. Admission by permission of the director of undergraduate studies. Knowledge of the basics of music theory and music notation is required, and some familiarity with the musical theater idiom is expected. Topics for study include the theorising of modern experience by sociologists and philosophers such as Georg Simmel and Siegfried Kracauer; the thematising of city life and the wonders and dangers of technology in popular songs and films; the intersection of music and noise in the works of composers such as Charles Ives, Leo Ornstein, and George Antheil; and the paradox that led to jazz being celebrated both as an emblem of urban hyper-modernity and as an icon of anti-modern "Primitivism." After CPSC 202 and 223. Some prior composing experience is recommended. HU  RPHTBA, * MUSI 217a or b, Music Theory Skills at the Keyboard  Nathaniel Adam, This course teaches music-theory keyboard skills such as score reading, melody harmonization, figured-bass realization, and improvisation, and how these topics connect to written music-theory analysis and composition. All students, performers and non-performers, are invited to apply. If you took a look at my schedule without knowing who I was and tried to guess my major, you would most likely guess Music. We also cover techniques of analytical listening and transcription, restricting ourselves to a small group of focused playlists representing different cultures of musicking, including global hip-hop, south Indian classical music, and vernacular music marketed separately to Black and White audiences in the early days of the American recording industry.HTBA, MUSI 110a or b, Introduction to the Elements of Music  Staff, The fundamentals of musical language (notation, rhythm, scales, keys, melodies, and chords), including writing, analysis, singing, and dictation. Many of these courses fulfill the science and/or quantitative reasoning distributional requirements. 06-24-2008 at 7:32 … degree program applicants should consult their major teacher at the beginning of the first term of their junior year. Please indicate on your Double Major form … May be repeated for credit. Austen, an accomplished musician herself, wove music into her novels in ways that reveal much about contemporary practices of (and prejudices against) musicking. For details, see the Music department's program description in the YCPS.HTBA, * MUSI 455a / MUSI 235, A History of Music Notation  Anna Zayaruzny, The history of music notation is intimately linked with the histories of musical composition and performance. HUW 1:30pm-3:20pm, * MUSI 492b / AMST 477b, The Beach Boys in American Culture and Counterculture  Daniel Harrison, The sixty-year career of the Beach Boys is an armature to study a variety of topics of interest to musicologists, American cultural historians, and students of media. Music majors: four terms of performance (MUSI 360a or b, 361a or b, 460a or b, 461a or b) and MUSI 210a or b and 211a or b Majors in subjects other than music: four terms of performance (MUSI 360a or b, 361a or b, 460a or b, 461a or b) and four courses, which usually include two courses from the MUSI 301–311 series, and two of MUSI … The musical novice is introduced to the ways in which music is put together and is taught how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles, from Bach and Mozart, to Gregorian chant, to the blues. Church Music Studies Curriculum. This class is for Music majors … RP  ½ Course crHTBA, * MUSI 221b, The Performance of Chamber Music  Wendy Sharp, Preparing and performing chamber music works, including rehearsal techniques, leading, developing musical concepts, learning to work effectively in a small group, and performing. We’ approach this period of music history by delving into how “regular people”—especially women—consumed, curated, and created music in their everyday lives. Composers include Mahler, Stravinsky, Ravel, Varèse, Copland, Cage, Reich,Xenakis, Eastman, Takemitsu, Czernowin, and Monk. Explore Show Description. RPTh 2:30pm-4:20pm, * MUSI 421b, Composition Seminar IV  Konrad Kaczmarek, Advanced analytic and creative projects in music composition and instrumentation, with a focus on writing for chamber ensembles. Students with questions should contact the instructor at kathryn.alexander@yale.edu. program is through acceptance into Yale College as well as a separate, successful audition through the School of Music, either before matriculation into Yale College or after the third year of the B.A. Three letters of recommendation. Previously MUSI 312. This semester’s course also embraces the online format to address performing and recording virtually as a vital tool in the current field of musical theater. Final projects may focus on medieval or later music notations. See the Calendar for the Opening Days or the Music department website for information about the placement test. * MUSI 352a, The Western Art-Music Tradition, 1800-2020 Gundula Kreuzer. By learning about Austen's musical milieu, we open up the musical lives of Regency-era women and the "middling sort," while becoming more attuned to the social critiques embedded in Austen's representations of music, ultimately enriching our engagement with the novels themselves. While enrolled in Yale College, students in the B.A./M.M. Interested students should contact dan.egan@yale.edu for application requirements. Computing and the Arts is an interdepartmental major for students who wish to integrate computing