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Fiddle — MIN4327.01

Spring 2025
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (3+years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling – Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Scandinavian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world) and to give practical music
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Fiddle — MIN4327.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling - Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Scandinavian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world) and to give practical music
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Fiddle — MIN4327.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (3+years of playing) violinist/violist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling – Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Scandinavian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This course is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world) and to give practical music
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Fiddle — MIN2227.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling – Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
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Fiddle — MIN2227.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+ years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling: Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
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Fiddle — MIN2227.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+ years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling: Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
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Fiddle — MIN2227.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+ years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling: Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish, and Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
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Fiddle — MIN2227.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
For the experienced (2+years of playing) violinist. Lessons in traditional styles of fiddling - Quebecois, New England, Southern Appalachian, Cajun, Irish & Scottish. This tutorial is designed to heighten awareness of the variety of ways the violin is played regionally and socially in North America (and indeed around the world these days) and to give practical music skills
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Film Music — MCO4101.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: nicholas brooke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
The practice of underscoring movies is as old as film itself, from early improvised accompaniments to silent films, to the orchestrations of Bernard Herrmann and Ennio Morricone. In this course, we will look and listen to a variety of films and sound scores throughout the ages, analyzing the way in which they act as counterpoint to plot and the visual score. Musical analysis of
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Film Scores and Audio Post-Production — MSR4109.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: David Baron
Credits: 2
Why do professional media productions sound so good?  What are the tricks and tools of making a great soundtrack for visual presentation?  Learn how to make compelling, dynamic, clear, and professional sounding audio productions for visual work.   We will create entire audio soundtracks from scratch – music, dialog, foley, and sfx.  Advanced mixing and
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Film Scoring — MCO4101.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
The practice of underscoring movies is as old as film itself, from early improvised accompaniments to silent films, to the orchestrations of Ennio Morricone and Louis and Bebe Barron. In this course, we will look and listen to a variety of films and sound scores throughout the ages, analyzing the way in which they act as counterpoint to content and the visual score. Written
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Five Obstructions — MCO4125.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 4
A song feedback collective, focused on how musical restrictions can spur us to growth. Over the course of the term, students will write 5 songs (or revise a single song in radical ways) based on the critique and decisions of the group. We’ll discuss how to form supportive but insightful critique while challenging each other to go new places. What does it take to create a song
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Five Obstructions — MCO4125.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Days & Time: MO,TH 3:40pm-5:30pm
Credits: 4

A song feedback collective, focused on how musical restrictions can spur us to growth. Over the course of the term, students will write five songs (or revise a single song in radical ways) based on the critique and decisions of the group. We’ll discuss how to form supportive but insightful critique while challenging each other to go new places. What does it take to create a

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Frequency Rhythmic Assimilation: Drum Set Study with Will Calhoun — MIN4356.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Will Calhoun, a multi-Grammy award winning drummer from the legendary rock group “Living Color”, will offer Intermediate and advanced individual lessons on the drum set. The material presented in these lessons, Frequency Rhythmic Assimilation (FRA), are aimed to be universally applicable while geared toward developing each student’s individual ability. These lessons focus on
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Fugue — MTH4249.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An advanced course in counterpoint, focusing on the virtuosic practice of creating fugues. We’ll focus on the watershed fugues of Bach and later touch on contemporary versions by Amy Beach, Bela Bartok, and Astor Piazzolla. Students will be expected to write fugues for two, three, and four voices. Students will work out challenges in writing for particular performers, who will
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FUNK . . . as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou Mariam, Youssou N'Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk + American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince, etc. Composing, notating and arranging rhythmic grooves for the rhythm
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Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, Amadou and Mariam, Youssou N’Dour, Oumou Sangare etc, some Brazilian funk, such as George Duke, and American artists such as James Brown, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing and notating
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Funk...as Rhythmic Counterpoint — MPF4111.01) (cancelled 10/2/2023

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
This course explores approaches to interlocking patterns within a rhythm section by looking at funk based genres such as Afro-pop performed by artists Fela Kuti, and Youssou N’Dour. Brazilian funk performed by Airto Moreira, George Duke, and Antonio Jobim, and American artists such as Chaka Khan, Sly Stone, P-Funk and Prince. Composing, arranging, transcribing, and notating
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Gadhon Tutorial —

Spring 2015
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the class, alongside occasional visits to
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Gadhon Tutorial — MPF4698.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: Nicholas Brooke
Credits: 2
An individual tutorial in the soft-style elaborating instruments of the gamelan, for students who have already studied gambang, suling, pesindhen, or gender. We will work on 2-3 works in each major pathet (tonality), as well as learn the tone-setting preludes known as pathetan. Playing together in a small gadhon ensemble will be part of the
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Gender in Early Modern Europe — HIS2102.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Carol Pal
Credits: 4
The aim of this course is to interrogate historical perceptions of women and gender in the early modern era, and to develop a critical approach to primary source documents.  We attempt to complicate constructions of ideal feminine behavior by examining the evidence that shows what women actually were up to.  In addition to the ways in which major writers and thinkers
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Genesis — HIS2220.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Carol Pal
Credits: 4
Genesis is the first book in a compilation known collectively as the Bible.  It is a text of enormous literary value, and one of our earliest historical chronicles, providing foundational material for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.  Yet how many of us know what it actually says?  How did it come together, what is the narrative, and how does it relate to the
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Gospel Choir – Sharing the Joy — MUS2313.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Credits: 2
This singing ensemble is dedicated to the preservation and performance of African-American sacred music. The repertoire will consist primarily of gospel and spiritual music as understood in its historical and social context.
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Gospel Choir: Come Share the Joy! — MUS2313.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: John Kirk
Credits: 2
This singing ensemble is dedicated to the preservation and performance of African-American sacred music. The repertoire will include traditional and contemporary gospel music, folk and arranged spirituals, and may also include South or West African sacred songs. Music will be taught and performed with importance placed on the historical and cultural context. No prior experience
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