band distribution, and reception, involving such
3 credits
repertoire. The course requires attendance at topics as the impact of radio on composition in
a preseason marching band camp prior to the the 1920s and 1930s, early synthesizers, and MUS 304: American Music
beginning of the Fall term (typically one week the rise of electronic music, digital sampling
Study of the development of diverse 20th and
prior). Attendance at select athletic games and and DJs, the MP3 phenomenon, cross-cultural
21st century musical traditions in the U.S.
some away games is also required (including borrowings, gender and technology, the
from the perspectives of the musical structures
some Saturdays and some evenings, outside internet, interactivity, and new models of
and social contexts that may be understood to
of course meeting times). Grading is based consumption. Not for major credit.
define American music. The musical traditions
on attendance. Instrumentation consists of Prerequisite: One of the following: MUS 101, of Jazz, Blues, Classical, Musical Theatre,
marching winds, marching percussion (snare, 105, 106, 119, or 130 Folk, and Popular music are considered,
tenor, bass, cymbals), and color guard. May be DEC: H for instance, with respect to such issues
repeated for credit. SBC: STAS as how historical events, race, and gender
Prerequisite: must be able to read music 3 credits affect the production and reception of music,
1 credit how philosophical beliefs shape musical
MUS 301: Music in the Age of Mozart composition, and how the development of new
MUS 271: Camerata Singers The music and culture of late 18th-century technologies have affected the production and
Camerata Singers performs accompanied and Europe, one of the high water marks of reception of music in the United States. Not for
a cappella works from many eras and cultures. Western #classical# music. This course music major credit.
Music reading proficiency and an audition focuses on the ideals and blindspots of the Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 119 or MUS
is required for this course. Course may be Enlightenment as a window into the works 130
repeated to a maximum of 10 credits. of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and their DEC: K
Prerequisite: MUS 261; Audition required contemporaries. The birth of the public SBC: HFA+, USA
concert, the symphony, chamber music, and
1 credit 3 credits
comic opera. Not for music major credit.
MUS 289: Small Jazz Ensemble Level 2 Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130 MUS 305: Music in the Romantic Era
For students with experience playing and DEC: I The expressive art, politics, and culture of
listening to Jazz. A refined study in Jazz SBC: GLO, HFA+ music between the death of Mozart and the
technique and performance. Students should 3 credits turn towards modernism. Compositions and
be able to read written melodies and charts, cultural contexts from Beethoven through
play scales, and play over basic chord MUS 302: Music in the Age of Bach Mahler, Rossini through Puccini, and Chopin
changes. They should be conversant with Study of vocal and instrumental music in through Debussy are considered. Not for music
Jazz history, particularly pertaining to the the age of Johann Sebastian Bach (i.e. the major credit.
principal players of their own instrument. "Baroque), considering the musical cultures of Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
Includes a performance requirement and Germany, France, Italy, England, and the New DEC: G
regular rehearsals. One must audition for World, as well as the reappearance of Baroque SBC: GLO, HFA+
MUS 289; auditions are held in the first week music over time: from the 19th-century Bach
of classes. Sign up sheets will be posted 3 credits
revival, to the "authentic" performance practice
outside the music office (3304 Staller Music movement, to the use of Baroque sounds by
Office) the week before classes start. This MUS 307: Imaginative Worlds of Opera
recording artists from Nina Simone to the
course has an associated fee. Please see Considering opera's blend of drama, music,
Beatles to Eminem, and beyond. Not for music
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more spectacle and stage action, the course examines
major credit.
information. Repeatable to a maximum of 6 diverse European operatic traditions from a
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130 variety of angles, ranging from expressive
credits.
Prerequisite: Audition required DEC: I roles for music to social and cultural values
SBC: GLO, HFA+ embodied in individual works. Study focuses
1 credit on outstanding repertory pieces such as
3 credits
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, Verdi's Otello,
MUS 290: Vocal Repertory
MUS 303: Music in the Age of and Berg's Wozzeck. Not for music major
Performance and analysis of works from Beethoven credit.
the vocal repertory. May be repeated. This
Study of the historical period, up to and Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
course has an associated fee. Please see
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more including the present, in which the music DEC: I
information. of Ludwig van Beethoven became the SBC: GLO, HFA+
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3 credits performance, or globalization. May be This course is offered as both MUS 314 and
repeated for credit as the topic changes. WST 314.