with work in architecture, art, history of art, music, or theater studies. Touching on historical periods ranging from ancient Greece to the present day, Professor … A unique feature of Yale’s piano department is the close collaboration between piano faculty members­. Admission by audition only. Aural skills connect concepts and notations with embodied sound via practices like singing with European and Indian solfege and timekeeping with European conducting patterns and Indian clapping patterns. HUTTh 11:35am-12:50pm, MUSI 380a, Jazz in America 1900-1960  Brian Kane, A course on key moments in the history of jazz in America until 1960 with special focus on the role of jazz within broader streams of American cultural life; improvisation; jazz as popular music and as art music; the racial politics of jazz; and its artistic achievements. May be repeated for credit. Ability to read music required. May be repeated for credit. Intended for students who have no music reading ability.HTBA, MUSI 115b, The Mathematics of Music  Richard Cohn, An introduction to applied mathematics in the context of music theory and analysis. The goal of the course is knowledge of the repertoire representing the major … Choreography, music direction, and origination of new works. Admission by permission of the composition faculty of the Department of Music. Yale School of Music offers its students an intimate and supportive environment in which to excel in their respective area of study. An overview of music before 1700 within its cultural and social contexts. Also required is one course designated “Senior Seminar” during the senior year. They are intended primarily for students majoring in music, but they may be elected by others who meet the stated prerequisites. Open to qualified Yale College instrumentalists and pianists by audition only. Catalog Navigation. Conceptual skills include systems of nomenclature and classification derived from European, Arabic, and Indian pedagogical traditions and cover rhythms, meters, scales, modes, intervals, and chords. HUHTBA, * MUSI 228a / THST 224a, Musical Theater Performance I  Annette Jolles, The structure, meaning, and performance of traditional and contemporary musical theater repertoire. HU  RPHTBA, * MUSI 340b / THST 318b, Analyzing, Directing, and Performing Early Opera  Grant Herreid and Toni Dorfman, Study of a seventeenth-century Venetian opera, with attention to structural analysis of text and music. Enrollment limited to 20. Because Yale University offers a music major at the undergraduate level, aspiring musicians at the undergraduate level must apply to Yale University just like everyone else. For audition information e-mail dan.egan@yale.edu. Yale College Programs of Study 2020–2021. Special Divisional Majors differ so widely in content that there is no uniform format, but many of these majors draw from several departments to focus on a particular culture, period, or problem (e.g., French … To audition, students should upload two PDF scores and MP3 recordings in a single zip file by the first Friday of the semester to the designated Music 421 audition assignment page at the Canvas site. Enrollment limited to 10. Admission by permission of the director of undergraduate studies. The block of text below is filled with clickable links to explore. Ability to understand musical terminology strongly encouraged. Students participate in hundreds of campus organizations, including nearly 100 athletic teams, over 50 performance groups, and 60 cultural associations. This course introduces students to ways in which not only musicians, but also politicians, sociologists, artists, and citizens of the early twentieth century, perceived and responded to the modern urban environment as a sonic phenomenon. Admission after MUSI 210 or by the music theory placement test. Prerequisite: MUSI 220. Emphasis on the theory of music technology through investigations into the tools used to analyze, perform, and create electroacoustic and computer-generated music. The Music major is part of the visual & performing arts program at Yale University.. Perhaps ironically, a major theme in much writing on music is music’s resistance to language—the seemingly inherent difficulty involved in translating, explaining, or even just describing the sonic and embodied experience of music in words. For audition information e-mail richard.lalli@yale.edu. Download 2020-21 YCPS PDF. To gain a comprehensive familiarity with the history and theory of music, a student majoring in Music completes a survey covering music history from the medieval period to the present as well as a two-course music theory requirement. All pages in YCPS Catalog. Recommended to be taken concurrently with MUSI 217. The ISM does not charge an application fee. Majors explore topics from these arts … The Institute admits outstanding choral conductors, organists, and singers interested in pursuing interdisciplinary study to its music programs based on the application and auditions. B.A./M.M. Interested non-majors may enroll with permission from instructor. At Yale, students selected from all parts of the world are brought together to study with a distinguished faculty. Requirements of the Major Prerequisites. RPHTBA, * MUSI 230a, Composing for Musical Theater  Joshua Rosenblum, This course is open to all students (including graduate programs) and from any major, although priority is given to music majors. A short essay (500–1,000 words) relating