INTRODUCTION TO CHORAL SINGING – Lecture/practicum 1 hour plus occasional liturgical obligations. Study of choral music from early Gregorian chant to present day. Practicum includes development of basic reading skills, vocal and choral techniques, and familiarity with commonly used Gregorian chants, hymns, motets, anthems and other choral music. Admission by simple audition (0 credit).
Prerequisites: Must be able to sing in tune.

GREGORIAN CHANT IN HISTORY AND LITURGY – Lecture/practicum 1 hour. An introduction to the history, notation, theory repertoire and liturgical place of Gregorian chant. Emphasis will be placed on signing parts of the Mass in Latin in various settings of Gregorian chant. This course fulfills the first fine arts practicum requirement of the core curriculum. (0 credit)
Prerequisites: none, no audition required

MEN’S SCHOLA – 1 rehearsal hour/week and expected regular liturgical obligations. Men’s Gregorian chant choir. Leads the congregation in chanting the Ordinary and sings the Proper chants of the liturgical day. Admission by simple audition. Fulfills first core arts practicum requirement. (0 credit)
Prerequisites: Must be able to sing in tune

WOMEN’S SCHOLA – 1 rehearsal hour/week and expected regular liturgical obligations. Women’s Gregorian chant choir. Leads the congregation in chanting the Ordinary and sings the Proper chants of the liturgical day. Admission by simple audition. Fulfills first core arts practicum requirement.
Prerequisites: Must be able to sing in tune.

KEYBOARD PROFICIENCY (part 1) – Performance 2 hours. Students who pass piano proficiency examination given at the beginning of the semester are not required to take this course. Training to meet the minimum piano requirements for the music major. Scales and simple harmonic progressions in twelve keys, both major and minor, and elementary piano repertoire.
Prerequisites: Courses 104A and 105A concurrently. (Pass/Fail, no credit)

KEYBOARD PROFICIENCY (part 2) – Performance 2 hours. Continuation of MUSC 102A: Training to meet the minimum piano requirements for the music major. Scales and simple harmonic progressions, sight reading, figured bass and piano repertoire.
Prerequisites: Courses 104B and 105B concurrently, MUSC 102A or demonstration of proficiency on diagnostic exam (Pass/Fail, no credit)

FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC –

ELEMENTARY MUSIC THEORY I – Lecture 3 hours. Development of music writing and listening skills through the study of music fundamentals, species counterpoint, harmony, analysis of repertoire.

Prerequisite: admission by examination given at beginning of fall semester, Elementary
Musicianship concurrently, and Piano Proficiency or demonstration of required
proficiency on diagnostic exam. (3 credits)

ELEMENTARY MUSIC THEORY II – Lecture 3 hours. Development of music writing and listening skills through the study of music fundamentals, species counterpoint, harmony, analysis of repertoire.

Prerequisites: MUSC 105B concurrently, and Keyboard Proficiency or demonstration of required proficiency on diagnostic exam. (3 credits)

ELEMENTARY MUSICIANSHIP I – Lecture/Lab 2 hours. Melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials of Western Music. Includes sight singing, explanations, drills, melodic/rhythmic/harmonic dictation, and listening analysis.
Prerequisites: MUSC 104 A concurrently or premission of instructor. (1 credit)

ELEMENTARY MUSICIANSHIP II – Lecture/Lab 2 hours. Continuation of MUSC 105 A. Melodic, rhythmic and harmonic materials of Western Music. Includes sight singing, explanations, drills, melodic/rhythmic/harmonic dictation, and listening analysis.
Prerequisites: MUSC 105 A. (1 credit)

APPLIED MUSIC: – Organ, Voice, Piano Performance 1 hour. The fee per semester for sacred music majors is $50; for non-majors it is $200. Development of skills and musicianship through the study of music literature. Applied piano or organ includes instruction in hymn playing and accompaniment. Applied voice includes instruction in cantorial techniques and singer’s diction.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor required for non-majors. (1 credit) May repeat for credit

AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY CHOIR – Performance 4 hours. This ensemble provides students with the fundamentals of artistic choral ensemble singing as well as the development of vocal and choral skills. Concerts both on and off campus. Repertoire may include (but is not limited to) Gregorian chant, sacred polyphony, large choral works, mass settings, hymns, cantatas, motets, anthems, folk songs and spirituals.
Prerequisites: Open to all students by audition. (P/NP grading, 1 credit) May repeat for credit. May repeat for credit.

INTERMEDIATE MUSIC THEORY I – Lecture 4 hours. Musical form and analysis of the Baroque and Classical Eras: Principles of 18th century counterpoint, harmony and Classical styles. Compositions in prescribed styles and an introduction to technology in music.
Prerequisites: MUSC 104 A and B. (4 credits)

INTERMEDIATE MUSIC THEORY II – Lecture 4 hours. Musical form and analysis of the Romantic and Modern Eras. Continuation of MUSC 204A. Compositions in prescribed styles and continued studies in the use of technology in music.
Prerequisites: MUSC 204A. (4 credits)

SURVEY OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY I – Lecture 3 hours. History of western music from plainchant through the Baroque period.
Prerequisites: MUSC 104B. (3 credits)

SURVEY OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY II – Lecture 3 hours. History of western music from the Classical period through the Modern Era.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212A. (3 credits)

INTRODUCTION TO GREGORIAN CHANT, SUMMER STUDY AT SOLESMES ABBEY – Lecture 1 hour. One week of intensive study at St. Pierre Abbey in Solesmes. (1 credit)

HERITAGE OF SACRED MUSIC – Lecture 3 hours. An historical survey of music in Latin Rite Catholic liturgical music from the early Church to the present day. Different genres, styles, forms, and practices of chant, hymnody, polyphony, and instrumental music are studied in relation to theological and liturgical developments, and in relation to Church documents from the Patristic era to the present.
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: None. (4 credits)

MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in music from Gregorian chant to early polyphony western music from the 14th through the 16th centuries.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212B. (2 credits)

MUSIC OF THE RENAISSANCE – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in music from the 14th through the 16th centuries.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212B. (2 credits)

MUSIC OF THE BAROQUE PERIODAND CLASSICAL PERIODS – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in western music from the 1600 through the death of J.S. Bach in 1750.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212B. (2 credits)

MUSIC OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in western music from 1820-1900.
Prerequisites: MUSIC 212B. (2 credits)

MUSIC OF THE MODERN PERIOD – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in western music from 1900 to the present day.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212 B. (2 credits)

CHAMBER CHOIR(S) – Performance 2 hours. Development of ensemble vocal skills, styles and musicianship through the study of musical literature. (P/NP grading, 1 credit) May repeat for credit.

CHURCH MUSIC REPERTOIRE AND ADMINISTRATION – Lecture 2 hours. A multi-faceted course covering resources for hymnody, psalmody and sacred choral literature in print and parish music administration.
Prerequisites: MUSIC 204B or permission of instructor (2 credits)

SPECIAL TOPICS – Topics may include: Choral Writing; Composition of a Major Work; Music of a Major Composer; Advanced Music Theory; Advanced Gregorian Chant; Orchestration.

Prerequisite: MUSC 204B, 212B and permission of instructor. (1-2 credits)
MUSC 420 GREGORIAN CHANT
Lecture 1 hour. Notation, forms, history, modes, and liturgical uses of Gregorian chant.

Prerequisite: MUSC 212 B. (2 credits)

GREGORIAN CHANT –

CHORAL CONDUCTING – Lecture/lab 2 hours. A practical study of conducting skills emphasizing repertoire, conducting patterns, technique, style, facial expression, group vocal techniques, physical placement of voices and the relationship between gesture and vocal production.
Prerequisites: completion of MUSC 212 B and MUSC 300 (AMU Choir) concurrently. (2 credits)

SENIOR RECITAL – Independent study. Select musical literature for and prepare a solo recital of 40 minutes duration on principal instrument. Prepare written program with program notes.
Prerequisites: Permission of Applied Music instructor and head of Music Department. (1 credit)

SENIOR PROJECT (choose one of the following) – A: THESIS
Independent study. Prepare an in-depth term paper on Musical topic of choice.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. (1 credit)

B: LITURGY PLANNING
Plan music for a complete Mass with Propers, Ordinary, hymns and choral music for
one Sunday in Ordinary Time, one major feast or solemnity, and one Sunday in Advent,
Lent or Eastertide.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. (1 credit)

DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY – Topics may include: Choral Writing; Composition of a Major Work; Music of a Major Composer; Advanced Music Theory; Advanced Gregorian Chant; Orchestration. If enough students are interested in the same topic in a given semester, the course may become MUSC 415.
Prerequisites: MUSC 204B, 212B and permission of instructor. (1-2 credits)

MUSIC OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD – Lecture 2 hours. Trends and styles in western music from the late 18th century through the death of Beethoven in 1827.
Prerequisites: MUSC 212B. (2 credits)