MUS 308: History of Jazz
Prerequisite: One of the following: MUS 101, Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
Historical study of the origins, evolution, 105, 106, 119, or 130 SBC: SBS+
and influence of jazz, a musical art form
DEC: J 3 credits
originating in and evolving with the
SBC: GLO, SBS+
experiences of black Americans. Examination
3 credits MUS 315: The Structural Principles of
of styles, figures, and places connected to
Music I
jazz, from Louis Armstrong in New Orleans
MUS 312: Music and Islam An introduction to the language and basic
to Billie Holiday in New York to Kendrick
Lamar in Los Angeles. Consideration of Investigates connections between Muslim structural concepts of the art of tonal music
central issues including improvisation, beliefs and practices and musical culture in through the study of such elements as melody,
commercialization, race, and gender. Not for several regions including Egypt, Mali, Turkey, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, and form;
music major credit. and Central Asia. In studying the many varied analysis, written exercises, and discussion of
ways of practicing Islam, we consider beliefs theoretical principles. Not for music major
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 109 or MUS
regarding music and the divine, including credit.
119 or MUS 130
concepts of inspired musical performance Prerequisite: MUS 119
DEC: K and spiritual audition. We explore musical
SBC: HFA+, USA 3 credits
and cultural connections enabled by the flow
3 credits of ideas and technologies on the Silk Road MUS 316: The Structural Principles of
and through the Hajj, and study the diverse Music II
MUS 309: Music Since 1900 music traditions and repertoire central to these
An introduction to the language and basic
An introduction to the variegated and rapidly regions.
structural concepts of the art of 20th-century
changing trends of contemporary classical Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 105 or MUS music through the study of such elements
music of the last and current centuries, 109 as melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint,
including impressionism, expressionism,
DEC: J and form; analysis, written exercises, and
neoclassicism, twelve-tone and other serialism,
SBC: GLO discussion of theoretical principles. Not for
chance and texture music, electronic and
3 credits music major credit.
computer music, as well as styles derived from
folk music, jazz, and other forms of popular Prerequisite: MUS 315
MUS 313: Hearing Politics
music. Not for music major credit. 3 credits
Examines the intersection of music, sound, and
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
political life. 'Politics' is considered broadly, MUS 317: Music in China
DEC: G in domains ranging from electoral campaigns Explores the musical landscape of China,
SBC: GLO, HFA+ to the often fragile relationships between including silk and bamboo ensembles, kunqu
3 credits neighbors or lovers. The course considers how opera, and the philosophy of the Chinese zither
sound, hearing, and listening are implicated (qin). Considers music practices with regard
MUS 310: Music and Culture in the in the political dimensions of social life. We to Taoism, Confucianism, and communist
1960's consider how our political lives are full of cultural policy. Explores China's border
The music of Bob Dylan, John Cage, the listening--to speeches, debates, music, and regions including Uyghur, Tibetan, and
Beatles, Pauline Oliveros, Ornette Coleman, sound, and how (for example) issues of noise, Mongolian music.
Elliot Carter, John Coltrane, Laura Nyro, headphone use, musical taste, and racialized
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 105 or MUS
and others is studied in conjunction with sound have an intrinsic political dimension.
109
texts from or criticism of the 1960s. Music The course will focus on musics from diverse
and texts are correlated through the topics of global contexts, as well as non-musical sounds. DEC: J
chaos, protest, Black culture, technology, the SBC: GLO, SBS+
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 105 or MUS
women's movement, youth culture, and others. 109 3 credits
Not for music major credit.
SBC: DIV, HUM, SBS+ MUS 320: U.S. Popular Music
Prerequisite: MUS 101 or 119 or 130
3 credits The study of popular music in the United
DEC: K
States. Topics may include popular music
SBC: HFA+, USA MUS 314: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
in the U.S. since 1945; American popular
3 credits A study of music from the perspectives of music of colonial times; and American musical
gender and sexuality in a global context. theatre. The course explores such aspects as
MUS 311: Topics in Ethnomusicology Topics may include women as composers, musical structure and form, the nature of the
An ethnomusicological study of a particular performers, and listeners; genres understood commercial music industry, and how issues
area of the world, or a topic related to as gay or queer; music as an expression of of gender, race, geography, economics, and
contemporary musical practice, with an identity within various gender or sexuality technology affect the creation, performance,
emphasis on political, social, and cultural social groups, and depictions of gender and and reception of popular music. Not for music
aspects of music and sound. May include a sexuality in musical drama. All types of music major credit.
particular focus on issues such as migration, may be considered, including classical, rock,
Prerequisite: One of the following: MUS 101,
race, gender, belief, sound recording, live pop, hip-hop, electronic styles, folk, and jazz.