your goals to the mission of the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. In addition, at some point during their first four years, they must enroll in two terms each of MUS 543 (Chamber Music), MUS 544 (Seminar in the Major), and, where applicable, MUS 542 (Yale Philharmonia); guitarists and keyboard players should consult with their major teacher about requisites beyond lessons and Seminar in the Major. Exploration of period performance practice, including rhetorical expression, musical style, gesture, dance, Italian elocution, and visual design. The introductory meetings lay historical, political, technological, and cultural foundations, before proceeding with a series of work-based (i.e., album-based) case studies for the remainder of the term. Close Description. This course combines a study of musical paleography (i.e. Recommended to be taken concurrently with MUSI 218 or 219. Yale is my favorite place in the world, and I’m excited to share it with you! HUW 1:30pm-3:20pm, * MUSI 495a or b, Individual Study  Anna Zayaruzny, Original essay in ethnomusicology, music history, music theory, or music technology and/or multimedia art under the direction of a faculty adviser. Enrollment limited to 10. Enrollment limited to first-year students. Use the Yale College Outcomes … To audition, students should upload two PDF scores and MP3 recordings in a single zip file by 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the semester, to the designated Music 420 audition assignment page at the Canvas site. The PDF will include all information unique to this page. Preregistration required; see under First-Year Seminar Program. Special consideration is given to literary features and background, including use of the International Phonetic Alphabet. May be repeated for credit. Admission to the course upon submission to the department of the essay proposal by the registration deadline, and approval of the director of undergraduate studies.HTBA, * MUSI 496a or b, The Senior Recital  Anna Zayaruzny, Preparation and performance of a senior recital and accompanying essay under faculty supervision. The acceptance rate for Yale … WR, HUTh 1:30pm-3:20pm, MUSI 175a or b, Listening to Music  Angharad Davis, Development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music. Prerequisites: Both MUSI 320 and 321. Five additional term courses in music chosen from Levels 200, 300, and 400 (only one of which is from Level 200) complete the major. MUSI 210a or … Brian Robinson, Manager (203) 432-4140 brian.s.robinson@yale.edu No previous musical experience required. In addition to receiving professional training in music, students are encouraged to participate in the rich intellectual life of the entire University and to develop and pursue interests in area… Prerequisite: MUSI 461.HTBA, * MUSI 497a or b, The Senior Project in Composition  Anna Zayaruzny, Preparation of a senior composition project under faculty supervision. She is the author of three monographs—Schumann’s Late Style, The Song Cycle, and Singing in the Age of Anxiety—and the recipient of a three-year Major … HU  ½ Course crHTBA, * MUSI 218a or b, Elementary Musicianship I  Staff, Exercises in melodic and harmonic dictation, sight-singing, keyboard harmony, and aural analysis Admission after MUSI 110 or by the music theory placement test. Admission by audition only. Students also gain fluency in staff notation, which originates in the European tradition but has colonized many other practices; we also spend time with other visualization techniques and notation systems for musical sound. Students examine details of the music and the social/historical context of each piece, in chronological order: one piece for each of the twelve decades from 1900 to the present. Click to change. Prerequisite: MUSI 110 or equivalent. Yale students have until the end of sophomore year to declare a major. Open to all students, but designed especially for singers, instrumentalists, and directors. how music is written down) with consideration of the historical and intellectual currents that shaped, and were shaped by, systems of music writing. Ongoing study of evolving contemporary procedures and compositional techniques. Among the systems surveyed are the neumes used to preserve early plainchant, the increasingly specific rhythmic notations that recorded Western polyphony from the thirteenth century onward, and the notational puzzles and games of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Auditions for assignment to instructors (for both credit and noncredit lessons) are required for first year and some returning students, and are held only at the beginning of the fall term. All rights reserved. But whatever difficulties are involved, writing about music is an important cultural form, in genres ranging from reviews and criticism to academic scholarship to cultural critique to fiction. The course culminates in a public performance by the ensemble. HU  RPF 1:30pm-4:30pm, * MUSI 229b / THST 226b, Musical Theater Performance II  Maria-Christina Oliveras, The collaborative process and its effect on musical theater performance. HUT 1:30pm-3:20pm, * MUSI 207a or b, Commercial and Popular Music Theory  Nathaniel Adam, An introduction to music-theory analysis of commercial and popular song (with a focus on American and British music of the past 50 years, across multiple genres). The Standard Music major provides a general music program in the humanities, as