ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2016-2017
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MU 211 Concert Choir (¼)
A mixed ensemble that gives at least one performance of a major choral work each term,
and tours annually. May be repeated for credit. Instructor consent required. Fall, Spring.
MU 215 Symphonic Band (¼)
Large instrumental ensemble for the performance of music for wind ensemble and similar
groups. May be repeated for credit. Fall, Spring.
MU 217 Jazz Band (¼)
An instrumental ensemble performing music for the dance orchestra and other popular
styles. May be repeated for credit. Fall, Spring.
MU 221 Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Music History (1)
A study of Western music from the Middle Ages to the seventeenth century, surveying
both the literature of music and the data of written history. Prerequisites: EH 102 and MU
152. Fall.
MU 222 Baroque, Classic, Romantic and Twentieth-Century Music History (1)
A continuation of MU 221, beginning with the seventeenth century and extending
through major composers of the twentieth century. Prerequisites: EH 102 and MU 152.
Spring.
MU 242 Opera Workshop (¼)
The study and performance of operas and excerpts from operatic literature. May be
repeated for credit.
MU 251 Theory and Musicianship III (1)
Continued study of harmonic and contrapuntal principles, composition, and analysis of
“advanced” chromatic tonal music in a variety of textures. Topics will include mode
mixture, Neapolitans, augmented-sixths, “tall” chords, substitute chords, passing
harmonies, enharmonicism, extended chromaticism, and other phenomena found in
nineteenth-century literature. Three 50-minute lecture classes and two 80-minute lab
sessions per week focusing on appropriate advanced aural, keyboard-harmony, and
rhythmic skills. Prerequisite: MU 152. Fall.
MU 252 Theory and Musicianship IV (1)
An introduction to techniques, styles, and literature of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries, including modes, artificial scales, impressionism, pandiatonicism, atonality,
serialism, aleatory, sound mass, minimalism, neo-romanticism, electronic music, and
popular music. Three 50-minute lecture classes and two 80-minute lab sessions per week
focusing on appropriate advanced aural, keyboard-harmony, and rhythmic skills.
Prerequisite: MU 251. Spring.