105, 106, 119, or 130

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DEC: G Prerequisite: MUS 101 or MUS 119 or MUS Prerequisite: One ARS, CCS, CSE, ISE, MUS,
SBC: HFA+, USA 130 or permission of the instructor or THR course
3 credits DEC: G Advisory Prerequisite: CDT 208 or ARS 225
SBC: HFA+ SBC: ARTS, TECH
MUS 321: Tonal Harmony I
3 credits 3 credits
Tonal harmony taught through practice
in homophonic writing, including the MUS 331: Musicianship IV MUS 344: Audio Engineering
harmonization of chorales. Students study Sight-singing and dictation of complex tonal, A theoretical examination of the principals
excerpts from the musical repertoire as it modal, and atonal material. Special emphasis of operation of the essential components of
pertains to questions of musical construction. on melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic idioms the sound recording and reinforcement chain
Corequisites: MUS 121 and 122 characteristic of 20th-century music. from acoustic venue, through transduction,
3 credits Prerequisite: MUS 221, 142, and 322 electronic manipulation and storage, and the
reproduction of the acoustic field in various
2 credits
MUS 322: Tonal Harmony II listening environments.
Practice in homophonic writing, including the MUS 335: Advanced African Drumming Prerequisite: One ARS, CSE, ISE, MUS, or
harmonization of chorales, including diatonic Students will learn to perform selections of THR course
harmonies, altered chords, and modulation. dance-drumming repertoire from southern Advisory Prerequisite: ARS/MUS/THR 208
This course has an associated fee. Please see Ghana, Togo and Benin. Students will SBC: TECH
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more play on authentic instruments (bells, rattles 3 credits
information. and drums), sing, and dance. No musical
Prerequisites: MUS 121, 122, and 321 experience or ability to read musical notation MUS 350: Western Music Before 1600
Corequisites: MUS 141 and 220 is required; students will learn pieces by ear The vibrant traditions of Western music
3 credits through vugbe, 'drum language,', which refers from Gregorian chant and the beginnings of
to the naming of specific sounds made on the polyphony to the suave motets of Palestrina
MUS 323: Techniques of Music, 1880 to drum in a kind of indigenous solfege. Song and the expressive madrigals of Monteverdi.
the Present lyrics with translations will be made available. Emphasis is on learning to think historically,
Study and practice in the techniques used in Readings, video screenings, and class visits on development of writing skills, and on
the late 19th and 20th centuries to organize by African artists will inform discussion of cultivation of listening skills.
pitch, rhythm, tone color, and dynamics. the sociocultural context of the music and its
Prerequisite: MUS 130, 141, 220, and 321
performance. The course will culminate in
Prerequisites: MUS141, 220, and 322 DEC: G
a mandatory performance, featuring African
Corequisites: MUS 142 and 221 SBC: ESI, GLO, HFA+
guest performers. Repeatable to a maximum of
3 credits 4 credits. 4 credits
MUS 325: Broadway and the American Prerequisite: MUS 235
MUS 351: Western Music 1600-1830
Musical 1 credit
Musical traditions in early modern Europe
The study of the American musical theatre from Monteverdi through Beethoven.
MUS 339: Beginning Composition
tradition in New York City, 1920s to Present. Study of diverse genres such as opera,
The course explores such aspects as dramatic Individual projects in composition discussed
cantata, symphony, and string quartet within
structure, musical form, the nature of the and criticized in class. Enrollment limited to
their cultural contexts. Focus is on the
commercial Broadway theatre, and how eight. May be repeated once.
understanding of historical processes, on
issues of gender, class, race, economics, and Pre- or Corequisite: MUS 323 academic prose writing, and on comprehension
technology affect the creation, performance, 3 credits of complex musical structures.
and reception of musical theatre. Not for music
Prerequisites: MUS 321 and 350
major credit. MUS 341: Sound Design
DEC: I
Prerequisite: one D.E.C. D or ARTS course An investigation into the scientific, formal
SBC: ESI, GLO, HFA+
DEC: G and artistic qualities of sound developed
for students who may or may not have had 4 credits
SBC: HFA+
formal musical training. Students will write
3 credits MUS 352: Western Music from 1830 to
reviews of sound pieces, create film or game
soundtracks, and create sound-based art- the Present
MUS 326: Mostly Mozart!