well as preparation for graduate studies or for careers in music. Motor klaxons hooted in the streets; elevated trains rattled overhead while subways rumbled below; parlour pianos tinkled, and radios blared. Enrollment limited to freshmen. Advanced courses, numbered between 400 and 494, are intended for students who have completed intermediate courses in the relevant field. For audition information contact dan.egan@yale.edu. Prospective majors are advised to begin the required courses by their sophomore year. MW 11:35am-12:25pm, * MUSI 404a, Nineteenth-Century Music: Analysis and Model Composition  Richard Cohn, Studies in the theory, analysis, and composition of music of the nineteenth century. Admission by audition and application only. These courses have no college-level mathematics requirement and do not s… For audition information e-mail grant.herreid@yale.edu. Students will develop their individual program of study in collaboration with the Church Music … A–Z Index; Print/Download Options; Bulletin Archive; Yale University Publications / Yale College Programs of Study / Majors in Yale College; Current Edition: YCPS Archive. For a list of undergraduate majors, see the Yale College Programs of Study page. Students are strongly encouraged to supplement the course with individual voice instruction. The acceptance rate for Yale University is around 8%. HUT 3:30pm-5:20pm, * MUSI 328a, Introduction to Conducting  William Boughton, An introduction to conducting through a detailed study of the problems of baton technique. Group and individual lessons to supplement in-class activities. HUHTBA, * MUSI 210a or b, Counterpoint, Harmony, and Form: 1500–1800  Staff, A concentrated investigation of basic principles and techniques of period musical composition through study of strict polyphonic voice leading, figuration, harmonic progression, phrase rhythm, and small musical forms. QR, SC  RPW 9:25am-11:15am, * MUSI 320a, Composition Seminar I  Kathryn Alexander, Intermediate analytic and creative projects in music composition, instrumentation, and scoring for visual media. HTBA, Accessibility at Yale May be repeated for credit. HUM 1:30pm-3:20pm, * MUSI 460a, Music and the Metropolis, 1900-1950  Angharad Davis, In the first half of the twentieth century, the great metropolises of Europe and North America bustled as never before. HU  RPHTBA, Individual instruction in the study and interpretation of musical literature. For more information, contact: Yale Symphony Orchestra P.O. Theoretical concepts are supplemented with pragmatic issues expressed in a high-level programming language. HUHTBA, * MUSI 185a / THST 236a, American Musical Theater History  Dan Egan, Critical examination of relevance and context in the history of the American musical theater. The Department of Music in Yale College is the home of undergraduate music majors as well as the source of course work designed for the non-major with minimal preparation in music. A survey of musical practices, institutions, genres, styles, and composers in Europe and North America from 1800 to the present. Admission to the B.A./M.M. Prerequisites: Music reading ability and completion of the application. No more than four credits of lessons can be applied towards the 36-credit degree requirement. Yale Graduate Music Symposium; Graduate Seminars; Joint Degree Programs; Friends of Music. For the music major, the Department of Music … Introductory courses with no calculus requirement Physics courses numbered 120 or below are for students with little or no previous experience in physics who do not plan to major in the natural sciences. Completed online Institute application (for all disciplines except composition; see below). The Undergraduate Curriculum ... Music … Production of the opera in conjunction with the Yale Baroque Opera Project. Theoretical concepts are supplemented with pragmatic issues expressed in a high-level programming language. For singers, music directors, and directors. Yale's music program is for masters only, you can go through the school being a music major for undergrad, but the program is only strong as a grad student, not to mention its free. May be repeated for credit. In the fifth … Historical survey, including nonmusical trends, combined with text and musical analysis. May be repeated for credit. HUHTBA, * MUSI 211b, Elementary Studies in Analysis and Model Composition II  Daniel Harrison, Continuation of MUSI 210. About; Contact; Home > Requirements of the Major. In order to proceed from the more to the less known, the course moves in backward chronological order, beginning with recent music that most of us have heard somewhere, like popular anime and video game soundtracks. HU  RPF 1:30pm-3:20pm, * MUSI 232a or b, Central Javanese Gamelan Ensemble  Staff, An introduction to performing the orchestral music of central Java and to the theoretical and aesthetic discourses of the gamelan tradition. Starting with close listening of a large set of songs, readings from both academic and popular sources, and discussions with expert guests in cultural studies, rock journalism, biography, and music analysis, students identify and work on an original research project related to the group, broadly conceived. A guideto selecting physics courses is available to aid in course selection. Introductory courses are numbered from 100 to 199. Enrollment limited to 18. QRMW 11:35am-12:50pm, * MUSI 445a or b, Advanced Lessons  Staff, Individual