By the time of graduation, all music majors will be expected to have taken three semesters of Music Theory and three semesters of Music History, including at least one course above the 100 level in each case. In addition, all music majors are expected to take one class in composition, or 4 credits in some other equivalent course involving personal musical creativity (such as small jazz ensemble); and performance class, accompanied by two semesters’ worth of private performance lessons (performance class may be replaced by some other class involving regular public performance). It will be expected that half of these requirements be completed by time of moderation.

For a Moderation Project, students usually give a concert of about 25-40 minutes of their own music and/or other composers’ music. Occasionally, a substantial music history or theory paper can be accepted as a moderation project.

The Senior Project consists of two concerts from 30 to 60 minutes each. In the case of composers, one concert can be replaced by an orchestra work written for performance by the American Symphony Orchestra. In certain cases involving expertise in music technology, and at the discretion of the appropriate faculty, it is possible to submit finished, sophisticatedly produced recordings of music rather than live performances. An advanced research project in music history or theory can also be considered as a senior project.

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 one or two credit may be added. Private lessons must be separately registered.

Course	MUS 104 Ensemble: Orchestra
Professor	Greg Armbruster / James Bagwell
CRN	15417
Schedule	Mon 7:00 - 10:00 pm Olin Auditorium
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

This is a yearlong course. Students earn 2 credits per semester, and an additional 2 credits for registering in private lessons, which are strongly recommended. Auditions will be held by appointment. Call 758-7356. Please be prepared to play two pieces—one slower and lyrical, and one faster.

First orchestra rehearsal will be on Monday Feb. 14^th, 2005 from 7pm – 10pm.

Course	MUS 105 Bard College Community Chorus
Professor	James Bagwell
CRN	15418
Schedule	Tu 7:30 - 10:00 pm Olin Auditorium
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

First rehearsal will be on Tuesday February 1st, 2005.

Course	MUS 106 Bard Community Chamber Music
Professor	TBA
CRN	15419
Schedule	TBA .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

The program will select students, alumni, faculty and community performers to present chamber music recitals on and off campus. The program will aim for diversity, both in instrumentation (including voice) as well as in repertoire. Weekly coaching will be given by faculty, and rehearsals between coachings will be expected.

Course	MUS 108B Ensemble: Contemporary
Professor	Joan Tower
CRN	15420
Schedule	Mon 1:30 -3:30 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Depending on registration, students will form their own ensembles (2-5 players) to play a work from the 20^th century repertoire.

Course	MUS 108D Ensemble: Chamber Singers
Professor	James Bagwell
CRN	15421
Schedule	Tu Th 4:00 -6:00 pm Bard Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

2 credits. Auditions will be held by appointment. Call 758-7356 First rehearsal will be on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 from 4pm to 6pm.

Course	MUS 108F Ensemble: Big Band
Professor	Erica Lindsay
CRN	15422
Schedule	Tu 4:30 -6:30 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS 108G Ensemble: Chamber
Professor	Colorado Quartet
CRN	15423
Schedule	TBA .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS 108H Ensemble: Balinese Gamelan
Professor	TBA
CRN	15424
Schedule	Tu 7:00 -9:00 pm OLIN 305
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS 108I Ensemble: Electro - Acoustic
Professor	Brenda Hutchinson
CRN	15425
Schedule	Tu 7:30 -9:30 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS 108J Ensemble: Percussion
Professor	Joan Tower
CRN	15426
Schedule	Tu 3:00 -4:20 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS 108L Ensemble: Jazz Guitar
Professor	Staff
CRN	15427
Schedule	TBA .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Music Courses:

Course	MUS 112 Introduction to Music
Professor	James Bagwell
CRN	15428
Schedule	Tu Th 1:30 -2:50 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

In a recent article in the Atlantic Monthly (March 2000), Bottum writes that “Music made sense when the world did. Now the sense is gone but the melody lingers on—everywhere. We live surrounded by music, from torch songs at Starbucks to the Beatles in the elevator, and the barrage may be turning our minds to mush.” This class will be an effort to “de-mush” our minds, specifically as it relates to listening skills. A broad selection of musical works from 1700 to the present will be introduced and studied in both musical and historical/cultural contexts. Key examples from the symphonic, chamber, operatic, jazz, popular, and musical theater genres will be examined primarily from the perspective of developing informed and open listening skills. Students will be evaluated based on a series of short essays and two listening exams. Reading music notation is not required for this course. This does not count towards requirements for music majors.

