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Brass Chamber Ensemble (Canceled) — MPF4237.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: tba
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
The Brass Ensemble, directed by Nathan Botts, explores the wide breadth of music and expression available to instruments made of brass. From antiquity, where the terrifying sounds of brass instruments heralded war and communicated power, to the gaudy wobble of medieval dance music; the beautiful introspection of renaissance wind music, or the beautifully ornamented architecture
Music

Brass Instruments — MIN4218.01

Fall 2013
Instructor: Nathan Botts
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Individual instruction for brass players (including trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Strategies will be developed for each student to enhance their technique and musicianship. Course work will include the study and practice of music in a variety of styles including baroque, classical/romantic, contemporary, and jazz/improvisation, depending on the level and specific
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Brass Instruments — MIN4218.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Nathan Botts
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Individual instruction for brass players with some previous experience (including trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Strategies will be developed for each student to enhance their technique and musicianship. Course work will include the study and practice of music in a variety of styles including baroque, classical/romantic, contemporary, and jazz/improvisation,
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Brass Instruments — Canceled

Spring 2015
Instructor: TBA
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Individual instruction for brass players (including trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Strategies will be developed for each student to enhance their technique and musicianship. Course work will include the study and practice of music in a variety of styles including baroque, classical/romantic, contemporary, and jazz/improvisation, depending on the level and specific
Music

Brass Instruments — MIN4218.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: tba
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2
Individual instruction for brass players (including trumpet, French horn, trombone, and tuba). Strategies will be developed for each student to enhance their technique and musicianship. Course work will include the study and practice of music in a variety of styles including baroque, classical/romantic, contemporary, and jazz/improvisation, depending on the level and specific
Music

Brass Lessons — MIN2245.01

Spring 2026
Instructor: Chris Rose
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 2

Lessons offered one on one or in small groups. All experience levels welcome. Trumpet, Cornet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba. Some instruments available to borrow. Students should plan to practice daily for ten minutes.

Mutually agreed upon lesson time to be arranged following registration.

Instrumental Study

Brass/Trumpet — MIN2221.02

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
General performance approach to trumpet playing, technique and style using Arnold Jacob’s method of Song and Wind, the Arban method, Clarke technique, and Schlossberg. More advanced work is done using the Charlier and Snedecor etudes. Jazz, Improvisation, etc. based on student interest. Students will prepare work to show at Music Workshop (Tues. 6:30 - 8:00 pm). At least one
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Brass/Trumpet — MIN2221.01

Fall 2020
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
General performance approach to trumpet playing, technique and style using Arnold Jacob’s method of Song and Wind, the Arban method, Clarke technique, and Schlossberg. More advanced work is done using the Charlier and Snedecor etudes. Jazz, Improvisation, etc. based on student interest. Students will prepare work to show at Music Workshop (Tues. 6:30 - 8:00 pm). At least one
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Brass/Trumpet: Individual Lessons — MIN2221.01

Spring 2021
Instructor: Chris Rose
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Through weekly one on one lessons, deepen the connection between your abilities on your instrument (any level) with your listening diet. Develop spotify playlists that spotlight your aspirations as a musician, and use the fundamentals of brass playing to get closer to those aspirations. Each week will include some amount of transcription, composition, and/or improvisation.
Music

Breaking good: Synthetic organic chemistry and the nature of drugs — CHE4217.01) (cancelled 10/16/2024

Spring 2025
Instructor: Fortune Ononiwu
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course explores the nature of drugs and the role of synthetic organic chemistry in drug development. Nature is the best chemist. However, building biologically active molecules using synthetic organic chemistry enables researchers to produce enough material to allow for thorough scientific investigation. As a result, synthetic chemistry remains a key step in drug

Bringing Creativity to B Corporations — MOD2253.03

Spring 2016
Instructor: Laura Callanan and Robert Ransick
Days & Time:
Credits: 1
Certified B Corporations are for profit companies that voluntarily meet standards of transparency, accountability, and performance.  B Corps share a commitment to create higher quality jobs and improve the quality of life in their communities.  Currently certification standards for B Corps consider: the company’s governance structure, how it treats its workers, how it
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Broadway Musicals and the American Dream — DRA2268.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Jean Randich
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This course offers a chronological survey of American musical theater history, through a thematic focus on the Broadway musical’s circulations of the “American Dream.” The course examines not only changing notions of the American Dream from the late nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries, but considers contrasting definitions of the myth, as articulated through
Drama

