MUSIC
By the time of moderation, music majors will be expected to have successfully completed two semesters of music theory courses and two semesters of music history courses. Please consult your advisor about this. Additionally, those concentrating in composition or performance should register for composition workshop and performance class.College and Community Ensembles
Each ensemble is for one credit except where indicated. It is possible to participate in more than one ensemble and receive additional credit accordingly.
Scholarships for private music lessons will be available.
Sign-ups for audition times will be in the Music office.
College & Community Ensembles
Unless otherwise noted, each ensemble is for one credit. It is possible to participate in more than one ensemble and receive additional credit accordingly. If private lessons are taken in conjunction with an ensemble two more credits may be added.
CRN |
13528 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 104 | ||
Title |
Ensemble: Orchestra |
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Professor |
James Bagwell | ||
Schedule |
Mon 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm OLIN |
First orchestra rehearsal will be on Monday February 10th 2003.
CRN |
13529 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 105 | ||
Title |
Bard College Community Chorus |
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Professor |
James Bagwell | ||
Schedule |
Tu 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm OLIN |
CRN |
13530 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 106 | ||
Title |
Bard Community Chamber Music |
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Professor |
Luis Garcia-Renart | ||
Schedule |
TBA . |
CRN |
13531 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 B | ||
Title |
Ensembles: Contemporary |
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Professor |
Joan Tower | ||
Schedule |
Mon 4:00 pm -6:00 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13532 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 D | ||
Title |
Ensembles: Chamber Singers |
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Professor |
James Bagwell | ||
Schedule |
Mon 5:00 pm -6:45 pm BDH
Tu 5:00 pm -7:15 pm BDH |
2 credits. Auditions will be held on Monday, February 3, 2003 from 5pm to 6pm in Bard Hall. A sign-up sheet will be posted at the beginning of the semester. First rehearsal will be Tuesday, February 4, 2003.
CRN |
13533 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 F | ||
Title |
Ensembles:Jazz |
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Professor |
Thurman Barker | ||
Schedule |
Tu 4:30 pm -6:30 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13534 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 G | ||
Title |
Ensembles: Chamber |
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Professor |
Luis Garcia-Renart / Colorado Quartet | ||
Schedule |
tba . |
CRN |
13535 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 H | ||
Title |
Ensembles: Gamelan |
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Professor |
TBA | ||
Schedule |
Tu 7:00 pm -9:00 pm OLIN 305 |
CRN |
13536 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108 I | ||
Title |
Ensembles:Electro-Acoustic |
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Professor |
Brenda Hutchinson | ||
Schedule |
Tu 7:30 pm -9:30 pm BDH |
CRN |
13537 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 108J J | ||
Title |
Ensemble: Percussion |
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Professor |
Thurman Barker | ||
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13538 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 134 | ||
Title |
Fundamentals of Music II |
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Professor |
Kyle Gann / James Bagwell | ||
Schedule |
Mon Tu Th 9:00 am - 10:00 am BLM HALL
Wed Fr 10:00 am - 11:20 am BLM HALL |
Prerequisite: Fundamentals I or equivalent (knowledge of scales and keys).
CRN |
13539 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 172 | ||
Title |
Jazz Harmony II |
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Professor |
John Esposito | ||
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 pm -2:50 pm BLM 117 |
This course will include acquisition of the basic skills that make up the Foundation of all jazz styles. We will also study the Jazz Language from the BEBOP ERA up to the 60's.
Prerequisite: Jazz Harmony I or permission of instructor.