Course	MUS 134 Fundamentals & Ear Training II
Professor	Kyle Gann / Sharon Bjorndal
CRN	15429
Schedule	Mon Tu Wed Th Fr 1:30 -2:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Continuation of Fundamentals I, introduction to harmony, various seventh chords, secondary dominants, basics of modulation, four-part writing and voice-leading. End result: ability to write a hymn, song or brief movement of tonal music. Theoretical work will be complemented by an ear-training segment focused on developing the ability to sing and recognize secondary dominants, modulations, and so on.

Prerequisite: Fundamentals I or equivalent (knowledge of scales and keys). This course fulfills a music theory requirement for music majors

Course	MUS 169B Chamber Music of 19^th Century Nationalism
Professor	Colorado Quartet
CRN	15463
Schedule	Tu 4:30 -6:50 pm OLIN 104
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

Nineteenth Century Quartet Literature: Romantic nationalism as exemplified in works of French, Czech, and Russian composers: Debussy, Ravel, Dvorak, Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Borodin, among others. Students will read from letters of these composers as well as a few short works of contemporary writers such as Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata.

Course	MUS 172 Jazz Harmony II
Professor	John Esposito
CRN	15430
Schedule	Mon Fr 11:30 - 12:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

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. This course fulfills a music theory requirement for music majors

MUS 259 - Musical Electronics will not be offered, instead Professor Bielecki will offer MUS 257 – Production and Reproduction.

Course	MUS 257 Production and Reproduction
Professor	Robert Bielecki
CRN	15501
Schedule	Mon 10:00 – 11:20 am BLUM N119 Tu 5:00 – 7:00 pm BLUM N117
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Cross-listed: Integrated Arts

This course will focus on the theory and practice of sound recording. Students will learn the use of recording equipment including digital tape recorders, mixing consoles, signal processing devices, and microphones. A/B listening tests will be used to compare types of microphones, microphone placement and many different recording techniques. ProTools software will be available for digital editing and mastering to CD. Assigned projects will include both multitrack and direct to stereo recordings of studio and concert performances. Enrollment is limited.

Course	MUS 265 Literature and Language of Music II
Professor	Christopher Gibbs
CRN	15432
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 - 12:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

This course will examine a limited number of exemplary compositions from the Classic and early Romantic periods. (roughly 1750 to 1850), beginning with works by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven and concluding with ones by Berlioz, Liszt, and Wagner. Classroom discussions will focus on the style and organization of individual pieces, as well as on issues of biographical, cultural, and historical context. There will be no attempt for comprehensive chronological coverage, but rather we will consider a representative variety of genres and of compositional, aesthetic, and biographical concerns. Students will be evaluated on the basis of brief essays and two listening exams. As we will be using scores in our discussions, basic skills in music reading are helpful. This course counts toward the music history requirement of the music program. It is not necessary to have taken earlier components of the Literature and Language of Music: this course will stand on its own.

Course	MUS 266D Jazz Repertory: John Coltrane
Professor	John Esposito
CRN	15433
Schedule	Mon class: 3:00 -4:00 pm Blum N211 Mon ensemble 4:00 – 6:00 pm Blum N211 Fri class 1:30 -2:30 pm Blum N211 Fri ensemble 2:30 – 4:30 pm Blum N211
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

The class is divided in half for Ensemble section. The first half is on Monday and the second half is on Friday.

An immersion in the music of a Jazz master; includes readings, recorded music and films. Coltrane’s music will be performed in a workshop setting by students and instructor. Visiting artists will play and discuss the music.

Prerequisites: Jazz Harmony II, or permission of Instructor.

Course	MUS 277 Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Professor	Frederick Hammond
CRN	15434
Schedule	Tu Th 10:00 - 11:20 am OLIN 104
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

J.S. Bach is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the Western art tradition. This survey will examine his life and music in the light of the most recent research. Special emphasis will be placed on various traditions and questions of performance practice, with regular classroom performances. This course satisfies a history requirement for the music major but is also recommended for the general student. A reading knowledge of music is desirable but not mandatory. A reading knowledge of reading is encouraged.

Course	IA / MUS 301 Major Conference: Recording Techniques for Film and Music Makers
Professor	Peggy Ahwesh / Robert Bielecki
CRN	15243
Schedule	Mon 1:30 - 4:30 pm Avery Film Center
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Cross-listed: Film, IA

This course will explore the principles and practices of sound recording for audio, video and film applications. Digital recording equipment, the mixing console, microphones, field recording techniques, sync and Foley for film / video will be covered in the recording studio and in a variety of site specific environments. Students will have access to the Bard Avery recording studio and use of the ProTools system for recording and post-production. Students are required to produce a number of short works in film / video, audio and / or installation. The class will travel locally on a number of field trips during the scheduled class time so students must be on time, mobile and able to participate.