Broken Promises: Crime, Punishment, and Social Contract Theory — POL2112.01

Fall 2016
Instructor: Crina Archer
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
In liberal democratic states, an important component of justification for punishing criminals is drawn from the social contract theory tradition of Western political thought. The state has a right to punish the lawbreaker, social contract theory tells us, because the state’s enforcement of the laws is authorized by a mutual promise that lies at the basis of all political
Society Culture and Thought

Budapest Band — MPF4243.01

Spring 2019
Instructor: Bruce Williamson
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This ensemble will focus on music that would be heard in popular Budapest music venues between the years 2001-2013: Gypsy jazz, Klezmer, Balkan dance music, Afro-pop, etc. We will learn repertoire and also study the historical and cultural roots of these various genres. The ensemble will then be an integral part of Jean Randich’s Drama course, Faculty Performance Production:
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Buddha Mind in China — CHI4120.01

Fall 2014
Instructor: ginger lin
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 4
Although it was born in India, Buddhism has had a deep and profound influence on Chinese and East Asian culture, but this philosophy remains relevant to modern life in both the East and West. Students will be introduced to the spirit of Buddhism through modern Mandarin interpretations of classic Chinese Buddhist poems and stories. Students will explore Chinese Buddhist concepts
Languages

Building a Responsive Electronic Instrument — MCO2000.01

Spring 2022
Instructor: Carly Rudzinski
Days & Time:
Credits: 4
This class will focus on imagining and developing electronic set-ups for use in improvisation. Over the course of the term, students will develop at least two different electronic set-ups or instruments. We will look at artists using electronics in music and improvisation, such as Zeena Parkins, Laetitia Sonami, Ikue Mori, Peter Blasser, and John Driscoll, and discuss their
Music

Building Materials/Woodshop — SCU2109.01

Spring 2016
Instructor: John Umphlett
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This seven-week course is recommended for students interested in developing their technical skills in making sculpture and building methods. There will be a fundamental introduction to working with wood and general shop safety, with a focus on design. Processes such as joinery, scraping, and laminating will be covered, among others. The course is project-based. Students will be
Visual Arts

Building Regenerative and Resilient Communities — APA2441.01

Fall 2021
Instructor: Susan Sgorbati
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
This course will be an introduction into a new CAPA Initiative called Building Regenerative and Resilient Communities. In response to the pandemic, climate change, social justice inequity, and the problem of food insecurity, there is an opportunity to build our communities whether they are local, regional or global; to imagine the community that we want to live in. Through a
CAPA

Business Incubator — MOD2145.02

Fall 2014
Instructor: alison dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Do you imagine someday starting your own venture? Do you have an idea for a business, organization or social enterprise? Are you a working artist, musician or entrepreneur? Are you considering a self-employed career path? Group sessions and one-on-one coaching will help entrepreneurs develop and hone practical plans to support, strengthen and forward their business ideas.
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Business Incubator — MOD2145.02

Fall 2015
Instructor: Alison Dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Do you imagine someday starting your own venture? Do you have an idea for a business, organization or social enterprise? Are you a working artist, musician or entrepreneur? Are you considering a self-employed career path? Group sessions and one-on-one coaching will help entrepreneurs develop and hone practical plans to support, strengthen and forward their business ideas.
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Business Incubator — MOD2145.02

Fall 2013
Instructor: Alison Dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
Do you imagine someday starting your own venture? Do you have an idea for a business, organization or social enterprise? Are you a working artist, musician or entrepreneur? Are you considering a self-employed career path? Group sessions and one-on-one coaching will help entrepreneurs develop and hone practical plans to support, strengthen and forward their business ideas.
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Business, Ethics, Society — MOD2146.03

Fall 2014
Instructor: alison dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
What are the relationships between economic, social and ecological prosperity? Is the creation of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society possible given today's economic models and market dynamics? What are our obligations as individuals to contribute to setting the economic agenda for our society? What new approaches and models are redefining the relationship between
CAPA Modules: Transferable Approaches

Business, Ethics, Society — MOD2146.03

Fall 2013
Instructor: Alison Dennis
Days & Time: TBA
Credits: 1
What are the relationships between economic, social and ecological prosperity? Is the creation of a just, equitable, humane and sustainable society possible given today's economic models and market dynamics? What are our obligations as individuals to contribute to setting the economic agenda for our society? What new approaches and models are redefining the relationship between
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Butoh — DAN2105.01

Spring 2014
Instructor: Kota Yamazaki
Days & Time:
Credits: 2
Class starts with quiet and soft warm-up exercises with the intention of letting all tension go from your body and mind. A relaxed body with no expectation will allow you to be open and available to whatever comes to you. In Butoh, by accepting both what's surrounding you and what's happening inside yourself, using imagination and establishing a sense of presence, your body
Dance