CRN |
13540 |
Distribution |
B/C |
Course No. |
MUS 212 | ||
Title |
Jazz in Literature II |
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Professor |
Thurman Barker | ||
Schedule |
Mon Wed 10:00 am - 11:20 am BLM 117 |
Cross-listed: AADS, American Studies, MES
We will study the words of Gary Gidden "Visions in Jazz" and Robert Gottlieb from his book entitled "Reading Jazz" in order to bring attention to some important literature on Jazz. Some of the writers look beyond Jazz as an art form, but also bring attention to the historical influence on culture, race, tradition and our social experience. Writers like Albert Murry, Ralph Ellison, Eudora Welty. There is an attempt in their works to illuminate the significance of the musical potential the musicians inherit and the creative option they exercise. This course includes the words of many who have been hailed as Jazz Greatest Musicians.
CRN |
13541 |
Distribution |
A |
Course No. |
MUS 233 | ||
Title |
The Evolution of the Sonata |
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Professor |
Kyle Gann | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 3:00 pm -4:20 pm BLM 117 |
CRN |
13542 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 259 | ||
Title |
Musical Electronics Analog Synthesis and Processing |
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Professor |
Robert Bielecki | ||
Schedule |
Tu 1:30 pm -4:00 pm BLM |
CRN |
13543 |
Distribution |
A/C |
Course No. |
MUS 314 | ||
Title |
The Literature and Language of Music I |
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Professor |
Frederick Hammond | ||
Schedule |
Tu Th 10:00 am - 11:20 am OLIN 104 |
CRN |
13544 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 331 | ||
Title |
Jazz: The Freedom Principle I |
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Professor |
Thurman Barker | ||
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM HALL |
Cross-listed: AADS, American Studies, MES
A jazz study of the cross-pollination between Post-Bop in the late fifties and Free Jazz. The course, which employs a cultural approach, is also designed to look at the social climate surrounding the music to examine its effects on the music from 1958 to the mid-sixties. Emphasis will be on artists and composers such as Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Max Roach, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, and Horace Silver. Illustrated with recordings, films, and videos.
CRN |
13545 |
Distribution |
A |
Course No. |
MUS 345 | ||
Title |
Introductory Psychoacoustics |
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Professor |
Robert Bielecki | ||
Schedule |
Mon 1:30 pm -4:00 pm BLM |
CRN |
13546 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS 346 | ||
Title |
Interactive Performance and Composition using MAX/MSP |
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Professor |
Dafna Naphtali | ||
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM |
CRN |
13547 |
Distribution |
A |
Course No. |
MUS 347 | ||
Title |
Music and Culture of the African Diaspora II |
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Professor |
Richard Harper | ||
Schedule |
Th 10:30 am - 12:50 pm BLM 117 |
Cross-listed: AADS
This course is a continuation of African Diaspora I (music and culture of Africa) focusing on the culture, history, and music of the African Diaspora in the new world. Included are musical cultures of the Caribbean and Latin America with special emphasis on the United States pre-1920. Interrelationships among new world cultures will be explored. In addition to reading, writing, and analysis, music and culture of the African Diaspora requires oral presentations, critical listening, and participation in activities.
CRN |
13665 |
Distribution |
A |
Course No. |
MUS 348 | ||
Title |
Advancing through the Goldberg Variations: An Exploration in Science, Music and Art |
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Professor |
Melvin Chen | ||
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm OLIN 104 |
work. A recent book, The Goldbug Variations, investigates the relationship between science and music; we will use both the book and the music to investigate the similarities between the human genetic code and Bach's musical building blocks. We will also screen two films, 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould and Crash, both of which incorporate theme and variations in their structure and narrative, albeit in very different ways. This course is open to students in all subjects; science, literary and film students are especially welcome. An ability to read music is not a requirement. Weekly assignments will consist of recordings, readings, and films. In addition, periodic short response papers will be required, as well as a final 12-15 page paper that presents original thought and research developed over the course of the semester in consultation with the instructor.
