School of Liberal Arts: Music
2008-2009 Academic Year
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formal implications inherent in specific types of musical material. Students will
also examine compositional techniques characteristic of the jazz idiom.
APMS 351 Jazz Arrangements (3)
Staff. Students will work with the instructors individually and in small groups to
develop the ability to understand the challenges involved in the process of
creating jazz arrangements. Student will focus on the concepts of music notation
characteristic of the jazz idiom and on the idiomatic writing for instruments. They
will also examine the sound characteristics of individual instruments, the
mixtures, and the crucial issues of balance within the ensembles.
APMS 404 Orchestration (3)
Prof. Jazwinski. The instruments of the orchestra; their construction, ranges, and
playing techniques; methods of effective instrumental writing; the mechanics of
reading and writing a score. Written exercises, analysis of scores, study of
recorded performances and live demonstrations.
APMS 423 Private Advanced Voice, Instrument, or Composition and Recital
Preparation (3)
Staff. Open to music majors only. May be taken no more than twice. One 50-
minute lesson per week. One half-recital required for performance majors at the
junior level. One full recital required for both composition and performance
majors at the senior level.
APMS 495 Special Topics in Music Theory (3)
Prof. Jazwinski.