Course	MUS 302 Advanced Analysis Seminar
Professor	Kyle Gann
CRN	15435
Schedule	Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: n/a	NEW: Analysis of Arts

A course in advanced analytical techniques. The entire semester will be devoted to in-depth analysis of three works from the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Emphasis will be placed not on harmonic analysis (even in 19^th-century works), but on how networks of motives are used to generate overall structure; this is a search for the essence of large-scale compositional thinking. The student will complete his or her own analysis paper on a work related to the music analyzed in class. Possible works for this semester (though subject to change): Johannes Brahms, Trio in A Minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114; Elliot Carter, Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord; William Duckworth, Time Curve Preludes. Prerequisite: Analysis of the Classics of Modernism or 19^th-century Harmony, and permission of the instructor.

This course fulfills a music theory requirement for music majors.

Course	MUS 347 Music and Culture of the African Diaspora II
Professor	Richard Harper
CRN	15436
Schedule	Th 10:30 - 12:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

Cross-listed: Africana Studies

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. This course fulfills the Music History requirement for music majors.

Course	MUS 350 Collaborating with Strangers: Individuals, Communities and Institutions
Professor	Brenda Hutchinson
CRN	15437
Schedule	Th 1:30 -3:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

Cross-listed: Integrated Arts

This course addresses making art in the public arena, focusing on collaborating with strangers (as opposed to work generated within a studio). We will examine the work of visual and audio artists who create public art projects and installations, as well as those who work within existing communities or communities created specifically for the immediate piece. Students will use trading, mapping, interviewing, and collecting strategies adopted from a variety of methods including anthropology, private investigation, and street performance. The result of students’ work will be presented on the street, in the community, and as proposals in class. This is an interdisciplinary course appropriate for performers, composers, dancers, sculptors, painters, and multimedia artists – and for those who would like to take more risks in their work.

Course	MUS 353 Orchestration
Professor	George Tsontakis
CRN	15438
Schedule	Tu 10:30 - 12:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Students will learn how to score for instrumental combinations beginning with small ensembles up to full orchestra. There will be live demonstrations of orchestral instruments, listening and score study of orchestral literature, chord voicing and notation of bowings, breathing, articulations, and special orchestral effects as well as practice of basic conducting patterns and skills.

Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Music and composition workshop.

Course	MUS 354 Opposites Attract: Beethoven and Schubert
Professor	Christopher Gibbs
CRN	15439
Schedule	Tu 1:30 -3:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Analysis of Arts

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) revered Beethoven (1770-1827) above all other composers. Although born of different generations, they died just 20 months apart and were ultimately buried just feet apart. As Schubert’s reputation grew in the 1820s, Beethoven became aware of the new young talent and, it is said, looked on approvingly. This seminar will examine the musical and cultural context in which both composers lived and worked in Vienna, concentrating on the period from the Congress of Vienna (1814) to their deaths. We will consider their personal, professional, and musical relationship, analyze relevant compositions, and explore their contemporaneous and posthumous reception. A major emphasis of the course will be on biographical representations of the two composers, often made in direct opposition to one another: a masculine, symphonic, and heroic Beethoven constructed against a feminine, lyrical, and shy Schubert. Readings to include: Forbes, Thayer’s Life of Beethoven, Solomon, Beethoven, Comini, The Changing Image of Beethoven, Newbould, Schubert: The music and the Man, and Gibbs, The Life of Schubert. This upper-level seminar is intended for music majors, but is open to others with the permission of the instructor. Grading will be based on participation in class discussion, a seminar report, and a research paper. This course counts towards music history credit for music majors.

Course	MUS WKSHA Workshop: Composition
Professor	Joan Tower
CRN	15440
Schedule	Mon 4:00 -6:20 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

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. (Not open to first-year students.)

Course	MUS WKSHB Workshop: Performance Class
Professor	Luis Garcia-Renart / Sharon Bjorndal
CRN	15441
Schedule	Wed 4:00 -6:20 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

This class is conceived as a unifying workshop for performing musicians within the department. Please meet with the instructor prior to or during registration. (Private lessons can be taken for credit by registering for this course.)