MUSIC WORKSHOPS
CRN |
13548 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH A | ||
Title |
Workshop: Composition |
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Professor |
Joan Tower | ||
Schedule |
Mon 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM HALL |
Primarily for music majors interested in composing music but also for performers who want to get "on the other side of the page". This class will compose music that will be written down and passed to players to be rehearsed and taped. Every step of the process is assisted (particularly at the notational level) and discussed. Players in the class, as well as students and professional players from outside, will later join in to help bring each piece to life in sound. In addition, other twentieth-century works are played and discussed and occasional visits to performances of new music are made. Individual meetings are arranged on a regular basis. Being able to read music is a prerequisite. See instructor before registration.
CRN |
13549 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH B | ||
Title |
Workshop: Performance Class |
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Professor |
Luis Garcia-Renart | ||
Schedule |
Th 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13551 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH G | ||
Title |
Workshop: Vocal and Voice |
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Professor |
Arthur Burrows | ||
Schedule |
Mon 10:01 am - 12:00 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13552 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH H | ||
Title |
Workshop: Classical Guitar |
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Professor |
Luis Garcia-Renart | ||
Schedule |
Wed 4:30 pm -6:30 pm BLM HALL |
CRN |
13553 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH J | ||
Title |
Workshop: Quartets and Chamber Music of Haydnêê, Mozart, and Beethoven |
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Professor |
Colorado Quartet | ||
Schedule |
Tu 4:30 pm -6:50 pm OLIN 104 |
CRN |
13554 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH L | ||
Title |
Workshop: Opera |
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Professor |
Frederick Hammond / Arthur Burrows | ||
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 pm -4:30 pm BDH |
CRN |
13555 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH M | ||
Title |
Workshop:Voice-Art Song Performance |
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Professor |
Joan Fuerstman | ||
Schedule |
Mon 2:45 pm -4:45 pm BDH |
This class will be focusing primarily on the study of classical English, Italian, French and German diction using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Primarily for students taking voice lessons and for pianists interested in accompanying singers.
CRN |
13556 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS WKSH O | ||
Title |
Workshop: Introduction to Electronic Music |
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Professor |
Brenda Hutchinson | ||
Schedule |
Wed 1:30 pm -3:50 pm BLM |
Topics to be covered include physics of sound, psychoacoustics and analog & digital recording. Students will be given instruction in the use of ProTools. They will become familiar with sampling, multi-track recording, editing, mixing and digital signal processing. Throughout the semester, students will produce field recordings and work with found sound, text, sound effects and personal recordings. They will receive instruction and guidance in utilizing this work for electronic composition, performance and installation. Students will be introduced to the production of soundtracks for visual media utilizing Quicktime with ProTools. Enrollment in this course automatically gives students access to the Bard electronic music studios. In addition to the digital workstations students can also explore analog synthesis techniques using the vintage Serge modular synthesizer.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Special Projects are designed for music majors only to pursue individual or group projects with a particular Professor.
CRN |
13557 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS PROJ B | ||
Title |
Special Projects |
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Professor |
James Bagwell | ||
Schedule |
See Prof. Bagwell . | ||
CRN |
13558 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS PROJ P | ||
Title |
Special Projects |
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Professor |
TBA | ||
Schedule |
TBA |
CRN |
13560 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS PROJ U | ||
Title |
Special Projects |
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Professor |
Kyle Gann | ||
Schedule |
See Prof. Gann . |
CRN |
13561 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS PROJ V | ||
Title |
Special Projects |
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Professor |
Joan Tower | ||
Schedule |
See Prof. Tower . |
CRN |
13562 |
Distribution |
F |
Course No. |
MUS PROJ Z | ||
Title |
Special Projects |
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Professor |
Thurman Barker | ||
Schedule |
See Prof. Barker . |
Private Music Lessons
All matriculated Bard students may be eligible to receive academic credit and scholarships for private instrumental or voice lessons. The choice of teachers is to be worked out on a case by case basis by the student and the Music Department. The teacher and student arrange payments and schedule.Requirements for academic credit:
Credits awarded for the courses:
Lessons: 2 credits
Performance class 2 credits
Ensembles 1 or 2 credits (check description)
Chorus 1 credit
Requirements for scholarship: