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Basso Continuo and You — MTH2110.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
*** Time Change *** The practice of putting chords over a bass line and a melody on top - sound familiar? - exploded in the Early Baroque and we haven't been the same since. Listening changed. Ensembles changed. And a new era of functional harmony began. Learn about figured bass, chordal voicing and interpretation, the Spanish rhythmic ostinati which fueled popular dances from
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Battle of the Bands — MHI2115.01

Spring 2017
Instructor: Kitty Brazelton
Credits: 4
Bands of today have a deep American ancestry. Minstrel bands in blackface snapped their banjos to the backbeat, clicked bones in swing-time and ran gags that begat shtick. Regional pride was embedded in every town's homeboy brass band, decked out in gold braid uniforms, mustaches, and the latest European harmony, these outdoor musical armies broadcast more than tunes - sex,
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BC Soundscape Dub Ensemble — MSR4373.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Cristian Amigo
Days & Time: TU 10:30am-12:20pm
Credits: 2

This ensemble-based course explores the intersection of live performance, experimental soundscapes, and dub aesthetics. Rooted in the traditions of dub music—including remix culture, delay and reverb manipulation, and bass-driven textures—students will create immersive sonic environments using a mix of acoustic instruments, electronic

Composition Musical Performance Sound Design and Recording

Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) — MIN4226.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) is a drum set seminar that surveys specific drumming architects of Bebop, Funk, and Rock music while investigating innovative drum set performers of today who are blending traditional rhythms from global communities into mainstream and improvised forms of music. Students will listen to drum set innovators Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey, Alex Acuna,
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Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) — MIN4226.01

Spring 2020
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock Beyond (Fundamentals) is a drum set course that looks at the drumming architects of Bebop and Rock while discovering the innovative drummers of today who are mapping traditional rhythms from various cultures and adapting them for drumset. We’ll learn about Ed Blackwell, Art Blakey, Alex Acuna, Ignacio Berroa, John Bonham, Daphnis Prieto, Steve Jordan, and many
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Bebop, Rock Beyond I — MIN4216.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 4
Bebop, Rock Beyond is a drum set course exploring the musical techniques associated with cutting edge drummers while expanding your musicianship. We will look at the drumming architects of Bebop and Rock, such as Max Roach, Elvin Jones, John Bonham, and Bill Buford, in addition to innovative musicians who are taking drum set playing Beyond the traditions of rock and jazz. This
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Bebop, Rock, and Beyond (Advanced Fundamentals) — MPF4223.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Michael Wimberly
Credits: 2
Bebop, Rock and Beyond surveys numerous drum set innovators, architects, and developers of the American drum set. Students will investigate multiple music genres from Swing, Bebop, Funk, Fusion, and Rock from drummers such as, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Ed Blackwell, John Bonham, Steve Jordan, and Cindy Blackman, to global approaches on drum set by artists, Alex Acuna, Terry Lynn
Black Studies Music

Beethoven Seminar — MTH4106.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Allen Shawn
Credits: 2
In this seven week seminar we will study a variety of works by Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) in detail, while familiarizing ourselves with his life sufficiently to put the music in context. The main focus will be on Beethoven's musical language and the structures of the works. Students need to be able to read notation fluently and to have a good working knowledge of harmony.
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2019
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisites: Must attend and participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisite: Attend Music Workshop (T 6:30pm - 8:00pm) seven times per term
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. School cellos are available for loan. No experience necessary in cello or music in general.
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Beginning Cello — MIN4354.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 1
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion.
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 1
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: nathaniel parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2018
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the instrument of their choice, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion. Corequisites: Must attend and participate in Music Workshop (Tuesday, 6:30 - 8pm).
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2015
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. Co-requisite: Attend Music Workshop seven times per term
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Beginning Cello — MIN2354.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term’s conclusion. Corequisites: Attend Music Workshop (T 6:30pm – 8:00pm) seven times per term
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Beginning Cello — MIN4354.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on a group performance at the terms conclusion.
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Beginning Cello I — MIN2354.01

Fall 2023
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello. In a small group or one on one, students will learn how to play the cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.
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Beginning Cello I — MIN2354.01

Fall 2024
Instructor: Nat 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. A limited number of school cellos are available for loan.
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Beginning Cello II — MIN4354.01

Spring 2024
Instructor: Nat Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group or one-on-one, students will learn how to play cello, with an emphasis on performance at the term’s conclusion.
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Beginning Cello II — MIN4354.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nathaniel Parke
Credits: 2
The basics of cello, part two. In a small group, students will learn how to play the instrument of their choice, with an emphasis on a group performance at the term's conclusion.
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