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Cello — MIN4355.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student. Students must have had at least three years of cello study. Corequisite: Attend Music Workshop 7 times per term.
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Cello — MIN4355.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
Studio instruction in cello. There will be an emphasis on creating and working towards an end-of-term project for each student. Students must have had at least three years of cello study. Corequisites: Music Workshop attendance 7 times per term (Tuesday, 6:30 – 8:00 pm). Auditions will take place on Tuesday, May 16 from 2:00pm - 3:00pm in Jennings 214.
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Choral Arrangement — MCO4108.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Nick Brooke
Credits: 2
In this course, students will work towards a translation and arrangement of musical work for the World Vocal Ensemble, accompanied by a research project surrounding their chosen work. We will examine approaches to arranging choral music from around the world, and will consider choral arrangement as a specific cultural and political act of translation, looking at music from
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Circuit Building for Sound Makers: Oscillators, Amplifiers and Distortion Circuits — MCO4131.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Thessia Machado
Credits: 2
In this course students will learn how to use simple and inexpensive logic-integrated chips to build synthesizers, amplifiers and distortion pedals for performance or sound installations. The class will cover the types and uses of electronic components and strategies for interaction. Using the classic Nicolas Collins book Handmade Electronic Music as a source,
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (T 4:30  -6:00pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisites: participation in Music Workshop (T 6:30 -8:00pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only.
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm). Auditions will take place on Tuesday, May 16 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm in Jennings 335A.
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisites: Must also participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays 6:30 - 8pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisites: Students will be requested to show work during the term at Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8 pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisite: Participation in Music Workshop (T 6:30pm – 8:00pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Co-requisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2015
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisite: Must participate in Music Workshop (Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm).
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Clarinet — MIN4223.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Credits: 2
Study of clarinet technique and repertoire with an emphasis on tone production, dexterity, reading skills, and improvisation. This course is for intermediate-advanced students only. Corequisites: Must participate in Music Workshop (T 4:30 -6:00pm).
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Class Brass: Brass instruments for all levels — MPF2255.02, section 2

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Let’s get together and make some noise! This class will be a chance to get together once a week and play brass instruments together. You can bring your own brass instrument (trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone, or tuba) or borrow a trumpet or trombone from Jennings. There will be two sections: first seven weeks and second seven weeks, one credit each. You can join one or both.
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Class Brass: Brass instruments for all levels — MPF2255.01, section 1

Fall 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 1
Let’s get together and make some noise! This class will be a chance to get together once a week and play brass instruments together. You can bring your own brass instrument (trumpet, horn, trombone, baritone, or tuba) or borrow a trumpet or trombone from Jennings. There will be two sections: first seven weeks and second seven weeks, one credit each. You can join one or both.
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Collaborative Opera — MPF4207.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 4
What do you think of when you think of “opera”? A star diva? A solitary “genius” composer? People often think of opera as being the product of singular artists performed on a giant stage. But opera began as an experiment in making exciting music theater, and has had different sizes and shapes throughout its history. Like other forms of theater, opera is collaborative and
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Come Share the Joy; Voices of Hope Choir — MUS2122.02

Spring 2026
Instructor: Kathy Bullock
Days & Time: M/Th 7:00PM-8:50PM
Credits: 2

This singing ensemble is dedicated to the preservation and performance of African-American sacred and inspirational music and other songs from the African diaspora (including South and West African and Caribbean songs). Messages of hope, faith, healing, of striving for justice and peace and of celebrating life will

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Composing for Drum Set — MCO2131.02

Fall 2025
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Days & Time: TH 10:00am-11:50am
Credits: 1

This 7 week course will shift how drummers think and play the drum set. Students will be encouraged to move beyond just playing beats and grooves to thinking more compositionally. If you are able to play the drums, we will not completely ignore rhythms, however,learning how the drum set can be a melodic and harmonic instrument is one of the

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Composing for Improvisers: Analyses, Creation and Community — MCO4140.01) (new course code as of 11/7/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is for students interested in investigating musical improvisation and composition, and their connection to a musical community. The students selected for this course will form an ensemble. They will be guided to compose, at their own level, 1) for the ensemble, 2) for a part of the ensemble (duos, trios) and 3) for solo. There is no right or wrong approach. The
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Composing for Improvisers: Analyses, Creation and Community — MCO4140.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 4
This course is for students interested in investigating musical improvisation and composition, and their relation to a musical community. Selected students will form an ensemble and will be guided to compose at their own level: 1) for the ensemble, 2) for a section of the ensemble, e.g., duos, trios, and 3) for solo. Through working together, participants will develop a common
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Composing for Improvisers: Analyses, Creation and Community — MCO4140.01

Spring 2023
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 4
This course is for students interested in investigating musical improvisation and composition, and their connection to a musical community. The students selected for this course will form an ensemble. They will be guided to compose, at their own level, 1) for the ensemble, 2) for a part of the ensemble (duos, trios) and 3) for solo. There is no right or
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Composing for Improvisers: Analyses, Creation and Performance — MCO4129.02

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course is for students interested in investigating musical improvisation and composition through examining and performing works by contemporary composers. Students will also be guided to compose music at their own level. Basic ability to follow scores is encouraged, but not mandatory. We will first examine and play through works by contemporary composers who incorporate
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Composing for Instruments — MCO4151.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 4
This class gives composers hands-on practice notating their music and hearing it played by performers playing a variety of instruments. It is meant for fledgling composers, for those who may have composed a lot of music already but have trouble writing their music down, or for those who have never even imagined composing music but would like to try. There are specific
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