instruction for advanced performers in the study and interpretation of musical literature. The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and … This lecture explores the basic nature of melody. The Music major is part of the visual & performing arts program at Yale University. Weekly coaching and rehearsals, bimonthly studio classes, and end-of-term recitals. To students majoring in piano, violin, or composition. You can major in music as an undergrad, but getting in to Yale as an undergrad is the same difficulty (ie very difficult) no matter what major you plan to pursue. The Yale School of Music is a tuition-free school. HU  RPHTBA, * MUSI 420a, Composition Seminar III  Konrad Kaczmarek, Advanced analytic and creative projects in music composition and instrumentation, with a focus on writing for chamber ensembles. Cultural and political trends provide context as canonic masterpieces are approached from both theoretical and performative angles. RP  ½ Course crHTBA, * MUSI 222b, The Performance of Vocal Music  Richard Lalli, A course for singers and pianists that emphasizes the analysis and musical preparation of classical solo song and operatic repertoire. For details, see the Music department's program description in the YCPS.HTBA, * MUSI 350b, History of Western Music: Middle Ages and Renaissance  Anna Zayaruzny, A detailed investigation of the history of musical style from A.D. 900 to 1600. The three survey courses in music history are. To gain a comprehensive familiarity with the history and theory of music, a student majoring in Music completes a survey covering music … Yale graduates in all majors are prepared to serve in positions of leadership in every imaginable field. Box 201945 New Haven, CT 06520. The Standard Music major provides a general music program in the humanities, as well as preparation for graduate studies or for careers in music. degree program incur no costs beyond those associated with attendance at Yale College. The Yale School of Music is a graduate professional school for students of exceptional ability who, by reason of their musical aptitude and their intellectual background, are qualified to do graduate work at this University. HUTTh 1pm-2:15pm, * MUSI 408b, Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis  Daniel Harrison, Advanced work in harmony, counterpoint, thoroughbass, structure, and form; Schenkerian analysis of selected compositions from the tonal repertory. Preference to Music majors according to class. NP. From there we move deeper back into the twentieth century, examining the postwar genres that gave rise to more familiar recent ones, and from there to the songs that accompanied Japan’s turn to colonial empire in the late nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries. Ability to read music is assumed. HUMW 11:35am-12:50pm, * MUSI 352a, The Western Art-Music Tradition, 1800-2020  Gundula Kreuzer, A survey of musical practices, institutions, genres, styles, and composers in Europe and North America from 1800 to the present. RPHTBA, * MUSI 240a or b, The Performance of Early Music  Grant Herreid, A study of musical styles of the twelfth through early eighteenth centuries, including examination of manuscripts, musicological research, transcription, score preparation, and performance. program. Recommended to be taken concurrently with MUSI 210 or 211. Knowledge of basic music theory and the ability to read Western musical notation is assumed. Normally the class size is limited, so that all assignments can be performed and fully considered during the class meeting time. HU  RPHTBA, A survey of the Afrofuturist theme as it has been articulated in African American music of the post-World War II era, with additional references to its concurrent manifestations in film, literature, and visual arts. Students have regular opportunities to play in master classes and receive supplemental lessons and chamber music coachings from faculty other than their major studio teachers. Music and the shifting social constructions of desire over the past millennium. Enrollment limited to 12. The group’s musical production is notably large and stylistically varied, its complex history (and mythology) is well documented in print and on film, and recent scholarship about the group is sophisticated and suggestive. The standard major consists of twelve term courses, eleven of which must be numbered 300 or above, excluding the prerequisites, or b. Yale University confers the Doctor of Musical Arts degree on those candidates who have successfully completed four terms of residential requirements, demonstrated expertise in the major field through … Focus on ways to "read" a work, decipher compositional cues for character and action, facilitate internalization of material, and elicit lucid interpretations. Students with questions should contact the instructor at konrad.kaczmarek@yale.edu. Sophomore Seminar: Registration preference given to sophomores. Privacy policy An organ, choral, or vocal major follows the normal programs for the Master of Music degree as required by the School of Music. Group and individual lessons to supplement in-class lectures. These cases span several musical styles and include debates over the artistic merit of pop, rock, and smooth jazz; the role of race in constructing histories of popular music; the emergence of experimental musical languages in avant-garde movements, and more. 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