Course	MUS WKSHG Workshop: Vocal & Voice
Professor	Arthur Burrows
CRN	15442
Schedule	Mon 10:00 - 12:00 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

2 credits In this singing class we explore the art songs of America, England, France and Germany, including some opera arias and ensembles depending on the make-up of the class. At the same time we learn the necessary technique to perform them successfully. Each class will be divided into two parts. The first will deal with vocal technique, and the second with technical issues that arise from individual performance. Requirements: the ability to match pitches, and an adequate vocal range. Pianists will be assigned individual singers to work with and coached in the various musical styles.

Course	MUS WKSHH Workshop: Classical Guitar
Professor	Luis Garcia-Renart / Gregory Dinger
CRN	15443
Schedule	Wed 4:30 -6:30 pm Blum 117
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

2 credits Once a week a two-hour seminar will be offered to everyone to talk about specific technical and interpretation principals of the classical guitar, as well as to listen and to discuss the repertoire. This seminar is to be taken in conjunction with weekly private lessons offered by guitarist Greg Dinger. There will be a fee for the private instructor to be paid at the beginning of the semester. All levels of playing are accepted. Beginners to advanced players welcome. (Not open to first-year students.)

Course	MUS WKSHL Workshop: Opera Workshop
Professor	Frederick Hammond / Arthur Burrows
CRN	15444
Schedule	Wed 1:30 -4:30 pm Bard Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

A fully staged and costumed performance (to be announced) will be the main thrust of this semester’s work. The class will be dedicated to the memorization of the music and the mounting of the work. An enterprise of this moment will require an unspecified amount of extra time that may be needed to achieve the goal.

Course	MUS WKSHM Workshop: Voice-Art Song Performance
Professor	Joan Fuerstman
CRN	15445
Schedule	Mon 2:30 -4:45 pm Blum 117
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

2 credits 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. (Not open to first-year students.)

Course	MUS WKSPO Introduction to Electronic Music
Professor	Brenda Hutchinson
CRN	15446
Schedule	Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm Blum EMS
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

This hands-on workshop will serve as an introduction to music technology/electronic art and will focus primarily on the creation of original work through the use of digital and analog recording techniques and devices. Students are expected to present original work including a final project of their own design. 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.

Course	MUS WKSP4 Workshop:Jazz Improvisation II
Professor	Erica Lindsay
CRN	15447
Schedule	Th 6:00 -8:00 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

This class is structured as a continuation of Jazz Improvisation I. The goal will be to gain mastery over all of the basic scales used in traditional jazz improvisation, and to attain the ability to improvise over basic two-five patterns and simple modal progressions.

Prerequisite: Jazz Improvisation Workshop I

Course	MUS WKSPR The Art of Collaboration
Professor	Barbara Mort / Sharon Bjorndal
CRN	15448
Schedule	Wed 10:30 - 12:30 pm Blum Hall
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

What is the art of collaboration? It involves the art of listening along with the art of feeling music with another person. How do you get inside someone else’s head and heart through music? How do you merge two ideas as one? This class is for pianists, instrumentalists and singers. Initially we will study less technically challenging music that will facilitate a collaborative experience: listening, watching and feeling the music with another person. Then we will incorporate that experience into challenging repertoire from the Baroque era to the 21^st century. There will be several performance opportunities during the semester; we plan to do community performances outside of Bard College. These will be followed by in-depth analysis of the performers’ experience and how to improve upon it.

Prerequisite: Intermediate to advanced playing/singing ability. Please speak to the instructor.

Course	MUS WKSPS Workshop:20th Century Composition
Professor	George Tsontakis
CRN	15449
Schedule	Mon 10:30 - 12:50 pm Blum
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

A workshop in which composition is influenced by modern masterworks. The study and practical analysis of important 20^th century models in order to expand the inner ear and as an inspiration for personal creativity. A systematic but flexible approach to composing.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

Special Projects are designed for music majors to pursue individual or group projects with a particular professor.

Course	MUS PROJ B Special Projects
Professor	James Bagwell
CRN	15451
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ EL Special Projects
Professor	Erica Lindsay
CRN	15457
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ P Special Projects
Professor	TBA
CRN	15452
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ R Special Projects
Professor	Luis Garcia-Renart
CRN	15453
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ U Special Projects
Professor	Kyle Gann
CRN	15454
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ V Special Projects
Professor	Joan Tower
CRN	15455
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts

Course	MUS PROJ Z Special Projects
Professor	Thurman Barker
CRN	15456
Schedule	By arrangement .
Distribution	OLD: F	NEW: Practicing Arts