works in response to course content, and Western musical traditions from Schubert
Study of the music (instrumental and operatic) write a paper on acoustic or psycho-acoustic through David Lang, John Zorn, and Laurie
of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart through an phenomena. Emphasis is on studio production Anderson. Consideration of the central genres
examination of its debt to Italian, French, techniques, history of sound art and basic of orchestral, vocal, and chamber music and
German, and Ottoman musical traditions, its acoustics. Students will work on Apple their transformations by various cultural and
cultural context of late-Enlightenment Europe, computers in the SINC site and LTA. Formerly technological forces. Focus on music stylistic
and its pervasive influence on western art offered as CDT 341; not for credit in addition change and proliferation, and on academic
music from the nineteenth century to today. to CDT 341. This course has an associated fee. writing about music.
This course will take advantage of the annual Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for Prerequisite: MUS 322 and 351
'Mostly Mozart Festival' at Lincoln Center in more information.
New York City every summer. DEC: G

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SBC: ESI, GLO, HFA+ A sixty minute individual lesson each week, at the end of each term. Open to music
4 credits with fifteen hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This
MUS 361: Piano at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
with fifteen hours of practice required. qualified students. May be repeated. This information.
Students are required to play for a jury course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisite: Audition required
at the end of each term. Open to music www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other information. 264 or MUS 267
qualified students. May be repeated. This Prerequisite: Audition required 4 credits
course has an associated fee. Please see Corequisite: MUS 262
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more 4 credits MUS 371: Oboe
information. A sixty minute individual lesson each week,
Prerequisite: Audition required MUS 367: Cello with fifteen hours of practice required.
4 credits A sixty minute individual lesson each week, Students are required to play for a jury
with fifteen hours of practice required. at the end of each term. Open to music
MUS 362: Piano Pedagogy Students are required to play for a jury majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
A study of pedagogical methods for teachers at the end of each term. Open to music qualified students. May be repeated. This
of elementary and intermediate level piano majors and, enrollment permitting, to other course has an associated fee. Please see
students. This course will provide students qualified students. May be repeated. This www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
with the skills, tools, and resources necessary course has an associated fee. Please see information.
to develop into an effective private music www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Prerequisites: Audition required
teacher. Students of this course will explore information. Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263
the fundamentals of piano teaching and review Prerequisite: Audition required 4 credits
common teaching materials, method books, Corequisite: MUS 262
repertoire, and techniques. Students will also 4 credits MUS 372: Clarinet
explore the various elements involved in A sixty minute individual lesson each week,
establishing and managing a private teaching MUS 368: String Bass with fifteen hours of practice required.
studio. May be repeated once, for a total of 2 A sixty minute individual lesson each week, Students are required to play for a jury
credits. with fifteen hours of practice required. at the end of each term. Open to music
Prerequisite: MUS 161 Students are required to play for a jury majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 361 at the end of each term. Open to music qualified students. May be repeated. This
1 credit majors and, enrollment permitting, to other course has an associated fee. Please see
qualified students. May be repeated. This www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
MUS 363: Harpsichord course has an associated fee. Please see information.
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Prerequisites: Audition required
with fifteen hours of practice required. information. Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263
Students are required to play for a jury at Prerequisite: Audition required 4 credits
the end of each term. Open to music majors Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 264 or MUS
and, enrollment permitting, to other qualified 267 MUS 373: Bassoon
students. May be repeated. 4 credits A sixty minute individual lesson each week,
Prerequisite: Audition required with fifteen hours of practice required.
Corequisite: MUS 391 MUS 369: Classical Guitar Students are required to play for a jury
4 credits A sixty minute individual lesson each week, at the end of each term. Open to music
with fifteen hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
MUS 365: Violin Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see
with fifteen hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
Students are required to play for a jury qualified students. May be repeated. This information.
at the end of each term. Open to music course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisites: Audition required
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263
qualified students. May be repeated. This information.
4 credits
course has an associated fee. Please see Prerequisite: Audition required
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more Corequisite: MUS 391 or MUS 266 MUS 375: Horn
information. 4 credits A sixty minute individual lesson each week,
Prerequisite: Audition required with fifteen hours of practice required.
Corequisite: MUS 262 MUS 370: Flute Students are required to play for a jury
4 credits A sixty minute individual lesson each week, at the end of each term. Open to music
with fifteen hours of practice required. majors and, enrollment permitting, to other
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course has an associated fee. Please see course has an associated fee. Please see MUS 421: Analysis of Tonal Music
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more An examination, through the study of selected
information. information. works, of the action and interaction of
Prerequisite: Audition required Prerequisites: Audition required harmonic progression, rhythm, meter, motive,
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS Corequisite: MUS 261 texture, and line in defining and articulating
264 4 credits tonal structures.
4 credits Prerequisite: MUS 322
MUS 387: Other Instruments Corequisite: MUS 331
MUS 376: Trumpet A sixty minute individual lesson each week, 3 credits
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, with fifteen hours of practice required.
with fifteen hours of practice required. Students are required to play for a jury MUS 422: Analysis of Post-Tonal Music
Students are required to play for a jury at the end of each term. Open to music Music to be studied is selected from
at the end of each term. Open to music majors and, enrollment permitting, to other representative works by Debussy, Bartok,
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other qualified students. May be repeated. This Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Webern, and other
qualified students. May be repeated. This course has an associated fee. Please see composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
Prerequisite: MUS 421
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.
Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 352
information. Prerequisite: Audition required
3 credits
Prerequisite: Audition required Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS 264 or MUS 267 MUS 434: Orchestration
264 or MUS 267 4 credits The possibilities and limitations of the
4 credits commonly used instruments, conventions of
MUS 388: Fundamentals of
notation, and practice in scoring for various
MUS 377: Trombone Accompanying
ensembles. This course has an associated fee.
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, Development of skills required of an Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for
with fifteen hours of practice required. accompanist, including sight-reading and more information.
Students are required to play for a jury instrumental and vocal accompaniment.
Prerequisite: MUS 322
at the end of each term. Open to music Specific accompanying assignments are made
Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 323, MUS
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other throughout the semester. May be repeated
350-352
qualified students. May be repeated. This once. This course has an associated fee. Please
course has an associated fee. Please see see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more 3 credits
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.
information. MUS 437: Electronic Music
Prerequisite: MUS 161 or 361
Historical background, musical works,
Prerequisite: Audition required 2 credits aesthetic concepts and creative approaches
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS
to electronic music. Basic acoustics and
264 or MUS 267 MUS 390: Advanced Accompanying
sound engineering skills; electronic/live
4 credits A study of advanced collaborative repertoire sound production, recording, modification,
for the collaborative pianist. This course and editing; critical listening, improvisation,
MUS 380: Percussion is designed for students who have a strong timbral design; musique concrete and live
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, interest in furthering and deepen the study performance will be included. Studio work
with fifteen hours of practice required. in collaborative piano and who have includes technical practice and creative
Students are required to play for a jury previously taken MUS 388 Fundamentals assignments. Technical background is not
at the end of each term. Open to music of Accompanying. May be repeated to a required. This course has an associated fee.
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other maximum of 4 credits. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for
qualified students. May be repeated. This Prerequisite: MUS 161 and MUS 388 more information.
course has an associated fee. Please see Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 361 Prerequisite: MUS 321; permission of
www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more
2 credits instructor
information.
SBC: TECH
Prerequisite: Audition required MUS 391: Chamber Music
Corequisite: MUS 262 or MUS 263 or MUS 3 credits
Ensembles formed by students enrolled
264 or MUS 267 in MUS 161 to 187 or MUS 361 to 387 MUS 439: Composition
4 credits Performance Study. Two hours of rehearsal
Open only to students demonstrating sufficient
per week under the supervision of a faculty
MUS 382: Voice aptitude and capacity for original work. May
member or graduate assistant. May be
be repeated.
A sixty minute individual lesson each week, repeated. This course has an associated fee.
with fifteen hours of practice required. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Students are required to play for a jury more information. and submission of portfolio to Director of
at the end of each term. Open to music Undergraduate Studies
Corequisite: Enrollment in private lessons,
majors and, enrollment permitting, to other Advisory Prerequisite: MUS 339
MUS 161 through 187, as appropriate
qualified students. May be repeated. This 3 credits
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MUS 444: Experiential Learning A zero credit course that may be taken in Individual study (may be an honor's project)
This course is designed for students who conjunction with any MUS course that under the guidance of a faculty member
engage in a substantial, structured experiential provides opportunity to achieve the learning leading to a significant essay, music
learning activity in conjunction with another outcomes of the Stony Brook Curriculum's composition, lecture-recital, recital with
class. Experiential learning occurs when SPK learning objective. researched program notes, or participation
knowledge acquired through formal learning Pre- or corequisite: WRT 102 or equivalent; in a graduate music ensemble. Independent
and past experience are applied to a "real- permission of the instructor Projects used to fulfill the upper division
world" setting or problem to create new elective requirement should be approved by
SBC: SPK
knowledge through a process of reflection, the Undergraduate Studies Committee in the
0 credit, S/U grading semester prior to the semester in which MUS
critical analysis, feedback and synthesis.
Beyond-the-classroom experiences that 487 is undertaken.
MUS 459: Write Effectively in Music
support experiential learning may include: Prerequisite: Permission of instructor;
service learning, mentored research, field The WRTD requirement for music majors will
approval of department's undergraduate
work, or an internship. be fulfilled by submission of two approved
studies committee
papers: one from an advanced music history
Prerequisite: WRT 102 or equivalent; course, either MUS 351, MUS 352, or MUS 0-6 credits
permission of the instructor and 450, and one from an advanced music analysis
approval of the EXP+ contract (http:// MUS 488: Internship
course, either MUS 421 or MUS 422. Students
sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/ will submit papers with an approval form, Internship projects arranged in consultation
policiesandregulations/degree_requirements/ signed by the instructor of the course for with a faculty member and an outside agency.
EXPplus.php) which the paper was written, to the Director Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; 15 credits
SBC: EXP+ of Undergraduate Studies in Music, who will in music department courses; permission of
0 credit, S/U grading assign the grade. department
Pre- or co-requisites: one of the following: SBC: EXP+
MUS 450: Seminar in the History of MUS 351 or 352 or 450; one of the following: 0-6 credits, S/U grading
Music MUS 421 or 422
Advanced study of a topic in music history SBC: WRTD MUS 491: Conducting
for music majors. Topics may include study Manual technique and the analysis and
0 credit, S/U grading
of major composers, major genres, dramatic preparation of scores for performance. May be
music, the relation of music and poetry in MUS 475: Undergraduate Teaching repeated.
song, or an historically or geographically Practicum I Prerequisite: MUS 322; permission of
defined musical style. May be repeated as the
Each student receives regularly scheduled instructor
topic changes.
supervision from the instructor of the course Corequisite: MUS 261 or 262 or 263
Prerequisite: one of the following courses: specified as the forum for the practicum. 3 credits
MUS 322, 323, 350, 351, 352 Responsibilities may include conducting
SBC: ESI, HFA+ recitation sections of lower-division courses,MUS 495: Senior Honors Project in
3 credits preparing material for practice or discussion,Music
and helping students with course problems. A one-semester project for music who are
MUS 451: Senior Seminar in Prerequisite: U3 or U4 standing; music major; candidates for the degree with departmental
Ethnography of Music permission of instructor and department honors. Projects must have a public speaking
Ethnography has grown increasingly central to SBC: EXP+ component, for example a lecture-recital, a
the scholarly study of music. The engagement pre-concert talk about a composition, or a
3 credits, S/U grading
of living subjects can illuminate music colloquium presentation of musicological
and musical practice from all times and MUS 476: Undergraduate Teaching research. Repeatable to a maximum of 6
places. And yet, ethnographic methods are Practicum II credits.
not easily defined, no less learned. The Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and
challenges of writing human lives compels Each student receives regularly scheduled
supervision from the instructor of the course department
us to think ethically, legally, interpersonally,
specified as the forum for the practicum. 3 credits
philosophically, often all at once. This course
Students assume greater responsibility in such
asks students to read extensively in the history
areas as leading discussions and analyzing
of ethnography, reflecting on its key arguments
and genealogies. results of tests that have already been graded.
Students may not serve as teaching assistants
Prerequisite: MUS 105 or MUS 109; U3 or U4 in the same course twice.
status
Prerequisites: MUS 475; permission of
DEC: J instructor and department
SBC: DIV, ESI, HFA+
SBC: EXP+
3 credits
3 credits, S/U grading
MUS 458: Speak Effectively Before an
MUS 487: Independent Project
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